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Don't you just wish that they could offer us Ospina in a swap deal... ?

He's actually agreed terms then it seems.. ..a dark day to be a Chelsea fan today!

I would feel loads better if Jose ended up pulling off a deal where we nick Oxlade as part of the Cech deal! That would be genius!

Don't know much about this kid.. only thing I know is that even if we did manage to strike a deal to get him, we'd need a work permit in place, surely. I only bring it up because we signed Bertrand Traore in 2013, and we've only just managed to get a permit for him. Plus I do recall one Serbian defender who we struggled to get a permit for. Anyone remember Slobodan Rajkovic (now plays for PAOK)?

I have no objection to Stoke having Moses! As long as a keeper is in place before Cech moves on, I'll be more than happy for it to happen!

Anyone who writes death threats to footballers are not even fans of football let alone fans of Chelsea. Utterly disgusting!

I'm in defeat thinking that Cech will go to Arsenal eventually.. but I still think we're just letting them run proceedings in terms of the transfer fee.. and/or any other player that could be part of the deal. I honestly thought we had more resilience than this. Shouldn't we be holding them to ransom, saying something like "we won't put a deal for Cech in place unless you at least have the decency to throw in a player as part of the deal, making things fair for both clubs". But no, dealing with Arsenal is just like dealing with any other London rival! If it were up to me, I would sit down with Cech and convince him to reconsider the possibilities. He'll end up at PSG and we laugh in Arsenal's face for being too tight and stubborn! Honestly, with the exception of my family, I utterly cannot stand Arsenal and their fans (and Liverpool of course).

Well the rest of the family are going to be noisy.. me on the other hand am going to cry on the bed and hug a pillow! At least we have Tibs and Cesc!

Still in utter disbelief that this is happening.. Cech to Arsenal of all clubs.. ..worse still, there's not a doubt in my mind that he'll be against us in the Community Shield! Has anyone even thought about that??

The way I feel about Petr Cech right now:

So I'm willing to bet that the potential signing of Alex Song nullifies any chance of us signing Witsel, who is probably £25m more than Song .. .. I'm all in for this signing!

Congrats to the winners!

Mikel isn't worth £32m is he? I rest my case!

He's a specialist in failure (in more ways than one)

Well I just hope Financial Fair Play isn't a big issue, then.. besides, money can be used to plug up other holes around the squad, especially our central defence, and maybe even a left back!

Yeah, but where do you get the money from to finance a move for Witsel? Surely Mikel is nowhere near the same valuation as Witsel?

Southampton is the ONLY club I'd want Bamford to be loaned to!

Only reason I'd EVER want to see this happening, is if Oscar gets sold to Juventus for a profit, (bought -£21.5m sell for £30m), and Zenit offer less than £30m for Witsel.. (keep in mind this is wishful thinking). Fabregas would then be pushed up to creative midfielder, Witsel and Matic would form a CDM duo, protecting the back four.. Won't happen in a month of Sundays however, so it's a no-go for me!

I understand your point as far as Solanke is concerned. Bamford on the other hand, is playing like he deserves a big chance sooner rather than later. He didn't win Championship Player of the Year for nothing. If push comes to shove, maybe Bamford will get another loan deal to one of the Premier League clubs, but I'm just as excited to see this guy play as much as I did when Lukaku joined, but he got pushed around the team, and ended up at West Brom and Everton in loan deals, which later became permament. Now I don't want the same happening to Bamford, which is why I see Falcao being loaned to us as the better option (better yet, not at all). If it was a permanent deal, we would instantly have to say goodbye to Bamford because he'll never get games!

it looked like they had more people turn up for their kit unveil than their FA Cup bus parade!

Absolutely spot on!! It all goes down to the phrase of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" ... if Remy is doing the business on the pitch, even as a second choice, and the attitude fits that, why change it? Why try to fork out more money on a bigger ego, when the latter is doing the job perfectly. Steve posted earlier that Falcao is someone he would have loved to sign some few years ago, and that's fine, but what guys like Didierforever fail to understand, is that this is a financial risk .. dare I say it again, Financial Fair Play needs to be addressed when moves like this at our club happen. £130,000 is a lot of money to be losing every week for a 2nd choice despite the big wage cut. On the other hand, you have Remy doing a sterling job and not costing us as much, so why make things harder for ourselves financially when there is no need.

Reviving this thread momentarily.. you cannot look at this picture of Arsene Wenger and not laugh.. I mean seriously, what the actual fuck!? :lol:

I'm just going to state, that the only silver lining to this cloud, is that we have no fucking idea how good or bad Falcao will be unless he puts on a blue shirt and performs! The fact that he was good for Atletico; the fact that he was bad at United is irrelevant! He won't be playing for any of those, he'll be playing for Chelsea! Whatever will be, will be.. we as loyal Chelsea supporters just have to roll with the punches.

I honestly think you have a right to see that as an outright fear, as I feel exactly the same! I thought Remy last season fit the bill as a second striker to Costa. He literally scored every time he was either brought on as a sub, or played the entire game because of an injury to Costa. Remy is guaranteed a goal when he comes on! To put it bluntly, he's our super-sub .. I look at Falcao, and all he is to me, is a player that won't fit in anywhere, will need some time to find his form (which will probably take up half the season), and someone who, despite the huge pay cut, still has a big wage to pay every week!