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Hindsight suggests they were over valuing him, but yes i'd take the point he was worth more to us at the time.

But they're miles off it. And probably next year as well They won't be pushovers to anyone. But any sense of trepidation in facing them has long gone. They have a few decent players but there are 8 or 10 clearly better sides.

And the other thing that has happened is that a team has actually been done for FFP. I just wondered if Boehly and all either didn't understand it, or just thought (perhaps understandably) they could ride roughshod over it and pay a trivial fine. I also wonder if at the very top of the club...

Anyone we've sold for big money yes, because of wages. Though I don't think we should rule out revisting an academy player who we let go but has gone on to do well

And so if we (or anyone else) were planning on signing him, we would have to honour or improve on those existing terms, or the player would not agree to it. So the question isn't, what would the transfer fee be? It's more like, what would they have to pay us to take that contract off their...

Utter utter mugs, (if true). It will be near impossible for them to find someone who'll pay that or any percentage anywhere near that. Certainly no Spanish team. They would struggle to give him away on a free transfer if he's on that wage. More likely he'll collect his wages while...

I agree with this. And I think loaning players out will be Chelsea's strategy with all their flops. But the issue is finding someone who will pay 80%+ of the wages they pay. I bet Chelsea doubled what he was on here when he signed for them. This takes us out of the equation. More likely it...

In theory we should be quite an attractive place for a prospective international to play. I've sort of got a theory that we give the players quite a bit of latitude in choosing their position with a view to getting in their national sides. So Trossard, his in for Belgium is more likely LWB...

Hmm, but Ben White clearly cares what Gareth Southgate thinks. But agree he's highly professional

I don't agree. It will be clear to him his chance of appearing for England in the world cup and beyond are far greater served by featuring as a centre back than a right back, (where we have one or two others) He's done ok there, but while he was here he looked far more a centre back than a...

A few big money player sales who don't impress might (but very well might not) help suppress the value of future bids which would mean they're much less likely to be accepted. It sounds counter-intuitive, after all, if player A flunks somewhere, why would that mean player B is more likely to...

If Chilwell and Cucurella are both fit and in form Chilwell will play. He's the better player. Cucu at the moment is competing for a place in the back 3, probably with Fofana or might get rotated in sometimes. We could have a pop, but there are players we've signed who are now in the same...

Why would they stay around with us now? We've shown we'd prefer to develop someone elses players our own. Especially Van Hecke, If I were him i'd be on the phone to my agent asking me to get a move to somewhere I had a future

And actually my kids coaches (at age 10) are putting the best technicians in defence, despite the size of the kids. So many goals are scored by passes from goal kicks being pressed and possession being coughed up, the coaches now put the best kids at the back and the weaker ones up front...

And incredibly, in a kids team, it's the position they all want to play

If we're after more than £50m and the deal is complicated by finding a replacement, who knows, the whole thing might fall apart. I'm not totally sure Chelsea "need" him now Chilwell is fit

Psychological studies of people with wealth or power consistently show that the thing that motivates them is to gain even more wealth and power than their peers.

Bloody loads of Spanish people in Brighton

And we get to provide another example to prospective young players that we're a proven pathway to a Champ League club in the PL

And what's 60 million euros, about 70 million quid? :)