Ive gone full circle on this.

I'd throw all available funds at 2 game changing centre backs and Ivan Toney and stick with a 20 man squad.

DusseldorfHammer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:03 am Depending on VAR.

Corrected for you

Could you imagine the club sanctioning the purchase of this idiot now?

How the **** did we take on this bloke?

My city friend warned me what would happen on the day we brought him in

Could you imagine the insanity of having had the perfect opportunity to "try before you buy" that we then decide to give £40m+ for this bloke in the summer

Please for the love of god, get the tactics right in this second half Moyes and respond quickly if we need too

Hats off to everyone making the journey this morning.

What a bonkers kickoff time.

I have a feeling that we might nick something today

The Coufal debate is similar to the point I’ve been making before about being ruthless and setting standards. He’s 32 in August, and we’ve been here before where 6 months after we kick ourselves for making the wrong decision. I would offer what we feel is a player who has one last season left at hi...

This is the big consideration for me. If Coufal isn't renewed then you need to do some of the following in the next few months... 1. Buy a guaranteed first choice (£20m+ and similar money to what Vlad will expect) 2. Buy a back up (£5-10m?) 3. Offer whatever it takes to extend Johnson (similar mone...

I reckon Vlad has another two or so good years left in him. Unbelievable that we paid around £5m for him. An extension of his contract would effectively be a free transfer. This is possibly the one and only position on the pitch where we can kick the can down the road, but for me it's only on the ba...

No full back currently provides more open play assists in the PL than Vlad. However, his age is prohibitive in terms of lengthy contract extensions and some might argue that there are broader parts of the game we might be looking for improvements in. Johnson's probable departure means we'll most li...

bubbles1966 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:58 pm He's 32 in August.

Playing like a 25 year old currently. Arguably in the form of his life.

Personally I see bigger priorities right now. Happy to bring in an understudy but with no sales fee on Coufal id rather throw the money on more pressing issues

Two year deal offered to Coufal, but rejected.

Let's improve the deal and get right back sown up for a few more years, currently one of the best in the league in that position.

prophet:marginal wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:58 pm I can't see it, personally. I reckon he'll end up playing for one of our North London neighbours (with Spurs possibly shifting Richarlison so as to do the deal).

I think it's either us or Spurs that get him

I think there is some serious mileage in us potentially being interested in Toney.

Would transform us

Well done Misko.

Such a thorough and informed post

il_martello_di_genovesi wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:25 pm That was an option, not an obligation...

Yes but it is still just a figure that only comes into effect if the buying club is obliged to buy the player.

There's simply more intelligent ways to run football clubs than to try and shaft Chelsea for a few quid. If the clubs have agreed deals early, it will be due to both parties being happy and that club wanting to make sure a player target is signed early. If that's bad business, then I don't know wha...

time=1711458961 user_id=8960] Newcastle is an obligation. They can't decide to pay less. A fee is agreed.[/b] Dortmund can do what they like, but they have been playing Maatsen non stop. Why would they mess around instead of sign a player that's important to their team? If they have agreed a fee lo...

Reckon there will be a few deals announced early and formalised when window opens. But little will happen between 14th and 30th. Players will be at the Euros, those that aren't will be on holiday. I suspect that Chelsea are currently working around the clock to have deals in place for the 14th June...

What does that actually mean though mate? Aside from Levy, who also has history of messing it up on the buying side with Grealish and Berahino, Is there any evidence that most clubs go around offering peanuts? Chelsea selling their players on the cheap means that they might still fail to meet the s...