It was a general 'they'. There is no benefit to Chelsea for this to drag on. The whole issue of player contracts and signings is all on hold, as you know. Resolve it within a week and little harm done. Any more and you could be missing out.
According to the BBC website as Abramovich has a Portuguese passport they also need to agree to the terms of the deal
It was a general 'they'. There is no benefit to Chelsea for this to drag on. The whole issue of player contracts and signings is all on hold, as you know. Resolve it within a week and little harm done. Any more and you could be missing out.
According to the BBC website as Abramovich has a Portuguese passport they also need to agree to the terms of the deal
Where in the table would you realistically expect to finish?
I reckon he is more concerned with the end of season form, rather than final position in the table. Since 5th March, Southampton have had 10 defeats, 2 draws and 1 win. The win was versus Arsenal. Some annoying defeats amongst those 10, like a 2-1 home loss to Watford, 6-0 home drubbing by Chelsea and also losing to teams like Burnley and Brentford. Even the 2-1 defeat at home to Liverpool must have been frustrating. Going 1-0 with a great goal, but allowing Liverpool's reserve team to dictate the game thereafter. Having watched that game, they seemed to have no fight or confidence that they could win 1st or second balls, and it seemed inevitable Liverpool would win. You'd expect some other mid table type teams to at least put up a battle.
They were exactly the same last season though, weirdly. A lot of people predicted them to go down because of their terrible form at the back end of last season - and then losing Ings. And having checked our season predictions a fair few predicted Hasenhuttl to be the first manager to go. But he got them playing again for a while. He'll have to do that again, and quickly.
He must be blackmailing Southgate somehow at this point.
He makes a great cup of tea.
I think that's only because he's had Rice, or Henderson, or Phillips in front of him, whereas Man Utd have.. well...
Well, Southgate has picked Rice and Phillips, so maybe that answers your question? And, has Maguire let Southgate down yet? If Southgate could pick VVD, then there'd be no contest. However, I've never been fully convinced on Dier's ability as a centre back. Granted, I do not watch every Spurs game , and so maybe he has played brilliantly and gone quietly under the radar (to non Spurs fans)?
Dier has been excellent this season. The few games he missed, we struggled because he organises our defence in a way nobody else does. i.e. Romero and Davies also played better when Dier was in. I would even argue that Dier should be in ahead of Coady let alone Maguire.
