summer is coming

Please let this be true. Please

Seems it's happening (going back to Juventus). Front pages of some Italian papers.

According to Il Messaggero in Italy,Chelsea have made an official €50m bid for Koulibaly; an offer described as ‘mind-boggling’ by the newspaper. http://sport.ilmessaggero.it/calciomercato/napoli_il_chelsea_offre_50_milioni_di_euro_per_koulibaly_conte_non_parlo_di_lui-1913435.html

Fully agree.

We found Papy and Hector last season If one looks at the profile of central defenders being pursued, one would realize we are after the ball playing types, very difficult to acquire them to be honest, unless of course papy and hector.

Show working mate. That was really an insane statement.

100% Agree.

Tbf it's very difficult to create against teams defending with all men behind a ball, I think City for all their attacking prowess had same issue vs Sunderland. Season is very much young and we have lots to optimistic about, agree that we need to be more creative.

"Any other day it could have been a stalemate". Christ, I understand the need for negativity by some posters but that was trying too hard.

Excellent post mate, couldn't have said it better.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/chelseas-cesc-fabregas-offered-european-8639367 Rumors won't go away.

Very impressed with the defensive organization, getting another CB and a LB would be great. Much to be optimistic about,improvement needed when attacking. Think that 424 might still come handy.

Hammers hammered. Frontpage, tomorrow's papers.

Would love a good solid win, good play and a clean sheet ( pls pls) to get some fans off the manager and board's back.

Seen worse on here!

Christ was this how we played too?

Tuttosport claim that while Juve are only willing to spend 30 million euros on Fabregas, Chelsea would only let the player go for 45 million. Moreover, it’s claimed Cesc is demanding 7 million euros per year in wages. The Italian daily believe that Juve plan to try to negotiate for Fabregas this week, as well as probing the Blues again to see if Nemanja Matic is available, while PSG’s Blaise Matuidi is another player on the Bianconeri’s radar.

IMO we should have been in for Ashley Williams, would have been a no brainer, tough tackling and aggressive and would easily compliment Zouma,Terry or Cahill and given his age, a year or two, Christensen replaces himm

Fully agree with Cesc's rumor but I think there's something to Pedro's as I don't see him featuring much in Conte's plan. Just my thought though.

If I was to hazard a guess, I would say all these happened without the manager's knowledge? or its too early in his managerial career to be getting insults like the club are?

According to Spanish website Deporte Valenciano, Valencia are keen on signing the former Barcelona star, but are unwilling to meet Chelsea’s asking price of €20m.

Still think he's over-valued. His agent admitted Napoli thought him not good enough for them before he had a monster of a season. But if reports are true he's Conte first option for reinforcement in defence and the club is willing to get fleeced in backing him.

Wolves in the Championship are linked to a 25 million pounds player. We beat Palace, Westham and (surprise surprise) Spurs to 33 million pounds Batshuayi. With the new TV deal, every club can splurge. You don't want to ask a gunner or spud fan about how their club is ran.

"Chelsea have reportedly submitted a €45m bid for Sporting midfielder João Mário. According to Jornal De Notícias, the agent Kia Joorabchian is the one who delivered the bid, along with another offer from Inter Milan of €45m + €5m in bonuses. Despite Chelsea’s bid being lower, the newspaper says that Sporting would prefer to accept it, since it would mean a bigger amount to be paid up front. The article doesn’t explain if Inter want to pay the €45m in instalments, but you’d have to assume so going by the Chelsea preference. The player prefers a move to the Premier League, just like has been reported many times before. But Jornal de Notícias says he’s totally focused on Sporting right now and will only worry about the bids after the clubs reach an agreement. This morning, there were also claims in Portugal saying that Liverpool had offered money plus Mario Balotelli in exchange for the midfielder, but the Italian striker isn’t in Sporting’s plans. That came after claims from the player’s own father that Liverpool had submitted a €40m offer earlier this summer".-Sport Witness

Well said.