Mufassir08

Isn't he available for 20-25m due to their financial problems?

Matic and Gundogan in the summer and we'll have the best midfield in the BPL Matic Rambo Gundogan

Is that a poem or something?

I thought our performance was pretty good and Jose's tactics definitely worked.I feel we would have won today if we had a say Diego Costa instead of Torres or even a Lukaku on the bench instead of Eto'o to come on and make an impact late in the game.

Yeah I do remember a Benfica fan on this forum saying something along the lines of Matic has been miles better then Witsel for them.

Why is that?

Apparently he will be available for 25m in the summer.25m is a bargain for him but his back problems is a big worry.

No player has attempted (100) or completed (57) more dribbles in the Premier League this season than Hazard.

Would love him here.

Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly ready to splash the cash on Eden Hazard and Yohan Cabaye in January. (Source: Independent)

Yeah you do have a point but I'd still rather give Nat a shot right now and sign a world class midfielder in the summer.

Him on loan would be better then buying him outright imo.If he impresses then we can think about a permanent deal. We also have Romeu who is slowly but surely coming back into form so he can also take their places in the summer and we can use that 15m for other players in the summer.

Yeah but you and I both know that Mikel and Essien are going nowhere atleast until the summer.

I believe we can get by with a midfield of Ramires,Lampard,Mikel,Chalobah and Essien till the end of the season without shelling out 15m.

For starters I would leave the midfield problem for the summer when True world class players are available and promote someone into the side for a squad role till then.However if we must sign a midfielder then I would want someone with playmaking ability like Rakitic.

The thing is if we really want a stop gap then why not promote from within?Chalobah I am confident can help us out and Ake did not look out of place in the EPL or Europa league last season.Why not give them a chance?Is it really neccessary to spend 15m on a player who will be nothing but a mere stop gap?I know promoting from within is risky but at the same time it is very exciting and who knows the enthusiasm that the club trained player will show might rub off on the other players as well.After all this is a transitional season according to Jose.

We have enough squad players like Lampard,Mikel and MVG(Even though he is injured right now).What we need is a world class midfielder or someone who has atleast decent playmaking ability.

You know what I blame Jose for?our transfer window.I mean our midfield is so weak yet we only sign MVG(who was hardly going to be our saviour this season injury or no injury) when we could have went for Moutinho or Witsel who granted would have costed a lot but they would have improved our team so fucking much especially Moutinho who had a 23m release clause.Then we follow that up by not signing a quality striker and hoping against hope that United would sell one of their star players to their direct rivals and when inevitibly we fail to sign Rooney what do we do? we loan out our best striker and sign fucking Eto'o of all people .Midfield,Striker and depth were our main problems last season and we only addressed one of them so no wonder we are struggling right now.

I would offer Nat a squad role till the summer TBH but thats just me.

Zidane on Hazard: "I told myself – this player is different." "He helps others to play, for me that is his strength. He is intelligent when he plays the game." "He is a player with enormous personality on the pitch. He gives you pleasure. What he does at his age impresses me."

Van Ginkel: "My knee looks good and it is also getting stronger. So, well, I'm pleased."

How bad I wish we had signed Moutinho in the summer

Retweeted Kristof Terreur (@HLNinEngeland): According to France Football, PSG may offer upwards of £34m for Eden‪#‎Hazard‬ next summer. Don't think Chelsea would accept it, though.

This will be the very definition of an underwhelming signing.This guy wont improve anything except our depth which imo is not our biggest issue,our main problem is our lack of quality in midfield and this guy will hardly improve that.A big D minus!

Apparently AVB could be moving there which would be great for Romeu.