coolhead23

Maybe you make sense ... But it doesnt make any for me ... I have a simple question, is Drinkwater better than Matic? because we could have kept Matic and he would have got enough games. For me Drinkwater is not even a good squad player for Chelsea's level, he is more like the Delep signing for City ... No real value and doesnt improve a bit except for the homegrown parameter.

Hahahahaha ... good one!

This is fine ... Just hope Kante doesnt go for dinner with Drinkwater atleast till end of August.

That is at the end of the season ... Not right now. And even if the player terminates his contract at the end of the season, the club can still fight that legally. Yes the player will be given preference but it will be a 50-50 chances. Clubs are smart that we think ... they will tell Costa to play the odd league game in between, if he does the quota is met, if he doesnt legal will say that the player refused to ply his services when asked for. At of the day, the above clause is just messy and no one wants to get into it.

Yes they can ... And if I want to be blunt then yes this is kind of corporate slavery. You can only be released if you get dumped by the club (mutual or fired), This is a big bad world of business, employers will not shell out money without covering their asses through proper legal channel else anyone can come after 1/2/3 yrs and say they dont want to play. Player rights come into play when the club is wrongly treating them when it comes to their wages, environment provided, inhumane treatment etc ... But there is no rights when it comes to where the club wants their players to play and/or refusal to sell/loan the player. Being humble and grounded goes a long way and there examples of Mata, Cech, Matic.

Formal Complaint ... Against what? The services of Costa are owned by Chelsea solely for the remaining 2 yrs (I guess that is what is left), they can use Costa the way they like and no ones will have the balls to object it legally. Regarding the Behavior stuff, Ppl just want to have their 15 mins of fame and they will come up with any BS that is possible. I hope the board are strong about this one and should let Costa see out his contract with the reserves ... They shouldnt be running to make money out of it.

Cant see happening ... I m know that as well ... But u asked a generic question and I answered Verratti fits the bill for us ... complete package in the middle. And if he doesnt fit then Conte make sure he will... remember Moses, Alonso, Luiz last season... If a player has it in him and can show it to the manager then the gaffer can do the rest.

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I hear u and I agree ... Though I wouldnt look at Courtois as someone who came from our youth ranks but Loan system nevertheless. The problem is that there is still a big "If' in your statements ... By now the "if" should had been gone. Thats why the disappoint I feel. I hope it pan out the way U put it and that will surely help someone like me see light at the end of the tunnel.

I dont think anyone opposes the loan system ... In fact it is a good and a brilliant strategy. The problem is the loan system was suppose to be a sub set where we use it to see who is good and who is bad so that they are then integrated into the first team thus saving loads of money along with talent in the process. The sub set is no longer a sub set to integrate youth but it now something which is used to churn out money for the club. Thats why lot of us are disappointed that we could have archived more through this loan process. P.S. Dont get me wrong, making money through any channel is good but for me the vision was just not making money through this system

Na na na ... He is injured!!! Come on, mate ... the day has just started, please dont come up with such things

He could be injured ... Let's not try to make 2+2=4

Come on please ... I just couldnt think any worse and u pop up a name ... damn u, mate!!!

It really makes your heart sink!!! ... when after a good sleep, wake up in the morning, do all morning stuff then check the forum only to find the latest discussion happening in Transfer talk is about Danny Drinkwater

Seriously!!!

Mate, you cant just pick up the literal meaning of everything ... I meant to be among the best and surely not wanting that to happen like tomorrow. Yes we all know who are the 3 best team in the world but everyone is replaceable ... for a team which was considered to a mid level team before the Roman era to now being in the top 10, if the strategy is correct then we could well be in the top 3 in the next 10 years ... who knows!!!

I just hope that there is a solid plan that Conte and the board has for world domination (long term) and it is being carried out in the backend, I seriously hope and pray it is ... because now that little bit of worry has started to kick in. I just hope that the current situation is not going in the direction of "Beginning of the end for Conte!!!" ... P.S. Been overacting? Yes!!! Maybe those are just the nerves not settling down!!!

U and I both know the contribution of Mikel and that of Matic towards the title. Big teams/managers will always be on lookout for qualities (among others) from player who are winners and have won big trophies because they get the same mentality to the team. There is a reason why Matic is wanted by Jose and not Mikel, I cant help if someone cannot see that difference ...

U would be retarded to sell a player who has 2 winners medal in the last 3 year to someone who is our immediate rival when it comes to competing for the PL title. We arent a club which is money hungry currently ... we can afford to take a miss on such situation.

Ohhh Please!!! This is a team sport not an individual one ... I completely agree that Matic has been bad for us in the last 2 seasons but stating that only Kante was there and Matic just a passenger is just plain ridiculous. Matic had his moments and connected decently with Kante but we would had hoped it was much more. Plus Matic was instrumental under Jose when we won the title.

He might be useless but you just cannot forget his contribution in winning the title last season ... U cant deny that credit to him just like what Matic provided to us. I m not saying dont sell him (of course we need another CM before we let him go) ... I just dont want to see him go to a rival just because we make more money out of him.

Moses was termed useless until Conte came in ... The simple logic is that you dont sell your players to your rivals even if it's a average player. Period!!! Matic was more than average for us, while Jose wants a player who can provide the discipline of a DM and Matic provides that perfectly. So basically who is useless for us can turn to be a very good signing to United.

The underline message in Conte's quote is that Spurs you wouldnt reach the level that Chelsea or the other big club have reached ... So here is 100m for Kane, take it and sell him to us. Put Delle in the deal as well and we will give it a thought. Simple!!!

So we sold our bright futures and now we're going else where to sign one ... hmm ... Come on tabloids, atleast try to be creative and better !!!!

Not sure why it is crazy ... If your striker can give u the goals then how good is he technically becomes secondary. And that how I look at a player, he needs to deliver what he is employed for & be consistent about it. I mentioned it before that individual talent/potentials are very subjective ... for u a X player will be more talented than Y but for others Y would be more than X. Simple logic. I think what everyone were pointing (including me) is that if we are to invest into potentials then we should also consider the ones we have in hand, Bats didnt do a bad job last season when called upon ... Among the list of strikers on the market baring Aubameyang who is head and tails above the Batshiyais, the Morattas, the Bellotis in terms of performance the rest are pretty much in the same boat. They might be less talented or more but in terms of performance they are still looked as potentials. Anyways guess now our discussion wouldnt have much value since we already got our player ... Hoping that both our strikers can give out the good performances that is expected out of them.