Ashleyb66

Unless he enjoys it here does well wants to stay and we will be in the same position atletico were in with Costa where it’s the only club he wants to join and it falses the clubs hand to do business l. He’s obviously very unhappy there

I think we could have pulled off a great bit of business here and we should be very excited. Kovacic is a top player that will be exciting to watch. I don’t get why people are banging on about giving Barkley a chance he’s been crap pre-season and is injury prone. We need to freshen up our midfield and we have done. Fabregas is finished his legs have gone and Is just there to see out his contract. RLC needs a season to fight for his place which he should expect to do. He wasn’t that good at palace where he can just walk straight in and demand a starting spot. He needs to get his head down and prove himself or he will only play the the likes of Crystal Palace

I appreciate what you are saying about the language but a keeper doesn’t take long to learn a system. Should be pretty easy for him to adapt with a few training sessions how he likes a keeper to play especially as they say he’s good with his feet and has played a similar way already

I don’t really see how Fekir fits into the system plays either as F9 or off the forward. Don’t really see the benefit in playing him out wide when the club obviously rate Pedro and Willian on the right

This is not a dig at all but I am comparing it to my experience when you go from youth football to reserve football at semi pro level the difference is large when you go from youth team to first team at that level the difference is worlds apart. I don’t think people understand this unless you have played any sort of level of football. That’s why most guys need sending out on loan and only a very small percentage actually come straight into the first team unless they are built like men. It’s not football manager you can not just be thrown in and everything is fine. You need easing into a squad over a season. I read a lot on here that “well he’s played well for the youth team”. Our youth team win almost every game 3,4,5-0 It’s easy for them at the moment.

Depends how the deal is structured with add ons personally I can’t see it ever reaching that amount. Considering he has already rejected a 125k per week deal I don’t think wages are a massive problem for clubs with the premier league money even the size of palace now days. Unless Willian goes Man Utd I don’t see the logic in signing Zaha or Bailey

Chelsea’s have to sign the players that have done ‘f**k all’ now and should be buying players with potential and looking to invest time in them like we have done with hazard as that’s the only way now we will end up with top players. We are not in the league anymore of going to buy the best talent. If Leon Bailey gets 25 goals next year and does ‘something’ he’s out of your price range If Zaha goes to a top club and players really well again we ain’t going to buy him people must be realistic as to where we are as a club now

Personally I think Donnuruma is all hype. You call Butland a donkey and name a keeper that had a poor season last year. Most people haven’t watched him yet on a forum and he’s a world beater. He’s on massively high wages and is one of the best payed goalkeepers in the world. People talk about a risk with Butland well he’s twice the risked he is. Butland is a good solid goalkeeper and would be a clever signing by Chelsea. Before the World Cup it was a toss of a coin between him and Pickford and how much would Pickford be now 60M+

He's good but *very* young. It'd be a hell of a gamble taking a young kid away from home like that. Maybe if we bought him this year, loaned him out like we did Courtois and played Willy this year it might make sense but I'd be concerned if we were to make honour number one this year. Willy Cabelero is a poor goalkeeper that will cost us points. We must get someone or we will not qualify for the champions league with him in goal. Personally I wouldn’t even have him as our numbers two I’d have Bulka

No chance Marina picks what players to buy she’s there to do the deal. Harsh criticism of someone when it’s not their job

I just hate this guy so much he’s such a bad footballer ever time I watch him I feel like we’ve been mugged all over again. As soon as the ball is at his feet he’s a embarrassment. Surely someone will take him on loan and cover his 100k he is robbing us off every week. What a joke this guy is

City liverpool spurs chelsea utd arsenal City are so good and have such a good squad they will run away with it again Liverpool to run city closest but still be off the pace to win it Spurs and us to fight it out for third. If we had signed i good forward I would have put us third but as I think he will struggle for goals if he persists with Morata I have gone spurs 3rd us 4th Utd 5th as his pre-Season antics remind me of the year it all fell apart at chelsea. His irrational behaviour and picking fights with players feels like a carbon copy Arsenal still 6th but closer to the pack than last year

I can’t see this one happening now as it’s too late in the window and too big a transfer too conclude. Plus in order for him to leave Willian would have to go and I can’t see that happening now

It’s a hard window to judge clubs on as it’s been hampered by clubs shortening it by two or three weeks and the players still not returning from holidays. I think most fans must feel the same as we do, the only clubs that have done good business so far are Liverpool West Ham and Fulham. Arsenal have signed a few players but no one of any ilk just packing out the squad. by not signing players it will hopefully give a few players the chance to break through like RLC who would have suffered if we had sign golovin and the first team opportunity for CHO. For me I would have loved to add martial and if that happens which it still could i think we have had a good window. I don’t particularly have a concern over the goalkeeper because if Courtois stays we have a world class keeper and if he goes Jack Butland is a good solid replacement. I am not saying that he is world class because he’s not but he is a top keeper and will be available

Hi actually dropped right off last year and had his lowest league goals of 16