Marc Cucurella

[phargrave]

Sky Sports reporting Chelsea willing to pay the 50m for Cucurella... Is there anyone Chelsea aren't buying this window ffs?

F,kin chancers...

 

[GornikDaze]

I have a feeling he’s either going to join, or he isn’t.

Feeling in your bones, or just in the tea leaves? ;)

 

[domalino]

They wasted months trying to get players they couldn’t/wouldn’t pay the required fee for.

They seem to take the word of agents as gospel, and when the selling club doesn’t play ball don’t have a back up plan.

Edit: also it’s 100% a perception thing, if there was a 49.5m release clause in his contract he’d of signed by now.

Who have we not had a back up for?

We wanted Van Dijk, got Laporte.

Wanted Sanchez, got Mahrez.

Wanted Jorginho, got Rodri.

Wanted Koulibaly, got Dias.

Wanted Kane, got Haaland.


What does “wasting months” even mean? It’s another one of these phrases that comes from this childish attitude that all their efforts are focused on 1 transfer.

 

[moomba]

He was linked in May as our number 1 target and personal terms agreed, it’s now August season starts in 4 days and he’s seemingly off to Chelsea and we’ve sold Zinchenko with no replacement lined up.

Of course we have wasted months.

Its only a waste if we don't have a top quality LB at a price we're happy with at the end of the window.

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

yep, we shit the bed in the FA Cup and CL due to a defensive crisis. We were 20 mins away from fucking the league as well.

And we’ve decided to make that overstretched defence smaller and weaker.

Did you forget Zinny cost us the CL final with his defense.

And we obviously want an upgrade defensively as Cancelo is mostly offensive minded as well.

 

[cjn]

Glad we held firm and showed the market we wouldn't pay such an exorbitant fee (that someone else immediately went and paid). We could've looked like chumps back there.

 

[Chopper2115]

Sky Sports reporting Chelsea willing to pay the 50m for Cucurella... Is there anyone Chelsea aren't buying this window ffs?

I hope that if they aren’t even close to the top for when the World Cup starts that Tuchel has to go he’s now been given a rather large amount of money for a squad that is not even in the race for anything past February.

 

[BlueRain]

F,kin chancers...

They've always made marquee signings (since Roman anyway) but it seems they are going full on this window... Like they are trying to out muscle everyone else

 

[Coatigan]

You think discussions are still ongoing. ?

Not really what I was saying, more that there has not been a shifting of the goal posts as suggested.

 

[VOOMER]

They are both getting injured in the first week are they ? Is every other club all done ? Is this your first transfer window ?

No, but it might as well be yours Horatio.