Conor Gallagher

[kcfiifotk]

Vile club vile fans

From a Chelsea supporter...

 

[jimmy-jojo]

I'd be so surprised if he decided to join us, he's playing every week for them and also captaining them, I just don't see him wanting to join us.

You would have thought. Surely informal discussions have taken place already to ascertain if it was a complete non-starter from the player’s side?

 

[Frozen_Waffles]

The Shed End: Pretty much split opinions as on here.

• Pochettino on Gallagher’s future: “I don’t need to talk too much because it is not my decision. He is in the starting eleven in nearly all the games & is one of the captains. For me ,he is the type of player that the club needs to have.”
• Poch has been playing political game since the beginning to keep Gallagher.
• Ridiculous to sell him, if its a monetary thing move Reece instead.
• Every squad / team needs balance and Conor provides that. He might not be the pick of the squad ability wise but he more than makes up for it in other areas and is still a very decent player to have as an option. Would have been unforgiveable to sell him to Spurs, just days after he wore the captains armband. Hope he stays for many seasons to come.
• If Chelsea even give a seconds thought to selling Conor Bro', I will genuinely give up. This would prove that money is more important to the Owners than pure effort and loyalty and that would be the end for me.
• Capology list Gallagher at £50K a week. The manager just selected him ahead of Enzo, who is on £180K a week.
• Listening to offers according to The Athletic.
• he is not in my opinion a player who has enough quality to be a starting player for us. I know he is at the moment - but that is due to the poor performance of the rest of the team and/or injuries to others.
• I agree that he shouldn't be spearheading our midfield but we've already seen some matches where Gallagher is tailored for. Those scrappy battles where we need more presence in midfield.
• see Gallagher doing well at either Spurs or Newcastle, so if that's the case may as well rinse them for him.
• I'd like to keep him but if we want to eventually challenge for titles I don't know if he should be a starter, I think he's a great squad option though. If we got an offer £45m+ though it would be a tough one to turn down.
• I am not is biggest fan but he absolutely has a role in the squad how stupid are these people doing to recruiting that they will sell someone who wants to be here FFS.
• Selling Connor is another example of shortsightedness and actions that speak volumes more than their words by this club.
• £40m Sounds a bit cheap to me seeing as Mount went for £55m plus add ons ... you'd think there would be more than a few clubs interested if that is all we are asking for ...
• Absolutely f**king ridiculous to sell him, he wears his heart on his sleeve, loves the club and gives his all. Tell me on single other player still at the club who does that? please tell me. If he's sold for financial reasons ahead of some other dog turd players we have i'm done.

• I think much needs to be looked into why Gallagher is the only player who's improved under Poch.
• if we sell Conor just to please the books or to buy two 16 years old 'world prospects' from Brazil, I am done with these owners.
• I really hope he stays, his improvement as he gains experience is one of the few things that make me hopeful for our future.
• Do I think Gallagher is absolure top drawer or ever will be? Probably not. There are plenty of players I'd be looking to move on before Gallagher got to the top of that list.
• If we sell Conor it just mean we can't no longer consider it ourselves as a big club. Not even mid table PL team sell their starter this days unless the player want to go or they can get a significant upgrade
• So Poch sees him as untouchable (in the starting Xl) and the board see him as expendable. Both in the wrong for totally contrasting reasons
• Was superb today I thought. Has a few ups and downs, but all part of the growing into his game though. (After EFL win against Newcastle on penalties)
• His decision making is dreadful gets in promising positions then gets his wires crossed. He still had a really good game just need to think quicker play smarter
• Anyone see similarities with Henderson?
  
• On the ball, he is one of the worst in the team. Praise his work rate all you like, but it's a glaring issue that cannot be ignored. A lot of our attacks break down when he is involved in the build up play because he doesn't have the ability to make a pass that can hurt teams.
• 
  
