Mauricio Pochettino:

"At the moment we are working trying to reinforce that area [midfield] and other areas also. The players that are here on the tour are in our plan."

[via @scott_trotter
]


Also says Gallagher is part of his plans going forward

Spurs now financially doped official...Sandy will be livid

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Randy - can you post this in the OP

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Makes sense, judging by preseason Poch loves Gallagher.

Liverpool are set to make an improved offer for Southampton midfielder Romeo Lavia, who is valued at around £50M. Personal terms will not be an issue, although #Chelsea also retain a firm interest in Lavia.

[via @JamesPearceLFC / @David_Ornstein]

Benoit Badiashile’s recovery from his hamstring injury is going faster than expected. He is currently ahead of schedule. #Chelsea have set a target for him to be available for the third game of the season.

[via @NathGissing]

Sign some midfielders. Less then 3 weeks before we play Liverpool in our opening game.

Chalaboballa coming home 2 Naples

Brighton have signed Brazilian centre-back Igor Julio from Fiorentina for £14.5m (17m euros)

The 25-year-old has agreed a four-year contract with the Seagulls.




May have giving up on Colwill

Mail -

Juventus sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli will travel to England in the coming days to negotiate a loan deal for with Chelsea for Romelu Lukaku

Juventus have had a lack of offers for Dusan Vlahovic and do not have the funds available to sign Lukaku on a permanent deal.

However, Juventus are hoping to have an option to buy included in the loan deal.

Few rumours on Trev.


Looking for around £25 million for him from Inter, plus a significant sell on clause apparently that could take the deal up to £35 million with bonuses as well.

Also talk of a swap deal between Chelsea and Palace for Trev/Guehi. Would be Trev plus cash for Guehi. Guehi Rumoured to be the preferred option for a new centre back.

Apparently we are also looking at Anatoliy Trubin from Shakhtar, goalkeeper. Inter also looking at him.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/07/26/tottenham-hotspur-owner-joe-lewis-indicted/

Couldn't make it up.

Montpellier president, Laurent Nicollin on #Chelsea's first offer for Elye Wahi:

"The amount proposed was not up to our expectations."

[via @Midilibre]

#Chelsea's opening offer for Elye Wahi was €25M including add-ons.

[via @MohamedTERParis]

https://twitter.com/andrew_colorz/status/1684232916488921091?t=DWJfeyYCsUknbTgrhl0WlQ&s=19

Poch said he wants experience in midfield, why we after Caicedo then?

Every player we're usually linked with has little to no experience lol

comment by CFC_Steve (U1194)
posted 5 hours, 42 minutes ago
Mail -

Juventus sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli will travel to England in the coming days to negotiate a loan deal for with Chelsea for Romelu Lukaku

Juventus have had a lack of offers for Dusan Vlahovic and do not have the funds available to sign Lukaku on a permanent deal.

However, Juventus are hoping to have an option to buy included in the loan deal.
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Fackin loans

If Lukaku had any decency he’d do us a favour and just accept Saudi

Kylian Mbappe has chosen to not enter talks with Al Hilal over a possible summer transfer. Paris Saint-Germain accepted the world record proposal put forward from the Middle East worth €300million (£259million) earlier this week with it then up to Mbappe whether he signs or not.

The first comment made by the France international on the lucrative offer from Saudi Arabia came on Monday with his reply to Basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo. Mbappe has now made the decision to refuse to enter any talks with Al Hilal, according to a report from L’Equipe.

Anyone heard anything about RJ? Do we know if he will get some minutes tonight?

comment by Simon West (U1830)
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Anyone heard anything about RJ? Do we know if he will get some minutes tonight?
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Poch said he'll play some part in the game, probably get like 30 mins at the end

https://twitter.com/shannonsharpeee/status/1684250777915904000?t=ohUJVOwQdJ-KvV5agYFAaA&s=19


So E.T was real 😄

comment by CFC_Steve (U1194)
posted 7 minutes ago
https://twitter.com/shannonsharpeee/status/1684250777915904000?t=ohUJVOwQdJ-KvV5agYFAaA&s=19


So E.T was real 😄
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Was a documentary

James:

“I had a lot of injuries and I haven’t played in three months. I am finding my feet again and we have started pre-season well. I’m back into full training, I’m over the illness. I had to stay behind at Cobham, now I’m back here training with the team and I feel good.

Maurizio Sarri is pushing to sign Callum Hudson-Odoi, but Lazio directors could drop the Chelsea winger having doubts about his fitness.

Sarri is a long-time admirer of Hudson-Odoi who scored five goals in 24 appearances under the Italian tactician at Chelsea in 2018-19.

Wednesday’s printed edition of Il Corriere dello Sport (page 17) claims the Biancocelesti boss wants to reunite with the 22-year-old at the Stadio Olimpico and is pushing for his signing, while FIGC’s decision to treat UK players as Europeans would allow Lazio to sign the English winger without filling a spot for non-EU footballers.

However, LaLazioSiamoNoi reports Lazio directors are unsure about making a significant investment in Hudson-Odoi, mainly due to his poor fitness. Hudson-Odoi suffered an Achilles tendon injury at Chelsea one year ago and didn’t play regularly while on loan at Bayer Leverkusen last season, scoring one goal in 21 appearances.

What the actual fk is this club waiting for? Making a signing you dk heads