It’s his profile. Tall, fast, strong, smart and projection to get better. He’s a PL star at 19 in a role that hard.

But I wouldn’t blame you for not seeing it. Usually, his profile is likened to Giroud because many Arsenal fans to date don’t get what Giroud brought. So, strikers of a similar profile still rub this fanbase the wrong way.

That’s why it’s very surprising that people have warmed up to a Xhaka profile early. We don’t usually get it until later.

Solid recruitment. They found a Kocku almost instantly.

I wouldn’t take him again.

I despised his playing style especially since it didn’t achieve anything worth remembering. You only worship if it delivers something because that’s all the fun you get.

But he knew how to play chess in big games and as always when I look back, the squad he had had no business doing things I hoped it would. All members of that recruitment team downgraded. He at least managed a Europa League and is back in the PL.

That won’t happen.

We might get reality checks as the CL progresses but that’s what playing your best team does.

I’m just so confused by the result.

I’ve just seen it and Manchester United is a very unserious club. You get a chance to battle a Torreira/Ndombele midfield and concede 3?

It won’t be narrow.

Torreira and Ndombele as a pivot is stuff of nightmares. We’d put 10 against them.

If Manchester United lose to that Galatasaray midfield, someone should lose a job.

Football evolved to young players being the cores of almost every team. The change should be limiting games in the calendar.

Clubs can’t stockpile two equally talented players per position UNLESS they’re oil/doped clubs. It doesn’t make any sense business wise.

It doesn’t matter. Forcing a move doesn’t exactly change anything. Zaha tried that before we went for Pepe and the price was still the same. The most recent example is Caicedo.

The most famous one is Antony. Forcing a move doesn’t knock down the price ESPECIALLY if you’re a desirable asset by the club.

I’m pessimistic as well.

It sounds like that thing DoFs do where a manager demands a solution, then they punch in the numbers and find the best available option, fail because it was almost impossible, and go down the list; down to someone cheaper, last year of contract and senior. Basically the Jorginho play book.

So, welcome Adrien Rabiot.

I have a feeling they’ll be sanctioned when the billionaires aren’t around. I don’t see the FA with those balls. The system has always been rigged.

Everton was an easy target.

Sounds odd but who am I to judge.

Defensive contribution is usually on instruction. He’s good at helping his full backs.

Do it because we are broke or have bigger needs but without Timber, we can’t risk a lone Rice. He can handle it, he’s Rice, but we shouldn’t push it.

If we have money, go out there and buy a player that balances defence, ball progression and ball playing.

I don’t even think that gets him through the door easy, unless he has some clause we don’t know about. Trossard had months left on his contract and was still expensive relatively.

Caicedo threw one collossal tantrum and still went for £100M.

We should take Neves.

Chelsea’s CMs are all under 25. Why on earth are they recruiting another? We have 3 CMs over 28 — 2 of whom won’t even be at the club next season.

I know money talks and nothing is sweeter than Chelsea’s bottomless pocket money, but this would look like a bad career decision.

Not that it’s even significant or matters, but I’ll never forgive the football world for mocking Arsene Wenger when he complained about Chelsea’s doping. It’s not just Chelsea fans. It was pundits, media, Mourinho — everyone kept pretending it was okay. People even came up with cute little numbers and fake scenarios to make it seem like the ground was even for a side with doping levels of Chelsea.

He was on the right track but something just changed.

He hasn’t justified his price and his finishing is atrocious. He was bought for final third things and he’s a bit slacking at them. That has to be said.

However, like Arteta said, he’s doing good at everything else. He has held fort in positions/responsibilities people didn’t give him a chance in. Almost half of his minutes have come with the responsibility of offering solidity to the team, instead of primarily offence.

His game Vs Newcastle is how he should have started his career here. That’s the Kai Havertz we had in mind. But we are playing him everywhere after years of playing in a disjointed side.

That’s one of his best positions. I think he also thinks it.

I like to be in the pocket behind the striker. On the wings, I can explore myself as well. I’m comfortable in either of those positions but if I were to choose, behind the striker - but it all depends on the system. - Trossard.

Don’t task him with leading the line. Put him behind that monolith of a striker to drive won second aerial balls, to shoot or even create. He’s not supposed to be tasked with the defensive work of the typical midfielder.

He’s not playing there consistently because we can’t do it without two defensive-minded midfielders.