• We need workers that also have quality on the ball, unless we want to be stuck in mid table forever. Gallagher only looks like he is working harder than others because he runs all over the place. His positional play is actually pretty terrible. As much as we can admire Gallagher's work rate, everything I see about him screams mid table player. He's not doing anything more than what I see from teams fighting for their lives, like Luton's players.
• I sat on the fence about him for a long time but he has completely won me over this season. When he doesn't play we really miss him IMO.
• So far I see a lot of Kante in him, tbh. He works his socks off, he covers a lot of ground and recovers the ball high up many times. He’s not the technical wizard, but his role in stopping the opponents build up is something that has to be highlighted.
• from my perspective there isn’t going to be room for Caicedo, Gallagher, Enzo at one time, never mind if Lavia is any good. I like Conor he is a work horse but every now and then he drops down a level. We will see.
• He's not going to be in the side for very long if Pochettino doesn't wake up and use him where he's actually quite good. In no way, shape or form is he the quasi attacker Poch is trying to turn him into.
• Bloke was sensational last night. Kante used to try to do what Connor did but didnt have the brain to create or distribute well, Gallagher does have that eye for goal and a pass.
• We'd be mad to sell him, which is why I expect him off to Spuds in January
• Gallagher has done nothing but give the ownership a reason that selling him would be a huge mistake. His professionalism and assertion to improve in areas that were weaknesses last season is nothing more than admirable. Not to mention he is legitimately Chelsea through and through

• Nothing but praise for the lad - if he was foreign we'd probably be talking about him in a totally different light. However, in what has been an abysmal season, with the utmost respect, I do not think any team that has Gallagher as their stand out player is going to win much. Don't get me wrong, he is integral to our team right now and earned his place, but eventually I do think we need a higher caliber of player in possession. Happy to be wrong, but I've long had this impression of Conor.
• I think some people just can't get over that he had a spell at Crystal palace and seem to think that's his level! He might not be Pirlo or Lampard or even Kante, but he's decent and right now, our midfield looks a whole lot worse when he isn't playing.
• No, I just think he's crap on the ball and if we are going to progress playing this style of football, he can't be a regular starter. I'll say what I said yesterday, the top teams in the league have players in his position that do what he does without sacrificing their passing or their positional discipline. If Gallagher is going to start, then this slow build up play and passing it sideways needs to go and we need to play more direct.
• Is it too soon to point out that Gallagher only has 3 goals and 5 assists in 64 appearances (40 starts) to date for Chelsea (3,638 minutes on the pitch)
• Caicedo played well in the last two games, yet it's Gallagher who keeps getting all the plaudits off this forum. Elsewhere that's not the story, but on here Gallagher is by default playing better than everyone else. If Caicedo was doing exactly what Gallagher has been doing all season people would be calling him more of a flop than they already are.
• Wouldn't say so. Everything is subjective of course but Gallagher is crushing Caicedo on the stats so far as well as the eye test.
• Right now him and Palmer should be the first names on the team sheet on a match day.
• I dont by any stretch think gallacher is a player who should be starting every game for us once we improve our squad in the future (fingers crossed we do) but right now we would be absolutely nuts to sell gallacher,
• Hes critical for us because he's basically the only player who never gets injured.

• Lost track how many times I’ve seen Gallagher receive the ball on the half turn and leave two opposition pressers in his dust. Gallagher this season has a better pass percentage, more progressive carries p90 which is even more impressive as Gallagher plays further forward, same amount of successive take ins p90 etc.
• Oh and while we’re at it, Gallagher should be starting over both £100m+ signings currently
• Spurs still interested in Conor, willing to include Hojbjerg as part of the deal to give us a defensive minded replacement:
• They can piss off
• Poch loves him. This wouldn’t happen under Pep, Klopp and Arteta. I really don’t understand why we are so keen to sell one of our better players (I know, FFP)
• Really tired of this ownership they will be on thin ice if they sell Gallagher I suspect.
• If Gallagher was a Brighton player we’d put in a £70million bid for him.
• Seems to be mixed reporting amongst the journos. Others are saying Chelsea are open to listen to offers and spurs are interested.
• Poor today (after losing to Wolves)
• Yeah one of his worst games. It says a lot about our current situation that Gallagher had one of his worst games and yet was still one of our better players.
• Poch had him playing as a lone f**king midfielder on a yellow card. I feel sorry for the lad.
• Gallagher's having a good season in the context of a mid-table side, but with half of it gone he still has zero goals. Is he a player you want as a starter if you want to win titles ? Probably not. Doesn't seem much interest in him from the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG, Bayern, Inter, Juventus, Man City etc etc etc, and there is a reason for that.
• The question is, do you keep a mediocre "hard worker" when you can get £50m for him and buy someone who is above mediocre?

