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Lads and lasses, just step away from this thread. It's 95% bullshit and yet every window, every tweet in and leading up to the window you treat as though it's real and rage and speculate on if they are good or not.
The weather is getting warmer, the sun is out, go to a boozer, or cafe and meet some real people.
So in one news article today they say Levy is reluctant in paying £51m for Bastoni ... while another article is saying he's ready to pay £45+ to get Cucurella
Chelsea will have to fork out £45m for Brighton star Marc Cucurella
CHELSEA must pay at least £45million to win the race for Brighton defender Marc Cucurella. And they will also have to see off Manchester City and Tottenham to land the Spanish left-back. Blues boss…www.thesun.co.uk
Chelsea will have to fork out £45m for Brighton star Marc Cucurella if they want to win transfer race
CHELSEA must pay at least £45million to win the race for Brighton defender Marc Cucurella.
And they will also have to see off Manchester City and Tottenham to land the Spanish left-back.
Blues boss Thomas Tuchel, buoyed by the news that Todd Boehly’s £4.25billion takeover of the club has cleared its final hurdle, is plotting a major overhaul of his defence.
Cucurella fits the bill after a standout first season in England following a £15.4million transfer from Spanish outfit Getafe. Tuchel is braced to lose left-back Marcos Alonso, who is keen to return to Spain.
Chelsea’s other player to fill that slot is Ben Chilwell and he only returned to action last weekend following a major knee injury.
Cucurella, 23, feels loyalty to Brighton but admits that interest from newly-crowned Premier League champions City is hard to dismiss.
He said: “If the opportunity arises, you have to take advantage of it. There are teams that you can’t say no to.”
Tuchel is hoping Chelsea is on that list — but bitter rivals Spurs are also keen on Cucurella.
And a three-way bidding scrap could kick off.
Chelsea’s transfer ban, imposed when the Government sanctioned outgoing owner Roman Abramovich following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, should be lifted once Boehly’s takeover is complete.
The final potential obstacle was removed when the Portuguese government authorised the sale of the club.
That had to be done as Russian oligarch Abramovich has a Portuguese passport.
All that remains now is for Chelsea to officially announce that Boehly has bought the Londoners.
Then Tuchel — who has already lost centre-halves Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen — can get to work on bringing in his summer targets.
As well as Cucurella, Sevilla’s French centre-half Jules Kounde, 23, is on Tuchel’s wanted list.
True, but I think Levy was still drinking the Hitchen Kool-Aid. When Hitch got fucked off mid season I think that's when Paratici really took over.
Swear Rose himself was a fucking nobody until he signed for Spurs?
Because he's an arrogant egotistical dick who's nowhere near as good as he thinks he is. True he has the odd moment but he's consistently ordinary and we don't want a prima Donna sub Ronaldo type
And Romero hates him
And Spence.
I totally agree. I just meant signing players that are actually worth buying rather than punts on ones that are one or two tiers below what our rivals want.
DNA......if the crime was serious enough.
Well you didn’t think the media was going to let all the good vibes happen at Spurs did you? They hate to see us succeed so they will make up any bullshit stories to unsettle fans
Do you know what DNA stands for?
