@Martyn-B You convinced me i'm in!

I won one of the prizes of £0. I knew it was worth it!

@mike778 That will not effect the budget for transfers for a long time. Especially given this period is basically going to take the place of the break we have in the summer. 2 month break in the summer or a 2 month break now. It's the same thing. Would need at least 5-6 months of no football to even slightly impact the top clubs and even then i would imagine that UEFA will not take into consideration this period for FFP as they want leagues to pay them anyway for moving the Euros.

There will also be a huge number of banks willing to lend football clubs money at next to nothing if they need it due to the lower interest rates and the huge amount of money premier league clubs bring it. It's a negligible expense for the top tier premier league clubs.

I'm not sure when clubs get paid the TV money but i'm sure it's at the start of the season. If that is the case Wages will be completely covered for the year.

@mike778 Chelsea have 200m already from the sales of Hazard and Morata. The loanees are not worth a lot but they add up. 5m here 10m there, some of them are easily worth 20m + etc Marina is one of the best negotiators in the world when it comes to getting money for transfers, 110m for Hazard was incredible when he was only going to join one club and had only a year left on his contract, the same goes for Costa, even Courtois to a degree same with not making a loss on Morata after his form plummeted. Chelsea always seem to do a few 5-15m sales of players from the loan army every season, no reason this will change this year.

They are looking at downsizing to a much smaller loan army but of a much higher quality and younger with potential to come into the first team, which is why they have been linked with the likes of Angel Gomes from United.

Personally i see them not even starting the new season until they finish the old one. Clubs rely on the money too much to agree to starting a fresh season without getting paid for the last one.

No one knows.

If the virus carries on and people are still unable to work then it increases the chance people will take the instant sell prices on offer as they will need the money to survive.

When spreads go back to normal if people need the money there could be a massive run on IS.

I personally suspect this is not the bottom, but that does not matter. I'd rather look at it like this instead of trying to time the bottom because that is impossible, do the prices on offer currently offer 'value' if the answer is yes i will continue to buy bottom or not.

@ChazFI123 Zaha won't happen thanks to Man united and the sell on clause they want 50% of the transfer or something ridiculous right? So it prices most clubs out of the move.

‘I wouldn’t talk about Zaha and the idea of that deal is something I’ve never even considered,’ said Lampard in January. He has openly said when he was interested in certain players.

Chelsea have to move on the loan army due to the cap on international loans and rumors of caps on domestic loans as well. They will not absorb the wage costs of not moving them on. Pedro/Giroud have already gone pretty much Pedro has terminated his contract and Giroud refuses to sign. Pasalic has already moved. Ziyech has come in. That's 4 ins and outs already without getting into cutting down the Loan army or replacing any of the first team. ( minus Ziyech who is the Willian replacement)

@ChazFI123 200m WITHOUT sales. Due to the international loan rules coming in Chelsea will move on most of the loan army. Telles will most likely be the LB for 20m. That means 55m spent on Ziyech/Telles LB position is then filled. Emerson or Alonso or even both with be sold that is easily enough to cover the Telles transfer right there. Giroud and Pedro are gone that is a fact so far, gets them off the wage bill and Michy Batshuayi will be sold as well which will bring in another 30m. 50m for a backup striker is more than enough even in today's market. You are talking 105m spent and 50m bought in so far = 55m net spend. Pasalic has been sold for 12.5m so far from the loan army. = 42.5m net spend and the striker position/LB position have been filled. 158m left take the 110m you stated for Sancho out. 48m left and this is without any first team sales apart from 1 of Alonso/ Emerson when both could leave given Ian Maatsen has signed a new deal and Chelsea have Juan Castillo out on loan as well. 48m + any other transfer from the loan army or first team to fund a GK. Chelsea have Bakayoko, Zappacosta, that will likely move on not to mention Rahman, Kenedy, Moses and Musonda that is conservatively 40m right there. 88m to sign a GK is plenty. A CB will not be signed with Guehi and Ampadu coming back from loan.

I haven't even mentioned any big sales of kante/ Jorginho here despite the fact i think one of them is very likely to happen. The Chelsea board want a statement signing to replace Hazard. Ziyech is not it. Pulisic is not it. I have no idea if Sancho will join Chelsea but trust me the money is there IF he wants to join. You are right with what you said earlier, It could come down to simply who gets Champions league next year.

@Black-wolf

'The 19-year old also he admitted he always used to admire the flair and skill of Brazil legend Ronaldinho.The England ace told The Independent: “Ronaldinho was the main guy I used to watch on YouTube.“But I liked Frank Lampard quite a lot and Didier Drogba when they were playing for Chelsea.'

^ Sancho's comments on Lampard, players sign for managers just as much as they do for clubs. Chelsea need at least 1 more winger that is a fact having 3 primary wingers going into next season is not enough. CHO is not the same player he was and while Lampard has said he will keep faith in him i can very much see Chelsea signing two wingers in the summer.

@MUFC Chelsea have a 150-200m transfer budget at the moment with the new loan requirements they will generate at least 100-200m from sales from the loan army (Pasalic has joined Atlanta on a permanent deal already for £12.5m), not to mention at least 50-100m from moving players on from the first team who are not good enough. The money is there for Chelsea to spend and based on every report they are looking for a statement signing. Nothing is more of a statement in this current market than Sancho.

@Black-wolf I have been following reports from the doctors and nurses in Italy and they have mentioned about how they have seen a lot of people in there 20s and 40s requiring treatment.

Looking at the numbers and reports, like i said before this even happened Germany will be the first come out the other side their healthcare system was the most equipped in the EU. They have more critical care beds per 100,000 people than the UK, Spain and Italy combined.