johnnythefirst

And obviously he'll get Zlatan and a couple of other crazy players so he can keep up pretending he's still a decent manager for another year before turning a third club to shit in 5 years.

That's probably the only nasty thing he ever did in his career. You guys play Costa.

Apparently managing Man Utd is a "special honour" because it's a "mythical club no other team can come close to." Even for him, that's a pretty low thing to say. Always told you he was a money-hoarding cunt. ;-)

You haven't been watching. Not saying it's superb btw.

It's funny that as soon as he's back on the Chelsea radar, this whole forum is talking shit about him again. Apparently he's only very good if he's not playing for you.

I hope Dembele gets to be a starter actually. Tottenham or not, the guy had a very good season.

What a load of bullshit that is. Wouldn't Chelsea's third keeper have won as many awards as Hazard as well? Is he saying we should play with 11 reserves?

I think it's kind of ironic to say that they "have begun fighting back" as if they're some kind of underdogs, while they have more money to spend than any other league on the planet. It's much more a case of mismanagement if you ask me.

I didn't see him leave Italy before I started seeing all of this 'it's a done deal' newsflashes... Would have been a good transfer.

So, who of you cunts still wants him to fuck off now? (Haha, sorry) Also, I told all of you he was just dead tired. See what happens as soon as he gets some actual rest and time to heal his injuries?

Also, why would a top three team in Italy sell one of their best players for an amount that couldn't buy them a decent replacement. Kind of insulting.

I don't even get it. The new TV contract gets you millions of pounds to spend crazy amounts of money on the players you want.. What are they going to use it for?

He got the vice captaincy because of his status and to make him feel important. If Vermaelen wasn't injured all of the time and actually played, it would have probably been him.

Actually, English sides never REALLY ruled Europe in the past decade. Chelsea and United came close, but there was always Barca, Real, Bayern and (until recently) Milan to compete with, who were better most of the time. There was one completely English CL final in I don't even know how many years. There's been two Spanish finals in the last three years. You've had the strongest league for years, but you never really had the absolute strongest teams. Even Fergie's 90's Man Utd wasn't the strongest team in the world at the time, that would have been Juve/Barca.

This rivalry is weird to me actually. There are some Belgian teams I really really hate, but if they're playing in Europe, I'd always support them. Kind of a national pride thing (and as Belgians we barely have national pride outside sports. :p)

I really think he's finished on the top level. I don't know how many years he's still under contract but they can't risk losing a defender after 5 minutes in every big match...

I just want him to get at least one more chance to go for an international cup. I don't think he'll get it though. That's why I want to see him lead the national team should he retire. Image they make it. I'd cry like a bitch. Best story ever.

Goddamned Kompany. Heartbreaking. Sorry to say this on a Chelsea forum again, but I genuinely feel bad for him now. He works so fucking hard and it's just over and out. If he's forced to retire, I'd kick Wilmots out and make him NT manager in a heartbeat.

Read it in a Belgian newspaper today. Original source: Mundo Deportivo.

That he wants to go to a "Winning team" or something like that. Don't know the source or whether it was bullshit or not.

Are you serious? What would make you feel safe, a brick wall?

Hmm, after his last few comments, chances are he'll be gone this summer. There are only three clubs able to buy him (Bayern has no need of him and they'll never sell him to a PL rival) and I can't see him going to PSG. I think he'd prefer going back to Atletico, but that's not an option budgetwise. It's either Barca or Real, but I still think he'll eventually stay.

I've noticed that too. He's probably playing the CL finals again as well. Very strange.

Not really in my eyes. His natural position seems to be DM (6), but for Belgium he often played higher on the pitch. He'd be close to KDB or whatever playmaker we had with Witsel in his back. He's more versatile than Ramires and would probably offer more to the team. Don't just see him as a workhorse, the guy is a great counter attacker for example. Does not slow down the game at all - in stark contrast with Witsel in recent years.

What a beast. Such a shame he had to wait until his mid twenties to get true recognition.