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lol not at all, i can see where you're coming from. Hazard is 7 times the player Kane is and should win it.

Didnt see anyone underrating Hazard in the last page, or overrating Kane. Some think Kane will win it because of politics (the fact he's english. and Hazard is Chelsea..). To me its Hazard--------Aguaro, Matic, Silva---Cesc, Costa, Kane----Alexis, Coutinho. If Aguaro could have stayed fit it would have been a battle between him and Eden.

There's this talk about him staying or leaving, i think it would be extremely stupid to let him go. There isnt a better LB to get (same as last summer), and Ivanovic needs to stop starting every game. Luis got this, we saw it in Atletico when he was the 2nd-3rd best LB in Europe.

The first decision needs to be if we're going to buy a CAM/CM (to replace Oscar) or a RW (to replace Willian). We wont buy both in this summer and i dont think we should change the team too much, we're in a good season winning the league and the team's connected. If we want a CAM, it means Oscar is on the bench/sold, and you got Pogba and Koke who can replace him. Willian wil continue at the Right Wing. If we want a Winger, Oscar/Willian will continue in the CAM spot, and the options are less attractive maybe, but probably not super expensive. In my opinion - Fekir, Berhimi, Fermino, maybe Rues but probably not, Sterling(?). My guess is that we'll first try Koke, if we cant get him than we'll try Pogba.

I think there's no way Bayern or Real would be interested. he's not good enough right now and imo not that talented like people seem to think in England. Only team i can really see going for him in the summer is City. They need a player in Nasri's spot and they need english players because Lampard and Milner are probably gone. I would be very happy if Sterling is the player they get. Hopefully they'll get Barkley too. Yeah im not pro-english, two players who are very talented for english players, not that special outside of England.

Oh come on, we'll allow him all his human rights dont get all touchy now...

Didnt saw him plenty of times, but what i saw is something similar to Hazard's talent.

Nabil Fekir... damn he's so good. If we're still in for a RW in the summer it should be only him. My feeling is that Hazard-Fekir could be as good as Riberi-Robben.

Clearly you're not following... since Dunga replaced Scolari Willian started in 7 of 8 games. Hulk wasnt even invited for those games.

Exactly. And the same goes with Mata. And Hazard is off course better than both by miles. I think thats one of the reasons Jose didnt liked them, they're not 'pure team players' like Oscar and Willian.

I think Cesc and Oscar link up with Hazard very good as well.

Dante is still average but yes, I agree we don't have to spend so much and look for the stars. Copa America starts in a couple of months, maybe that's the perfect place to look for a fast, technical CB who's still under the radar.

He was so bad? didnt noticed him. That was an awful 1st half from both teams. Good for Oscar and Willian. Just looked at Dunga's line ups since he came, he have his favourits who starts almost every game: Neymar, Willian, Oscar, Gustavo, Miranda, F.Luis, Danilo, Jefferson (GK). The other spots are open. I think he's done well so far, no more Hulk, Alves and i hope no D.Luiz next.

So why did he sigend a contract in last September? maybe he thought this season will be different? Last season he started 17 games while Pepe and Ramos started 50+, this season he started 25, Pepe 32 and Ramos 33. Would this season be the last straw for him and he would ask for a move in a few months? i doubt it.

Like what? Eriksen to me is a player with better close control and better dribble than KDB. Think he'll succussed more against thick defenses on a regular basis.

He's good, when it comes to attacking game only he's better than Willian and Oscar, but I wouldnt say he's better than Eriksen for example. He's talented but his talent is limited than other #10 such as Isco, Gotze, James, Koke, Coutinho. I would gladly take some hits from Belgian members now, thank you.

If Varane would ask to leave, that is the only option anyone could get him, but he probably wont pass up the chance to be Real's no 1 CB in 2-3 seasons max. I think a player like him should start every game today, not to wait that long. There arent many CBs as good as him but thats the reality, Real have 3 world class CBs.

