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[. @RB53i]

@tapas321 @TBLCFC You can’t just decide the topic of a pre-existing conversation you total retard 😭😭😭😭

[. @RB53i]

Like if you’re giving me the option between Xhaka for 12-15m and Mateus Fernandes for 85m then I’m choosing the latter every single time, I don’t care if the club is paying well above the odds if it means getting a much better player.

[. @RB53i]

I want Xhaka but I’m getting pretty sick of Chelsea’s ‘bargain’ buys. Buying a worse player for a cheaper price is not something any football fan should be hailing.

[Alex Goldberg @GoldbergCFC]

This market is absolutely drunk. Whatever price we end up getting Granit Xhaka for is going to be a bargain. Even if he’s 33 yrs old.

[. @RB53i]

@tapas321 @TBLCFC If your only response is to appeal to Maresca’s statement, then what was the point of this entire discussion?

[. @RB53i]

@tapas321 @TBLCFC Let’s try and find a baseline of reality we can agree on. Do you agree with the reports that Chelsea refused Maresca’s request for a CB after Colwill’s injury?

[. @RB53i]

@tapas321 @TBLCFC To avoid legal proceedings which could prove even more costly for the club he manages & potentially for himself as well. This is the third time I’ve had to explain this to you now.

[. @RB53i]

@tapas321 @TBLCFC Especially when the content’s of the statement were agreed by all parties as part of a CONCESSION.

[. @RB53i]

@tapas321 @TBLCFC Di Marzio is not contesting City or Maresca’s wrongdoing, he’s saying the statements have left out context and above all else, extenuating factors that led to Maresca’s decision to leave. To be clear, leaving out information ≠ grounds for future legal challenge.

[. @RB53i]

@tapas321 @TBLCFC Thanks for conceding your entire point. Neither the statements or the compensation are legally binding, it was a concession agreement to avoid the potential for actual legal proceedings. I have never denied City’s wrongdoing so now you’re just taking yourself in circles. Ciao 👋

[. @RB53i]

When Maresca left in January, Chelsea fans unilaterally agreed that the board were responsible in some capacity. Reporting from most journalists supported that. Why have so many fans completely U-turned on that position in light of zero new information?

[. @RB53i]

It can be simultaneously true that:

1) City are guilty of tapping up

2) Maresca is guilty of some level of wrongdoing himself

3) Maresca’s statement accepting sole responsibility is not a reflection of reality and rather a concession to avoid actual legal proceedings.

[Sasha🦋 @sashcfc]

So City and Maresca were forced to lie in their statements?

Why is Maresca paying us compensation?

Why did City’s board of world class lawyers allow for City to just pay us a settlement?

[. @RB53i]

Hato has done nothing to warrant this level of trust in him BTW. I’ll be extremely concerned if these are the only two options we have for the LB/LWB position next season.

[. @RB53i]

I really don’t think we’re at the stage where we should be signing backups to deputise players we aren’t confident in when our squad is as bad as it is.

[Nizaar Kinsella @NizaarKinsella]

Chelsea are now in contact with Rayo Vallecano for left-back Pep Chavarria. The idea is Jorrel Hato progresses up to replace Marc Cucurella and Chavarria becomes a left-back/wing-back option.

[. @RB53i]

@Jason_Cooper938 @d_ftbl Erm, no? He admitted to wrongdoing because Chelsea were threatening legal proceedings, which likely would’ve ended with a significantly bigger sum being paid out.

[. @RB53i]

@d_ftbl I imagine a complete breakdown in communication & trust after major targets weren’t signed in the summer but in reality we have no idea what actually happened. Seems fairly obvious it wasn’t as simplistic as ‘Maresca wants to replace Pep’ though.

[. @RB53i]

@CFCDaily No one was denying the wrongdoing ln City’s behalf though, we now have concrete evidence that Maresca’s public statement, in which he was told to take full responsibility for leaving, is a fabrication of reality and not the true series of events.

[. @RB53i]

@tapas321 @TBLCFC And there we go…

[Simon Phillips @siphillipssport]

Gianluca Di Marzio claims Chelsea want to swing public opinion in their favour, through their stance on Enzo Maresca. He dismisses it as a PR strategy, especially as they’ve been paid compensation.

He said – via TuttoNapoli: “I smiled a little bitterly at the reconstructions Chelsea have made. They have imposed, if you will, a version of the story that you will all have clearly understood did not happen that way.

“City had to pay a whopping €20m to release Maresca and make him manager of Manchester City. Chelsea have insisted on a reconstruction of the story, making it seem that Maresca caused damage to the club. That he was only thinking about Manchester City, that by resigning he created problems for the club, and all these various reconstructions which, I repeat, tell a distorted truth.”

Ripping into Chelsea further, Di Marzio criticised how they handled Maresca’s time at the club.

“Chelsea is in a very particular situation where the manager can’t always act with complete autonomy and independence, and that’s also what happened with Enzo Maresca, who at a certain point had to say enough because the situation was unbearable.”

Branding it as a case of twisting the truth, the journalist said: “Now the whole thing has been twisted and turned around only to try to get out of it cleanly with the Blues fans, but everyone in the know knows that the truth isn’t what was told by the power of a press release and the power of money.”

[via @Sport_Witness]

[. @RB53i]

@tapas321 @TBLCFC Again, what is confusing about the point I’m making? I’m talking explicitly about Maresca’s public statement in which he says ‘I was treated well by everyone at Chelsea…’ my argument is that just by virtue of him ‘saying’ that, doesn’t make it true.

[. @RB53i]

I love being vindicated man

[Simon Phillips @siphillipssport]

Gianluca Di Marzio claims Chelsea want to swing public opinion in their favour, through their stance on Enzo Maresca. He dismisses it as a PR strategy, especially as they’ve been paid compensation.

He said – via TuttoNapoli: “I smiled a little bitterly at the reconstructions Chelsea have made. They have imposed, if you will, a version of the story that you will all have clearly understood did not happen that way.

“City had to pay a whopping €20m to release Maresca and make him manager of Manchester City. Chelsea have insisted on a reconstruction of the story, making it seem that Maresca caused damage to the club. That he was only thinking about Manchester City, that by resigning he created problems for the club, and all these various reconstructions which, I repeat, tell a distorted truth.”

Ripping into Chelsea further, Di Marzio criticised how they handled Maresca’s time at the club.

“Chelsea is in a very particular situation where the manager can’t always act with complete autonomy and independence, and that’s also what happened with Enzo Maresca, who at a certain point had to say enough because the situation was unbearable.”

Branding it as a case of twisting the truth, the journalist said: “Now the whole thing has been twisted and turned around only to try to get out of it cleanly with the Blues fans, but everyone in the know knows that the truth isn’t what was told by the power of a press release and the power of money.”

[via @Sport_Witness]