Japhet
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They will. You know, the ones who whisper in your head at night and plot ceaselessly against us.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
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They will. You know, the ones who whisper in your head at night and plot ceaselessly against us.
mattyspurs
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Ah ok, I just thought that was my wife telling me that she wants to kill me in my sleep!
Trix
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He'd replace Dembele in CM
George94
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Wonder how much Chelsea would want in this crazy market.
You could use someone like Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as a comparative transfer, but I'm pretty sure he was either in or entering the last year of his contract - he was sold for around £35m.
Now, RLC is a young 'homegrown' England international with unique playing style, not as experienced as Oxlade-Chamberlain, but two years younger with arguably a higher ceiling...
£40-50m?
...and then when you consider he plays for one of our biggest rivals, you'd think the price would go up further...
£50-60m?
You could use someone like Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as a comparative transfer, but I'm pretty sure he was either in or entering the last year of his contract - he was sold for around £35m.
Now, RLC is a young 'homegrown' England international with unique playing style, not as experienced as Oxlade-Chamberlain, but two years younger with arguably a higher ceiling...
£40-50m?
...and then when you consider he plays for one of our biggest rivals, you'd think the price would go up further...
£50-60m?
I thought that was supposed to be for Grealish from what we'd heard? (even though I don't believe Grealish to be that sort of player)
mark87
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I think the most likely answer to this question is they wouldn't in any way sell him to us.
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George94
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Yeah, I tend to lean towards that...
St José Dominguez
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Liverpool bought Fabinho, a player just two years older who's won a league, played hundreds of first team top flight and CL games for £44m. Yet the price on the head of a player who's started 21 pl games for Palace, had a few decent games and ran past a couple of Tunisians is higher.
The overhype on any Englishman with a bit of technique is ridiculous, the homegrown tax even more so.
Trix
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English players aren't being priced that high because they are overhyped. It's because they are home grown, and every side needs to have a quota of them in their squad, so the better ones cost a premium
Hengy1
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It’s so surprising that some don’t understand this yet
Univarn
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While I would agree half the threads in here involve us explaining the same thing over and over again. On the one hand it's frustrating and on the other hand it gets us to 100 pages so
wrd
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Is it really that surprising though
knowlespurs
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i would love us to sign him, the nearest like for like replacement we could get for Dembele, and could be in our midfield for the next 10 years
he is going to be a top player
he is going to be a top player
shelfmonkey
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Harsh. Good job I didn't mention one of my best friends is a Chelsea supporter and I actually have 3 Chelsea supporting sons........
So, what, exactly, have you been doing since they were born?
mil1lion
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I think too much emphasis is put on who will replace whom. He wouldn't replace anyone in particular, just adds better competition for places. Not that it will happen anyway so it's a cows opinion. We do need better options in midfield than what we have though. Grealish and RLC offer different qualities to what we have so at least we're looking at the right type of players.
Matecheck
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Harsh. Good job I didn't mention one of my best friends is a Chelsea supporter and I actually have 3 Chelsea supporting sons........
Not that I'll ever ask but, being from Ilford originally, I do sometimes wonder what my West Ham supporting family thinks about me falling in love with spurs as a 10 year old. Then again.....fvckem.
Did feel a bit like fag coming out when I told my scariest, oldest brother about it tbh. He didn't say a word. No longer talks football with me (rugby only ever since).
Steffen
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Harsh. Good job I didn't mention one of my best friends is a Chelsea supporter and I actually have 3 Chelsea supporting sons........
Are you sure your friend isn't even better friends with your wife?
TheHoddleWaddle
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Now there's a term I haven't heard for well over 10 years outside of television.
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