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[JJRod]

Gonna be interesting to see if Sarri has the balls to deal with Ronaldo.

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Valverde gets crucified for resting Messi but that's because they aren't winning every game.

Sarri only has leniency because Juventus are still winning. Once they take a loss or repeatedly lose. There's no more leniency in taking off Ronaldo.

He'll be sacked if Juventus don't win Serie A.

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If Batshuayi leaves in the summer.

I wonder if Chelsea will bring back Solanke.

Every academy player of the year would be in Chelsea's senior team at that point.

[Outworn]

Gabriel Jesus's last two penalties

[Sparked_26]

If Batshuayi leaves in the summer.

I wonder if Chelsea will bring back Solanke.

Every academy player of the year would be in Chelsea's senior team at that point.

He’s yet to score actual goal isn’t he?

Ake has a buy back, so does Traore (FIFA would love that)

To me it’s seems Chelsea targets are absolute no brainers in Chilwell and Sancho. We will need a striker I think it might be Calum Wilson or the German kid at Leipzig whose name I can never remember but he looks more likely to go to Bayern or even Liverpool. Or Dembele at Lyon.

The profile of the team is so dead set that targets pick themselves.

What Chelsea mustn’t do is go down the list. If we can’t get Chilwell just keep Emerson and Alonso, if we can’t get Sancho bring back Moses or whoever and we’ll still have CHO, Pulisic and probably Willian. No point bringing in anyone unless they’re genuinely as good if not better than CHO and Pulisic

[D4thincarnation]

I think the FA themselves will relax their thing about percentage of national team games.

Maybe, but the rules for UEFA comps are very similar.

And the rules at the moment makes the EU irrelevant anyway.

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He’s yet to score actual goal isn’t he?

Ake has a buy back, so does Traore (FIFA would love that)

To me it’s seems Chelsea targets are absolute no brainers in Chilwell and Sancho. We will need a striker I think it might be Calum Wilson or the German kid at Leipzig whose name I can never remember but he looks more likely to go to Bayern or even Liverpool. Or Dembele at Lyon.

The profile of the team is so dead set that targets pick themselves.

What Chelsea mustn’t do is go down the list. If we can’t get Chilwell just keep Emerson and Alonso, if we can’t get Sancho bring back Moses or whoever and we’ll still have CHO, Pulisic and probably Willian. No point bringing in anyone unless they’re genuinely as good if not better than CHO and Pulisic

That's the delicate balance for integrating youth though. At which point do you introduce role players, rather than certain starters?

Solanke might not be glamorous but unless he was Chris Eubanks Jr levels of delusional. He should be happy rotating at Chelsea, than rotating at Bmouth. Half his games played are subs, so he's rotating at best there.

Wilson has Demba Ba/Drinkwater written all over him. At 27/28, playing 38 games routinely and scoring about 15 a season. How is he not going to be upset playing 10(10) at Chelsea behind a 22 year old? it's a conundrum not worth introducing really.

Same thing goes for Sancho and Timo Werner (leipzig kid). These guys are 19 and 23 respectively and immensely better than their Chelsea counter parts. At 100m price tag, there's no way CHO or Tammy have significant starts again. Even if Marina has to go to Frank's office and tell him to play them, just like Sarri got told to do so with CHO.

Chillwell works because the position is void of talent. Alonso is barely worthy of backup duty and Emerson is a decent starter who has an injury record longer than Big Nose's nose.

I agree Chelsea shouldn't work down the list. But there's a delicate balance there if Chelsea want to integrate the youth.

I think Sancho is a great get but I still believe City won't let it happen. They'll happily sell Leroy Sane to Bayern, just to keep Sancho from rival English club's hands. I like Werner as well but that's almost certainly putting a stop to the development of Tammy or CHO. (Pulisic looks like a nailed on starter and is only getting better by the day.)

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Chelsea could promote Charlie Brown. Great name by the way but he could be another talent but really he needs a loan.

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Apparently Conte receive death threats and a bullet in his mailbox.

Must be Diego Costa or David Luiz that sent it.

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Probably some Juventus ultras who fear Inter will win the scudetto. Juventus look and play like s/hit despite being undefeated.

Can't wait for saturday at the Etihad. Fully expect Aguero to go rogue and try to double foot another defender.