The Skipper

Shake my head Romelu. I've never seen a football player talk this much before rubbish before. You can't even compare this to Sturridge's situation here, it's like a 100 times worse. I'm tired of his shenanigans. I really wanted him to do well here but obviously he has other ideas. Good riddance.

JT, Cahill, Ivanovic and Zouma as our options at CB next season please.

He's officially vice-captain and one of the few true Brazilian leaders out there, don't see why it's so unbelievable.

He hasn't directly said it but come on... Just read between the lines. What he said when the Diego Costa rumours were strong (Chelsea always sign strikers, many clubs are interested on me), when he says he's pretty much a complete striker now, when a few months ago his agent was speaking to Tottenham about a move etc... Just put it all together and it's easy to see why one would assume that Lukaku isn't ready to stay here as a number 2 striker. I actually want Lukaku to stay but with the way he's said things it seems like he wouldn't accept being number 2 here, so naturally Chelsea and Lukaku are both better off if we sell him.

£32m on Diego Costa, £27m on Fabregas. Pretty much £60m.

Yup, he doesn't have a future here at all if he thinks he deserves to be number 1 striker. That's delusional.

So why are you so certain that he be awful here then? At least give him a chance to prove himself.

That's bollocks. He didn't exactly define last season as "shit" exactly though. He said that if we don't win a trophy at a top club like ours then our season could be described as "shit". Read the whole passage, and if you think this little interview here makes him a spoilt child then you've got a very odd criteria...

Courtois, Lukaku etc. I can understand because they've both spoken quite a lot - difference between those two is though that Courtois is actually one of the world's best and has proven to be so at Atletico. He is 'sort of' entitled to speak out a bit. Even then he doesn't speak anywhere near as much as rubbish as Lukaku does. I can understand you calling Lukaku a spoilt child, and Courtois to a certain extent (although I disagree on that matter for reasons above) but how on earth is Luiz one? Your previous explanation doesn't make sense of it at all.

Yup, it does seem like he thinks he's done enough at Everton and WBA to merit the number 1 striker spot. If he wouldn't be happy with being 2nd choice at a top club like CFC; 2nd choice is ideal for him because he clearly still has things to work on so it allows him to ply his trade quite regularly at a top club whilst improving but he doesn't see it that way it seems. He seems to think that he already is ready to be the top striker here and that is very naive. If that truly is the case we're much better off selling him because it's border like delusional if he thinks he deserves to be number 1 here.

How you're even trying to draw comparisons between the Luiz and Lukaku situation is astonishing.

I actually like it.

So because they believe in their own abilities they're spoilt kids?

Fabregas from deep.

I think it simply has to do with the fact that there isn't a reasonable squad number available for him (i.e. 9 or 19). Once that's sorted (i.e. Ba or Torres being sold) he'll be unveiled officially.

Neymar's injury might be a blessing in disguise for us and Oscar.

Take away his free kick today and he was still brilliant defensively tonight. Get over it, Luiz can be a brilliant defender as he shown tonight and as he showed on occasion at CFC.

He just scored 27 league goals in Spain for the title winning team, why is it mad to think that he can get 20 for us?

Just like how you said Fabregas was certainly going to United?

We won't sign another (starting) midfielder IMO.

According to Marca Simeone doesn't want him anymore.

Fully understand that guys, there's no rush at all, just thought that article (which was actually mailed out to the fans by CFC) pretty much confirmed it. But I see that you're waiting for the actual full confirmation of it (contract signed etc.). Understandable. I suspect however the main thing holding up official confirmation is the fact that there isn't a suitable number available for him atm (9 or 19).

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3945459?cid=DM6467&bid=83278589 This really should be in the player section now surely...

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3945459?cid=DM6467&bid=83278589 This really should be in the player section now, it's already official...

Because those guys are starting for us game in game out right? Do you really think Kroos will come here for cover? Funny how you've conveniently left out our best CMs in that little line up... We're stacked in every position Kroos plays, there's no need at all for him.