Why would he be checking in on a Monday night when the game was on Sunday though? Just seems a bit strange to me..

 

Probably given permission to have a few extra days in London by the owners to keep him sweet.

Sign him, send him on loan..

Maia is rumoured to be £15m so doubt he would go on loan

Maia could be a bargain for £15m, looks a serious talent, Brazilians rate him very highly, PSG are also after him though.

Maia could be a bargain for £15m, looks a serious talent, Brazilians rate him very highly, PSG are also after him though.

Brazilians rate Oscar highly!

Brazilian players are seriously overrated just like English players. I have seen better midfielders than Maia playing in the Olympic currently but know one is talking about them.

I hope we sell Matic to Juve and buy Matuidi from PSG

Apparently Juventus want to swap Zaza for Matic, I'd rather take the money, Zaza's goal return is far from impressive.

Apparently Juventus want to swap Zaza for Matic, I'd rather take the money, Zaza's goal return is far from impressive.

 

He can be our new set piece specialist. 

we're looking at matuidi according to some french journalist for l'equipe

Hope to god we're not after Matuidi, we've just got rid of one brain dead work horse in Ramires, we don't need another one. 

Hope to god we're not after Matuidi, we've just got rid of one brain dead work horse in Ramires, we don't need another one.

If it came down to Matuidi or Matic who would you rather?

If it came down to Matuidi or Matic who would you rather?

 

In current form Matuidi. I don't think it should come down to one or the other though, there are plenty of other midfielders we could chase.

In current form Matuidi. I don't think it should come down to one or the other though, there are plenty of other midfielders we could chase.

Such as?

It's sounds like we're in advanced negotiations with Thiago Maia so he could be Matic's replacement.

If it came down to Matuidi or Matic who would you rather?

Matuidi is 29 years and overrated, i wont take him. Matic is not consistent, I wont take take him. We aint playing in the Champions League this season so just give me Chalobah over both.

It's sounds like we're in advanced negotiations with Thiago Maia so he could be Matic's replacement.

I think we have to get rid of Matic, he just looks a shadow of his former self. I wonder where he'd go though.

Dahoud, Neves and Tielemans are good midfielders. Just like Tah, Sule and Romangoli are good CBs. Seems we prefer the lazy route of established players.

Payet, that's my random rumour.

Edited August 10, 20169 yr by Barry Bridges

Dahoud, Neves and Tielemans are good midfielders. Just like Tah, Sule and Romangoli are good CBs. Seems we prefer the lazy route of established players.

Tielemans, now that would be a signing

Dahoud, Neves and Tielemans are good midfielders. Just like Tah, Sule and Romangoli are good CBs. Seems we prefer the lazy route of established players.

 

Heard good things about him last season.

made contact wih icardi apparently. will have to wait for more news on that today.

Can I just point out that marko marin and lucas piazon are still at the club [emoji848] bit of a random thought but they are usually loaned out by now and also bamford?

Maybe we forgot that they still play for us.

I still think Remy is going to go, unless he is extremely happy at warming the bench.

 

Bony could be on his way to Everton which may pave the way for Lukaku to join us but after selling Stones i can't see them selling Lukaku.

 

Not a lot of striking options out there unless you pay big money.

 

We've been linked with Icardi but De Boer said he's not going to be sold. Though his wife who's his agent recently liked a news story linking us with him on twitter. Oh social media, a like turns into a story.

Edited August 11, 20169 yr by Sheva

"Chelsea have reportedly submitted a €45m bid for Sporting midfielder João Mário.

According to Jornal De Notícias, the agent Kia Joorabchian is the one who delivered the bid, along with another offer from Inter Milan of €45m + €5m in bonuses.

Despite Chelsea’s bid being lower, the newspaper says that Sporting would prefer to accept it, since it would mean a bigger amount to be paid up front.

The article doesn’t explain if Inter want to pay the €45m in instalments, but you’d have to assume so going by the Chelsea preference.

The player prefers a move to the Premier League, just like has been reported many times before. But Jornal de Notícias says he’s totally focused on Sporting right now and will only worry about the bids after the clubs reach an agreement.

This morning, there were also claims in Portugal saying that Liverpool had offered money plus Mario Balotelli in exchange for the midfielder, but the Italian striker isn’t in Sporting’s plans.

That came after claims from the player’s own father that Liverpool had submitted a €40m offer earlier this summer".-Sport Witness

Joao Mario was pretty dreadful at the Euros. The one player on that side I hoped we would never buy and behold...