• I don’t want Conor sold, I really don’t…but I do feel that he is replaceable.
• I find it very bizarre how people can hold both stances of our attack being wasteful and also complain about Conor having no assists. The stats shows he is high in chance creation, off the top of my head I can remember 4 chances created by Connor only for Jackson to waste them all. 1 was just last game.
• If they are stupid enough to sell Conor to Spurs of all teams then Clearlake will create an unmendable rift with the fans, let alone undermine Poch.
• I wouldn't sell Tottenham leprosy. Unforgivable to even consider it
• Chelsea through and through, from the academy, multiple time captain, arguably player of the season and doesn’t want to leave - and we consider selling him to Spurs to cover the cost of project players like Moreira and Gabriel? Do piss right off, some things are just completely unforgiveable
• 40mill to Spurs. Better not be true. Our match going fans need to make their voices heard of this. Surely almost every Chelsea fan must be against such a deal.
• That's cheap and to a fking w*nker that would never sell to us if his life depended on it. Just goes to show what a bunch of w*nkers these owners are if they do this.
• I wouldn’t sell Tottenham a dose of the clap. Vile club vile fans there is no way Connor would go there
• Selling to anyone would be stupid unless it was a monster offer. Selling to Spurs would be unforgivable. Gallagher is exactly the right sort of player for Postecoglu's style of play. We'd be handing them a perfect fit
• Would be madness to give those north London Wan*ers anything other than the cold shoulder.

Kind of sums up my (and most of the people on here opinions).....

Good, hard working player who doesn't quite have the end product. Not quite technically good enough but useful to have.

Couldn't be more on the fence with a signing, but I agree with the Chelsea fans, they'd be absoloute nuts to sell to us this month.

One things for certain we shouldn't be paying anything over 40m, even at 40m that sounds expensive.

 

[KevinW]

I'd be so surprised if he decided to join us, he's playing every week for them and also captaining them, I just don't see him wanting to join us.

If he did join it would be because the Chelsea owners are forcing him out (probably for FFP reasons) He lives in the same village as me. Whole family are big Chelsea fans apparently, he lives ten minutes drive from their training ground and , as you say, seems to be highly regarded by Poch.

 

[mark87]

 

[GioW]

This one just seems , and always has seemed , very unlikely

 

[Col_M]

the longer Chelsea leave it. The cheaper the deal gets. Happened with Grealish until Villa got bought

 

[Led Revolver]

Chelsea want us to make an offer.. We say we’ll wait until you contact us wanting to sell him.

Over to you, Chelusa!

Cheers Fab!

 

[SpartanSpur]

Personally I'd think this would be a good signing for us. Ange has his eyes on more than just competing for top 4. We need serious quality depth in midfield and Hojbjerg wants out. For me he's a no brainer at £40m. Proven homegrown quality that can play in all 3 midfield positions.

Chelsea need to sell him for FFP and because Poch plays him every week they know there won't be many clubs he'd willingly lead for. They can't palm him off on someone like Palace now.

Homegrown quota is looking to be an issue for us. Supposedly Everton wanted £80-100m for Braithwaite! Value wise you probably won't find a fairer deal for a HG player.

If a deal happens however it happens late. The early return of Bentancur has helped here.

Personally I think midfield options of...

Maddison
Kulusevski
Bentancur
Sarr
Gallagher
Bissouma
Lo Celso/Skipp

...would be excellent. For me that has a bit of everything and would be enough for a title contending team.

If we could build that kind of depth everywhere we'll be on to something.

When you are building a squad sometimes the deals don't always arise in the order of most importance.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

He's absolutely worth 40mil to not see Skipp/Hojbjerg play meaningful minutes for us. Such a drop off in quality when those 2 come on

The extra points he could get us compared to Skipp/PEH could be the difference between 4th instead of 5th or even a title or not depending on how things go.

I think City or Liverpool will win the league but if we want to stay in the race and give ourselves any chance then Gallagher along with Dragusin & Jota are the 3 we need to give us some sort of chance.

FWIW I don’t think this Gallagher link has legs at all for January, next summer perhaps but no chance in Jan unless Chelsea really need the money desperately.

He’s their captain right now and he’s a Chelsea boy, it doesn’t make any sense to me that he’d want to leave or that they’d be willing to sell him to us.

If not him then Hatate or another CM of similar ilk in Jan to upgrade on PEH & Skipp is vital imo but I won’t hold my breath that we’ll sign one.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

The Shed End: Pretty much split opinions as on here.

