Madmax

Nevermind Cahill, we could do with Chris Samba. I hope he's the alternative the management has in mind.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime - Balzac.

Torres gets shafted after one game while Drogba continues getting chances after being less than threatening ever since that Valencia game, smh.

Macheda to join QPR on loan. More cunts there then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98mGtgg9q5I&feature=related

Hence, a big deal for athletes.

There are literally dozens of Chelsea twitter topics. Search before creating another, mate.

Nah always room for one more DM at Chelsea. We love 'em

It's a big deal for athletes though.

Not going to get carried away with twitter rumours or Sun bullshit, but there's no way Cahill is a >40-50k a week player.

We're saying the same things about Romeu's clause, so I suggest you stop getting worked up. Barcelona have a first refusal on Romeu, which means that they will be the first ones to be spoken to if Chelsea decide to sell, as AVB said. He also said that the sale cannot take place without Chelsea's consent, implying it's not a buy back agreement, thus proving that if it had been a buy back, Chelsea would have been helpless if Barcelona had met the fee stipulated in the contract. As far as your lawyer friend is concerned, maybe things are different in the US, where the buyback seems to be a hybrid of the usual buy back and first refusal terms. Fact remains - a seller's wish doesn't matter in a buy back if the stipulated fee is met by the original seller and the original seller only, after which point he gets a chance to negotiate with the player concerned. But that's not worrisome for us as it's not the case with Romeu.

PSG is ruled out, there's a conflict of interest there as he is part owner of that Dijon team. Unless of course he sells his share in the team.

Since when did you get yourself a crystal ball?

Post more, CJ.

Fair point. A man can hope

Your best player is Stuart Holden, imo. Wouldn't mind him in a Chelsea shirt.

I didn't say that he was ready to be a regular starter for Chelsea. What I pointed out was that instead of spending 7m on a player who's free 6 months down the line to do a backup job to Terry and Luiz, we should have used Bruma instead.

^You've picked that up from The Bleacher Report, which is worse than all the other websites specifically mentioned as banned. As regards the player himself, he's underrated despite being important for BVB. I like him, he could be a good target but solely as a squad player, not as our primary choice.

What you're stating is the first refusal clause. The buy back clause is identical to a minimum fee release clause, only difference being that in a buy back only the original seller gets the right to speak with the player if it pays the amount stipulated in the contract. The release clause is for any club that can afford that price. What Barcelona have is a right to first refusal, atleast that's what the manager says.

I hope not, Gary Cahill as Chelsea's starting CB is an uncomfortable idea

Cahill's not good enough to be first choice for Chelsea, that's plain. If we only wanted backup, we could have used Bruma or Kalas (who're both doing well on their loan moves). Instead we spend £7m on a guy who is out of contract in 6 months and who'd be lucky to make >15apps over the rest of the season for us. So when Bruma comes back in the summer he'll have yet another competitor for his place. We'll end up changing his loan contract terms (to amend the buy option HSV have at the end of the second year), send him on loan again and probably not see him in a Chelsea shirt thereafter.

End of Bruma's Chelsea career, then.

Good enough if we're signing more twats to keep Terry and Cole company.

Good luck Carlo, except when you play against us

He has been sub-par ever since the Double winning season but it gets overlooked for some reason. He could do with a rest every once in a while, mind you.