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10M euro salary. Approx. 155k/w in pounds. Fair enough salary for a player like him.

Wenger had a great team. Really should have done better with this lot.

@JonSnow #FCB and #CFC finalizing add-ons. Deal to be announced within the hour.

I think it's obvious now that Cesc is on board. I presume it's just the clubs talking to each other finalizing negotiations, hence the wait. Seems inevitable really because not like Barca want to keep him so sooner or later it'll be resolved. Chelsea is in a good negotiating position because Cesc wants to come and Barca themselves want to get rid so it's possible we're trying to negotiate as good of a deal possible.

A few questions to consider: Is Cesc better defensively than Oscar? If not, why not drop Oscar back and make Cesc the #10? But does Jose value the high pressing more than midfield solidity? If so Oscar is still valuable as the #10. Does he prefer more pace in the front 4 or more creativity? Can Cesc really play in the pivot in the big games? Should we really be spending 30M on midfielders who probably won't make it in the first XI against City and other European powerhouses? I'm still for the transfer, I've always rated him but just some questions to consider because he's a great player but he's not the best fit who solves all our problems in midfield. I personally prefer Koke over anyone else available, even Pogba. But I also trust Jose and believe Cesc is a good consolation but just wanted to ask these questions and read some responses to get rid some nervousness about this transfer.

I see. Pretty cool. Sometimes I spend hours and hours doing random analysis about Chelsea just for my amusement, wish I would actually get paid for it. Would be a dream job haha. That said, might not stay a dream of the pay isn't good. Anyways that's off topic. So how are they ranked? Percentage of total players and appearances vs. those that came from the Academy? I'm guessing Terry with so many appearances is the only contribution for Chelsea. And is this just for last season?

Demba is so cute. Why couldn't you be better Demba? Then we would have kept you around. Most likely gone this summer if not next.

How come you can't share? Working on it for someone else?

Share the file too. Or still in progress?

This shit is overrated. Both are professionals, yeah they may not love each other but they are professional enough to not take it too personal. I mean Barca and Real start fighting, cheating and I can post 100 pictures similar to the above yet they go and win world cups and euros with Spain playing with each other. Even if Lamps was still here, I don't think that would have made it any different.

Not sure why people don't seem to understand that there is no HG quota. There is a non-HG quota of 17. So to make up a 25 man squad, ideally you would register 8 HG players. If you don't have enough HG then you loose that squad place. So if we only have 4 HG players then we are only allowed to register a total of 21 players. The remaining 4 can only be filled with HG players. So even if we don't sign HG players and if we have U21s to make up the numbers, it won't be a problem at all. We can make a squad of 17 non-HG players, 4 HG, 4 or more U21s = full squad.

27M pounds? Surely that's gotta be Arsenal.

It was Negredo who fell off the face of the earth after his initial scoring burst. Dzeko was outperforming him by a huge margin second half of the season.

Thorgan should take 17. So our Hazard 17 jerseys won't go to waste.

The only thing I can think of is that the board is banking on the fact that some of the English youngsters in the academy break through over the next few years. Blackman as a backup, Chalobah maybe as soon as next season to be part of the squad. Baker, RLC, Aina in the future. That said, not sure about first XI players. But the problem is that there really aren't many quality English players good enough to be first XI players at a top 5 European club. Feel squad players is the ceiling for most of them. Very few are even close to world class level, let alone at that level. It is a worry though, very soon Cahill will most likely be the only Englishman in our first XI.

No way we sell him. He's too important. Mata wasn't needed so we sold him. Luiz was a squad player and we got an amazing offer so he's gone. Hazard is our best and key player, nor do we need the money. He's not going anywhere. Lastly, I doubt he wants to go back to Ligue 1. If he ever did want to leave surely he'd rather go to Real. Going back to Ligue 1 doesn't make sense.

I would have thought that was obvious and really the best option since almost all our mids would be better suited and even Oscar.However, Jose seems to believe 4-2-3-1 is the best formation ever. Every interview about formations and he waxes lyrical about the 4-2-3-1.

I still don't understand why United aren't after him? He will have Mata, De Gea and RVP there, which should be enticing. Surely, they'd be in with a great chance if they are willing to pay the transfer fee which they should be able to.

Is Athletico really going to lose Courtois, Luis, Tiago, Koke and Costa in one summer after winning the Liga? Courtois and Tiago they can't do anything about. But no way they let the other three walk. If the rumours are to be believe all 5 will be at Chelsea next season haha. But tbh, I'd like em all here if possible.

It seems it was more about him not fitting into Chelsea/Jose's system. He's got world-class passing ability already. In the right team, with the right playing style he could easily warrant a 40-50M transfer fee. His vision, creativity and short-long range passing ability is world class. No doubt in my mind. He didn't have a lot of chances at Chelsea but whenever he did, he was the worst player on the pitch. Not that he had a mediocre game, often the worst player, completely different than the one you see with the NT, or with Bremen last year. Just seems like mental side of the game isn't at the right level yet. If/Once that catches up, he'll be playing for a big team surely.

Would he really join any other club other than Arsenal? If so, we should get him. He would be an amazing buy. He's acted like a cunt against us several times but can't deny his quality.

Well Oscar won't contend for the forward positions in a 4-3-3. He'll be part of the midfield.So it'll be 5 for 2 positions. Hazard and Schurrle for LW. Willian and Salah for RW. Moses can be used in extreme circumstances. Matic Koke - Oscar

It would have to be a 4-3-3. But that's the same for Pogba too. I don't think he's suited for a pivot role either.

I personally like Koke more than Pogba.