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Steven N’Zonzi declines contract renewal with Sevilla as Manchester City and Chelsea look set to bid Midfielder does not want to stay with the La Liga side and appears intent on forcing through a move https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/2557203/steven-nzonzi-declines-contract-renewal-with-sevilla-as-manchester-city-and-chelsea-look-set-to-bid/

I do hear you and on principal its all well and good but turn it aropund. Do we let all the ones that are't being used just stay where they are achieving nothing either for the loaned to club, the player himself or us in bringing his rep higher or to use ourselves. Do we settle for bringing in a player that did well or should we set our sites higher and buy real talent (if available of course) I cant remember him setting the \Bridge on fire. Think he only started what 2 or 3 and subbed another 2 oe 3/ But hes obviously got much better since then with regular playing. I know his preferred position is MF but do we shove Nate aside for him? I'm not sure I'm only wondering. If we think its the best option then I'm all for it. Its just these CBs/ WBs are doing my head in not knowing what our best path to take is.

Yeah, easy to say but who would you replace with him? My picks Cahill. Can only think that conversations have begun about him coming home and theyve decided to start giving time to their own guys.

OMFG Ali Al-Habsi just gets a cointract extension too. Mounure got some depth aint they.

He gets the players they want tho. We dont have the magnetism to get 'big name' polayers these 'bigger' clubs have so we either have to beg,bribe,blackmail,beat and torture them to come or we pay over the odds to get them. Or we get ourselves a transfer team that works alongside the manager to get players we need AND will USE.

Can't we have a whip round to get him? It would gimme a semi to see him,Eden and Diego up there. Give him the same freedom Eden has and make sure we got a couple of guys that can get the ball to them unlike noiw. It would mean we had 2 upgrades with 1 player. But think PSG are getting in there. Wish we were trying hard too. Premier League transfer news and rumours: Alexis Sanchez urged to stall Arsenal contract talks as PSG plot cut-price summer swoop http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/01/07/arsenal-premier-league-transfer-news-rumours-alexis-sanchez/

A good start mate. I think he would want to make a point like Moses has. I like the lad but like Happy and Andreas too. A tough one to call for me.

If you support Chelsea theres not one that would ever say get rid of him. But the ones who are calling him out on some things are confusing it with not being involved enough. Yes he has had 3 or 4 games that hes been very quiet and as he is unfortunately one of our only true creative players then whewn he has a quiet game then the whole team suffers. When the games happen where Eden gets marked out of the game or they make it so we cant get the ball to him then we need to come up with a plan to do so. We never came up with a plan B or plan C against Spuds. Thats not Edens fault. But when hes not getting corners across then thats down to him.

Hes another I really liked pre season and thought he mighta stood a chance of 1st team time. But he didn't make it at a much lower level club for whatever reasons whether its talent or character. So he will definitely not be upto Conte standards if Bats isnt still after 7 months intensive training.

What ya gonna do ban everyone who dont agree with you? Dunno if youve noticed but football supporters dont ever agree about 1 thing (apart from everyone in north London are wankers) We very rarely agree on even our supposed best players. The only one I can think of is Lamps. And I wouldn't want everyone top agree with my opinions. It would be a be a short boring conversation.

I love the wee baldy man but I do reckon his passing aint his strongest point. I'd like to see him and Chaobah tomorrow see how they work. Nate is good on the ball and they would compliment each other.

Might need a different link mate Iggy is the vid loading for you?

Yeah I know and I'm not that happy about it really. We are lacking any real depth back there. Even IF Happy proves hes back to his pre injury best he was far from the finisged article. And I dont see Aina as the answer. And we got all our major rivals diving into the window looking for players we need. I know he said we will get the 'right' players but this is his 1st real window after not getting any of the ones he wanted from 1st one. And IF hes gambling on seeng how Andreas and Ake work out pre season then thats one hellova gamble IF they dont fit his needs as we will have zero time to look around for one. I think its a problem.

