21 Jan 2026 17:02:16
What a difference a game makes! From being a player I would think many would have liked to have been sold or maybe still would, now back in his best position at the tip of a midfield three, Bruno suddenly seems a very important player again.
Maybe people would still prefer to see him go. Maybe others think he is still by far our most creative player.

Personally now that midfield experiment is over I'd keep him.
But for a bit of fun. thinking ahead to summer, what likely players are there who maybe don't match those stats just yet, but could be a decent replacement? Do we have them already (Mount? Cunha? ), or is there an immediate name elsewhere jumps out?

1.) 21 Jan 2026
21 Jan 2026 17:59:47
Mount? Haha, nowhere near good enough!

2.) 21 Jan 2026
21 Jan 2026 18:48:30
Mount should never have been bought!
I say, if he wants to stay he has earned the right to stay and if he wants to go, we let him go.
I would have said someone like Wirtz but he has not really set the EPL alight, yet and is now probably unattainable.
There was some talk of Yildiz of Juve, but I see him more of the left hand side cutting in type.
There are two that stand out (guler of Real and musiala of Bayern, I probably prefer the latter)
Outside of that, Doue of PSG has always impressed me as has Paz of Como. j

Here is also an option. in understand both Amorim and Carrick have tested Lacey in the 10 position in training, we have a lot of wide players for Lacey to compete against, perhaps he is destined for a more central position.

Eds, any news on any of the names mentioned above.

{Ed025's Note - you really seem to be wanting to shop at Harrods Jimbo, i believe some of them names especially the likes of Doue would be very hard for you to obtain mate and you may have to temper your expectations, your budget may get you one of those but maybe 2 or 3 mid range players with potential may be the way to go at this stage, just my opinion though..

3.) 21 Jan 2026
21 Jan 2026 19:06:02
That's fair Ed, I do wonder though if we achieve UCL if it changes the landscape a degree.
I do like Lacey as an option there though and would be interested to see him come on for Bruno in the closing stages of a game or two this season.


I'm not for buying our way to success, but we are, as you know, in need of a decent churn of players. Frankly though, Bruno isn't one of them, unless he chooses to depart.

{Ed025's Note - i think it would change the landscape Jimbo, you would attract the better players and would have an improved budget mate..

4.) 21 Jan 2026
21 Jan 2026 19:36:36
Don't understand the Mount hate. English, PL proven, and has shown he can play well with a decent run of games. He just needs to stay fit.

Good squad player if you ask me, not on the same level as Bruno, granted, but not many are. Providing he can stay fit, I don't see why he can't stay in the squad. He was the most creative player at Chelsea and had the highest output of any of their players. He had a bad run of injuries, but the talent is still there. Only 27, so even one good season to return to his best and you could get a good few years out of him.

5.) 22 Jan 2026
22 Jan 2026 11:05:24
Also read somewhere that Cole Palmer would be interested in a move. I imagine just nonsense and can't think why Chelsea would sell but he'd slot right into a Bruno void wouldn't he?

6.) 22 Jan 2026
22 Jan 2026 14:59:12
if we shore up our midfield with a couple of signings and get a settled back 4, we are not that far off. cunha, mbeuno are very good players. need an additional striker in the summer in my opinion.

7.) 22 Jan 2026
22 Jan 2026 16:58:25
We need a couple of high quality full back also. Shaw is unreliable and dalot is useless.
Cmx2 and striker completely agree. If we keep our European slot and hoping its cl then we will have a better budget i'm sure.

8.) 22 Jan 2026
22 Jan 2026 17:12:18
We still need a CB too and 100% an experienced striker along with a midfielder and full backs oh wait is this not de’ja vue did we not need that last season and the season before … oh yes we did and bought nearly them all of them and the problem is none of them are good enough!

9.) 22 Jan 2026
22 Jan 2026 17:40:59
Thats the problem Kurtis, he can't stay fit and never will. Plus he is on silly wages for someone who rarely plays. He should be sold in the summer if he is still fit, but I suspect Shaw has taught him how to remain a UTD player by being injured during the windows.