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oh please, Mount was massive for us all season only 6 or 7 of our players had good (or better seasons) and some of them (like Giroud and Tammy) were only half a season at that level César Azpilicueta Mateo Kovacic Mason Mount Christian Pulisic Willian Tammy Abraham (1st half) Olivier Giroud (2nd half) Alonso, Reece, and even Barkley had some good games, but in now way were really good all year I need to see if there is overlap on the Mount haters and the Ake fanboys/girls here both groups seem too have some sort of religious fervour going on

Cakir or Predrag either one I am happy with if that is the route we are going (and not some older stopgap)

it was clear what I meant don't try and play games by trying to insinuate that I was saying he would never be a starter, that is ludicrous pure bollocks m8 I was saying he will never be all epl first team and so what that Cahill became all epl after we bought him Ake will never be a first team all EPLer at centre back he is simply not that good of a CB book it as for his height (which again, I am calling bullshit on his being listed at 1.80m as well, unless they are adding in his locks), I am not going to play ludicrous games and start comparing Ake to two of the greatest CB's in the past 25 years in global football also CB's from two different leagues as well, including La Lia, which is far shorter league than the EPl, and then the ultra tactical Serie A their heights are also the exception to the rule in modern football look at Ake's aerial duel %, it is poor he is not good enough in the air for what we need we need a commanding presence in the air and all the gas-lighting in the world will not change the fact he is not that if we do sign him by matching Shitty's offer I am going on record that it is a large mistake unless we are going to try and play him at DMF, which is where he started off Chelsea cool interest in £40m Nathan Ake after scouting report raises concerns https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-nathan-ake-concerns-transfer-news-a4333856.html Chelsea are reassessing their defensive transfer targets after cooling their interest in Bournemouth centre-back Nathan Ake. The Blues have been heavily linked with a move to re-sign the 24-year-old after inserting a £40million buy-back clause in the deal which took him to the south coast in 2017. They also have first refusal on Ake with head coach Frank Lampard in the market for a centre-back this month following the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to reduce their Fifa transfer ban on appeal. Lampard was at Chelsea as a player when Ake came through the ranks following his arrival from Feyenoord as a teenager in 2011 and has had the Dutchman extensively scouted since the season started. Standard Sport understands those reports have raised concerns about Ake’s suitability for the Blues with Lampard harbouring doubts over whether he is the right fit for the higher defensive line he prefers to play with. Although Bournemouth beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last month, they have lost nine of their last 11 Premier League matches and have slipped into the relegation zone. Ake started six of those matches including Sunday’s 3-0 home defeat to Watford. It remains possible Chelsea could yet pursue a deal for Ake given the simplicity of doing so in a typically fraught January market but the fact they are actively exploring other options is further evidence of their uncertainty over his ability. Chelsea are keen to strengthen at the back, however, with other candidates under consideration including Albanian teenager Marash Kumbulla. The 19-year-old, who plays for Hellas Verona in Italy, is attracting interest from several European clubs and is thought to be available for less than £20m, although a potential bidding war could drive that price up.

arrrf, this just reminds me of May 21, 2008 3rd worst night of my life

if, huge IF, we had a buyback option on De Bruyne we surely would have used it Ake is not remotely in Carvalho's class, that is just silly, and Carvalho is 3 to 5 cm taller than Ake anyway so so much fanboying over Ake here IF we rate him, we will or would have bought him back I have watched the hell out of Ake for years and just do not see this wonderback some on here see Pep's buying him has some all hot n sweaty Pep's record of defensive buys at Shitty is certainly not the gold standard John Stones £50m Benjamin Mendy £52m and (although he still may come good) João Cancelo (£58.5m) plus Shitty (2 years before Pep came) spent £41m on dregs Eliaquim Mangala and 1 year before Pep came they spent £40m on Nicolás Otamendi (one of the most overrated CB's in the last 20 years of the EPL) 5 backs, almost a quarter of a billion quid, and unless Cancelo comes good, 5 backs I would not want on our roster, especially with prices they paid. Shitty won despite Otamendi, not because of him He hit gold with Laporte, but that was hardly rocket science, Laporte was already near WC when he came, 6 feet 3, pacy, great passer, left footed, great tackler, superb start to his career at Bilbao, 5 year starter there since he was 18/19yo.

some are impossible, and some are too young these the best 1.92m and up left footedleft footedtall, but not rock-likeleft footedleft footedambipedal left footedleft footed

this is disingenuous as I clearly said PFA all EPL first team (about Cahill) simply being a starter is no big deal and I never commented about anyone simply being a starter, you tried to interject that this is what I said it is clear what I said I was NOT (obviously) saying Ake was never going to be a starter, he is a starter his entire time at Bournemouth to try and claim that I did not know that is LAUGHABLE I was saying he will never be a first team all EPLer (like Cahill was 3 times) nice try to move the goalposts, but still a fail if we rated Ake as much as you do, why did we sell him, and then why, with multiple chances to do so, have we not bought him back (or at least made attempts at it)?

