Skinnedy

they got it right, but Christensen replaced Luiz in the middle of the back 3 for Conte when Luiz had his tantrum and wasn't seen again until Sarri took over.

I'm not ready to give up on RLC, but I'm ready to throw in the towel on him in a front 3. I've yet to see him have a positive contribution from one of the wide positions in a front 3. If we were short there tonight, Mason is more effective. Put him up top and RLC in the midfield.

Maybe he's not leaving after all.

he's on an extension, so Chelsea will likely get a small fee... reports are 5M.

Official to Palace. Signing an extension makes a ton of sense for Chelsea. They have his wages covered, and they can still get a fee.... ends up costing zero, with 8 figures of upside low risk, high reward...

Looks like Tomori is heading to Everton on loan. Would love for him to get 30 starts for them.

I'm glad I didn't have some of you as teachers... or as kids on Christmas Havertz Chillwell Ziyech Werner Sarr Mbuyamba Silva and that's a 7? That's 5 new starters in one window. Gracious Put a traffic cone in goal and I'll give it a 9.5. Give me a competent GK and it's easily a 10. This window exceeds my wildest dreams.

I don't think there's a huge worry right now. https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/news/frank-lampard-delivers-hakim-ziyech-knee-injury-update-brighton-friendly

They were shoulder to shoulder. Brighton player had the ball on his right and Amapadu on his left shoulder. Ampadu reaches across with his right leg, his inside leg, and clipped the Brighton players left leg. I thought it was legit.

In terms of points gained, I believe Silva is the most important signing of the 20/21 season.

Will head out on loan. This was a no-brainer for Chelsea. If he develops at all, he should be an 8 figure asset. Brilliant business, and thank you Malang Sarr for agreeing.

Chelsea just got better at LB

I agree, but you make your own luck to a certain extent, because the club is well run, Chelsea is in a position to take advantage of a depressed market. That's not an accident. Bottom line, since this is the Marina Granovskaia thread... there aren't a lot of execs around football I'd want to trade her for....