Can Antonio Conte Finally Land This Long Term Target at Stamford Bridge? http://the4thofficial.net/2017/01/can-antonio-conte-finally-land-long-term-target-stamford-bridge/ Buy a Kostas Man United boss Jose Mourinho offers £32.5m for Roma star Kostas Manolas… as Victor Lindelof deal stutters https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/2540351/jose-mourinho-offers-32-5m-for-roma-star-kostas-manolas-as-victor-lindelof-deal-stalls/

Was talking with a mate last night wondewring what happened to him cause I know he made a good 1st half of 15/16 season with Antalyaspor but then he fell off the radar. I wonder if he shared a toot of this with our old mate Solomon

Id be more than happy with one of the Daves. More likely Luiz tho.

Always thoughy he was 5'10" for some reason. But still think some bulk would come in handyy. Hes been good over there but he wasn't on top form with us pre season. And like the weight room has helped Eden out some it might help Andreas. But we will see what the Don makes of it all. Might do all of our heads in.

I'd personally like to see Dave tried as a LWB. He ticks all the right boxes. We are weak oin the left side with Eden/Alonso/Cahill so Dave would be great. If anything Id also like to see Andreas-Luiz-Happy and see how that went. I do think its a shame Andeas isnt a couple inchs taller amd 10lb more muscle but if anyone will get the best out of him its Conte. We sont have time to fuck about testing combinations copme the summer if he decides we do need to bring onew in from outside. Its something that should really be worked on now so thats my worry

hmmm Not sure about that one mate. With us going to Europe hopefully I THINK I'd like a more experienced more agressive CB back therre. I know Anderas has had alot of European experience these last couple of seasons but I'm still not 100% sure. Not that I wouldnt dislike seeing one of them back with us. But they both said they want to be starters and thats a toughie.

Yeah I saw. Hes got some decisions to make with Christensen and Ake coming back too.

Yes the lads got his weaknesses as do all the lads but I loved the lad pre injury and had big hopes for him in our future. I hope he takes Cahills spot eventually and he plays well with Luiz. But I still see Conte buying a as good a CB as he can find.

Yeah just read that. Good vid with it. Gave me goosebumps

Antonio Conte reveals Chelsea's January transfer plans: I have some ideas ANTONIO CONTE has some ideas of players he wants to bring to Stamford Bridge this month. Conte also admitted that Kurt Zouma's recovery means he doesn't see an urgent need to sign another centre-back this month. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/575981/Antonio-Conte-Chelsea-January-transfer-plans-gossip-rumours-Costa-Premier-League-news

I totally hear you bud. But its time we had a bloomin good clear out. Its great having lads round that we know and who are part of the furniture but with familiarity brreds contempt. This is the Conte era and our old lads just dont fit the style. If I could just bring on JT/Cahill/Iva for set pieces then take them off again it would be perfick! But this isn't US style football so we can't. We gotta start building a team now that will gel and work together for the years to come. One that can dominate in Europe. The old lads have served us proud to which theyve got our love and thanks. Its time to ya ta ra and maybe make use of JT,Lamps in other ways. And lets hope the new guard serve us as good or maybe even better!

Chelsea star Diego Costa: This will get me suspended for five games CHELSEA striker Diego Costa admits he could receive a four or five-game ban if he says what he thinks about English referees. http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/750986/Chelsea-Diego-Costa-referees-suspended-five-games-news-gossip Original post Diego Costa: "No opino de los árbitros ingleses porque si no me meten cuatro o cinco partidos" http://www.ondacero.es/programas/transistor/audios-podcast/entrevistas/diego-costa_20170105586d88d20cf211d2aa10cd97.html Translation Diego Costa: "I do not think of the English referees because if I do not get four or five matches" The Spanish-Brazilian striker, Diego Costa, when asked about the controversial Premier League referee that has so much affected Guardiola and Mourinho in recent days, has preferred to remain cautious and not say "not be sanctioned with several games without playing," He commented in a jocular tone. In addition, the striker regrets Chelsea's defeat against Tottenham after so many consecutive victories and has also referred to the possibility that he had in summer to return to Atletico Madrid.