Pizy

Hopefully it's not Douglas Costa. I'll admit that I'd be a bit upset if we sold Schürrle for someone he's better than.

Didn't José say yesterday that Schürrle was selected and could start? I think maybe that "exceptional" offer may have come in.

Would be sad to see him go if he does. Much like Demba Ba you could tell André really tried his hardest to be a part of things and loved being a Chelsea player.

Salah sure did get back from negotiations in Roma quickly.

I....really want us to sign him now. I need a shiny new toy to fawn over. Just thinking about the possibility of wingers on both sides of the pitch being able to blaze past a defender and play aggressively gets me excited. You see even average wingers in this league can be very effective, so the prospect of adding a potentially top class one sounds good to me.

Just imagine the side Mourinho would assemble if you handed him £150m to spend right now. We really would win the quadruple. They're in 4th and struggle repeatedly against lower league opposition.

Most expensive squad ever assembled in England.

£30m? Shaktar's # should now be blocked at the Bridge.

Agreed.If we can move Salah and bring in Cuadrado then we'll have done some fantastic business but I'm not sure I want to see Schürrle leave.

I thought he was speaking about Schürrle when saying it would take an "exceptional" offer?Seems like any deals depend on what happens with André. He's the domino that would set in motion any moves. If we don't get a big money offer for him then we do no business this window in my opinion.

Sounds to me like an offer for Schürrle has clearly been submitted to us but it's not quite enough for us to sell. Yet.

Just when I'm starting to really warm to the idea of Cuadrado, shit is starting to go wrong and we may settle for a mediocre player instead.

I really hope we don't settle for Douglas Costa if we dont get Cuadrado. I'd rather just keep what we have. He's not an upgrade at all.

Yeah, wouldn't surprise me either way. Though, as transfers and transfer deadlines get close José will sometimes be open about things.He was with Willian and Costa.

Surely we'll hear something about these rumors in a bit at the press conference. José will usually at least admit something's going on.

Suddenly, signing Cuadrado sounds great...

May as well relocate the Brazilian embassy to Stamford Bridge.

I've been checking around a few oppositions forums and they all seem more worried about us signing him than our own fans are excited at the prospect.

Keep in mind that the standard of opposition Willian is up against is much more difficult than what Cuadrado faces. These stat charts are pretty meaningless.

Even if both Salah and Schürrle go would we really be after another right sided attacking player? Willian, Cuadrado, and Reus would be far too many to keep happy.If we buy Cuadrado then I'd think our business would be done as far as attacking players go.

We'll be kicking ourselves if we spend on Cuadrado now and see Reus go to another English club in the summer. Like someone said, it may be smarter to wait and see who's available next window. Some top, world class player may be unsettled or out of a contract. Think Cuadrado is a good player but we should wait for a great one instead.

So have we signed Big Quad yet?

Well that's that, then. Deal off.

Come on, Mak. Not like we're getting Hulk here.

If it's Salah being sacrificed in this deal then I'd be satisfied but not if it means Schürrle gets sold. As bad as he's been lately I think he's got too much upside and potential to get rid of. He's a player I think we'd regret selling.