2 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

In the early years of Roman it would be both. Those times are gone, we are a business now and those two are too expensive.

Worth remembering though in the early days of Roman these two would probably cost less than £50m combined. Probably much easier to sanction two signings at £50m than 2 signings at £150m+ haha!

Throw 70M at them and see what happens. Could be our next Ivanovic type rock. 

With Koulibaly in we could go for a younger defender. KK and Silva leadership is plenty for the backline.

From Tuchel's presser he's more concerned in getting a RCB over a LCB. 

I know taht self quoting is a bit of a no no, but thsi is what i put on teh Timo Werner page:

But we're paying him £15m a year...and he runs a lot!! I'm absolutly convinced that TB has Werner in his sights to move him on and if he can't get him totally off the books I reckon he will loan him out and pay 50%.

If we went for Gvardiol and lent Werner to Leipzig, even if we paid half his salary it will still save us £7.5m a year, or in fact will probably offset all of Gvardiol's wages for the year.

Geniunely why aren't we offering him as a loannee back to them as a sweetener for buying Gvardiol, They could have a buy option if they want and we can cover half his wages whilst on loan. We would still be okay financially doing this, wouldn't we, without affecting FFP. Even if we had him back after a year perhaps he would have regained his confidence again and may be a better player second time around.

14 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

I know taht self quoting is a bit of a no no, but thsi is what i put on teh Timo Werner page:

But we're paying him £15m a year...and he runs a lot!! I'm absolutly convinced that TB has Werner in his sights to move him on and if he can't get him totally off the books I reckon he will loan him out and pay 50%.

If we went for Gvardiol and lent Werner to Leipzig, even if we paid half his salary it will still save us £7.5m a year, or in fact will probably offset all of Gvardiol's wages for the year.

Geniunely why aren't we offering him as a loannee back to them as a sweetener for buying Gvardiol, They could have a buy option if they want and we can cover half his wages whilst on loan. We would still be okay financially doing this, wouldn't we, without affecting FFP. Even if we had him back after a year perhaps he would have regained his confidence again and may be a better player second time around.

As clever as we might like to think we all are here, especially me 🙂, whatever we can think of the club can think of too. Loaning Timo to Leipzig will certainly have been considered and, for all we know, has been proposed. If it hasn't been there is a reason for that.

As for Gvardiol, I like him a lot and would be really happy to see him here.  

Edited July 26, 20223 yr by OhForAGreavsie

20 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

From Tuchel's presser he's more concerned in getting a RCB over a LCB. 

What has he said today? Any clues to who it is that want to leave?

3 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

What has he said today? Any clues to who it is that want to leave?

I'm going off his presser over the weekend. He said that we need another CB and that Koulibaly could play LCB. 

RCB looks to be the priority. 

4 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I'm going off his presser over the weekend. He said that we need another CB and that Koulibaly could play LCB. 

RCB looks to be the priority. 

Ah I see. How odd that, aside from the failed Kounde and De ligt bids, we are left linked to Kilman, Kimpembe and this fella who are all left sided.

4 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Ah I see. How odd that, aside from the failed Kounde and De ligt bids, we are left linked to Kilman, Kimpembe and this fella who are all left sided.

Think Mohamed Simakan will be the one that comes in. 

Simakan Silva Koulibaly

Chalobah Ampadu Colwill

35 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

I know taht self quoting is a bit of a no no, but thsi is what i put on teh Timo Werner page:

But we're paying him £15m a year...and he runs a lot!! I'm absolutly convinced that TB has Werner in his sights to move him on and if he can't get him totally off the books I reckon he will loan him out and pay 50%.

If we went for Gvardiol and lent Werner to Leipzig, even if we paid half his salary it will still save us £7.5m a year, or in fact will probably offset all of Gvardiol's wages for the year.

Geniunely why aren't we offering him as a loannee back to them as a sweetener for buying Gvardiol, They could have a buy option if they want and we can cover half his wages whilst on loan. We would still be okay financially doing this, wouldn't we, without affecting FFP. Even if we had him back after a year perhaps he would have regained his confidence again and may be a better player second time around.

This would be ideal, then hopefully he bangs them in and we can do a deal for Nkunku next summer!

11 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Think Mohamed Simakan will be the one that comes in. 

Simakan Silva Koulibaly

Chalobah Ampadu Colwill

Had not heard of him till you mentioned him. Apparently not been linked to us since January 2021. Linked before TT got the job even.

37 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

What has he said today? Any clues to who it is that want to leave?

The source is Daily Mirror so don't know if it is reliable but supposedly the five players are Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech, Cesar Azpilicueta, Christian Pulisic and Marcos Alonso

Report: The Five Players Who Want To Leave Chelsea (msn.com)

1 minute ago, forbzy said:

The source is Daily Mirror so don't know if it is reliable but supposedly the five players are Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech, Cesar Azpilicueta, Christian Pulisic and Marcos Alonso

Report: The Five Players Who Want To Leave Chelsea (msn.com)

Believable, Barca sources today have said their move for Dave is getting nearer, am sure TT loved that.

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Ah I see. How odd that, aside from the failed Kounde and De ligt bids, we are left linked to Kilman, Kimpembe and this fella who are all left sided.

OMG we're running out of K's

52 minutes ago, forbzy said:

The source is Daily Mirror so don't know if it is reliable but supposedly the five players are Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech, Cesar Azpilicueta, Christian Pulisic and Marcos Alonso

Report: The Five Players Who Want To Leave Chelsea (msn.com)

Perhaps it's wishful thinking.

We'd be lucky to get rid of all of them.

Is he good? Not sure.
Do we need him? Yes we do.
Will we get him? 

i like the attitude of the Eastern European players

 

1 minute ago, Gol15 said:

Is he good? Not sure.
Do we need him? Yes we do.
Will we get him? 

5 minutes ago, HazardousChoice said:

Perhaps it's wishful thinking.

We'd be lucky to get rid of all of them.

Even if we signed nobody else of we can actually sell those 5 for decent, not massive but decent fees, it would make this a brilliant window.

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43 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

OMG we're running out of K's

Could Of Had The KKK As Our Defence Of Kounde And Kimbempee Joined 

1 hour ago, axman2526 said: