SuperSAINT

http://www.chelseafcblog.com/transfer-news/shrewd-saints-sign-romeu-for-a-bargain/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+chelseablog+%28Chelsea+FC+Blog%29

Looks a very good player but I thought he plays deeper. (And he'd have to play otherwise they'd never let him go)

He'd be great, but I'm guessing Guan means central when he says "LCM". Vilhena fits the bill to the description, only he's been linked before.

VILLA CLOSE IN ON TRAORE Aston Villa are close to signing Barcelona youngster Adama Traore with the deal expected to be completed on Thursday

Good news to get the Romeu deal over the line. We definitely needed some extra physicality in midfield. Exciting to hear about another midfielder too? Guessing more of an AMC?

Good article S-A. I love seeing who other teams sign & how they go about their business in regards to re-shaping squads etc. It's always with the caveat that some of them are going to crash & burn though! We're in a good place though & I like how we go about our business.

Bored at work, so had a look : He's had a few mentions (2012 / 2013 / 2014 & even Rebel mentioned him on 25-07-2015 in the HCDAJFU thread)

Funnily enough, if it's £7m (& if we are to assume it's £10m for Virgil) then it pretty much bring's our outgoing ££'s bang in-line with our incoming ££'s.

Any mention of a fee yet?

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/oriol-romeu-to-southampton-chelsea-midfielder-closing-in-on-st-marys-move-10451602.html

I mainly remember Romeu from FM. Seem to recall him joining from Barca and he was very highly rated. Surprised he's still there.

Excellent news. I reckon we upped the offer a little bit.

Holy sh*t! Awesome if true.

I'm assuming this will rumble on until they qualify (or not) for the Champs league.

That was Andrei Pereplyotkin

Telegraph Football ‏@TeleFootball Arsenal weighing up £22 million bid for Sevilla midfielder Krychowiak #afc http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/11797617/Arsenal-transfer-news-Arsene-Wenger-weighing-up-22million-bid-for-Sevilla-midfielder-Grzegorz-Krychowiak.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/11797571/Adama-Traore-flies-in-for-7-million-Aston-Villa-move.html

Rory Smith at the Times tweeted this during the Swansea match: Rory Smith ‏@RorySmithTimes Swansea have perfected the art of having players who are really good, but not quite trendy enough for anyone to come and sign. Very true, and that's a pretty handy skill that we have perfected yet.

Lyall Thomas ‏@SkySportsLyall Sky sources :#BristolCity have had a £6m+add ons bid accepted by #CrystalPalace for Dwight Gayle #BCFC #CPFC.

It's been quiet in regards to our centre-midfielder search. Here's a list of most of the names we've been linked with this summer (some have already moved to other clubs) - Tonny Vilhena - Ondrej Duda - N'golo Kante - Idrissa Gueye - Alex Song - Grzegorz Krychowiak - Sven Bender - Gianelli Imbula - Marco Benassi - Yohan Cabaye - Dennis Praet - Vicente Iborra - Mario Lemina - Kyle Ebecilio - Mario Suarez - Leon Goretzka

Everton hopeful Gerard Deulofeu and Mo Besic will be fit for Southampton http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-hopeful-gerard-deulofeu-mo-9832892?

West Bromwich Albion ‏@WBAFCofficial .@salorondon23, 25, pens four-year deal for fee in region of £12m.

Like the look of that. Bench has excellent pace to bring on against tired legs.

Interesting question actually. They can't have surely gone for Barton instead of Song can they? I do recall a story that Song might be injured for a couple of months.

BARTON SET FOR HAMMERS? Joey Barton is presently undergoing a fitness test and medical at West Ham, according to Sky sources. The 32-year old was one of six players released by QPR at the end of last season following their relegation from the Premier League.