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enigma said:
We don't even know who the coach will be yet. Can't go buying players without a coach in place. No point buying a player that doesn't fit into a specific coach's ideas. Being in the cup final has put us back a week as can't sack Conte yet.
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I was joking.

 
I wish we could get Milinkovic-Savic from Lazio, Koulibaly from Napoli and Hirving Lozano from PSV.

With Kante in defensive and transition roles Milinkovic-Savic would be able to focus on become a hybrid Matic-Lampard player and we do need an extra world class midfielder since I don't see Fabregas as a viable option anymore. Don't get me wrong he's great but he does make mistakes and is older now.
Koulibaly is very much needed, Gary Cahill is older now and David Luiz struggled a lot.
Lozano is a good talent that could replace Pedro and/or Willian in case he leaves as the rumors are already there that Mourinho wants him, I like Willian and wouldn't like to see him leave though.

Maybe it's not a popular opinion after how this season went but I still have faith in Morata becoming a great player for us, Michy should return as well.
If we sell Morata it would be amazing to see Icardi joining but since the other 3 players would all be very expensive already I gave up on that idea but what if Zouma comes back and becomes World Class? Then we don't need Koulibaly and can then get Icardi, just a dream I know...but if I were to continue doing that, Loftus-Cheek could also become World Class and then maybe we don't need Milinkovic-Savic either.

Well no matter what it's very clear that we need more quality, if the youth finally steps up or if we buy it doesn't matter but we do need a lot more for next season.

 
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To be honest would be good to use what we have got, get RLC, Tammy, Hudsen-Odoi, Van Ginkel etc in and let them loose in Europa League... good opportunity to see what they can do...

Let first team focus on the Prem.

With Signings ... god looking at Chelsea's transfer record for last few years and depending on the new manager (probably) it could be literally anyone......

John Terry?

 
Fruity66 said:
To be honest would be good to use what we have got, get RLC, Tammy, Hudsen-Odoi, Van Ginkel etc in and let them loose in Europa League... good opportunity to see what they can do...

Let first team focus on the Prem.

With Signings ... god looking at Chelsea's transfer record for last few years and depending on the new manager (probably) it could be literally anyone......

John Terry?
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Like you I'd like to see give RLC, Tammy, CHO given a chance next season, the biggest obstacle for me however is the standard of the current squad, add those players to the likes of Barkley, Bakayoko, an error prone Christensen/Cahill, and an ageing Fabregas/Pedro and I think we have a recipe for mid table obscurity (or worse, a relegation battle) next season.

 
romansoldier1981 said:
would love Icardi, Inter are in the Europa League next year too so he wouldnt be missing out on CL football if he signed for us.

Add Isco in midfield and rashford.

If we lose Courtois then Allison Becker from Roma as replacement.

                       Allison

Dave   Christiansen   Zouma/Rudiger    Emerson

              Isco    Kante   RLC

Rashford         Icardi          Hazard
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What do you think Icardi offers that Batshuayi doesn't? They're both poachers, with Batshuayi arguably the better finisher. Would be daft signing Icardi. 

As for Rashford, we have no chance of signing him and he's better up top than on the wing. 

Isco is one of Madrid's top performers this season. Won't leave.

 
RIP Mourinho said:
What do you think Icardi offers that Batshuayi doesn't? They're both poachers, with Batshuayi arguably the better finisher. Would be daft signing Icardi. 

As for Rashford, we have no chance of signing him and he's better up top than on the wing. 

Isco is one of Madrid's top performers this season. Won't leave.
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Concerning Icardi, I would say leadership. While they maybe similar in playing style, our squad is in dire need of some leaders.

 
Anyway, the first links we are getting this window is Willian to Man Utd. 

How do you feel about that? Personally I’d be really gutted, he seems to be Chelsea through and through and he was the only one who was performing in that dreadful season.

I really like him and I hope he stays.

 
didierforever said:
Concerning Icardi, I would say leadership. While they maybe similar in playing style, our squad is in dire need of some leaders.
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Is leadership worth as much Icardi would cost though when he isn't bringing anything that Bats doesn't offer. Rather buy a position we need with leadership qualities such as CM.

 
dansubrosa said:
Anyway, the first links we are getting this window is Willian to Man Utd. 

How do you feel about that? Personally I’d be really gutted, he seems to be Chelsea through and through and he was the only one who was performing in that dreadful season.

I really like him and I hope he stays.
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Fine to see him go, not a fan of him going to a rival though. 

He's a player that will have a good month or two a season to get your hopes up but is still largely average over the course of an entire year. 

Would rather him stay and play the role of super sub that he did so well last season. IMO that was the best he's been for us, coming into a game for the last 25 mins.

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Is leadership worth as much Icardi would cost though when he isn't bringing anything that Bats doesn't offer. Rather buy a position we need with leadership qualities such as CM.
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If we sell Morata and buy Icardi, while keeping Bats on our books (sending him on loan), I would say that would be the best. Honestly speaking the thought of going into the season with any 2 of morata/giroud/Bats as our striker options gives me nightmares. I would also say that while Icardi has the same strengths as Bats, his all round game is definitely better than Bats. Bats (while scoring consistently), sometimes looked very average. 

We HAVE to buy a CM. I dont think that should be conditional to getting a striker. 

 
didierforever said:
If we sell Morata and buy Icardi, while keeping Bats on our books (sending him on loan), I would say that would be the best. Honestly speaking the thought of going into the season with any 2 of morata/giroud/Bats as our striker options gives me nightmares. I would also say that while Icardi has the same strengths as Bats, his all round game is definitely better than Bats. Bats (while scoring consistently), sometimes looked very average. 

We HAVE to buy a CM. I dont think that should be conditional to getting a striker. 
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Icardi is weak outside of the box, just as much as Bats. His all round game is poor much the same. I'd rather keep Bats and buy a different type of striker to replace Morata if he is leaving. Then next season you have (?)unknown, Bats (poacher), Giroud (target man).

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Icardi is weak outside of the box, just as much as Bats. His all round game is poor much the same. I'd rather keep Bats and buy a different type of striker to replace Morata if he is leaving. Then next season you have (?)unknown, Bats (poacher), Giroud (target man).
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I dont think we will have 3 strikers in the squad. Hell, even in a season where we had CL football, we had just 2 strikers. Dont know why. 

Also, while I do agree that out of box play is not Icardi's strong suit, I seriously have to disagree with it being as poor as Bats. Lets agree to disgree though.

In case we do go into the season with 2 strikers (as we have done for some time now), who would be your choices? 

 
Icardi can actually hold the ball up, BatshuayI cannot. Icardi is clearly the much better player and a much more complete striker in the mould of Kane then he is like Batshuayi.

Bigger worry is the radio silence on player links. This lack of interest in any players reminds me way too much of last season.

 
Total-Football said:
Icardi can actually hold the ball up, BatshuayI cannot. Icardi is clearly the much better player and a much more complete striker in the mould of Kane then he is like Batshuayi.

Bigger worry is the radio silence on player links. This lack of interest in any players reminds me way too much of last season.
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That is not entirely the case. We are being heavily linked with Seri from Nice. 

 
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