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We'd sold White for £50 mill and, at the time, Cucurella seemed a better player, but was also left sided, a very difficult position to fill. With hindsight, though, you absolutely have a point. I have a sneaking suspicion Chelsea also overpaid for Caicedo. Imagine that.

Accepting the brain fart, Cucurella either put in a transfer request or was about to, around the time Citeh were under-valuing him.

Eh? MAUPAY? Cucurella was 100% more disruptive than Maupay. He got a nice little round of applause when his name was announced for Brentford. Cucurella got booed by the whole ground until he was hauled off in tears.

Of course. Typically generous and self deprecating. I’ve never once thought Potter isn’t a genuinely top human being. I have wondered if that niceness was blunting our result getting edge. Turns out it wasn’t. Anyway, we both know the truth :wink: and I think you always have :thumbsup: Sent...

It 100% won’t. What would do that would be losing Potter. He’s the man who’s developed the player to this stage. Tuchel might develop him more or he might break him in search of instant returns. I’d say it’s about 50/50. But we’ve made him a potential Champions League player. If he doesn’t kick...

Worse, there are now centre backs who aren't that fat and can pass accurately short and long. It's a travesty.

The little old Brighton we watched had played the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool regularly just four or five years beforehand and had players in and out that included Michael Robinson, Mark Lawrenson and Jimmy Case. Lawrenson was Liverpool's record signing and the most expensive...

Well, it's slightly nuts for us but I've been saying that's the price since May. Specialist player covering specialist positionS, four years left on contract and no obvious replacement. When you consider what Wan Bisaka went for and what Citeh spent on an alleged rapist it's not nuts at all...

£55M plus big add ons certainly sounds more plausible than £52.5 flat.

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Surely not. If even one berk on Blue Moon has taken that terrible back of a fag packet satire seriously they're madder than Mad Jock McMad

Legally it can’t be. You’d have to have complex clauses around if one player failed a medical or couldn’t agree final personal terms. If it was cash plus player we certainly wouldn’t be asking the quoted 52.5 mill. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I totally agree re cakeism. However, the reports and Tweets I saw re Colwill suggest that’s a legally separate deal, which means the only thing snagging the Cucerella deal can be the finer details of that deal itself, surely? Again, with the caveat of if those reports were accurate. It seems...

We were only ever going to get top dollar or keep him. Plus, any appearance linked add on would increase that stat as he played games for Chelsea! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There’s no evidence at all to suggest that’s what’s happening. Also we don’t NEED to sell Cucerella. He won’t go on strike when there’s a World Cup followed by another window Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nothing wrong with waiting until contracts are all inked (and ideally medicals done too). Romano has simply jumped the gun. Our top brass are the only ones coming out of this with any credit. Tony - and Paul Barber - have played a blinder Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We need a bit of NOEL.

Do you think that the BBC picked it up off Romano or that Romano picked it up off the BBC?

Sky also said the same thing So did goal 1554907874433826816 The source was Fabio "chancer" Romano.

This is absolutely brilliant. I'm not sure I want to go to bed. What a charlatan Romano is.