For a long time, I really believed he would sign. That this club would not pursue a player this long and hard unless it had a cast iron guarantee.
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I think that’s exactly what is happening.
dweeb!What a weird guy
This guy clearly doesn't have a clue.
I'm sure he has an input. But I don't believe for a second that Cucurella was the result of extensive planning. What I mean is he probably recognizes the difficulty in making signings this summer, so when the opportunity came up, he's like feck it, he's useful
Imagine taking a transfer thread on redcafe seriously.
It’s been reported many times over that Tuchel is pretty much there every step of the way.
Women will leady you astray. If she's that desperate for Barcelona, Manchester is out of the question.
A fecking dweeb?!
Who sent that, Machine gun Kelly?
It's got nothing to do with taking a "transfer thread seriously" (@JPRouve tagged me with what was clearly a joke in relation to this, that's cool), but that you are unable to understand that some of the comments can be at best in really poor taste is a bit of a shame.
Tommy Tickle doesn’t know what he’s doing either.
Actually think that applies more for Romano. He just looks like some random intern fresh out of college.
There is something wrong when your partner is being abused on his way to work, is being threatened with legal action and is being humiliated by the club and it is only likely to get WORSE if he stays put.
You have to be sick in head to want to put your partner through that.
That's why I said you should take a chill pill.
The first sign of positive news will be talk of Garner being sold / loaned to Forest or a similar club. That will mean we have got one of FdJ or SMS lined up and
Barcelona appears more glamorous than Manchester but a lot of that is down to branding. If we renamed Piccadilly Gardens as "La Ramblas" it would sound more exotic. As it is both areas have a heady mix of tourists, criminal elements and Homeless people. But La Ramblas makes Barcelona's appear more attractive.
All of these journos have no fecking clue. Always start the tweet or articles with how we ‘may’ do this or ‘could’ do that
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It's pathetic, embarrassing and humiliating to be frank
That doesn’t mean Tuchel doesn’t have veto power, if he doesn’t like the player. Of course some moves are opportunistic, but Tuchel himself has said outside training sessions, he’s essentially the acting sporting director alongside Boehly.
Don’t bring Brentford into this.
What makes you think Tuchel has any power? He’s not their guy.
Perhaps you need a rethink… or to stop blindly following media narrative, as you yourself can tell from this shit show, the media doesn’t know anything.
We haven’t bid and will not bid. You guys are in such a panic about this one deal you don’t see straight.
I just enjoy trashing Chelsea mate. I’m not in any panic
Presumably because until the last few days we were still receiving encouragement from FDJ that he was open to the move. I get that it looks ridiculous at this point but if we had bought the alternatives sooner and then FDJ had decided to come we would have looked equally stupid saying sorry we spent all our cash and ended up with a consolation prize and can't get the manager the player he wanted most of all.
It is not to defend the club. Frankly we are showing a stunning lack of ambition in this window but I rather lay that entirely at the door of the Glazers than Arnold or Murtagh. We are seeing Chelsea going all in on a spending spree that could top 400M by the time they are done just 2 years on from blowing over 200M right in the middle of the pandemic. This is not in any way to slight Chelsea but at this point we still generate more revenue and it is quite pathetic that when everyone inside and outside of the club can see that a complete rebuild is needed we appear to be desperate to keep our net spend at around a quarter of what Boehly is willing to do.
If FDJ does wind up at Chelsea it will be in part not just because of the CL football this year but also because he will have looked at our team and thought how on earth are that mob going to get top 4 even if I go there? If we had opened the summer with a couple of statement signings like Osimhen and Anthony I am sure Frenkie would be thinking our project looks a whole lot more exciting and be tempted to be a part of it. Telling him to come and forge a partnership with McTominay so that he can create chances for Anthony fecking Elanga has to be a massive turn off, we probably couldn't win a bidding war for him against West Ham with that offer.
Talking to Laporta and cutting out the agent is not negotiating a transfer. What the hell is this?
It’s just what Matt Law, and the caf favourite Ben Jacobs, have reported at the start of the summer around the time Cech and Marina left.
Why are you bashing Lampard for?
It's been highly entertaining for some of.us but carry on being embarrassed and/or ashamed. Sounds fun.
They’re just saying that to not rock the boat. I think Tuchel is under enormous pressure and if he falters he’ll be sacked. Especially with how much money has been spent.
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I totally agree, most people would be giving that employer the middle finger, but everything she has posted has been on how sad she would be to leave the city of her dreams, not how her partner is being ridiculed by the club he loves, maybe though that would make things worse so who knows.
But one thing seems certain is that she wants to continue her dream, but at what cost of his.
Not all 1500 pages are about Barcelona to be fair.
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