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I'm reading some article about Jose and I stumbled upon this quote Interesting, heard that for the first time

Well you do have a point at Robben's quality, he is still a brilliant player who can help the team. He hasn't lost much of his pace though his best days are behind him. Now, here's the catch, there is no way in hell he would agree to come to a club which wouldn't promise him he will be one of the main players. With his injury record, 29 years of age and wages he would ask I believe there are much better options for us to go for. He is 29, there is still some fuel left, and I'm pretty sure he will be looking to move somewhere big but where he will get good wages and a high squad status, like City (who really lack wide players), PSG or Monaco.

Aw man....I just opened our website in hope of finally seeing the annoucement but nothin' ... Oh well, at least Jose confirmed it

I won't ban you, I will buy you a beer and then become gay also hahahaahha

But come on, it's not even official yet

Well you know what? Fuck Cavani. There will always be a mind blowing striker you can sign for shitload of money. I am patient enough to wait a few more seasons for a major trophy if Cavani or someone like him are the difference for it. Why? Because we can make Lukaku into one of the best strikers in the world, and actually do it rather fast. And guess what? With his love for the club he could stay here for quite a while and leave quite a mark. And not only that, we will save some money also. I don't want to leave the wrong impression though. The impression that when we may not sign him, I try to convince myself we are better of without him, because we are not, and won't be.

We are actually the best team in the world when it comes to defense (back 4, not defending). Nobody can match our depth and quality. Some teams have either better players but much worse subs for them, and this is what I really like about our defensive players. Hopefully we keep going that way, though I will understand if Jose feels it's not a good thing because we change 2 CBs very often. I just like all of our CBs along with Cole I will be very sad to see some of them go, especially Luiz and Bane Luiz is maybe the best CB for Barca to pick if you exclude Hummels. He would suit their style of play so well that we would strengthen them for years to come. I really hope we don't sell them anyone, Luiz especially. And we are not a bloody selling club, they can fuck of, right now! I believe that if we had better defensive midfielders in the last season, people would really understand just how good our defensive line is, but with Ramires' awful technical ability and Mikel's very often mediocre games, offensive full backs and Mata's weak ability to defend, our defensive line usually had more work to do then usual. Hopefully this is something Jose can adress because it could prove to be a key for our football along with an on form striker.

Tomorrow in the morning, press conference in a few days, pretty much how I would do it. Chelsea will want to grab the headlines first thing in the week and keep it that way with press conference. Just can't bloody wait to see him in a Chelsea gear holding a press conference again! So tomorrow, I will get up, play some Chelsea music, make myself some coffee and hopefully find the announcement :blue scalf:

He could be gone to Madrid with Higuain leaving and them needing a new big name striker. With Falcao gone, it's going to be between Cavani, Lewa and Suarez, though honestly I see them going for Suarez first if his behavior doesn't stop them. I won't be bothered that much if we don't sign him because it will mean more game time for Lukaku, and Lukaku is certainly better now then Cavani was when he was his age ! We can do well with Higuain also if it's for something reasonable. Lukaku and Ba are good enough rotating options for us. I would even expect us giving a good title challengde with Jose at the helm. Best is yet to come from Azpi, Hazard, Oscar, Ba, Lukaku, Moses...

