Think inturdnet shud b turn off in summer too protecked fanz from utter agita

Turn it on agane at begin of season n we can see new team n not spenned munths wurryin about it

We should just sign rice

comment by Oscar #TeamFury. Champion of NBA Predictions and 2021/2022 Winner (U12980)
posted 5 seconds ago
We should just sign rice
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Thing is IF we're going for De Jong then almost certainly we won't go for Rice next year.

comment by blueisthecolour (U1528)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Oscar #TeamFury. Champion of NBA Predictions and 2021/2022 Winner (U12980)
posted 5 seconds ago
We should just sign rice
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Thing is IF we're going for De Jong then almost certainly we won't go for Rice next year.
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Can’t imagine that’s true. I would guess we are very likely to go for Rice next year even if we have de Jong.

comment by blueisthecolour (U1528)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Oscar #TeamFury. Champion of NBA Predictions and 2021/2022 Winner (U12980)
posted 5 seconds ago
We should just sign rice
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Thing is IF we're going for De Jong then almost certainly we won't go for Rice next year.
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Nah I think long term we could have both in the same midfield

Brighton did not make it easy for #Chelsea to sign Marc Cucurella, making it clear that a deal is dependent on them bolstering their defence.

[via @JacobSteinberg]

#Chelsea have been reluctant to sell Levi Colwill and initially told Brighton they were only willing to loan the defender. This did not appeal to Brighton and there are ongoing negotiations now over a permanent deal.

[via @JacobSteinberg]

Would be great business with a buyback, apparently quoted at 20 mill. That means cucurella only costs 30.

And then we can buy him back for 20 if he develops into a top player

It appears that both clubs would like to announce the two deals - Marc Cucurella and Levi Colwill - at the same time and that the hold-up are the details of the talks on Colwill.

[via @Matt_Law_DT]

comment by BlueJ2 (U4630)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by blueisthecolour (U1528)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Oscar #TeamFury. Champion of NBA Predictions and 2021/2022 Winner (U12980)
posted 5 seconds ago
We should just sign rice
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Thing is IF we're going for De Jong then almost certainly we won't go for Rice next year.
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Can’t imagine that’s true. I would guess we are very likely to go for Rice next year even if we have de Jong.
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I honestly didn't think that we would be able to go for him with the amount of midfielders we have on the books but you are probably right.

Via Brighton official account

CLUB STATEMENT: MARC CUCURELLA.

Contrary to inaccurate reports from numerous media outlets this evening, no agreement has been reached with any club to sell Marc Cucurella.

Figures close to the Marc Cucurella deal are adamant that the #Chelsea transfer will now go through, with a medical booked, although Brighton sources were still insisting on Wednesday night that no final agreement had been reached.

[via @Matt_Law_DT]

Just seen the news that DCL is definitely out on Saturday and with Richarlason leaving and there other recognised striker banned hopefully we can sell them Batshuayi before we play them

comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 11 minutes ago
Would be great business with a buyback, apparently quoted at 20 mill. That means cucurella only costs 30.

And then we can buy him back for 20 if he develops into a top player
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Our outlay now is roughly £30m, £50m for Cucurella minus £20m for Colwill.

But if we decide to buy Colwill back it'll be another £40m.

So total outlay of around £70m, dependant on what the exact fees end up being.

DOF in place and I reckon we blood Colwill as a backup this season in our squad rather than essentially paying to loan him to Brighton for a year or two.

Even that. Atm 30 mill for one good player. Potentially 70 for two good players

Todd Boehly has informed #Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta that the club are reluctant to grant his wish of sanctioning a move to Barcelona this summer. Azpilicueta remains optimistic a deal can still be agreed.

[via @TimesSport]

"Barcelona are believed to be offering a fee in the region of £3 million, whereas Chelsea are looking for an offer closer to £10 million after comparing Azpilicueta with Koulibaly."

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Barca

Todd Boehly has told Cesar Azpilicueta that #Chelsea does not want to lose his experience and leadership skills heading into the season after a summer of change.

[via @TimesSport]

We definitely need better long term plans laid for the young players we buy/come through the academy. Cos again we seemed to have laid out what 30 million on a couple of young players who based on previous experience will never play for us apart from the pre season friendlies, and will either constantly be loaned out, or just hangs round the club doing nothing. Seems to be a huge breakdown between the youth set-up and senior squad. Like I am sure we have a couple of kids available who could have done Sauls or Sarrs job yet we are loaning or buying these players and loaning out the kids. Like we seriously went into last season with just Rom as a recognised striker......at least have a kid registered in there as back up or something. Honestly, I would be quite happy to see some sort of restriction on loanees come into place.

Honestly, I would be quite happy to see some sort of restriction on loanees come into place.

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There are restrictions from this season.

8 players (above the age of 21) maximum on loan.

comment by g7 - Boehly's Blues (U12473)
posted 2 minutes ago
Honestly, I would be quite happy to see some sort of restriction on loanees come into place.

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There are restrictions from this season.

8 players (above the age of 21) maximum on loan.
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Ah good! I thought I had heard about something, didn't realise it was implemented already

comment by g7 - Boehly's Blues (U12473)
posted 28 minutes ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 11 minutes ago
Would be great business with a buyback, apparently quoted at 20 mill. That means cucurella only costs 30.

And then we can buy him back for 20 if he develops into a top player
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Our outlay now is roughly £30m, £50m for Cucurella minus £20m for Colwill.

But if we decide to buy Colwill back it'll be another £40m.

So total outlay of around £70m, dependant on what the exact fees end up being.

DOF in place and I reckon we blood Colwill as a backup this season in our squad rather than essentially paying to loan him to Brighton for a year or two.
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Yeah it means essentially paying £70m for Cucurella, considering Colwill is already a Chelsea player. That’s not great.

I also think there are serious doubts about his ability to play LCB for a top club. I get that the club want him to be like Azpi but I don’t think he’s elite defensively as a CB.

Gonna be an exodus from our academy. No wonder we're buying up young talent.

The fact we couldn't find space in our squad this season for Colwill is fecking scandalous.

Reserving judgement on Tuchel for now but I'm starting to get the feeling he was all talk when it came to utilising our academy.

We've lost 2 brilliant CBs from our academy and are about to repeat the mistake and let a 3rd leave. Buybacks mean feck all if the player doesn't actually want to come back.

I'm hopeful that Broja and Gallagher will get a genuine opportunity this season but I've massively lowered my expectations.