FabiBlue

Delap to Newcastle and we'll take Woltemade, ST sorted then

Happy to see us finally targeting positions we actually need straight out of the gate this summer. We are seriously interested in Bayer Leverkusen’s Edmond Tapsoba and a meeting with his camp is reportedly on the cards.
Let’s be honest, we've needed to sort out our centre-back situation for ages now. While Tapsoba might not be the single most elite, absolute world-class name on everyone's dream list, he is a seriously solid, proven defender who knows how to play out from the back.
What makes this even better is that this has Xabi Alonso’s fingerprints all over it. Having worked with Tapsoba at Leverkusen, Alonso clearly knows exactly how to fit him into his system, and seeing the board back the new gaffer's vision immediately is exactly what we need.
I’m genuinely optimistic about this approach — buying specific quality to fit the manager's tactical blueprint rather than just hoarding random talent.

Speaking of Rabbaj, he's already on Barcelona's radar now, even though Barça's academy is literally stacked with players of his profile.
I still dream that at least Ibrahim stays at Chelsea and fulfills his potential here, but with our board's current vision and the obsession with "pure profit" from academy sales, that's highly unlikely to happen. They'll probably just cash in on him too...

Speaking of Rabbaj, he's already on Barcelona's radar now, even though Barça's academy is literally stacked with players of his profile.
I still dream that at least Ibrahim stays at Chelsea and fulfills his potential here, but with our board's current vision and the obsession with "pure profit" from academy sales, that's highly unlikely to happen. They'll probably just cash in on him too...

Speaking of Rabbaj, he's already on Barcelona's radar now, even though Barça's academy is literally stacked with players of his profile.
I still dream that at least Ibrahim stays at Chelsea and fulfills his potential here, but with our board's current vision and the obsession with "pure profit" from academy sales, that's highly unlikely to happen. They'll probably just cash in on him too...

Speaking of Rabbaj, he's already on Barcelona's radar now, even though Barça's academy is literally stacked with players of his profile.
I still dream that at least Ibrahim stays at Chelsea and fulfills his potential here, but with our board's current vision and the obsession with "pure profit" from academy sales, that's highly unlikely to happen. They'll probably just cash in on him too...

I think Mheuka would do pretty well, he has 12 goals in 11 Under 21 games this season. He's definitely ready to make a step up.

Given how little action Sarr, Anselmino and Paez have had since SDs/BlueCo messed about with their loans in January, I think it's fair to say that all these decisions are proving extremely poor in terms of development for those three players.

I'm surprised Lamps hasn't looked to take any of our youngsters on loan, bearing in mind Coventry's form has dropped off a cliff lately. That said, I don't know how good our youngsters are these days. Was a time when I was well up with them and knew the decent ones but other than Ibrahim Rabbaj (the new Messi!), I don't know if there are any that would do well in The Championship.

Glad to join the blue community💙