especially if they buy Sancho

well, I deleted it anyway as I misread it I thought it said Manure was buying him for 80m I guess you quoted it before I did Juve maybe are stupid enough, as it is grandpa league Serie A

delete

nice Fulham immediately scored 3 1 aggregate

fuck, Cardiff scored

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no why would you post something so easily debunked? there are zero all EPL first team XI's he was or is on Cahil was named to 3 by the PFA (and I am sure others) PFA Team of the Year: 2013–14 , 2014–15, 2016–17

the cunts just got one of the top very young players on the planet for half (or less) of what he is worth Manchester City agree £24.5m deal for Valencia winger Ferran Torres another great under 21yo off the board and directly to probably the best team on the planet for him only ones remotely available atm (or next year) are in bold (only 10 left and soon less) Ansu Fati Eduardo Camavinga Gabriel Veron Mason Greenwood Bukayo Saka Mohamed Ihattaren Alphonso Davies Rodrygo Gabriel Martinelli Dominik Szoboszlai Jadon Sancho João Félix Erling Haaland (will move next summer or the one after) Matthijs de Ligt (probably not actually available) Ferran Torres Vinícius Júnior Phil Foden Dejan Kulusevski Sandro Tonali (90% going to Inter) Ozan Kabak Boubacar Kamara Riqui Puig Jonathan David Marash Kumbulla Evan N'Dicka Alexander Isak Florentino Trincão

Cahill was also 13 to 15cms taller than Ake and a better CB, a 3 time PFA first team all EPLer Ake will will never be on an EPL first team, I will just be shocked if he was anyone reading this (not just you) can give up trying to convince me we should drop £41m on him even if somehow we do match and get him, I am not happy about it sorry

we have some sore of support deal with them (like a little sister club thing)

Marina Granovskaia reaches agreement to sell Chelsea wonderkid amid Frank Lampard transfer plan Chelsea have sold Nicolas Tie to Vitoria The goalkeeper has joined Portuguese club Vitoria on a permanent basis after spending three years at Chelsea https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/chelsea-transfer-nicolas-tie-marina-18689527

great video

he is poor at LB, i watched him intently in both his matches there this year also, as posted before, his aerial duel winning rate is poor you will not change my mind (not that my opinions matte for shit)) nor will you change the minds of Lampard and the rest of the club/board/organisation we had all the chances in the world to re-grab him and definitively said nej, nein, no, nyet

FUCK just saw this a STEAL for the cheaters

In fact, the judgment recites, the AC found that ADUG had funded the payments, and that: “The management of [MCFC] was well aware that the payments … made by [a third party on behalf of ADUG] were made as equity funding, not as payments for the sponsor on account of genuine sponsorship liabilities.” The judgment notes that although City and Etisalat had agreed a sponsorship deal in principle in 2012, the actual contract was concluded only in January 2015, and was stated to be retrospectively effective, from 1 February 2012. fucking COMPLETE BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!! so it was only time-barred because Shitty said it was so (the phoney retroactivity)!! AND CAS admits Shitty CHEATED, it was NOT the case that UEFA failed to prove it!!!! fucking raging here

thanks! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR ManCity acquittal: If the plaintiff is allowed to choose his judge The Cas verdict in favor of Manchester City is 2: 1 judge votes - and two of the judges had proposed the football club itself. The case further damages the compromised trust in sports law. The controversial judgment with which three sports lawyers on behalf of the International Sports Court Cas now push the Manchester City football club and its owners from Abu Dhabi back to the Champions League money locks has 93 pages. That explosive detail that also on Wednesday at Europe's football union UefaAttention only needs four lines of it - it is hidden on page 14 in paragraph 34. On 30 March 2020, it is said that the plaintiff - Manchester City - "suggested" that "Mr. Rui Botica Santos ( Portugal) is nominated for the present case as chair of the panel ". And this is how it actually happened: On April 3, Botica Santos was named. Which now raises urgent questions, because City had already been able to select another lawyer for the three-member judges panel, Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall, who works in Paris. And lo and behold: The Cas slogan, which received Uefa's decision to exclude City from the Champions League for two years due to gross violations of the financial fair play rules, this verdict was given with 2: 1 votes. How does sports law work: The plaintiff chooses the judges? Word has got around that there has always been a conflict of interest about law and injustice at the Cas in Lausanne: it is misleading to speak of "Cas judges" alone. The lawyers who are listed as possible "judges" at the Cas often act as party representatives in other Cas cases. So there is an interest in continuing to exercise sports law in the role of judge - and then invoking it as an accuser or defender. And beyond the Cas world, these lawyers often work in those large law firms that players in the sports business like to commission with highly paid expertise. A self-nurturing system, of course, far away from any impression of bias. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Ake is so not De Bruyne MKII and he couldn't shine Ruud Gullit's boots (who also didn't even remotely play the same position) Gullit won the Ballon d'Or as an AMF in 1987 they only thing they have in common is the hair, their home football nation, and they were both Chels for a spell

Koulibaly is in decline and is not a man mountain, he is shorter than AC (Napoli lied for years and claimed he was 1.95m, when he is only 1.87m) KK was (other than one superb tackle) really poor v Inter, Lukaku just blew him away multiple times, broke him with pure pace Ginter is 4cms taller than KK (1.91m) I think we might be able to geta steal price (due to hsi hip flexor muscle injury) on Konate he is a man mountain (1.94m) and is good on the ball https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/ibrahima-konate-who-is-the-rb-leipzig-and-france-defender-nextgen-10647 He has the pace to match the quickest of attackers and the physique to bully – rather than be bullied by – muscular strikers much more experienced than he is. The Leipzig No. 6 wins 66 per cent of all tackles, a well-above-average quota that even rises to 81 per cent in the air. (my add, Ake wins 51%) He can dribble out of defence or ping accurate long balls forward – averaging a 95 per cent accuracy rate. Even Liverpool stalwart Van Dijk would be pleased with those numbers.