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Ray_Cfc said:
If by a level above us you mean Real Madrid or Barcelona both of those clubs are on the verge of bankruptcy.Would be very surprised if either could afford to fork out the apparent 150million asking price for haaland.

Other than that it's Man City or Bayern Munich or possibly Man Utd if they actually dicided to spent something.Chelsea are in a very good position financially compared to other clubs that some people seem to think are a level above us.

There's also been a number of players mentioned on this page that are an upgrade on what we already have up front.And just a reminder that the levels of football being played in Scotland are no where near the premier league level so to think a player like edouard could come to England and start banging in goals in the premier league just because he's doing it in Scotland is laughable.
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Well a couple of points to be made on that. My point was not financial. It's about clubs that will compete at the highest table for CL wins. We are currently not among that group. Bayern, PSG, Juve, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Man City and Liverpool are at a level above us in terms of attracting top players. If you're the best young striker in Europe you're going to a club where you can win everything not one who yo-yo in and out of the top 4 like us recently. That's before we start talking about FFP and our ability to comply noting our huge summer last year and the fact that Raiola will want as much in agent fees as the transfer is worth.

Second point on Edouard is that he has scored in Europe as well, CL and EL. No one is silly enough to think that goals in Scotland translate into England. But goals in Europe are impressive. I'd also suggest that when Leicester are in for a player, take notice. Right there with Liverpool as the best recruitment team in the PL.

 
Strider6003 said:
If City are playing Jesus Aguero can not be right, we seem to have a thing for buying injured players. Unless he clearly gets his fitness back I would stay well clear.
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You do realise Aguero has been on the bench for the last 7 matches and been back for a month. I’m pretty sure Pep isn’t stupid enough to just have an injured player on the bench for the sake of it with the sackful of riches at his disposal. I do believe Pep wanted to bring Aguero back slowly and they are walking the league so that makes things easier but there has always been rumours around Pep and Aguero. Also abit wierd Pep didn’t even use him in the most desperate of situations like the Utd game.

We wouldn’t be getting him anyway but I would certainly take him and his nearly take a year out of football.

 
Ernie_blue said:
Sod it lets get Aguero in, out of contract in the summer
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Would rather we had got him when we had the chance, back in 2011. God that bugs me so much we never got him. He and David Silva. We instead let them go to City with little challenge. 

 
enigma said:
Would rather we had got him when we had the chance, back in 2011. God that bugs me so much we never got him. He and David Silva. We instead let them go to City with little challenge. 
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You reminded me of how close we was to getting him so i had a look back. Seems like we was interested in 2010 and he was interested in us and then in 2011. Then wasted a load of money on Torres.

 
Should of bought the 'Biter' was just starting to produce the goods at A**x

 
With Kai's recent performance as a false 9 maybe we don't need another striker. If Giroud can be productive for one more year and Abraham ends up signing the extension maybe we'll give them another season before signing an out and out top tier number 9. 

 
I think we will need to watch as the season ramps up to an end as to how we do offensively.

Giroud will want a move if he is not played much, understandably and then we have the question of Werner.

I suspect we will see another face next season.

 
I put in the other thread that I'm quite keen to give Kai a run in the Firminho role, see if he and the others playing off him can deliver.

to be honest, aside from Haaland and Lewa, how many pure number 9's are around at a world class level? even Mbappe is more of a Werner type (just a lot better).

People talk about False 9's as if it's a bit wild, but to be honest, the two best teams in this league over recent years have done it very well. Looking at the 'stars' of the future, very few classic #9 going around.

we just need to find out Salah and Mane if the Kai experiment looks good!!!  

 
Another more clinical finisher, to play with Kai as a playmaker, and Werner to run and pull defences, and hopefully rediscover his Goal touch

 
Paramount we secure somebody that knows how to put the ball into that gaping area between the Goal posts and Bar.

We will secure somebody, just do your due diligence, preferably someone used to English conditions.....

 
I think our scouts should seriously consider looking into Andre Silva, he was underwhelming in AC Milan but now in Germany he has 20 goals in 24 games, decent height and 25 years old. Though I might be wrong cause I said the same thing about Jovic that was later bought by Real Madrid and couldn't really do much there, but Silva is older.

 
Simplymo said:
Tottenham and Chelsea are both potential contenders to sign Argentina striker Paulo Dybala, 27, from Juventus.
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If he was playing as a striker my only worry is he may struggle with the physicality in the prem. With that being said players like Torres, Aguero and Suarez have coped so who knows.

Dybala is definitely a great player and being from Serie A may not be such a bad thing since Salah came from Italy and look how he turned out.

If we can't sign Haaland, Dybala could be a decent shout if the rumoured fee is correct €50m. It just seems he's always linked with a move but ends up staying so I wouldn't bet on it until they actually 'officially' put him up for sale.

 
LongtimerLurker said:
If he was playing as a striker my only worry is he may struggle with the physicality in the prem. With that being said players like Torres, Aguero and Suarez have coped so who knows.

Dybala is definitely a great player and being from Serie A may not be such a bad thing since Salah came from Italy and look how he turned out.

If we can't sign Haaland, Dybala could be a decent shout if the rumoured fee is correct €50m. It just seems he's always linked with a move but ends up staying so I wouldn't bet on it until they actually 'officially' put him up for sale.
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I don't know much about him but I always worry about players that lack experience of the prem coming in. It's always a 50/50 gamble added on to the new club/new team/etc...but I also know Chelsea are one of the best clubs in making a player welcome though.

Salah knew what the prem was all about and only spent a short time there after leaving us. How long has Dybala played in Italy?

So far from what I keep seeing its him and haaland.

Another on the beeb (source:star):

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is making the signing of Norway forward Erling Braut Haaland, 20, from Borussia Dortmund his personal mission this summer. (Star)

personal mission...lol

 
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Ballack & Blu said:
I think bringing back Lukaku could be immense, at 27 his best years are still to come
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You know what you're getting with him always, which at least removes some of the risk.

First touch and play outside the box remains the challenge. 

I do wonder though what might have happened if we had signed him for Conte instead of that sook Morata.

 
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