Assuming all these chelsea transfers go through let’s look at their best 11
Kepa, James, Chilwell, Badisheile, Fofana, Enzo, Gallagher, Loftus-Cheek, Sterling, Mudryk, Nkunku

Subs. Silva, Cucurella, chalobah, Pulisic, madueke, Aubameyang, Fofana, Broja

It’s got holes and weaknesses all over the place still. Both full backs are great - when they’re fit!, virtually zero quality of depth in central midfield and up front it’s a mix of young and untested, past it and unproven in the league.

Still huge surgery required

Man U have a 3rd bid rejected for Mason Mount, £55m, Chelsea counter that they want £65m all in.

What are Man U playing at, they know what Chelsea want, why are they low balling them, just pay what they want and get the deal done!

If we end up with Rice, Havertz, Timber in the first month of the window it really is an incredible start.

I would dearly love us to push for Caicedo as well, I think he’s great but also to deny him going to Chelsea (and heard Man U are interested) if we got him we could lose Xhaka and Partey

Warrior, a quick favour mate. Can you hack into Man City’s computers, check the emails for any correspondence with Westham.

I heard City are now after Rice. Why do I think its to deny him to us and not because they really want him? Doesn't matter. No one in the league beats City to a player. Too bad. I was really excited about him.

That Timber looks an interesting player. I’ve just watched a 2 minute you tube clip of him strutting his stuff with the “shook one’s” music playing over it and I’m now convinced he’s the best footballing centre half of our generation without question.

Definitely to me looks a player brought in to copy the city Tactic of using centre halves in fullback positions for certain games

Ornstein tweets that City have made a formal offer for Rice tonight. £80m plus £10m in add ons. Our last bid of £75m plus £15m in add ons was rejected.
City’s add ons likely to be viewed as more realistic if they’re linked to winning trophies (understandable) and the instalments likely to be more favourable paying up sooner

So the Declan Rice transfer saga is about to overtake the Mudryk pursuit as the most tedious transfer saga of all time.

Plenty of time to run with it yet too. No matter what our final or best offer will be David Sullivan will hand it to city to beat.

Second bid for Timber submitted - £38m including any add ons

Chelsea and Manchester City are fighting to sign Arsenal youngster Ethan Nwaneri.

Arsenal have until Friday when Nwaneri schoolboy registration runs out to agree scholarship terms with Nwaneri, but they face competition from Chelsea and City, the two clubs renowned as the highest payers when it comes to academy players.

Arsenal are understood to have made an attractive offer to Nwaneri, who can sign pro terms when he turns 17, with academy manager Per Mertesacker, manager Mikel Arteta and sporting director Edu involved in talks.

They will be due compensation after a tribunal hearing if the player leaves and should receive a higher amount because he has played for the first team.

Arsenal have tied down another talented youngster, Myles Lewis-Skelly, by agreeing scholarship terms with him.

The money these two teams are throwing at young players and their families is crazy - why any young player would consider Chelsea as a good place for their football development right now is bizarre - Nwaneri surely only has to look at Omari Hutchinson for an example of this.