Aleksandr Golovin

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

5 hours ago, Strike said:

Hardly comparable. This guy is loads better technically.

Wouldn't say hardly... 

From what I've seen I'm not over the moon with this guy.

[Jase 43,479]

HOT THURSDAY?

 

[Clockwork 1,762]

Seeing some posts that we don't need him. Yes we do need him, we really need someone with his dribbling ability, close control, and vision in midfield.

 If we are going to sign this should happen soon, probably stating the obvious here. But the team returns to London, making it important to get this done and have him train for the next preseason game. 

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[Pizy 17,860]

Hmm. Live in one brilliant city (Monaco) but play in a shit league where you have no chance of winning and only in front of a crowd of a few thousand. Or live in another brilliant city (London) but in the best league where he can potentially be a part of something special.

I'm biased obviously, but a choice between Monaco and Chelsea should be extremely easy.

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not that easy. where would he play more? what about wages? maybe he wants less pressure first time he plays in a bigger club

and i'd say monaco has as same odds as us for winning the title.

[Jype 6,398]

18 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I'm biased obviously, but a choice between Monaco and Chelsea should be extremely easy.

Maybe, but Monaco are still a good club with CL football to offer plus they have an undeniable record of developing young players and allowing the club to be used as a stepping stone to the elite teams.

If I was in Golovin's shoes I'd give that a serious consideration. If he comes to Chelsea there's a much bigger risk of ending up on the bench and never making it big time. 

[Special Juan 27,092]

Moutinho has just signed for Wolves, that could pave the way for him.

[Clockwork 1,762]

My hunch is that he will sign for Chelsea, just seems so typical for our transfers to get stretched out. If he was signing for Monaco this would have been wrapped up already.

[Clockwork 1,762]

30 minutes ago, Jype said:

Maybe, but Monaco are still a good club with CL football to offer plus they have an undeniable record of developing young players and allowing the club to be used as a stepping stone to the elite teams.

If I was in Golovin's shoes I'd give that a serious consideration. If he comes to Chelsea there's a much bigger risk of ending up on the bench and never making it big time. 

Meh i think Monaco development is overrated, they scout and sign a lot of great young players.

Keita Balde and Youri Tielemans were hot prospects a year ago, and they didn't really do anything to advance. 

[Jase 43,479]

33 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Moutinho has just signed for Wolves, that could pave the way for him.

 

 

[Vesper 27,266]

20 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Meh i think Monaco development is overrated, they scout and sign a lot of great young players.

Keita Balde and Youri Tielemans were hot prospects a year ago, and they didn't really do anything to advance. 

Tielemans regressed, BUT he did play really well in the WC

 

Youri Tielemans dans les flops de la première partie de saison en Ligue 1

https://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1760/Ligue-1/article/detail/3331832/2017/12/22/Youri-Tielemans-dans-les-flops-de-la-premiere-partie-de-saison-en-Ligue-1.dhtml

 

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17 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Meh i think Monaco development is overrated, they scout and sign a lot of great young players.

Well they're still much better in that regard than Chelsea are, and Golovin would have a lot less competition for a starting place there. 

Coming from the Russian league to any of the European top leagues is always a huge step up in level and many before Golovin have failed to adapt, so he might be inclined to take the "easier" step now and if everything goes well, then in a year or two move somewhere else. And like I said Monaco have a history of allowing their players to do just that without much resistance so it wouldn't exactly be a bad choice for the player.

And either way be it through excellent scouting or developing from their own academy, they've still had young players like Mbappe, B. Silva, Martial, Lemar, Mendy, Fabinho, Bakayoko, Carrasco, Saint-Maximin, Kondogbia and Kurzawa in their ranks during last few years alone. Which other club can claim to have had a hand in developing so many good young players in recent years?

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On 7/22/2018 at 9:38 AM, Jason said:

You don't necessarily need to 'agree' with the whole post to actually like it though.

Clutching at straws?

Why would anyone like a post if it is about their future and it's from a player close to that him as well? Would only add more fuel to fire unnecessarily if it was untrue. 

[Jase 43,479]

9 minutes ago, AK-3001 said:

Clutching at straws?

Why would anyone like a post if it is about their future and it's from a player close to that him as well? Would only add more fuel to fire unnecessarily if it was untrue. 

Just saying from a general social media user perspective.

But for the sake of the discussion, so what if it adds more fuel to the fire? Only the fans would really care. The player and whoever else are involved will just laugh it off, particularly if the player (or others) knows where he is going - whether it's to us or Monaco. Plus, there have been such instances in the past and the player never moved to the club in question. 

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Just now, Jason said:

Just saying from a general social media user perspective.

But for the sake of the discussion, so what if it adds more fuel to the fire? Only the fans would really care. The player and whoever else are involved will just laugh it off, particularly if the player (or others) knows where he is going - whether it's to us or Monaco. 

Fair enough. 

[Clockwork 1,762]

 

Sergey Chepchugov who is close to Golovin, saying he will dress up for Chelsea next season. 

[Jype 6,398]

http://www.sport-express.ru/football/rfpl/news/golovin-letit-v-monako-podrobnosti-transfera-1438791/

Says there he's going to Monaco, medicals and contract signing tomorrow. Not that surprised tbh.