Nicely written post even though I don't agree with 90% of it Thanks for writing such a long response Anyway, one thing I would like to state first and that is that we can't know for sure what is happening in the dressing rooms and on training sessions. Honestly, I get shitload of impressions that there are massive egos at the club and at the club like Real Madrid when pressure is on you even when you are taking a shit, that's can be quite a problem so I believe Jose had his hands really really full for the last 3 years he spent at RM. What really bothers me when people talk about Jose is that he is short term. Well for one, you can still see remnants of his Chelsea squad here who still praise him like he is some sort of god and we all know the managers who have been at the Stamford Bridge after Mou - Grant, Scolari, Hiddink, Ancelotti, Villas-Boas, RDM and Benitez, yet our players still wank on Mou. And what I can tell you is that managing players like Terry, Lampard, Drogba, Crespo, Essien, Shevchenko, Cole, Cech etc was not an easy job. If I'm really sure of something, then that is Mourinho's man management skills. Can't think of a better coach then him when it comes to that. Again I must repeat, we can't really see what is happening behind the courtains so I must base this on what players have spoken of him, my impression and my overall knowledge of everything Short term? Well he is young for one, or let's say, was young. I firmly believe that if you want to really build something long term you need to start winning like crazy first, like we did under Ancelotti in 2009/2010 and then start implementing youngsters and other things like Carlo tried to do but got his sorry ass sacked even though 90% of the fans were against it. It's a bit ungrateful to expect from Jose to start implementing youngsters and thinking long term when there is even more pressure at Madrid to win trophies then it is actually here. You criticize his transfers? Somehow you forgot to mention just awful money throwing Madrid did with transfers of: Robben £30m Sneijder £23m Van der Vaart £12m Kaka £55m Benzema £30m £who hasn't produced the level it was expected of him and Pepe £25m who until everything started falling apart hasn't produced the best of his game until Mourinho came. Beg my pardon but I'm fairly certain Ozil, Di Maria and Khedira did a better job then Robben, Sneijder, Van der Vaart and Kaka did and how much were those 3 payed all together? A mere 43 million £, 12 less RM spent on Kaka only. Fabio Coentrao? A bit overpayed, but hey, welcome to the world of Benfica and Porto. Want their player, you better pay well. Coentrao was the most promising full back in the world back at the time when Madrid was about to bring him in. His inability to satisfy your expectation is not down to Mourinho but to him. Yes, you can argue Mou didn't bring the best out of some players, but as I said at the beginning of this response, we can't see what is happening really so we will get nowhere with discussion around that. For me, Mourinho did a good job with Coentrao but it was Fabio himself who didn't give his best. Football Mourinho brought? Aye, I remember when you were trashed 5-0. Why was that? Oh let's see, because he didn't want to sit back and defend for his 1st El Classico? As it happened, whole of the world got on his back and just that alone is enough to make your bloody hair gray right away For me, it's completely normal not to open up for the next few of games because the players will take some time to forget that huge loss. There were some great games against Barca with Jose at the helm and you can bet your ass that whole of Barcelona was afraid when they had to face Madrid because they knew it was going to be really really really difficult. Just like Manchester and Liverpool fans were shitting their pants when he was here back in the day, when they had to play us, they knew it's something absolutely massive that is going to drain really a lot from them. Jose's 2nd season? He absolutely kicked ass when it comes to football you desire so much. I've said it multiple times and I'll say it again, football Madrid produced in that season was some of the best I have ever bloody seen! I shit on Barca's tiki taka, it was 6x times uglier then what Madrid did in that season. and the 3rd season...I don't know what to say really...I can just throw around pure assumptions and theories on what went wrong but it seems to me I will get nowhere with it because I can't know anything for sure. What I do must say against Jose is the way he dealt with Cassillas' situation. For me, it's completely idiotic to put your captain on the bench, a walking legend and the most respected player at the club, no matter what he says and does to you. Why? Because it will shake whole of the team and bring unrest and that is the worst thing that can happen. Now as I said, I can't know for sure what happened. Perhaps Cassillas' was undermining Jose work? Seems impossible, but nothing is impossible. So all in all, I'm really happy he is coming back and you guys at Madrid should follow his progress in the following seasons to see was it really his fault everything went to hell or was it perhaps something else Oh and good luck with Ancelotti and the kind of football you expect Don't be surprised if he brings Pirlo

As a neutral, I'm sad to see him go there...one of the best strikers in modern football that I've watched ... shame he didn't get a big club transfer to kick some ass ... If it was his choice to go there, then I am very disappointed in him, but I believe it was done because of the 3rd party ownership. As a Chelsea fan, I'm really glad he signed for Monaco, he won't trouble us in PL and he won't trouble us in CL, at least not as much as he could have. Would have been nice if we had signed him, but honestly I believe Cavani is much more suited for us. Still a cracking player, will be nice watching him tear apart teams in France

Hopefully we will bring someone like Cavani to lead our attack and wear that number 9 shirt they way it should be worn. If not, I wouldn't be surprised if Lukaku took it. He wants to avoid comparisons with Drogba and with Torres looking to leave he could ask for it. Either way, I'm really looking forward to see our strikeforce when the new season starts.

Wow, Lukaku was just phenomenal with his movement and overall play. I would be really happy if Jose decided to keep him around and play him often! And that was a regular goal he scored if I am right?

Hahahah 0:17 WHAT THE FUCK!? WHAT THE FUCK!?