• Pochettino on Gallagher’s future: “I don’t need to talk too much because it is not my decision. He is in the starting eleven in nearly all the games & is one of the captains. For me ,he is the type of player that the club needs to have.”
• Poch has been playing political game since the beginning to keep Gallagher.
• Ridiculous to sell him, if its a monetary thing move Reece instead.
• Every squad / team needs balance and Conor provides that. He might not be the pick of the squad ability wise but he more than makes up for it in other areas and is still a very decent player to have as an option. Would have been unforgiveable to sell him to Spurs, just days after he wore the captains armband. Hope he stays for many seasons to come.
• If Chelsea even give a seconds thought to selling Conor Bro', I will genuinely give up. This would prove that money is more important to the Owners than pure effort and loyalty and that would be the end for me.
• Capology list Gallagher at £50K a week. The manager just selected him ahead of Enzo, who is on £180K a week.
• Listening to offers according to The Athletic.
• he is not in my opinion a player who has enough quality to be a starting player for us. I know he is at the moment - but that is due to the poor performance of the rest of the team and/or injuries to others.
• I agree that he shouldn't be spearheading our midfield but we've already seen some matches where Gallagher is tailored for. Those scrappy battles where we need more presence in midfield.
• see Gallagher doing well at either Spurs or Newcastle, so if that's the case may as well rinse them for him.
• I'd like to keep him but if we want to eventually challenge for titles I don't know if he should be a starter, I think he's a great squad option though. If we got an offer £45m+ though it would be a tough one to turn down.
• I am not is biggest fan but he absolutely has a role in the squad how stupid are these people doing to recruiting that they will sell someone who wants to be here FFS.
• Selling Connor is another example of shortsightedness and actions that speak volumes more than their words by this club.
• £40m Sounds a bit cheap to me seeing as Mount went for £55m plus add ons ... you'd think there would be more than a few clubs interested if that is all we are asking for ...
• Absolutely f**king ridiculous to sell him, he wears his heart on his sleeve, loves the club and gives his all. Tell me on single other player still at the club who does that? please tell me. If he's sold for financial reasons ahead of some other dog turd players we have i'm done.

• I think much needs to be looked into why Gallagher is the only player who's improved under Poch.
• if we sell Conor just to please the books or to buy two 16 years old 'world prospects' from Brazil, I am done with these owners.
• I really hope he stays, his improvement as he gains experience is one of the few things that make me hopeful for our future.
• Do I think Gallagher is absolure top drawer or ever will be? Probably not. There are plenty of players I'd be looking to move on before Gallagher got to the top of that list.
• If we sell Conor it just mean we can't no longer consider it ourselves as a big club. Not even mid table PL team sell their starter this days unless the player want to go or they can get a significant upgrade
• So Poch sees him as untouchable (in the starting Xl) and the board see him as expendable. Both in the wrong for totally contrasting reasons
• Was superb today I thought. Has a few ups and downs, but all part of the growing into his game though. (After EFL win against Newcastle on penalties)
• His decision making is dreadful gets in promising positions then gets his wires crossed. He still had a really good game just need to think quicker play smarter
• Anyone see similarities with Henderson?
  
• On the ball, he is one of the worst in the team. Praise his work rate all you like, but it's a glaring issue that cannot be ignored. A lot of our attacks break down when he is involved in the build up play because he doesn't have the ability to make a pass that can hurt teams.
• 
  
• We need workers that also have quality on the ball, unless we want to be stuck in mid table forever. Gallagher only looks like he is working harder than others because he runs all over the place. His positional play is actually pretty terrible. As much as we can admire Gallagher's work rate, everything I see about him screams mid table player. He's not doing anything more than what I see from teams fighting for their lives, like Luton's players.
• I sat on the fence about him for a long time but he has completely won me over this season. When he doesn't play we really miss him IMO.
• So far I see a lot of Kante in him, tbh. He works his socks off, he covers a lot of ground and recovers the ball high up many times. He’s not the technical wizard, but his role in stopping the opponents build up is something that has to be highlighted.
• from my perspective there isn’t going to be room for Caicedo, Gallagher, Enzo at one time, never mind if Lavia is any good. I like Conor he is a work horse but every now and then he drops down a level. We will see.
• He's not going to be in the side for very long if Pochettino doesn't wake up and use him where he's actually quite good. In no way, shape or form is he the quasi attacker Poch is trying to turn him into.
• Bloke was sensational last night. Kante used to try to do what Connor did but didnt have the brain to create or distribute well, Gallagher does have that eye for goal and a pass.
• We'd be mad to sell him, which is why I expect him off to Spuds in January
• Gallagher has done nothing but give the ownership a reason that selling him would be a huge mistake. His professionalism and assertion to improve in areas that were weaknesses last season is nothing more than admirable. Not to mention he is legitimately Chelsea through and through

