The Skipper

Is he really better than Torres or Ba though? Would you play him over Lukaku? Even if you think he is, surely you'd have to agree that he's only marginally better. If we're going to sign a striker we need one who'd offer huge improvement, not one that would just be slightly better than Torres or Ba. This would be a bad signing in my books.

Yeah, I've heard they aren't as good as well. Still going to watch it though!

Just finished The Hunger Games trilogy and I must say, pretty satisfying and a great, descriptive world Suzanne Collins created. Now going to watch the movie before I jump on ASOIAF. Should be good.

One of my favourite players in a CFC shirt. Hero. Was a beast under Mourinho.

How can he get used to English football by being our number 2? Sporadic appearances won't make that happen. He has to be thrown in at the deep end and he's certainly good enough to hold himself down.

Schwarzer: "I still have a lot of aspirations to play for my country. I want to play another World Cup, we've just qualified for Brazil and I want to continue to play at the highest level for as long as possible. Obviously Petr is a fantastic goalkeeper and the number one goalkeeper at Chelsea but I am here to help push him along, he will hopefully push me along and help the younger keepers at the club as well. I'm very excited of the challenges ahead."

You have to admire the work Emelano and co are doing. Our squad is a million times better than what it was; we're actually not far from the perfect squad. Brilliant signing.

Official.

Petr won't ever be our 2nd choice goalkeeper. He's way, way too good for that. If we make Courtois our number 1, Cech's off.

No, but it's alright because it's short term. Maybe next year we get Ruddy for a cheaper price so he can be our long term 2nd choice goalkeeper.

Very decent signing if true.

Not a Muslim but I've got plenty of Muslim friends. Good luck with your Ramadan guys. Stay strong.

Someone on £200,000 a week just for a marginal upgrade though? I don't think so. If we are going to spend big money/wages on a striker, it has to be a huge upgrade for me. Villa isn't in that bracket anymore.

An on form Ba is just as good as an on form Benteke. Whether you like it or not.

He's miles better than Turnbull.

Not worth it. Ba can easily score as many goals as Benteke in a team of similar quality, he's proven that.I keep telling people Ba is actually a great option as a second choice striker. Benteke wouldn't be because: 1) He'd need to be starting to develop his game, otherwise he won't even be more valuable than Ba. He won't come here to share minutes. 2) You can't have 2 young strikers who both need developing in your team, especially a team such as ourselves who play with a lone striker. It's a no go from me. I'd rather us develop Lukaku who has a far higher ceiling than Benteke.

But then again, Cavani's going for 71m euros and we don't know whether Rooney is demanding £240,000 or whether Cavani wanted £140,000. It's all just speculation at the moment.

We're just 2 players away from having the best squad in the league in my opinion. I've said it before, but sell Torres, get Daniele De Rossi and Rooney and we're done.

And Ramires.

It's 7m euros not pounds which comes down to £115,000 a week which is a fair wage for a top player.

Not Necessarily. Mikel would be behind De Rossi as the DM of the XI but could still also play next to him which will allow him a bit more freedom and a bit more responsibility offensively like he does for Nigeria. I'd be looking to move Essien before moving Mikel. Mikel, Lampard, De Rossi, Ramires and Van Ginkel (assuming Romeu goes out on loan) is a very solid selection pool. Also allows us to play 4-3-3 quite easily, especially if you conside Oscar and KdB can also potentially play there. Our team is already a million times better depth wise.

De Rossi earns around £105,000 a week at Roma, and we'd give him a marginal increase to £115,000 a week if those reports are true, which is perfectly fine for a player of his calibre. His wages aren't anywhere near as high as people seem to be making out on here.

€71m? Well. I'm glad we missed out in that case. Cavani is a brilliant, brilliant player but he's certainly nowhere near worth that much.

A quick google search suggests he's on 6.5m a year, so a marginal increase.

Honestly you're all lucky because my 3 best players were actually out injured. They're back now though. I'm going to win the rest of my games.