Sheva.

We were lucky to beat them with a parked bus yes, but it's the best possible way. Many teams have tried to take them on and failed miserably.

I don't find tiki taka fun to watch, i'd rather watch Real Madrid, they play better football as far as i'm concerned. Ibrahimovic didn't work out - wasn't that because Pep decided to put him out wide and play Messi in the middle? not sure but i remember him scoring a lot of goals, before having problems with Pep.

Do you think Pep will set-up to play ugly if we run into Barca next season? i doubt it. And he'll end our good run against them in the process

I don't see the so called 'sexy football' Pep plays. He had no Plan B when it mattered the most at Barca. I'm just not confident about him succeeding here, which is why i don't want him.

Except Meireles and Ramires.

No. Isn't he a DM? i don't know much about his style of play, but he doesn't look like the type of player we need. (When i watched Bilbao this season, he always played at CB)

Lmao all these transfer rumours and the window hasn't even opened yet.

He's not a diver.

there's the usual 'Chelsea representative' he/she is always available.

Lol. If he wasn't going to Chelsea i am 150% sure his agent, or even Chelsea would have denied it already.

Alright. I'm not expecting him to be world class, but going by what i have seen of him, and his assist stats, i am expecting someone a lot better than Malouda and Kalou. Same here.

? he's always been a starter, this past season he spent a lot of time out with injuries.

I love all this talk about Hazard-Mata-Hulk, but what about defensive duties? Hazard-Mata-Ramires is more balanced for me, with Ramires playing on the wing where the opponents are most dangerous (in big games)

Yeah i can understand that. Still surprised he picked Chelsea, 'cos i thought the chance of playing behind Rooney, and being coached by SAF would surely appeal to him. Glad to be wrong though

Almost every reliable media outlet are reporting us signing him - even before he made the "Champions of Europe" tweet. And on SSN they said the club gave him permission to reveal his decision on twitter, so obviously it's close to a done deal and only a matter of time before it's made official.

Like what? stop being so pessimistic

He played all 38 league games for Lille last season (48 apps in total). Same as the season before (52 apps in total). In 09/10 he played 37 league games (52 apps in total). Safe to say he's not injury prone, also considering the fact he was the most fouled player in Europe's top divisions last season.

I'm not so sure about signing Hulk now. I preferred him to Hazard, but now we've got Hazard i don't think we have to sign him. -----------Torres------------ Hazard---Mata---Ramires/Marin This is good enough imo. I'd rather spend the 35m for Hulk on 2 players - Witsel, and VDW to rotate with Ivan.

Olivier Giroud. Arsenal target, quality striker.

Hate on Barca or what??

Brilliant!

78m might not even be right, because Belgian sources say his wages will be around 100k, while the Telegraph was saying 170k.

Lukaku should not get #11 just because some people believe he's the next Drogba. And i'll go back to your earlier quote and say "he does not deserve it"