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Well, he hasn't yet "played" technically. He would be if/when he does play for us. However he is NOT the first Colombian player to ever sign for Chelsea as that would be the currently on loan Joao Rodriguez.

Don't at all expect us to make another signing. Salah barely played and we have plenty of cover for attacking midfield positions as both Ramires and Remy can play on the right wing and Cesc can play 10. I am however a bit worried about lack of cover for Hazard's position....not that we ever seem to rest him anyway.

It annoys me because it promotes the advertisement of players over the whole club and individualism over team spirit. Because it should be "just a number" it annoys me that the club allows players to pick such unconventional numbers that allows them to stick out. Another effect of football turning into a money oriented business....but that does not hang on this case so it's not that important. Was just making an observation about the principle.

74 is stupid, but you can't blame him if the club allows it. More importantly, congrats and best of luck to him. Hope he can find the consistency that Schurrle could not and that can cement him in the first team.

He's made more than 10 PL appearances (14) but I remember reading that that rule has changed.

Always gave everything and scored some very important goals and had some incredible performances for us. Thanks for everything Andre and best of luck in your future.

@We Hate Scouse, right on cue:

Read the title but was too lazy to click on the link and read the whole story

Fucking hell, the talk about that throw in is reaching RAWK level of delusion! It's just a throw in! We gave the ball away cheaply and defended badly. Please get over the throw in.

And the worst photoshop job of the day goes to....

Mail saying we might let Brown go out on loan.

Not really "transfer" related, but Harry Kane signed a new 5-year deal with Tottenham. There's no denying he's been very good for them, but I can't help but feel that he will fizzle out next season and end up in league one in a few years...

Journo's on twitter saying we did.

I've always had a soft spot for Huth ever since he was ours. He always seems like an incredibly fun guy and even though he was never really Chelsea material, he's still a good tough no-nonsense traditional defender.

Deadline day thread! :yay: Mail saying Schurrle's dad and agent are in Wolfsburg. Cuadrado deal with Salah loan should be announced soon. Don't expect anything other than those news.

Always a chance for an upset in EPL and their absence increases that likelihood. People were saying the same before Burnley went to the Ettihad.

Ivory Coast through so Toure and Bony are unlikely to be available for City as well this weekend.

I thought the fans at the Bridge had the perfect reaction today. General polite applause for him but kept the focus on the team. A few trying to start "super Frank" chants were quickly drowned out by "Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea" cheers when he came on. That was brilliant by our fans. Frank looked a bit disappointed talking about after the match, seemed he imagined he'd get more. Does he genuinely not realize that he has damaged his image and status with the Chelsea fans? Surely he's too smart not to know.

I blame you, tbh...

Wasn't he speaking about a specific match when he said that? Because that would be one of the stupidest things to say if he was talking in general. I certainly wouldn't want a manager who acts like that. The only generalized "philosophy" a manager should have is that "I will always try my best to do what is in the best interest of the club within the laws and regulations of the game."

I just have one question for you:

We were missing the league top scorer and top assister. You can't criticize our attacking play when we have scored the most goals in the league.

5 point gap and Zouma MOTM.