Just now, Xfaxtor said:

Yeah we are going in circles here. Guess we will hear what Conte says abou him and whether he plays anything at all. Would be a huge surprise to me if this was something the board pushed through as I said it would be completely out of character.

I am sure Drinkwater will be bought at a price closer to 40 million pounds.  I would be surprised to see him displacing Fabregas, Bakayoko and Kante regardless of the formation Conte selects if all of them are fit and not suspended.

Could be fake.

4 minutes ago, abramovich said:

Looks fake...

Edited August 29, 20178 yr by doctorblue

Yeah, it's fake.

Unless they've somehow managed to transplant Drinkwater's head on Morata's body.

Edited August 29, 20178 yr by abramovich

9 minutes ago, abramovich said:

Yeah, it's fake.

Unless they've somehow managed to transplant Drinkwater's head on Morata's body.

From "Mars Attacks!" we know this totally can be done 

Looks like God put Drinkwater's head on Jokanović's body...

of course its fake, its Morata's suit with colour changed. lol

1 hour ago, RickUK said:

of course its fake, its Morata's suit with colour changed. lol

The buttons are in exactly the same spot has to be fake otherwise they have somehow managed to perfectly recreate Morata's photo which is much harder than photoshopping it

Will be completely underwhelmed if we sign Drinkwater, especially for anything like as much as £40M. 

I know we need squad depth & cover but £40M for a very unremarkable player when we have sold a promising youngster, just called up to the England squad for £5M. Just doesn't make any sense.

Will prove to be a good addition and surprise a few people I think; Cesc struggled for starts because Conte wants more mobility and bite along with the capacity to play the ball, and Drinkwater is more rounded in that regard. 

 

Him and Kante compliment each other perfectly, and as a counter-attacking team, his long passing will be valuable.

13 minutes ago, Nibs said:

Will be completely underwhelmed if we sign Drinkwater, especially for anything like as much as £40M. 

I know we need squad depth & cover but £40M for a very unremarkable player when we have sold a promising youngster, just called up to the England squad for £5M. Just doesn't make any sense.

Putting aside the Drinkwater issue (which by the way you're totally right about), Chalobah was in his last year of his Chelsea contract and despite the reassurances of game play time by Conte, he decided to take his chance elsewhere...it's a shame he left but I applaud him for his courage in doing so...and if it makes you feel better, we did get a buy back and sell on clause inserted into his Watford contract...

27 minutes ago, Nibs said:

Will be completely underwhelmed if we sign Drinkwater, especially for anything like as much as £40M. 

I know we need squad depth & cover but £40M for a very unremarkable player when we have sold a promising youngster, just called up to the England squad for £5M. Just doesn't make any sense.

Agreed

35 minutes ago, doctorblue said:

Putting aside the Drinkwater issue (which by the way you're totally right about), Chalobah was in his last year of his Chelsea contract and despite the reassurances of game play time by Conte, he decided to take his chance elsewhere...it's a shame he left but I applaud him for his courage in doing so...and if it makes you feel better, we did get a buy back and sell on clause inserted into his Watford contract...

Yeah, I know Nat wanted to get regular game time and as you say, fair play to him for taking a step down to get more football. Not sure if it makes me feel any better to know we can buy him back in a season or two for £40M+ when we realise Drinkwater isn't all that.

Leicester don't want to sell for a low fee one of their better players. Why should they bend over for us because we wanna buy him on the cheap? Smaller clubs don't need the money as much nowadays and therefore can hold out for a higher fee for players they deem as important players. 

I don't trust anyone who can accurately transplant someone's head on a photo but not alter the filter to change the skin colour. 

1 hour ago, Aaron said:

Will prove to be a good addition and surprise a few people I think; Cesc struggled for starts because Conte wants more mobility and bite along with the capacity to play the ball, and Drinkwater is more rounded in that regard. 

 

Him and Kante compliment each other perfectly, and as a counter-attacking team, his long passing will be valuable.

Needs to be remembered that the title winning Leicester team played a counter attacking style of football which was based on getting the ball quickly to their forward players as soon as possible. Think they had one of the lowest possessions in the league.

We will only play that style of football  against 5 teams  in the league. 

All gone quite.  Having second thoughts Danny? 

 

26 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

All gone quite.  Having second thoughts Danny? 

Reports say he's handed in a transfer request. First time this happened this window that a target of ours actually handed in a transfer request

Yeah, but he wants to go to Liverpool.........

 

 

 (I assume)

4 minutes ago, Cam said:

Yeah, but he wants to go to Liverpool.........

 

 

 (I assume)

Nah has to be arsenal this time. Lukaku turned us down for United, danilo and Mendy for city, ox for Liverpool so surely is arsenal's turn.

48 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Nah has to be arsenal this time. Lukaku turned us down for United, danilo and Mendy for city, ox for Liverpool so surely is arsenal's turn.

Not beyond the realms of possibility. They badly need some bite in midfield with a couple of ballet dancers like Ozil and Xhaka in the team.

58 minutes ago, old git said:

Not beyond the realms of possibility. They badly need some bite in midfield with a couple of ballet dancers like Ozil and Xhaka in the team.

Thats the first time Ive ever heard someone call Xhaka a ballet dancer

Save us Danny Drinkwater, you're our only hope! 

Saw this elsewhere...

 

Danny Drinkwater is not good enough.... FACT - 10 midfielders who are all better:

1. Daniele Bere-acqua 
2. Daniel Getränkwasser
3. Danilo Beberagua
4. Dong Hē-Shuǐ
5. Danislav Picèvodavic
6. Dzknijcel Pijwodęski
7. Danny Drikvandsen
8. Danyal Al-Shurbma
9. Daniel Muomi

And even the Indian...
10. Dhoni Paanipien

Well... Maybe not him. :)

 

 

(Made me laugh a bit anyway.)