Ollie

It's overtaken the the French and Portuguese leagues because of the recent influx of money. There are toooooo many rich Russians. I'd certainly choose France or Portugal or even Holland ahead of Russia if i was offered the same money from each place. The money in football is annoying. EVERY player should target Spain or England if they want to play at the top level.

He loves playing for England despite all the shit he's had to take few a few years. For England and for Chelsea, 3 of the back 4 should be Cole - Terry - Cahill

Another one going to that shit league. Anyone who chooses the Turkish or Russian leagues over the English, Spanish, German or French leagues show a lack of class and ambition. Money, money, money.

Well we got Azpi anyway so this wasn't an issue anymore but i think he's very average. Never seen him play well for Holland and thought he was hopeless in the Euros.

Maybe he's just bored there. They win 95% of all their games easily, their last game was barely even half sold out and there just doesn't seem much of a challenge there. I reckon he'll go back to Man Utd eventually. He still has 2 years left on his contract tho after this season so if he wants out, he needs to be sold. Won't be cheap lol.

Oh yeah well Romeu then must get a chance or maybe this shit double pivot shit is over with. I hope so.

I don't see the attraction of going to Turkey or Russia. The money may be there but the leagues aren't the best. Also Russia is Freeeeezing in winter! Anyway good luck to him. Porto must be fucking loaded. Speculation over.

Not delighted or pissed off he's gone. Good squad player and was great for us last season in Europe. Thanks Raul, glad you've freed up space for Piazon and Romeu. Maybe even Chalobah could get some games as a CDM in some cups because he does that role well and can play double pivot. This is good but maybe not the greatest timing.

We need Atletico to have a shit season if he's not coming in Jan. They need to be finishing outside of the UCL places again. But saying that, he's nothing without the service. I don't think he woulda been any better than Torres last Friday simply because we were shit as a whole team. Atletico were better than us all over the pitch.

There are many Chelsea fans on here, around Chelsea and around the world that are desperate for Torres to do well but the fact is i reckon honestly 100% of us know that the transfer has been a disaster even if they say different and try and deny it. I love him and the way he plays and some of the goals he's scored in his career but i look back and wish we never signed him. I think it's inevitable that if Falcao comes, Torres will be offered in exchange. Maybe £30m + Torres. I'd accept it right now if i'm honest.

Crazy that he's a big fan of Chelsea. Why did AVB not get him last season when he'd already coached him? It's a weird one. why and how did Atletico beat us to him. this Torres transfer is proving more of a disaster than meets the eye.

Using the wildcard lets u have unlimited transfers until the next deadline. Theres a break so we have a bit longer doing it now. It's good but gets me on it every day seeing what i can change.

Ok so the transfer window is open in Turkey still so it looks like it's adios to Meireles. Good for us and him tbh.

After QPR's deadline day blitz and our shocking performance in the super cup, i am not exactly confident about this game. We're probably their biggest game of the season whereas they are just a stepping stone to go onto bigger and better things. they ain't won all season, i can see us losing this game like we did last season. I hope Fridays game taught us a valuable lesson and we bounce back and fuck them big time but we'll see. Marin.... where are you? Moses and Marin must play with Hazard and Torres. No Mata and no Ramires hopefully.

Jumped about 20 places, needed that week indeed. Now i've hit the wildcard so have 2 weeks to do whatever the fuck i like to my team. As Twitter users would say... #happydays

I do agree, if Falcao came, Torres would have to go. Maybe be involved in a swap deal. He's always said he wants to finish his career there anyway so it would be a good thing to happen. We took a big gamble on Torres and it just simply hasn't worked out, these things happen. If he gets the winner tho on Saturday 29th September, he will always be in my heart. Tbh tho, his goal in Barca will never be forgotten no matter what.

I laughed when i saw Borini as a winger. They was simply never gonna work in the slightest. I feel sorry for Borini really, he had a good loan spell in the championship with Swansea then scored a few for Roma and he was suddenly awesome. He needed to settle into a team first, this move is awful for him imo. I've watched football for 18 years. I've never seen a team waste as much money on shit than Liverpool. I'm not saying Borini is shit btw because he'll be good in the right team at the right time but their business as a whole has been nothing short of shocking. Think we can thank their king for that tho. 2005, 6, 7, 8, 9 i though Liverpool were getting closer. They were fucking hard to beat and were a team you'd genuinely worry about. Since 09, they've gone more down hill than this girl.

Absolutely. It's the kind of release clause that you would just have to trigger because he's worth every penny. We spent more on Hazard and Oscar (i won't even mention Torres). Falcao will have the impact of those 2 imo and maybe more. It's a no brainer, just activate that clause!

This is so exciting but SERIOUSLY!? His Buyout clause is £47.5m i read somewhere, it will be activated without doubt because i'm sure Atletico wont sell him otherwise, they bought him for £40m. He's won all he can there tbh, they'll never win the league because of the 2 big teams. He's had great success in Spain and Portugal so now the best league in the world awaits the best striker on the planet. This would be monumental. He has the strength and heading power of a Drogba and can score from anywhere with any foot. Absolute master.

He's right tho, Liverpool are shit and they could actually genuinely finish in the bottom half. They could go down, Leeds '03 and West Ham '02 were better than Liverpool '12. Fact. I worry for them but that worry provides me with such enjoyment. Surprised how bad City were there. Don't you just get the feeling they'll beat Man Utd tho? I so for some reason. Maybe because Nottingham Forest are the only team with 5 syllables which works with the song lol or maybe it's from the Brian Clough era.

Stunning goal from Adriano, screamer.

That was gutting. They weren't even good at all but once again Southampton fucking bottled it. If they can't handle the pressure of a lead against a big team, fuck off back to the Championship and don't bother coming back. Routine defending from a corner against City and now United. How many times did they try and clear their lines and get absolutely nowhere? Fucking bottle job pussy side. They shoulda killed the game anyway, they got into so many great positions but got scared towards the top of the pitch so the attacks petered out. They played so well but what does playing well get you? Nothing. As for Liverpool, they were a disgrace to their club and all the tradition they have. That's the worst i think i've ever seen Liverpool at Anfield. They're basically playing a fucking reserve side. Their first team is average then they have Sterling, Shelvey, Borini... £15m for Allen when they wouldn't spend £6m on Dempsey? It's basically Suarez vs the rest and Suarez can't finish for shit. I was so pissed off watching that game, it was the easiest game Arsenal will have all year i bet. They had a big chance to mount further pressure on this Arsenal team and they just rolled over. Sahin, Gerrard, Allen, absolutely anonymous, i'd even go as far as saying they were worse than we were on Friday. Shambles of a side. All in all, a very, fucking shit weekend including Friday and this awful cunt of a day.

Fact was, his job on the pitch is to help the defence and stop their midfield walking through us. I don't think that happened at all, it should've been at least 7-1, the woodwork was hit 3 times, still dunno what Luiz was doing with the last one, weird stuff goes through that guys mind. Mikel did look good on the ball and did some good things but he didn't do his job. Every time an Atletico midfielder had the ball, i was worried they would score. We were cut open so much it was like watching Brazil vs Scotland.

That trophy is weird. Looks like a Paralympic trophy.

Hoping for Kagawa and Arteta to score braces in 3-2 defeats He's got 6 players today i think lol.