Why only £60m? Why not £100m? Man City must be desperate and will pay whatever it takes to get him, right?
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The guy who’s played there most weeks for the last 2 years hasn’t done too badly
I forgot about that guy, you're right. Damn Juventus and their crap transfer dealings.
Why not? The more the merrier.
He is a class player and just signed a new deal. Pay up City. Asking £45 million for Ake and not wanting to go above £35 million for a far superior player with a long deal.
Absolute jokers.
Absolute jokers.
Brighton are being generous as feck pitching it at about £50m.
City paid £42m for Ake so by that standard they should be asking £60-70m.
City paid £42m for Ake so by that standard they should be asking £60-70m.
I agree with this.
Brighton taking a page out of the Barca playbook?
This is truly the summer of gazumping.
Haven’t Chelsea already two of the best fullbacks in the PL…?
Why on Earth would they want to spend big on Cucurella!?
Why do Chelsea need him? Their business is bizarre this summer.
Are you talking about James and Chilwell? I'm not up to date on their transfer news but both Azpi and Alonso were linked with Barca so they need depth I guess.
Chelsea are having a mare this summer.
I think they are just desperate to sign anyone without Barca hijacking it at this point.
Cucurella makes sense to me for them. Their left backs aren't very good. Alonso is leaving and apart from his random highlights, isn't thaaaat good. Chilwell is average and always unfit anyway.
Obviously yes.
Yeah there’a needing depth and then there’s paying huge money for a back up fullback… would be an odd move.
Maybe him being out has made you forget but Chilwell really isn’t average.
Chilly was one of our best players before his injury. He’s excellent when fit, not average.
Emerson and Alonso are average.
Chillwell is good enough, certainly enough that they shouldn't be spending 50m on another LB unless there are serious doubts over his fitness.
Tuchel thinks he can play as a centre-back.
Your move Barca.
Cucurella played LCB in Brighton's three man defense for a run of matches last spring and looked decent from what I recall.
He's a good all around player and would solve two problems for Chelsea, providing a rotation option at LWB and also an option at LCB.
I really can't understand why Tuchel is so averse to giving Colwill a chance though.
He's a good all around player and would solve two problems for Chelsea, providing a rotation option at LWB and also an option at LCB.
I really can't understand why Tuchel is so averse to giving Colwill a chance though.
He’s played quite a few times as the left sided centre back in a back 3
Koulibali and Sterling are the least bizarre signings ever.
Getting this guy in would be odd though.
How good was he there? Sounds like Tuchel wants him to be a hybrid LCB/LWB.
Would certainly allow Chilwell the time to get back to full fitness as well as be an asset as LCB.
The idea of playing such a good fullback/wingback as a CB just doesn’t feel right. I don’t get why we’d do that rather than paying up for Gvardiol who is an actual LCB. Or using Koulibaly on the left where he is used to playing and buying a RCB.
Why limit Cucurella’s best asset (flying up and down the flank) by moving him to CB?
Why limit Cucurella’s best asset (flying up and down the flank) by moving him to CB?
Just curious, but how on earth is a defender who have assisted once and netted once last season worth 50m? Seems very overrated at first sight, but haven't actually watched Brighton a lot.
Never stood out while watching, which Lamptey for instance does a lot
50m for a guy that cried his heart out because he scored his first ever goal against us 
Ok, that could then fix a couple of problems for Tuchel as mentioned above.
Having both he and Chilwell in the same lineup would certainly be an interesting watch.
Chilwell----------------------------------------James
-----------Cucuella-------------Koulibaly-----------
--------------------------Thiago--------------------------
Looks alright, no? Pretty flexible too as Koulibaly could play LCB, Cucuella LWB etc pp. Also regarding the whole formation with a back 4.
It's just assumption. Alonso is pretty much leaving and you need a backup to Ben. His LCB experience would just be handy like James and that's it.
The people who do watch them rate him. He was voted the players' player of the season and also the fans player of the season.
I can't remember ever seeing him play in a back three so god knows. This is the summer of the tiny CB.
I haven’t watched that many Brighton games, I’ll admit that up front, but weren’t they one of the most profligate teams in the league? They were frequently underperforming their xG meaning they always create a shitload of chances but were one of the worst teams when it comes to finishing those chances.
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It's the same as ye being linked to a load of right backs because you could play James at RCB. .. why? Why move the best RB in the League (if not Europe) to a different position? It seems strange. What Chelsea need is a sprinkle of magic in AM or up top. Dembelé would have been perfect but Sterling is very functional. There just isn't a whole lot of creativity in the attacking areas. This obsession with paying top dollar to reinforce positions that ye are already strong in is bizzare to me.
The general approach hasn’t been very Chelsea like though is what I mean, which fair enough, you’re a different club now so things are going to be different.
He's rubbish, you don't want him!
Seriously he was outstanding wherever he played last season, if he can keep those levels up he'll be brilliant for you, I'd hate to see him go.
Did he get forward and link attacks often from LCB or was he more of a “play it safe because this isn’t my natural position” sort of a guy?
I guess mainly because if pre seasons anything to go by Chilwell will take months if not the season until he's back into his pre injury form.
Also lack of wingback depth was one of the main reasons our season went down the toilet last time round.
On the left? Who is that?!
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