Chelsea Banter Archive May 30 2019

30 May 2019 18:44:31
Reading reports from Spain (Marca, El Diario) that Alonso will move to Atletico Madrid this summer!

If he goes, who should replace him - both in a banned or non-banned situation?

Also, any of the eds able to substantiate the rumour?

30 May 2019 19:45:00
Banned has to be Jay da Silva coming back from loan. I would absolutely love to add Alex Telles to this squad in order to provide width down the left and he would be my choice in a non-banned scenario.

30 May 2019 20:05:23
If we don't appeal then i'd still sell him and have Jay Dasilva as backup to Emerson. That's if Jay would be willing to be a backup. If we appeal and can buy then i'd go and get Telles, he's pretty much turned into the new Hulk with us being linked to him every window. He'd be an excellent signing though, has everything you look for in a modern day full back.

30 May 2019 20:45:10
Chilwell would be my first choice if the ban remains. If not then Aina first then Da Silva. Aina has proved to be a very versatile full back for Torino but I’ve heard he’s signing for them. Think Chilwell is quality and the more homegrown we have the better. If not him then Telles.

Even if the ban remains and we can offload the likes of Zappacosta, Alonso, Drinkwater, Morata and Bakayoko we’ve still improved the squad.

30 May 2019 22:40:05
No worries if Marcos Alonso has agreed a deal to join Athletico Madrid- as long as Athletico pay £70m for him.

30 May 2019 23:33:11
I’d take 7 million personally. But I think £20 million would be a fair fee.

31 May 2019 08:58:10
20 mil for a goal scoring LB . no way has to be higher . but id like to stay away from discussing money.

he has done well for us . id like for him to stay and compete with emerson if the ban stays. i think if we had a good striker he would do even better in the attacking phase . defensivly he can do much better.

31 May 2019 09:19:36
I think this Alonso's sudden desire to join Athletico Madrid feels like tantrum that he's throwing against Sarri and the club; but I honestly think that it won't help him cos it's coming at the very wrong time.

30 May 2019 13:19:47
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new player profile about, Frenkie de Jong

30 May 2019 06:23:01
A message for the Ed's what do you feel will happen regarding the transfer ban will Chelsea appeal and get it overturned unlikely or suspended or just take the punishment .
I know it's a speculative question but just after an advised opinion
Many thanks.

{Ed001's Note - there is no way of knowing. It should be suspended pending the appeal, as there is precedent there, but it should never have been imposed until after the appeal in the first place.}

30 May 2019 09:53:29
Ed1 the window to appeal has gone now hasn't it?

{Ed001's Note - I don't know, last I heard they were going to appeal. I haven't had time to follow anything else. Unless something happens then I will read about it.}

30 May 2019 10:03:51
Thank you for your time it's a strange one and could see lawyers making a lot of money.

{Ed001's Note - there was no legal precedent for the way they have acted, so it was beyond strange and almost bordering on the illegal.}

30 May 2019 07:32:02
Well done lads

Great second half performance.

30 May 2019 09:32:44
Thanks, Malaga. You had us pinned down in the first half hour, but indeed once we got into our game we looked the better side.

No doubt you'll get another crack at it next season ;) all jokes aside, you had a good EL campaign. Beat Napoli and Valencia both over 2 legs, and those aren't weak teams at all.

30 May 2019 04:53:27
Absolutely over the moon for Sarri, saw a clip of him looking at his medal then looking up with a massive smile, then him lifting trophy and pulling a big cigar out, he looked made up. Happy for him, can't of been easy with the Criticism, fair play to him.

30 May 2019 07:33:24
Spot on Matt,

For the stick he got, i think this is the best way to answer critics.
happy thet he works on football and the team rather than pleasing fans who give him a hard time.

well done to the team . super thrilled.