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Some on here have implied that I actually am a Spurs fan. Whilst not quite as insulting as being an Arsenal supporter, I suspect I have supported Chelsea far longer than many of the glory hunters on here.

you're* Consistently providing informed and well constructed analysis, I agree. Thank you, big blue.

I think the question is when and not if we should be buying Callum Wilson. Should we buy him now whilst the price is reasonable or wait for us to lose in the next fixture and panic buy him at an even higher price. For someone who supposedly is injured and rubbish etc as many on this forum keep wrongly pointing out, he has outscored any of our forwards by miles, as well as possesses far, far more talent. Let's get it done Chelsea. If that doesn't sort it out then Sarri really has to go because we need to get the players motivated prior to exiting any of the trophies.

The writing is on the wall for Sarri. He is gone. The players aren't performing for him and why should they? He is making all the wrong team line up choices and is constantly getting subs wrong. Our 2 best players out of position. Hazard will move on, Kante will be snapped up by the likes of PSG and we we will become a top 10 team with the likes of Arsenal. No-one wants to be Arsenal, not even Arsenal. Let's get rid of him now before the rot truly sits in. We are still in multiple trophies, can we not exit all of them before deciding that the players simply aren't interested any more.

I was referring to Wilson, as you already know.

Valid point above. Wilson can play that false 9 role as he is extremely versatile.

Another Callum Wilson goal. Why are we not finalising a deal for him asap? Showing every bit why he is superior to any attacking talent we currently have.

Let him take the money from Bayern. Money grabbing mercenary. Good riddance to get rid of him. We’re going to buy Higuain and Wilson anyway. We don’t need him and his stupid double barrelled surname.

CW is twice the player CHO is. Prove me wrong.

Good for him. Now we need an English replacement. Callum Wilson anyone?

Ridiculous comparing him to Drogba. Someone else compared Giroud to Callum Wilson on another thread. Wilson and Drogba are legends compared to Giroud. Giroud is as forgettable as Pato and Kalou.

Don't want Callum near the club, unless it's Callum Wilson. Can't we do a straight swap with Bournemouth?

How anyone can make the argument that we'd be worse off if we brought in Wilson must have escaped the local asylum. Wilson is brilliant and better than anyone else we have. On that basis alone, he wouldn't make us any worse, would he. Wilson and Fraser together would be a good dual purchase. They already have link up practice and more English players on the books would be great. Many years left to come from both of them. I wouldn't go any further than £75m for the pair together though.

The quote function is available. If you need a hand how to use it, please feel free to drop me a private message. I can leave instructions here too if you also need help doing that. He has been scoring more goals than any of our strikers this season, so automatically an upgrade. We do need to fill a home grown quota. 27 is young these days for a player considering how long they stay at the top. Wilson could be the next Ibrahimovic if we treat him right, and if that is the case, then £50m would be a steal.

I made my thoughts known in some of the other threads, however... I believe we should be pursuing Callum Wilson. We certainly shouldn't be going anywhere near £50m but a fair and reasonable price of £35-£40m would be an acceptable compromise I think. He meets the home grown quota, as well as possessing time on his side. We would be getting at least 5 years of peak Wilson and he has the potential to be even better than he is now. It's actually quite scary to think of the kind of partnership he could form with Giroud at the top. Giroud would win all the balls over the top and crosses from the side and Wilson would knock them in for fun.

Why? Have we made a bid for him?

No. It is of course an opinion, as stated. Someone else suggested Andy Carroll in another thread. I wouldn't be in favour of him coming in compared to Callum, but certainly worth a look at too.

Wonderful player in my opinion. We need the home grown quota filled urgently, so double win. If the asking price is £50m we should just pay it. That's the going rate for young English talent these days.

I've been a long time fan on this player. He's certainly not strong in the goal scoring department, but doesn't need to be. He is easily worth around the £40m mark if we are to give a fair evaluation of his talent. Bearing in mind that £40m also equates to 1 Bakayoko, so it's a cursed price.

Not young in a youth squad sense, but certainly towards the younger end of the spectrum. He still potentially has 7-8 years left in his career at top level.

It smells like Falcao and Pato all over again. Really poor and smells of desperation. I understand the desperation as we effectively have no-one qualified to play up front. I would spend upwards of £50m to get in a decent, long term replacement. Let's not f**k about again.

What are you actually talking about?! What have I done wrong here?

Errr, what? How is that trolling? £50m is clearly too much for Wilson, but everything else in my post is correct. Thanks for the nice welcome to the board...

Accidental double post.

I think it would be a poor decision to buy Higuain. We don't need a 30+ Argentinian with no experience in England. I would much rather spend the money on Andy Carroll. He could form quite the partnership at the top with Giroud. Two tall front men who should be able to actually get on the end of a ball when played in. We need more direct play.