GET THE FUCK OUT! Or sign him on the other hand, so Ivanovic can kick his ass with eash passing day Now for real, if we were ever going to sign Suarez, it should have been when he was at Ajax. It was widely known he is a great player and he had a very good record there along with captaincy. NO transfers from Liverpool any more.

80 million 23.5 million And yeah, I'm aware that Bale's price is blown out of proportion by the media

De Rossi kicks ass and I would be really happy if we brought him. So what if he's 30? Obviously we shouldn't pay something crazy, but for a reasonable sum we should be looking to bring him. He is a big game player, a leader and someone who motivates people around him, and is definitely the man for our double pivot. Xabi Alonso is 31, and will be 32 in the following season really fast He wouldn't be my number 1 choice for the double pivot transfer, but definitely among top5.

But but but...who's gonna score our winning goals?

United aren't the only one who find great talent, but United do believe in the until the very last moment. Evans has been mediocre for some time now yet they are keeping him, and his games are improving slowly, but are improving. While United kept Welbeck and gave him lots of chances, what have we done to Sturridge? Kept him on bench, sent him on loan, kept him on bench while Torres starting week and week out despite awful performances, and in the end we sold him to Liverpool without giving him a proper few games in his position. That's where the difference is.

With Carlo perhaps leaving PSG and rumors flying around that Ibra doesn't want to stay without Carlo he could be on the move. With our current strikeforce, Lukaku's situation, Ibra's desire to win CL and Mourinho coming here I wouldn't be surprised if he was our player when the next season starts. I won't waste my time talking about Ibra's quality, it's evident he is one of the best strikers in the history of the sport in terms of ability and with his confidence and experience I'm sure he would do well here. Honestly, I would be happy if we signed him because it would be ideal for Lukaku to learn from another amazing striker like Ibra is, but would also leave long term future to Romelu which wouldn't be the case with players like Lewa, Cavani and Falcao. So, what's your take on it?

Played the last game of the season against Spartak, scored the 1st goal and generally kicked ass. His very recent quotes published today after Partizan won 6th league title in the row which is the new record here while also reaching 25 titles like Red Star have "Benfica? We don't know yet." (a bit difficult to translate but kinda like he doesn't want to talk about it) "I didn't want to hear anything when it comes to offers while the season was still going on, now we have international games, after that, I will know when, what and how" "I will not be staying at Partizan" "It is a phenomenal feeling to win the title, and we were never touched with rumors that the club had sold the title. We knew that they had to find a way to distract us. I'm really happy, but also a bit sad I'm leaving. Thanks to the fans for being there for us until the end."

Surprised with how serious City entered those 2 games. Christ, like it was a CL final... I can understand our players and you should give them some bloody space. We played so many games this season it's mindblowing, and travelling to America after such a season to play twats from Manchester who came in to die on the bloody pitch wasn't ideal ... I'm happy we managed to finish it without injuries because that's the last thing we need. Yeah I expected more, but Dzeko, Tevez and Nasri always play the game of their life against us It's beyond ridiculous now Tevez was just unstoppable in the 1st game That aside, I can understand some players no having the game or their life or not dying for every ball out there. Besides, our young players who were out there were either younger or more inexperienced, or we had more of them then City. I'm sorry we dropped that 3-0 lead in the 1st game though, idiotic really... Ramires was our man of the match for me. Gave his all, caused City lots of problems and scored 2 goals. Loftus-Cheek, Ake and Christiensen did alright, though I haven't seen anything spectacular to be honest expect Ake's long distance shot that hit the crossbar. That free kick from Mata!! And Torres and captaincy...oh hell I'm just tired of everything around Torres...he was mediocre but not as bad as some of you make him out to be...I would never have given him the armband with Luiz on the pitch, but Luiz aside he was really the best candidate for it. Well fuck it, it's over, let us welcome our new manager and kick some ass next season! :blue scalf:

Finally no more speculation about his destination...nice to see him in Europe finally

I love it how our players give daily interviews about being excited that Mourinho may come back Lamps, then Mata and Torres, then Ba, then Cech then David Luiz Sorry if this had been posted Marco Materazzi would love Jose Mourinho link at Chelsea http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8732259/Premier-League-Marco-Materazzi-would-love-Jose-Mourinho-link-at-Chelsea