They've spent big on a number of players and even had a net spend of over 100m the summer they signed Alisson, Keita and Fabinho.
And the train keeps Choo Chooing
Why would his agent agree a deal with us if he's not interested in joining?
Lukaku and Shaw I can see it, but I never heard of them being keen to sign Varane and Sancho had decided he wanted Manchester.
Most info is just recycled news or news from a while ago just refreshed.
Hope you are right too, but it's concerning that we haven't had any snippets from the press, the manager or anyone else at Chelsea rubbishing the claim. Normally after this much media interest a journo will get something from a contact at the club suggesting claims are untrue - like the Bernado Silva stuff yesterday.
Check it and you will find it, in fact people couldn't shut up about the idea that both players would choose London over Manchester.
The previous info said that Chelsea wouldn't even lodge a bid if the player wasn't interested. Now they are close to agreeing a fee with Barcelona. So I see some new developments there.
Indeed. But there were also lots of reports that he'd spoken to EtH. Who knows whats happening really
They've been close to agreeing a fee for a while depending on what source you look at.
Id say yes. Seems a little far fetched he’d do it without the players consent. But who knows with this mess of a transfer.
Yep. Let's see how this shakes out. If our interest in SMS really accelerates then I assume we walked away from the deal fully. If not then it's still within the realms of possibility that we sign FdJ and Rabiot + Gakpo.
Chelsea only showed interest till fairly recently. It would not make sense to rule us out if we were the only interested party. Agents agree deals with all sorts of clubs all the time.
Did I once claim to be an ITK? You've clearly got your knickers in a twist over this, I've formed my opinion based on what has been reported.
Not clubs where the player is adamant he won't play for
Never said there were direct quotes.
But... where are the quotes from Frenkie?
It's a bit disingenuous saying stuff like this, Laporta is currently saying they want to keep De Jong, so should we take him at his word?
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Wait, what? He’s signing up with Di Matteo’s new team?
Most of these reports are hugely speculative and in the case of certain Spanish media just made up to suit Barcelona's agenda.
Or they’ve all just spoken to Harry Redknapp recently seeing as they’re all at least tier 2 on the Chelsea list.
Laporta is a politician.
That's a weird logic, if true. I think it looks stronger to sack it off when it's unviable and secure a different target.
You’re just going to assume Erik knew Frenkie wouldnt come, he was told no explicitly yet he continued to chase anyway?! Sounds legit.
Ummmm no it's really not. They'd pull out and say that ongoing disputes between Barca and de Jong drove them to the decision that it wasn't worth pursuing due to the complexities involved.
Except that we're incredibly badly run and this isn't likely to happen at all as a result
If it's true, it would likely be the biggest update of this transfer since we agreed a fee
You'll phase out Jorginho and start de Jong with Kante. That's a fantastic midfield tbh if you can get Kante to stay healthy. Nl
We've already moved on to other targets as the first step, so while we won't formally move on, we will try for other players and say "still in for him" but just know he won't come, and the money will (hopefully) be spent anyway.
