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I can't help think this guy is a chancer. I'm sure he has good contacts but the certainty in most of his tweets is unrealistic and usually from one end of the story. It's a no-lose situation for the journalist that suckers people in. When something's likely to happen (let's face it, this one...

Arsenal couldn't wait to get rid. I suppose we'll see.

True, but that's in our team. Not sure they'd have been welcomed with open arms straight into Chelsea's line-up. And it was a while before Caicedo got his opportunity after moving to Europe.

Why sign Aubameyang though, who only Tuchel would have wanted? I think the swiftness is simply because Potter has a release clause and they'll meet it. The deal usually is that once that happens, you can't prevent the employee talking to the other club.

You can imagine the conversation. Kyle MacAuley (recruitment guy): "I've unearthed this striker in South America who could be ready for the first team in a couple of years if we loan him out and develop him carefully. Will probably take a while to bed in once he starts playing Premier League...

I doubt his family would struggle to survive for the rest of their lives on his 'nest egg' from Brighton alone.

I got the impression that Boehly took that role initially as a stopgap, doesn't really want to be doing it and it was Tuchel's reluctance to get involved in transfer decisions that counted heavily against him. That's the official spin anyway. I suppose by 'reluctance' they might actually mean...

Probably yes - because it's a tilt at the Champions League and if/when it all goes horribly wrong, I'll be a very, very rich man and will still find a club at Brighton's level. On the flip side, once it has gone tits up and Chelsea pull the trigger (next year? next month?), I'd never get the...