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Transfers

GOALKEEPERS

As much as i dont fancy Kepa i dont really see us going out to find stopgap players who are going to come in and steady the ship until the club finds a long term replacement. I dont think Onana is the answer the club are looking for and there should be better suited candidates as the next Petr Cech and the next Courtois

Oblak is just media speculation and i really dont see us pulling that off, that ship sailed when we paid that money for Kepa when we could have paid a similar sum for him. With Caballero signing on as a backup for another season and with jamie cummings coming thru you would think we are well stocked in the backup department. However if we could get Tim Krul on the cheap he could be our backup keeper for the foreseeable future, he certainly has the pedigree to play in the premier league if not as a starter for a club like chelsea

NET SPEND 5 - 8 MIL FOR GOALKEEPERS

DEFENCE

this is where we are weakest and we will need at the very minimum 2 if not 3 signings. a new left back is the order of the day to replace the outgoing emerson. i hope we can retain alonso as he would offer us something different from a 9 man bench next season. I don't see the club spending 70+ mil on Chilwell, i think they price him in the 40 mil bracket and they would rather spend 20 mil on alex telles or tagliafico

In Central defence it's all up in the air but i think one clear message coming out of the club is that tomori will be going out on loan next season so he can better fulfill his potential by getting more playing time. the club are confident they see him in their long term plans. That leaves us with 3 error prone defenders who have not inspired this season. To be honest i cannot pick from amongst them as to who we sell as all three of them have different strengths and weaknesses, lampard has seemed to prefer Christiansen since the restart with only his injury ruling him out but then again it also depends on who they can actually sell from the 3.

As for in comings on the CB side i would like to throw in the idea of Jan Vertonghen in there. He is LEFT FOOTED and FREE. again i havent seen him play this season but i am a fan and maybe i am biased. He is by no means our solution and we would need to find a mainstay for the long term future, and he would need to be partly financed by an outgoing defender. We hear Rumors of Gabriel Magalhaes and Upamencano but i have no idea how good they really are. This article is definitely a good read about who we can target let me know what you guys think

NET SPEND 50 MIL FOR DEFENDERS

MIDFIELD

My opinions on this might not be very popular but i say we sell Jorginho and reinvest in Haverts. Also if a suitable offer ( 80m+) for Kante we should seriously consider selling him. We could buy an out and out tenacious defensive midfielder who would shield the backline. Im not big on Ross Barkley too but i can imagine he would be hard to move on his wages.

NET SPEND 50 MIL FOR MIDFIELDERS

WINGERS AND FORWARDS

I seriously hope we don't give in to Willians 3 year contract demands. I believe the clubs 1+1 is good for the club but is not what Willian wants. Other than that i think the club has done wonderfully to seal the transfers of Werner and Ziyech early and should willian move i think we could even survive without replacing him as mount can certainly do a job as an attacker of sorts if not an out and out winger. We definitely sell Batshuayi to bring in some funds and maybe use that budget for a 4th winger

NET SPEND 0 TO -20 MIL FOR FORWARDS ( not counting the money we have already spent)

I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY SPEND ANOTHER 100MIL net

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