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He is not ready, not convinced he is Chelsea quality yet. He needs to mature more. He is very much staying, quote: "I want to play the CL with Montpellier."

Should stay with Montpellier for another season, best for everyone.

He was great against ManU and played well in other notable Europa games, but he is not that player on a consistent basis in La Liga in fact not even close. I completely disagree with this thought process. It would be madness to pay 30m based only on potential, his current performance doesn't even come close to warrant that. I see him on a consistent basis, nothing i see from him to say i should splash 30m on the player. He has the potential, but your taking a big risk. I can't imagine any club doing so.

Cant understand why RDM hasn't tried Sturridge behind the ST enough, while playing Malouda on a numerous occasions there.

No he did not play well for Brazil in the double pivot, he was horrible...poor passer and out of position a lot. It is one of the reason why i think it will be a long time before he plays meaningful minutes for Brazil again. He was pretty good under Dunga in their 4-4-2(4-1-2-1-2) formation in the RM role, in fact that is Ramires best role RM/RW.

No its not, and definitely not by a long shot. And UEFA also disagrees.

Some of the shit i am reading on this thread is unreal.

No to Rossi, but i would go for Borja Valero.

He played better against Blackburn, he played more central against them which resulted in better decision making. He is selfish but sometimes overblown, its more to do with bad decision making and being uncomfortable out wide. He is a CF, and deserves the chance to compete with Torres and rotate with him next season. I think he is capable of also playing along side Torres in 4-4-2 or 4-4-1-1.

Supporters are happy that Mata is playing central, but you know what i think Cole is the happiest. For all the good Mata has done for the team, he was poor tracking back and constantly left Cole exposed. Moving Mata central has helped Cole performance and the rotation with Bertrand has done the same. He can play at a high level for another 1-2 years as long as we can manage his playing time. Plus the mentorship he has provided for Bertrand is invaluable, and Bertrand can still learn a lot from one of the best LB of his generation.

2 wide players- one of Lavezzi, Hulk, or Hazard. And someone cheapish to provide depth. A young creative mid- We need someone to rotate with Lampard, my preference is Ever Banega or Alex Witsel. RB- VDW will do fine for me, he seems to be a player that raises his level when surrounded with better players.

25m+ for a 28 year old RB/CB? I know if Ivanovic was playing for antother club, i would be pissed if Chelsea paid that for him. He is worth 20m masx, especially considering he would have no resale value 3-4 years. Lets face it Ivanovic is not the best going forward, attacking fullbacks are much more demanded in the modern game.

I don't think he has a place in the Brazilian team, and if he does make the 23-man squad i would surprised if he makes any meaningful appearance. I don't even know where he would play.

It would definitely help having another like Mata type player, a signing like Shinji Kagawa would be a good shout for that role. I was generally speaking playing a #10 is almost necessary when you have a lone poacher. We can blame and criticize Torres all we want, but tbf to him we tried to make him and play him like Drogba, and not even try to accommodate for his skill set. But as i said i am more optimistic players like Torres can succeed now that we have changed our formation and have Mata in the #10 role.

I am more optimistic a poacher would succeed in our system then i was in the beginning of the season. Mainly because 4-2-3-1 is much more suited for a poacher skills. 4-3-3 is more suited for a more rounded striker, who can drop back and link up plays between midfield and attack. Drogba and Messi are prime examples of that.

People should forget about Mourinho, not only he is staying at Madrid for another season, and no chance Roman would want to go back to his football brand. I would be surprised and maybe shocked if it was Capello, Benitez, or Blanc. They are also very defensive and too negative. If RDM gets passed over it will be for Guardiola, Bielsa or another very attack minded manager.

Aguero and Suarez have similar qualities to Hulk. Their dribbling and close control is the only players in the Pl who compare. He played 08-09 in China? 1. He never played in China, he played in Japan 2. He was playing in Portugal Your stats are also wrong, use this http://www.transferm...80562_2011.html you can't base everything on stats, also he wasn't healthy all season. He played most of those games with an injury.

He has been excellent for the last four season, he just happens to score more in the past two seasons. Hulk screams bust? I would say Falcao is a more likely to be bust, going by our past records with strikers. I would say Hulk is the safest and surest thing in the transfer market. Seeing how well players like Aguero and Suarez done, i would bet big Hulk will be a major success.

Hulk has been brilliant near end of the season, he has simply carried Porto to the title. He is not playing the same level as he was last season, but most Porto's players have not replicated last years success. Consider how much he has been relied on, i would say he had a great season. Some of you need to come down to reality, seriously believe Torres will be sold in the summer?

Who is the out of form striker?

I made no mention of Hulk. But this seems to be Porto transfer dealing when a player has a reasonable transfer fee. I don't think Hulk will go for 80m. But i do expect him to go for more then Falcao did last season. Falcao went for 40m and he has been worth the transfer fee. Hulk has been generally been known as the better player between the two,so you should expect him to go for more.

Paying above the buyout clause is impossible. Porto's president has said numerous times if one of his player is ready to leave and another team meet the clause then there will be no dialogue between the two clubs. I don't think it is sensible to sign another striker for 35M and above atm. We should at least wait another season, with proper wingers on the team and a whole season of Mata in the #10 role.

Nope his release clause was under 30m, that was before he signed a new contract with Porto. His new contract raised his buyout to 45m.

Mata, and yes he has been more consistent and shined brighter this season. faceplam worthy, nothing Mata could do when we had no intention of playing attacking football.

Should've been signed in the summer instead of Lukaku. Not hindsight said that in the summer when his buyout clause was 30m. Falcao depends a lot on crosses and most of his goals come that way, who would provide that at Chelsea?