Just now, driller97 said:

Yeah we'd get a decent fee, but im not sure who Frank plans on playing in the deeper midfield role is Kante leaves. I assume it's going to be either Kovacic or Jorginho but neither of them are known for their defensive prowess

I suspect that is why we are linked with Rice.

1 minute ago, Backbiter said:

Sounds a plausible list.

Definitely plausible, and the list is pretty much everyone (bar Kante) who's time is essentially up. We could get a fair chunk of change if we sell all of them, just a case of whether we can

Just now, forbzy said:

I suspect that is why we are linked with Rice.

Possible. Might not actually be a bad shout as he can cover both DM and as a CB as well if we do manage to sell Christensen and Zouma. But we would still definitely need to bring in another CB

I think we would do well to sell half of the players in that list during this window. The rest will probably go out on loan, hopefully with the option to buy if the player impresses.

7 hours ago, driller97 said:

No

Better than any of our current lot. Not that is saying much.

Zouma has been our best CB this season, I think him and Tomori offered us the most consistency as a pairing. 

Rudiger always seemed like a car crashing waiting to happen and Christensen looks amazing against better opposition who are more technical in there buidup whereas goes to sh*t the moment any physical pressure is put on him. 

I would be surprised if Zouma is sold, I remember reading that article about players out during the corona virus break, think Lampard may rethink the players out. 

 

Zouma is by far the best CB we have imo

I don’t like the idea of selling Kante. Imagine selling him to a rival like Man U that would be a disaster.

WHy would we publicly state that these players are up for sale? Surely that drives their price down

2 hours ago, driller97 said:

https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/03/chelsea-put-ngolo-kante-eight-players-sale-13075212/

and

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8588445/Chelsea-FOUR-defenders-sale-Frank-Lampard-plans-clear-raise-funds.html

I know not exactly the most reliable sources, but its pretty clear that the majority of this list was on the way out anyway so I do take their word.

 

TL;DR its Kante, Zouma, Christensen, Barkley, Bats, Emerson, Bakayoko, Alonso and Kepa

What happened to Drinkvodka? Surely not keeping him? 

4 minutes ago, CFCCAN said:

What happened to Drinkvodka? Surely not keeping him? 

That worthless bum wouldn't even fetch 500k, no point even mentioning that little freeloader

5 minutes ago, driller97 said:

That worthless bum wouldn't even fetch 500k, no point even mentioning that little freeloader

Apparently he has moved into a scouting role?

 

 

 

9 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Apparently he has moved into a scouting role?

 

 

 

I hope not, Chilwell would be a complete and utter waste of money.

Unless he's trying to recruit him to Aston Villa which is where they probably both belong

Reguilon appears to be the latest LB we're linked with..

13 hours ago, driller97 said:

Yeah we'd get a decent fee, but im not sure who Frank plans on playing in the deeper midfield role is Kante leaves. I assume it's going to be either Kovacic or Jorginho but neither of them are known for their defensive prowess

Gilmour or Ampadu...

3 hours ago, doctorblue said:

Gilmour or Ampadu...

Way too soon to be relying on them as our starter... In a few years I agree, but for now they're not ready as shown by Gilmour in the games he played after the restart

EPL KO in 37 days time on Sun Sep 12th, we wont likely benefit from a delayed start as BM will KO us out of CL this Friday

so with that said that's 5 1/2 weeks to sell off up to 9 players and bring crucial replacements in (by crucial this is one chance for the CFC Board to get the recruitment right - no more turkeys like we saw under TSO, Conte & Sarri where 100s of million was spunked on dross - Drinky, Baka, Zappa, Emerson, Jorginho & Kepa and top players were let go stupidly) and we may see SFL as manager a few more seasons, get it wrong and he may not last next  season.  Hopefully the appointment of Cech has changed the mentality of the Board and we have a hit list for sales and buys and all that is needed now is a few phone calls to make deals happen ..........and then I woke up !

So who is going to take the players we need to move out ?

 

Kepa - loan to Spanish club ?

Moses - Inter ?

Emerson - Inter ?

Kante - Inter ? PSG ? Barcelona ? Real Madrid ?

Batshuayi - Leeds ? Crystal Palace ? West Ham ?

Alonso - Spanish or Italian club ?

Drinkwater - 🙂

Bakayoko - AC Milan ? French club ?

Zappacosta - Italian club ?

Jorginho - Juventus ? Man City ?

Barkley - West Ham (Barkley + cash for Rice) ?

Christensen - German club ?

Rudiger - German or Italian club ?

Zouma - Tottenham ? Everton ?

What about Boateng? Defensive leader...

1 hour ago, evissy said:

 

 

What about Boateng? Defensive leader...

 

Too old...too slow...

1 hour ago, evissy said:

 

 

What about Boateng? Defensive leader...

Is this even a rumour or have you just seen a name and decided yourself that we should go for him?

Is this even a rumour or have you just seen a name and decided yourself that we should go for him?

Not a rumour.

4 hours ago, evissy said:

 

 

What about Boateng? Defensive leader...

 

Nope, He Goes For Walks Too Much In Games, He Thinks He's An Attacking Mid Half The Time

1 hour ago, Jackson27 said:

Nope, He Goes For Walks Too Much In Games, He Thinks He's An Attacking Mid Half The Time

Never been the same since Messi absolutely terrorized him in the champions league