• Nothing but praise for the lad - if he was foreign we'd probably be talking about him in a totally different light. However, in what has been an abysmal season, with the utmost respect, I do not think any team that has Gallagher as their stand out player is going to win much. Don't get me wrong, he is integral to our team right now and earned his place, but eventually I do think we need a higher caliber of player in possession. Happy to be wrong, but I've long had this impression of Conor.
• I think some people just can't get over that he had a spell at Crystal palace and seem to think that's his level! He might not be Pirlo or Lampard or even Kante, but he's decent and right now, our midfield looks a whole lot worse when he isn't playing.
• No, I just think he's crap on the ball and if we are going to progress playing this style of football, he can't be a regular starter. I'll say what I said yesterday, the top teams in the league have players in his position that do what he does without sacrificing their passing or their positional discipline. If Gallagher is going to start, then this slow build up play and passing it sideways needs to go and we need to play more direct.
• Is it too soon to point out that Gallagher only has 3 goals and 5 assists in 64 appearances (40 starts) to date for Chelsea (3,638 minutes on the pitch)
• Caicedo played well in the last two games, yet it's Gallagher who keeps getting all the plaudits off this forum. Elsewhere that's not the story, but on here Gallagher is by default playing better than everyone else. If Caicedo was doing exactly what Gallagher has been doing all season people would be calling him more of a flop than they already are.
• Wouldn't say so. Everything is subjective of course but Gallagher is crushing Caicedo on the stats so far as well as the eye test.
• Right now him and Palmer should be the first names on the team sheet on a match day.
• I dont by any stretch think gallacher is a player who should be starting every game for us once we improve our squad in the future (fingers crossed we do) but right now we would be absolutely nuts to sell gallacher,
• Hes critical for us because he's basically the only player who never gets injured.

• Lost track how many times I’ve seen Gallagher receive the ball on the half turn and leave two opposition pressers in his dust. Gallagher this season has a better pass percentage, more progressive carries p90 which is even more impressive as Gallagher plays further forward, same amount of successive take ins p90 etc.
• Oh and while we’re at it, Gallagher should be starting over both £100m+ signings currently
• Spurs still interested in Conor, willing to include Hojbjerg as part of the deal to give us a defensive minded replacement:
• They can piss off
• Poch loves him. This wouldn’t happen under Pep, Klopp and Arteta. I really don’t understand why we are so keen to sell one of our better players (I know, FFP)
• Really tired of this ownership they will be on thin ice if they sell Gallagher I suspect.
• If Gallagher was a Brighton player we’d put in a £70million bid for him.
• Seems to be mixed reporting amongst the journos. Others are saying Chelsea are open to listen to offers and spurs are interested.
• Poor today (after losing to Wolves)
• Yeah one of his worst games. It says a lot about our current situation that Gallagher had one of his worst games and yet was still one of our better players.
• Poch had him playing as a lone f**king midfielder on a yellow card. I feel sorry for the lad.
• Gallagher's having a good season in the context of a mid-table side, but with half of it gone he still has zero goals. Is he a player you want as a starter if you want to win titles ? Probably not. Doesn't seem much interest in him from the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG, Bayern, Inter, Juventus, Man City etc etc etc, and there is a reason for that.
• The question is, do you keep a mediocre "hard worker" when you can get £50m for him and buy someone who is above mediocre?

