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They are dishonest, mostly following lots of journos on twitter, maybe looking at betting markets, then making their guesses. The Athletic for example said good chance of Eriksen coming, that it's between us and Brentford, so this guy has just figured out he can call it now. If he's wrong, it's easy to come up with some made up crap about why things changed.These random twitter users know fuck all. I don’t think those should be posted here.
We don't create enough chances for himIf Sterling came available, I’d go heavy for him. Flexible in playing position, homegrown, only 27, and already top 25 ever in PL goals scored. He’s been genuinely one of the best players in the league over the last decade. And he’s still young.
If Sterling came available, I’d go heavy for him. Flexible in playing position, homegrown, only 27, and already top 25 ever in PL goals scored. He’s been genuinely one of the best players in the league over the last decade. And he’s still young.
They also released Salah and De Bruyne.Hmmm… Rice was released at 14 by Chelsea. Is that a compliment to the academy? Yes and no I guess. Like saying Woolwich are responsible for Kane. Dodgy ground.
Chelsea rival Ajax for players playing in the top 5 leagues. But if we’re talking, top class players for champions league teams or super clubs then Ajax are ahead.
Vert, Toby, Eriksen, de Ligt, de Jong, Gravenberch… this is top class talent in remarkable numbers wanted by best teams in the world… that’s not the same as Tomori or Lamptey.
:tanguyhuh:300-400 grand a week off the wage bill is better than a useless sack of shit doing nothing and getting paid
If you go a little further back you will have these players:Agree re last 50 years and also agree Vert and Toby are levels above but for sheer volume, Chelsea’s academy is incredible. You’ve left out Lamptey, Rice, Tomori, Ake and Jason Candy amongst others
They're not from the Chelski academy
Not spending all available funds makes sense as long as we still massively improve the squad.If we add Eriksen, Spence, LCB and FW it will feel a bit underwhelming that our outlay will only be around £130-150m given we're likely to receive a good £60-100m in sales. Would like to see us break the bank on 3-4 players to really put us in contention.
Richarlison, Hakimi, Torres and Bremer type of thing.
Carrick and Defoe when they were our feeder club , sadly Kanoute does not count but it still really hurt themWest ham do like to call themselves the academy of football
And they have produced Mark Noble
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Getting the right players is all that matters, not how much we spend."Modern football fans". Good one, mate.
All I'm saying is that this is supposedly THE summer where we have everything - Conte, CL footy and the funds to spend big. After years of everyone being desperate for us to spend big, spending a net £50-80m does seem a bit underwhelming, yes, even if some of the players brought in are good fits (Perisic, Forster etc.).
For me, Spence will leave our RWB quality short of a title winning side and the CB situation seems to be getting slightly perilous with our main targets dropping out one by one.