If Maresca gets Fernandez for a massive fee, it'll be the most beneficial to Chelsea transfer deal he's ever done!

19 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

We're going to look like Trump, issuing deadline after deadline!

I think the pressure is on citeh. If there is no Enzo sale it probably hurts them more than us.

If they are making a low opening offer of 100 they could well run out of time.

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Xabi has confirmed Enzo will start tomorrow and be captain.

good idea citeh would have hoped we wrapped him in cotton wool and waited patiently for their gracious offer

Citeh have probably goofed already given that wharton and scott appear to be unavailable.

They will likely have to pay up big time for Enzo, it serves them right.🙂 Its looking like Enzo or no one for citeh.

I remember when David Platt was the most expensive player on the planet when his transfer fees were combined. Platt was a decent player back then.

City once spent 250 million on four defenders; shrinkflation means they're getting less players yet spending the same money...

In chocolate terms, Enzo is a 2026 Mars bar compared to a David Platt-sized 1991 version, scorlatchio... incidentally, the type and size Mick Jagger was arrsted for allegedly eating out of Marianne Faithfull....

Radom facts of the day, and I assure you, this isnt AI generated...

2 hours ago, OTL said:

Citeh have probably goofed already given that wharton and scott appear to be unavailable.

They will likely have to pay up big time for Enzo, it serves them right.🙂 Its looking like Enzo or no one for citeh.

If as I suspect Bournemouth and the like are steadfast in the no sale of their player's I don’t see why we’d sell without a proper replacement. Let City go in to the season struggling for midfielders not us. Slam the door shut or better leave them hang until the last minute then slam the door.

6 hours ago, Nibs said:

Would love it if we do replace him with Wharton. That would remind me of when we signed Micky Hazard and I thought he was the missing piece of the jig-saw and he would enable us to make a challenge for the league, only for Hollins and Whalley to f**k things up and we got relegated! Think if we sign Wharton, things will turn out a whole lot better.

Nibsy, I'm sure all us old boys would love us to have a Micky Hazard type player. He had a little bit of everything. But hopefully it will be a Micky Hazard type player who can last more than 60 minutes in a game, and doesn't love Tottenham.

18 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Was flicking through and saw something about him starting and being captain. Now cannot find it. We will see tomorrow.

He will not be captain. That would be the death of team spirit, for no good reason

18 hours ago, bluelightening said:

I remember when David Platt was the most expensive player on the planet when his transfer fees were combined. Platt was a decent player back then.

City once spent 250 million on four defenders; shrinkflation means they're getting less players yet spending the same money...

In chocolate terms, Enzo is a 2026 Mars bar compared to a David Platt-sized 1991 version, scorlatchio... incidentally, the type and size Mick Jagger was arrsted for allegedly eating out of Marianne Faithfull....

Radom facts of the day, and I assure you, this isnt AI generated...

The enduring fake news story of the drug bust at Keef's West Sussex Redlands country home .

Our possible replacements are all not for sale this window, or not for sale to Us period in the case of Zubimendi.

Enzo will stay Imo because we cannot get a replacement.

50 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Our possible replacements are all not for sale this window, or not for sale to Us period in the case of Zubimendi.

Enzo will stay Imo because we cannot get a replacement.

It’s looking like it unfortunately

If we are left with Enzo at the close of the window, I think WE are the losers not Citeh

Hopefully Citeh have so much misplaced faith in Maresca that they'll get this done and regret it later !

Won't happen, City are going to mess us about and then I think Eghbali will Slam the door:

33 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Won't happen, City are going to mess us about and then I think Eghbali will Slam the door:

Yeah it's starting to sound like there's bad blood between the two clubs now after the Maresca debacle and City are just trying to unsettle us.

Just get rid of the cnut

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

If we are left with Enzo at the close of the window, I think WE are the losers not Citeh

Hopefully Citeh have so much misplaced faith in Maresca that they'll get this done and regret it later !

Spot on! Might end up playing out like the Baleba situation where Brighton put a £100m price on him, he phoned in the whole of last season, and still ended up at Utd at a discounted £65m.

28 minutes ago, yaz said:

Yeah it's starting to sound like there's bad blood between the two clubs now after the Maresca debacle and City are just trying to unsettle us.

Or, more likely, it's just bog standard negotiating tactics.

2 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

The enduring fake news story of the drug bust at Keef's West Sussex Redlands country home .

"Allegedly"... is allegedly not going to keep me out of jail if sued... However, it IS the kind of story I would love as my epitaph.

4 days, and a couple of hours, before the window is shut. City have not made a single offer, and most reports say IF they do it will not be near 120mill.

They are playing games with us.

He is gone 100%

Alonso intended to use him today however...

So bored of this now. 4/5 days left. Still no offer on the table. City have completely took the piss agsin after Maresca. Could been done weeks ago when we had more options.

Its seems now Scott, Wharton, are definately off the table. So what are our options really? Kone, Camara, Camavinga, Barrios?

Messy situation, I think we will end up keeping Gusto and just using James in midfield for this season.

If James stays fit then great, but between him and Lavia, it feels in the hands of the gods tbh. Lets hope Barco emerges as a serious option too.

Well now that he's asked to not be in the squad he can kiss my balls, can't wait for Caicedo to slice through the Argie prick