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This! People who went the effort to create a account on a forum to discuss football clearly know alot about it and watch alot of football also. Wouldn't make sense that someone with very little knowledge about football would sign up to a forum to talk about it

If this deal were to go through, no matter what we pay for him it will almost be guaranteed to be successful. Class player who can player quite a few positions and brings us much more of a goal scoring threat than Willian and Oscar and maybe even Hazard tbh

Well he just signed a new contract a couple months ago, which I think means he won't really be moving. He seems very loyal True, but the reason they like him so much is because he's young and is also spanish. and Real love having young players they can call their own with this much potential. Plus they way they've spoken about him, i don't think he'll be going anywhere so soon

Solanke still has a couple of years to catch up to Bamford, who I believe definitely deserves his shot at the 1st team this year. Should be our 3rd choice striker behind Costa and Remy

Reus and Isco are both off limits and most likely so is Bale. Even if we could get Bale, I really don't want to wipe out a couple of transfer windows of good business by buying him. He'll cost a lot and more than likely wouldn't live up to the price tag

Exciting young talent, but in all honesty i'd put our hopes in someone like Bamford or John Swift instead of buying another young player which effectively kills our youth

I would love to give Oscar the chance as well, usually the first half of the season he is brilliant for us, but second half of the season is very inconsistent. He'll still very young which means he has years to improve, but I jose seems to have lost his patience with him which is why there is transfer speculation around him. Koke is sort of in the middle of Oscar and Fabregas I feel. Defensively he's much better than Cesc, but he's also not as creative. Whereas he is for sure more creative than Oscar but Im not sure if he has as much potential. So its a tough one. We could accommodate all 3 of them, but if that were the case then one of them will be getting far fewer games than they deserve, hence why I think we could only have 2 of the 3

Considering the age of kalas and how he performed on the big stage, I do think he has great potential. He's not even 22 yet and he's showing signs of his class. I think he's worth keeping for sure. Khedira i feel would be a waste as he's very injury prone as it is and not even proven in the prem so idk how he'll fair. Ibra would be good but unrealistic

Yep, especially in recent years.

Still very early days, but I am hopeful

Exactly. Plus the good relationship we have with Athletico, I can see both Griezmann and Koke both in blue next season with Luis going the other way. Would be a great bit of business if we manage to get them both imo

Fabregas is more creative, but Koke suits a CM role next to matic much more than Oscar would, therefore having Fabregas move into the 10 where his creativity will become much more utilised

Why would you want Kalas gone? Did you not see the game he had against Liverpool last season? He has massive potential and I can see him replacing Ivanovic as our future RB. Omeruo as well has great potential and could be a useful squad player in the future. Also bringing in Khedira would be a waste imo, hes not worth it. I'd rather have RLC be that squad player who comes on last few minutes of a game instead of him or mikel. Ibra and adebayor i definitely hope not either. Agreed, bringing in Douglas Costa would be a complete waste of money True, but athletico have been interested in trying to bring back Luis so there is some potential. Also would help us get Koke for less $$

Would much prefer to sign Griezmann over Bale, seems more worth the money if we do go for a big name signing. Though I do believe the biggest signing we will get in the summer (if we do get it) will be Koke, which i've heard rumours that it'll be a swap deal with Luis + 30m

Exactly this. The rumours going around Oscar means that he could be sold this summer, and if we get Koke he could easily replace him and play alongside Matic with Fabregas moving into the 10 role

I'd be happier with Koke since we need a good CM with the possibility of Mikel and OScar going out, meaning Cesc moves into the number 10 with Koke playing alongside Matic. Griemann is definitely a upgrade on Willian as our winger right now, but its not as important as Koke would be. Also I don't see the hype around Dybala, I don't think that'll be worth it

You say that, yet we sold Luiz for 50m to PSG haha, so you never know. Teams with a lot of money tend to always overpay for players like City and PSG, so if he does go PSG we can get a good price, but anything under 30m simply isn't worth it

Exactly yeah, whenever we get injuries he will be able to fill the void more times than not.

Agree with this, however the silver lining with Ake is that he is very versatile and we could do with some versatile players who can play a number of positions

Out: Ramires, Mikel, Luis, Drogba, Salah, Kakuta, Marin, Moses, McEachran, Oscar In: Koke, Bamford, Romeu, Baker, Kalas, Griezmann. This includes current players we have out on loan too. To me this will be a near perfect summer window for us. Koke can replace oscar with Bamford being out new 3rd striker. Also think if the rumours about Griezmann are true then he will make a magnificent RW. With Baker and Kalas being squad players given a similar role to what Zouma has had this season. Koke deal looks a real possibility too: http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/574855/Chelsea-Felipe-Luis-Atletico-Madrid-Swap-Deal-Koke

Latest news: http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/574855/Chelsea-Felipe-Luis-Atletico-Madrid-Swap-Deal-Koke Thoughts on this? I think it'll be great if the deal gets made, we definitely need upgrades in the centre of the pitch. Could lead fabregas to move into a number 10 position if Oscar gets sold in the summer (which seems like its a possibility)

Don't get me wrong, im loving this moment. But the best part of the end of the season is always the summer transfer window and seeing how we can improve our squad. If you don't like to think about that, then fair enough

Great player and 23m is a disgraceful price. Wouldn't even think about selling for anything under 35m. Especially that its PSG so we should be thinking at least 40m. However I do have to say, if we end up getting the deal where 30m + Luis swap deal for Koke, then selling Oscar (for a GOOD price) would be the best thing to do. Source: http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/574855/Chelsea-Felipe-Luis-Atletico-Madrid-Swap-Deal-Koke

I guess, azpie surely can fill the void? And Luis can take up the LB spot

Looks good, except id get rid of Mikel and ramires as back up and use Romeu instead of mikel and instead of Ramires use Baker