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Obviously not as clever as you, Einstein. I said 'likely to sign' not 'are going to sign'. I suggest you get your facts right before insulting people for having a diifferent opinion to you.

I clearly remember finishing second though in Roman's first season with these 'second-rate' players. And finishing above 'the likes of United' who we couldn't 'sign guys over'. Funny that. I still maintain that those signings were of better quailty than we're likely to sign in this window.

Exactly. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1633581/Chelsea-transfer-news-Raphinha-Barcelona-request-Leeds

Well I'm sure we used to be. And it's not just those two, even bloody Spurs look a better bet than us now. Look at the players we signed when Roman first came here. We'll never attract that quality now. The EPL is widely regarded as the best league in the world, so why wouldn't the best players want to play in the best league? I just don't get it, and if Raphinha or anyone else prefers some other club to us, then they can f**k off there as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather we sign no-one if they don't really want to be here, and we just stick with our youngsters.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/30/raphinhas-agent-meets-with-barcelona-again-ahead-of-new-chelsea-talks-16919235/ Bloody hell, does anyone actually want to come here? It seems all the players we've been linked to 'prefer' other clubs. Maybe we're not the attraction we think we are?

Seems like we're being linked with every central defender on the planet now.

Juventus chief gives Chelsea major hope of completing Matthijs de Ligt transfer https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/30/juventus-chief-gives-chelsea-major-hope-of-completing-matthijs-de-ligt-transfer-16916685/

https://www.90min.com/posts/torino-meeting-with-arsenal-chelsea-tottenham-discuss-gleison-bremer

Probably not, more's the pity.

Chelsea will get ‘discount’ for Serie A star https://www.football365.com/news/chelsea-get-discount-skriniar-inter-milan-contact-koulibaly-napoli-transfer

I'm disappointed we haven't been linked with any midfielders. I think that's the main area we need to upgrade/strengthen after central defence. Oh, for someone like a Fabregas.

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I used to watch Ake a lot when he played for our youth and I always thought he was a class act. Not sure if he's at the standard we need now, but if the reports are true, TT rates him and I'm sure he knows a lot more than me!

I would prefer to keep Werner personally. It is a good idea to use one of our unwanted players as a makeweight, but I would rather it was someone else. If he could just learn to time his runs better, I think he could be the player for us we thought he would be. He's also had some unbelievable bad luck, so surely it's got to turn sometime, and I don't want another club to benefit from that. Also, with that fat lump Lukaku gone, that could also have a positive effect on him.