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Would rather we’d have paid the €25m Lyon paid for him to get him from Amiens (our scouting dept needs to up their game).

The top six don't do this any more. They have used Ligue 1 as a development league for years and are happy to pay the premium for clubs to develop players for them.

Would rather we’d have paid the €25m Lyon paid for him to get him from Amiens

I thought they got him for €2m only two years ago?

Exciting signing. It’ll be interesting to see how he takes to English football.

Most teams do it appears. Atletico Madrid have been acting as a feeder club for years, now they're about to splurge €100m+ on a player.

The US team was even whiter than their Ryder Cup team. Proper WASPy.

It's a white woman's game in the US... No surprise there...

yeah I know, but Leicester got Kante for small beer, so the opportunities are there to be find players who can improve your side.

@jaw think they had him on loan, and then had to sign him permanently

Another solid piece of business by Aulas.
€2m loan fee and €8m to buy him outright.

Lampard presser due today.

Leicester got everyone for small beer at that time - Schmeichel, Vardy, Mahrez... Ulloa was the most expensive player in the title winning squad at £9M.

We can’t do that any more and we’re not top 6. The equivalent is picking up promising or semi-proven players like Maddison and Maguire for £12-20M. Or it’s academy players that are coming good - Chilwell, Barnes, Chowdhury. Either way, without Europe, their heads are turned once they get attention. @Prole. is basically right.

Frank Lampard officially Chelsea manager.

Lampard presser due today.

Stories "on the street" are that talks broke down last night and that Man City have put in a bid for him to assist Pep and learn from him. £8 million a year being mentioned.

Feeling a bit emotional...

https://youtu.be/mRkes9NG8fQ

Yeah, saw that on Ndombele's wiki page, not sure where the 25m euro figure comes from.
Reading the Hytner piece on him in the guardian, seems he was always talented and had great ability, just questions about his work ethic meant teams wouldn't take a chance on him.

it’ll be fascinating to watch.

The message Jody Morris wrote to say thank you and goodbye to Derby was written very well. He has turned out alright I reckon.

Him and Frank are good boys. Despite the 2001 bowling alley incident.

Frank is still a Tory (I think). Other than that I wholeheartedly agree.

He is a Tory cunt, I hate that... But heroes always disappoint, been there, etc... I don't even care that it's all gonna go wrong, it's Fat Frank, it's a wonderful day... It narrows the gap between fans and the club, even tho' Frank is basically football royalty and should be killed by any right-thinking socialist...

Socialists amongst Chelski fans? Are those the ones wearing red trousers?

Right thinking socialist?

Is that what the lib dems are calling themselves?

Maintaining bridges so he can return once when it all goes to shit at Chelsea.

When. Not once.

Thanks Grammarpa :)

Winning the club shops, apparently...

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Proper power stance from the dummy on the left.

I can’t believe that we’ve managed to get Cocu still. Banking £7m for Frank and his team and hiring someone like Cocu is possibly some of the best business this yentzing season.

I hope Frank and Jody do well. I think some of our fickle fans thought the silence from both of them was disrespectful but Jody has explained that with his message.

Decent guys who have landed their dream jobs. I can’t begrudge that.

I do think they’ll struggle though, at least in the first season. Hope they’re afforded some time to turn it around.

I hope we can get some decent loans like Van Ginkel and Tomori (again) too. Thanks

I'd like to think this is the start of a beautiful relationship.
Without the red trousers though.