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There is a whole laundry list of players that we need to shift if we are to do some more business like signing a Hall, Scott, Wharton or Diogo Costa.

Badishille

Disasi

Gusto

Enzo

Neto

Jackson

Guiu

Delap

True Enzo could be kept and play, lot of issues to sort out on all sides for that to happen.

The rest have little to no chance of a significant role in the squad, and we need the cash injection to finish the job. We need more quality in to challange for the title.

 
Like I said maybe Im deluded but I think there are a few factors that might make Delap more easy to move on. He's young, the 'great' season he had at Ipswich was only a year ago and that proved he can do it in the premier league, he's English which adds a premium and as mentioned he didn't really play last year. Moving the Badiashiles of this world is a whole other problem though.

There is an ever increasing trend in loan to buys that never materialise as you eluded to. It's like a try before you buy. In the case of our very own bomb squad we wouldn't have bought any of them if we had that option, and everyone else who tries them will find out quickly they don't want them either. Most will probably be Sanchoed around Europe until their contracts run out, but I have a feeling Delap won't be one of them.
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I could see how a "bruiser" like Delap might appeal to a certain type of manager with a preference for playing good old-fashioned "direct" football, such as David Moyes at Everton, who apparently tried to sign him last season but lost out to us. I also find it plausible that Leeds and Forest might also be sniffing around. As a Chelsea fan I hope I'm wrong, I'll be jumping for joy if we somehow do manage to get £40m for him, but he's just not a £40m player (although admittedly that bar has been considerably lowered this summer...). I'd be biting their hands off for anybody willing to pay half that, everybody knows we want/need to sell him, and that drops his value further.

 
Is he f**k.

How many times have you watched him play?
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Maybe 10 x maximum, paid special interest.

Panichelli is 1,000 x the player and the one we should have poached.

It is no exaggeration when I say that Emegha is essentially Lakaka without the eye for goal.

0 football IQ, 0 positional awareness, non existent first touch and for his frame pretty piss poor in the air.

This will easily go down as one of BlueCo’s worst transfers. I’d be genuinely surprised if he sees the field for us. I presumed the only reason we’d bought him was to register a profit for Strasbourg and then sell him on registering a profit for ourselves.

 
He'd be a better fit at one of those clubs and may even score a few goals, but you know what they say, "if something sounds too good to be true..."

I just can't comprehend anybody being willing to spend £40m after the season he had. It's great if it happens and I hope I'm wrong, but I remain dubious. So much bo**ocks gets reported at this time of year, fuelled by dickheads on twitter competing for attention and followers.
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Not a chance! So they want to make a profit on a player after he had an awful season. Anyone buying him now will need a season loan first to see if last season was a blip or not.

There is also the little problem of his ridiculous contract. He was on £20k/w at Ipswich, they have bumped him up to £100k/w with an extra £20k/w bonus. At any of those linked teams he will be a top 3 earner. You would need to be certain he can deliver.

 
Maybe 10 x maximum, paid special interest.

Panichelli is 1,000 x the player and the one we should have poached.

It is no exaggeration when I say that Emegha is essentially Lakaka without the eye for goal.

0 football IQ, 0 positional awareness, non existent first touch and for his frame pretty piss poor in the air.

This will easily go down as one of BlueCo’s worst transfers. I’d be genuinely surprised if he sees the field for us. I presumed the only reason we’d bought him was to register a profit for Strasbourg and then sell him on registering a profit for ourselves.
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I must admit, although I haven't seen that much of him, whenever I have seen him I had uncomfortable flashbacks to Bakayoko. I couldn't believe we effectively bought a CF version of him. I even found his YT highlights totally meh.

 
is is it just me that gets worried when you need to google who these players are?
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Young player no one has heard of before. What could possibly go wrong!

 

Gives me Ramsay Bolton vibes. 😈

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Wow. Long season ahead...especially for Caicedo
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So the £70 million bid for Alex Scott? Surely that indicates we're after another midfielder? The other worry is Bob Sanchez

 
What an absolute nothing statement, whats it even mean, close how? Only 1 more, 3 more? ITK w**kers.
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Close to done could mean a couple of South American kids or Alex Scott and Diogo Costa. Two wildly different outcomes. Also where was this guys in the know information when Rogers was signed? Like the club have never made a transfer without them knowing before.

 
Im enjoying all this speculation about Chavarria, Scott, Wharton and Costa to name but a few but at the back of my mind im terrified at how we are going to pay for them with outgoing players to balance the books. i dont want to list them but some of the potential outgoings look almost impossible to shift.

my abacus tells me for every scalvini we have to sell two disasi's😳

 
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Have a feeling once we’ve shifted a couple of the higher value flops (Enzo, Gusto, Neto) we’ll see our activity heat back up.

Looks like Badiashille to Napoli is finally closing, Chalobah likely to be a Como player before too long, still Disasi to move on to someone! Then ‘smaller’ moves like Jackson, Delap, Guiu etc should hopefully happen.

PL Loans for the likes of Gittens & Josh (Who should 100% spend a season at Palace)

The squad is suddenly down to a manageable level.

The Adam Wharton transfer is the one that just makes a stupid amount of sense, he is the exact profile we’re dying for next to Caicedo in the middle and would unlock the likes of Palmer, Rogers, Stevie & JP in that final third.

As for the GK situation, you sign Diogo Costa and commit there or you give the gloves to Penders and ride with him. Another season of Bob is no good for anyone.

 
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