1 minute ago, Barrettinator said:

That's definitely the press room.

looks like he is having second thoughts

10 minutes to go, Zappa and Drinkwater is still a disappointing end to the day imo.

11 minutes ago, Chigzzer said:

Drinkwater isn't having his medical. 

Yes he is. he is in cobham what do u think he is doing there " sight seeing"

At the very least, please get Zappacosta and Drinkwater over the line. Go hard for strikers and forwards for the Jan window.

2 minutes ago, Barrettinator said:

That's definitely the press room.

Are they signing contracts in the sauna now? 

Official: Zappacosta deal is off as player changed his mind while signing the contract (Jim White) 

Just now, The Don Antonio said:

Yes he is. he is in cobham what do u think he is doing there " sight seeing"

He can't have his medical until a fee has been agreed? 

Just now, The Don Antonio said:

Yes he is. he is in cobham what do u think he is doing there " sight seeing"

he's thinking of ways to back out of the deal

Just now, Zola said:

I have never respected Drogba more than I did that night.
Told it like it was, pure passion for our club.
I salute you sir. 

Why bid 35m for barkley when we cud have bid 11M more and gotten Marhez

10 minutes ago, PedroMendez said:

Ruin my fun 

 

You never know, given Barkley is injured we may have told him to run down his contract for another 6 months on the Everton payroll, reduce his price and then we will up his signing on bonus.

Just trying to channel the inner BS of a Journo 

Same thoughts here...

It's only the ridiculousness of the Barkley situation that pi$$es us off. 

Firstly he is clearly not good enough. He has been thrown away by Everton because he is not good enough for them.

But even more important WTF are we doing chasing around trying to sign a player now that Conte can't use anyway until the end of the year. Who is our negotiator, Lloyd f**king Christmas?

I'll sign, i'll sign now. F**k the medical. I'm short, fat and 50 but i'm still fitter then Ross f**king Barkley at the moment.

Apologies!

22.53 

1 minute ago, DonAntonio said:

Are they signing contracts in the sauna now? 

He's from Italy, they don't want the change to be too daunting.
 

2 minutes ago, Osgood is Good said:

In all honesty, do we think Barkley is good enough ?. No would be the answer if you read the comments. He can't play until about Jan, so he's no good to us as an immediate squad filler.

I'm not worried about Barkley, more worried about not getting a "fit" CM and another striker.

I think Barkley is a good player, I just don't know where he would play for us.

Just now, TomCFC85 said:

Official: Zappacosta deal is off as player changed his mind while signing the contract (Jim White) 

Also Drinkwater changed his minds, he signed as 'Ivanka Trump' and the contract is invalid.

3 minutes ago, Barrettinator said:

We have 3 CMs (and we even play with 3 sometimes). We're about to enter a stretch where we play 7 games in a month. Stop this.

yeah and what? we won't rotate 2 players in that time, let alone half a team. you play your strongest side, if they come out unscatched then great. at the end of the day, nobody is going to be stronger losing their key players IF it happens during a period like that. we could go until jan without injuries, but utd city etc could get 3/4 injuries. who knows. it's all hypothetical and we cross that bridge when we come to it. at the moment we have a strong squad and 2 players in almost every position. i don't see the constant worry. 

2 minutes ago, Jackson27 said:

he's thinking of ways to back out of the deal

Yeah right. he handed in a transfer request. He obviously msses KANTE

This is just payback for Everton messing us about with the Stones deal.

Barkley can't play to the new year anyway so Chelsea talk him into going along with the £35m deal and pullout at last minute. We offer him an extra 30k a month and sign him in Jan for £8m.

 

He agreed personal terms too according to the Everton chairman. I think he may have also pulled out to get a bigger sign on fee + wages in January/June.

I doubt he will be coming to Chelsea after this fiasco. Was never bothered about him or Chamberlain to be honest. Would of liked to get Mahrez but it's going to be Drinkwater and Zappacosta for now.

1 minute ago, enigma said:

yeah and what? we won't rotate 2 players in that time, let alone half a team. you play your strongest side, if they come out unscatched then great. at the end of the day, nobody is going to be stronger losing their key players IF it happens during a period like that. we could go until jan without injuries, but utd city etc could get 3/4 injuries. who knows. it's all hypothetical and we cross that bridge when we come to it. at the moment we have a strong squad and 2 players in almost every position. i don't see the constant worry. 

None of our outfield players is playing 7 games in 1 month. Come off it. Even Conte himself has come out to say he's going to rotate a lot this season as he can't do the same as last season. Are you ignoring logic on purpose???

Someone knows about Mahrez? He's in the thin air...

Sky sports are reporting that we are close to Drinkwater. However, pl may give us extra time? 

Phew! Just when we thought the Chelsea board couldn't cut a deal in a brothel Emenalo pulls one out of the bag last minute..... Eden Hazard on loan to Tottenham for the season!! Great business.

As it stands this would have been the season where the yoof finally got a chance to play, only we have got rid of them all or sent them out on loan!