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But Chelsea still wanted to keep both. They’d offered Lamptey a new deal which he didn’t sign and Tuchel was very reluctant to lose Gilmour on a permanent and only wanted to loan him out. So however you want to spin it they chose Brighton over Chelsea when Chelsea wanted them to stay.

Such a true fan he was going to buy Spurs but changed his mind and invested in Chelsea instead at the last moment when they got Champions League football.

Yes the ability to spread a transfer fee over 8 years in the accounts has been stopped. It’s now a maximum of 5 years, even if the players contract is for longer. But that makes no difference to how it’s actually paid to clubs. If we want all £100 million immediately or £50m now and then the...

How clubs account for transfer fees in their accounts and how and when they actually pay each other for players are two entirely separate things.

The sleepless nights quote had nothing to do with Sanchez or the Palace game. Plus RDZ publicly backed Sanchez following the Palace game, he started the next game against Fulham. Sanchez accepted the decision to be dropped originally and remained on the bench, then came back in for the Chelsea...

The club, via RDZ, said that Sanchez had asked to be left out of the squad, it was reported widely that was what happened. If that wasn't true you'd have expected Sanchez or his representatives to put something out in the media themselves. He left us with a rookie goalkeeper on the bench for a...

He's only got two years on his current deal and unless there is a massive change of heart on both sides of the divide that will only be getting shorter. We don't have much leeway with the Sanchez sale as we have had with others. This time it's in no-ones best interests to keep him around so...