For some reason our manager thought we are as talented as Wales. Same story every time. Should've parked the bus.

To be honest i didnt watch Thiago a lot before he came to Bayern, i was never watching Barcelona regularly to really notice him in the minutes he got there, so i cant deny anything you said. I saw him in Bayern and this is my opinion of him and not only mine, I know Bayern fans who were very surprised by what they got for only 20m. I think the responsibility Pep gave to him worked like a charm. Again, too bad he couldnt show it more cause of his condition. Did you btw watched him in Bayern a few times?

I would seriously advise you to see more of Thiago. The sentence in bold is simply not true. The guy was born to organize a team, like Xabi. Koke never wasnt. Thiago is not as what you call 'mature' as Xabi (he's a bit more adventuress) or even Koke like you said, but Koke doesnt have the skills to control the tempo and hand out passing the all game, its not him. Thiago does that. Although i fully agree Koke-Cesc would be an amazing partnership for us, Cesc-Thiago would be even better.

I really, really disagree. Isco, Thiago and also Cesc got simillar technical skills to Xabi, Iniesta and Silva. And all 3 are way more "like them" than Koke. The "next Xabi" is Thiago, no doubt for me. If you saw him in Bayern last season you can see he's huge and will prove that if he could stay fit.

I agree with you. But still, he's more talented and has more flair than Oscar, and he'll make us more dominant in central midfield. There are more options, some are very different and would cost less (AMs like Firmino, Berhimi, Fekir) or someone who'll play a similar role Koke would play and would also cost more than he should - Pogba. Its about what Jose wants more. About Juanfran, Azpi looks even more robotic than him tbh.

not controversial like some crazy things i read here... but i'll give it a try. * Hazard is the best AM in the world (not included Messi and Ronaldo). Not because i like him, i just think that all-around he's better than the likes of Neymar and even Robben. Brings more to the table. * Ronaldo is a boring footballer which i wouldnt want to see in Chelsea. He's too direct for my taste, very little magic in him. * I know La Liga is the best league in the world right now, the managers, the tactics are a lot better than in the PL, and also the average spainard player is way better than the average english player, BUT i still find most of the La Liga games boring. if its not a game between the five of Real, Barca, Atletico, Valencia, Sevilia, I probably wouldnt watch. They should do something about the crowed, the stadiums.. i dont know. Something. cause the football is the best but the PL is still much more watchable. * If Thiago Alcantara wouldnt have sufferd those knee injuries, everyone would agree by now he is by far the best CM in the world. The guy is a phenomenon. He's like Hazard but in central midfield. My dream is to see him in Chelsea. * I like Zlatan off the pitch like everyone else probably, but i dont like him too much on it. I never saw a team that built around him and played really well, and i dont think it could happen cause he's too dominant.

I think mentally KDB wasnt ready to be at Chelsea and especially under a demanding manager like Jose, i believe he didnt want or couldnt work that much for Jose so thats why he was sold. As a Chelsea fan i would only regret his departure when he'll play for a big club like us and succeed (and would commit to hard and demanding work). * Although i'll admit he's doing superbly well in Wolfsburg, more than i expected. Mourinho haters in this forum can cry all they want, till now zero of his non-wanted players is doing that - Mata, Lukaku, Salah, Schurlle, KDB - non of them is playing at a big club playing like a big player. I know most of them are still young but my point is that blaming Jose so much is ridiculous when those players are far away from proving their point. And i think the main reason for this is that members here cant understand the big difference between playing for Chelsea and playing for Everton, Wolfsburg and Fiorentina. And another thing, the fact that from Chelsea they went to those clubs is another fact that proves Jose's point.

You can see it does mean something in Shaktar. Willian went for 35m euros after many summers of rumors about a switch, Fernandinho also went for the same price in the age of 28. I guess if Costa gets his switch in the next 2 years it would be for at least 40m.