The Chels

Would like at least one of Dortmund/Juventus. Easy draws are boring.

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This was the original leaked image btw

His all-round play is probably what keeps him in the team, but in my opinion his regular poor finishing means he's not world class. With the statistics I guess most of his goals are relatively easy ones. The more difficult ones that you'd expect a 'top, top player' to score he tends to miss from what I've seen.

Benzema signed a new contract earlier this month so I highly doubt he'll leave. Suppose he were to come here (for a hefty price, most likely) would you want him to start over Costa?

Benzema is fortunate that there are other players (mostly Ronaldo) who take up most of the scoring responsibility. If Real were more reliant on him then they'd be screwed given how often he messes up good chances. I don't know about the statistics but from watching Madrid it's obvious he's extremely wasteful.

Benzema isn't world class in my opinion. He misses far too many chances but in any case he's the kind of striker content with not being the main guy which is what Madrid need with the likes of Ronaldo, Bale and Rodriguez playing alongside him.

Here's the radio interview by the way. It's at the end of the last (00:30 - 01:00) segment. http://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1409000400

http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/futebol-internacional/noticia/2014/08/real-ou-chelsea-falcao-deve-acertar-saida-do-monaco-ainda-nesta-semana.html

at Mata's reaction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu-UiY-LlgI

Costa is undoubtedly Mourinho's first choice (I think he'd still be even if we had someone like Cavani), and Balotelli on the bench would not be good for squad morale/harmony. Jose has called him 'unmanageable' before so given all that it's hardly surprisng.

People blame Chelsea for ruining his career but he's had ample opportunity to leave. The greed is unbelievable.

It's because they 'earned the money' (by selling more shirts in Asia)

Is Tuttomercatoweb reliable?

I think it's Transfer Market Web which sounds even less reliable!

The original source as shown above is the Daily Star so it's most likely BS.

True but even our second side now would be a lot better than that starting 11, which was quite laughable.

That throw was brilliant. You can tell why he's a GK rather than an outfield player as he's really good with his hands (his parents were both professional volleyball players I think) but not so great with his kicks, although I'm sure that'll improve.

Cole had been declining for a while and it was probably best for his reputation that he didn't go to the WC.

Only turning up in the second half was a regular occurence last season too...

Definitely just you.