• I don’t want Conor sold, I really don’t…but I do feel that he is replaceable.
• I find it very bizarre how people can hold both stances of our attack being wasteful and also complain about Conor having no assists. The stats shows he is high in chance creation, off the top of my head I can remember 4 chances created by Connor only for Jackson to waste them all. 1 was just last game.
• If they are stupid enough to sell Conor to Spurs of all teams then Clearlake will create an unmendable rift with the fans, let alone undermine Poch.
• I wouldn't sell Tottenham leprosy. Unforgivable to even consider it
• Chelsea through and through, from the academy, multiple time captain, arguably player of the season and doesn’t want to leave - and we consider selling him to Spurs to cover the cost of project players like Moreira and Gabriel? Do piss right off, some things are just completely unforgiveable
• 40mill to Spurs. Better not be true. Our match going fans need to make their voices heard of this. Surely almost every Chelsea fan must be against such a deal.
• That's cheap and to a fking w*nker that would never sell to us if his life depended on it. Just goes to show what a bunch of w*nkers these owners are if they do this.
• I wouldn’t sell Tottenham a dose of the clap. Vile club vile fans there is no way Connor would go there
• Selling to anyone would be stupid unless it was a monster offer. Selling to Spurs would be unforgivable. Gallagher is exactly the right sort of player for Postecoglu's style of play. We'd be handing them a perfect fit
• Would be madness to give those north London Wan*ers anything other than the cold shoulder.

I’d say far more of them are in favour of keeping CG than selling tbh, rather than pretty split.

 

[ebzrascal]

Personally I'd think this would be a good signing for us. Ange has his eyes on more than just competing for top 4. We need serious quality depth in midfield and Hojbjerg wants out. For me he's a no brainer at £40m. Proven homegrown quality that can play in all 3 midfield positions.

Chelsea need to sell him for FFP and because Poch plays him every week they know there won't be many clubs he'd willingly lead for. They can't palm him off on someone like Palace now.

Homegrown quota is looking to be an issue for us. Supposedly Everton wanted £80-100m for Braithwaite! Value wise you probably won't find a fairer deal for a HG player.

If a deal happens however it happens late. The early return of Bentancur has helped here.

Personally I think midfield options of...

Maddison
Kulusevski
Bentancur
Sarr
Gallagher
Bissouma
Lo Celso/Skipp

...would be excellent. For me that has a bit of everything and would be enough for a title contending team.

If we could build that kind of depth everywhere we'll be on to something.

When you are building a squad sometimes the deals don't always arise in the order of most importance.

Surely we need more creativity options from midfield not just another guy who can run

 

[For the love of Spurs]

Surely we need more creativity options from midfield not just another guy who can run

Maddison, Lo Celso, Kulusevski, Bentancur are all quite creative so when fit we have lots of options. It appear Ange wants Gallagher and he is far more than just another guy who can run.

 

[Montalbano]

40 million can be better spent on a number 6, and a little less. I’m not sold on him

I don’t think Ange would intend to primarily use Gallagher as a 6. He better fits his number 8 archetype.

If Ange intends to use Bentancur as a 6, I think we probably should be focusing on signing another 8 to compete with Sarr. Would be great to have Gallagher slot into the side while Sarr is away with Senegal…

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Surely we need more creativity options from midfield not just another guy who can run

Thats the bit that most people overlook - they would rather play with 3 creative players.

But the midfield requires so many different roles - that it takes different skills to put together a balanced midfield.

The box-to-box role in a CM3 is so crucial to tying things together - and it requires a player with loads of energy who makes himself available all over the pitch. Its not a glamorous role, but it is important.

 

[SpartanSpur]

Thats the bit that most people overlook - they would rather play with 3 creative players.

But the midfield requires so many different roles - that it takes different skills to put together a balanced midfield.

The box-to-box role in a CM3 is so crucial to tying things together - and it requires a player with loads of energy who makes himself available all over the pitch. Its not a glamorous role, but it is important.

Agreed, I'd argue Sarr's absences have been a bigger issue for us that Bissouma's this season.

That said we had no Bentancur during this period either, who can play both 6/8 roles very well.

 

[ebzrascal]

Why would we help Chelsea with their FFP issues by making a signing does not improve our first eleven

 

[SpursNick73]

Just cant see this one happening.

 

[usspur]

Why would we help Chelsea with their FFP issues by making a signing does not improve our first eleven

Someone will buy him to alleviate some FFP issues. Why cut off the nose to spite the face if* he makes us better?

 

[14/04/91]

Why would we help Chelsea with their FFP issues by making a signing does not improve our first eleven

Surely this season has shown everyone that our ‘first eleven’ is pretty much irrelevant. We need a squad.
And therefore we need players that are better and more suited to Ange’s style than those likely to leave (PEH, Dier, Perisic etc).