Chelsea

[danperkins]

One poor game every 12 months or so is pretty acceptable, especially when it's against probably the best player in the world.

[RichC]

Aye £60M + for a 30 year old CB sensational piece of business

[danperkins]

4 or 5 years easily out of him and could be the difference between winning league and titles.... 60m nothing in the scheme of things. Factor player plus cash into and sounds even better.

Plus it's Chelsea 60m is nothing to them. It's all relative to who is doing the buying.

[fah-q]

Also Italian defenders are best after 30 generally.

[danperkins]

Also Italian defenders are best after 30 generally.

does seems to be the case. Chiellini and Bonucci are the best CB's in the world. I would love us to spend that supposed VVD money on likes like of Bonucci.

[Vermilion]

Aye £60M + for a 30 year old CB sensational piece of business

It called winning business. ie: You want the player, he's your first choice for the position in mind, you are sure he's class and will improve the team, so regardless of age or re-sale value, you buy him.

Other teams baulk at the cost, stall, monitor, monitor, stall then monitor some more, before realising the price ain't coming down, as some other club just paid it.

[Bender]

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[Fosterbloke]

https://twitter.com/skykaveh/status/875484961440190464

Ahaha the window hasn't even opened yet!

[Cormack74]

https://twitter.com/skykaveh/status/875484961440190464

He ought to try being a Liverpool fan.

[Pablo]

Ahaha the window hasn't even opened yet!

Exactly. Beyond daft. Nonsense.

[Irishnev]

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The merry go round will start now with Matic to United

Monaco will be stripped of Silva, Bakayoko, Mendy, Fabinho and possibly Mbappe

[Irishnev]

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Mad they are willing to spend that on a left sides defender when they have Alonso who did so well there last year and Vic on the right side!

[Bender]

Looks like Chelsea will be selling Nathan Ake to Bournemouth for round £20million

[Pablo]

A nice rotund £20m.

[The_weatherman]

20 million??? Makes Salah a snip and the Keita fee seem reasonable.