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Ha! Trying reading the rules a bit, it helps. Good luck!

Yeah, no official fee disclosed, but all the sources reporting that the fee is 40.1m that could rise to about 48 with bonuses (both in pounds).

Wait, you were gone?!

Great guy and a great footballer. I wish him all the best and trust that he'll have an excellent future at PSG. But I have to say it was amazing business for us and hope that money gets utilized wisely.

Actually JT was a united fan and I'm pretty sure Frank wasn't a Chelsea fan before he moved here. Lukaku and Schurrle are fans, though, if that helps..

I heard it was 49.5M€, or 40.1M£ according to L'equipe. Anyway, it doesn't make much of difference.

Only bad part about this transfer. I might have to actually give credit to Neil Ashton

We're trying to get it done before the PSG broad of directors sober up!

Actually that's just the same article our Seb wrote, they just changed the title. He's not, that I know, affiliated with WAGNH.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1w60cw_mourinho-the-power-of-football_sport

If it helps, I think he is likely to leave, just not for anything near 50m!

I was excited about the 50m till I saw the source was Neil Ashton... How would Cundy know anything about Chelsea transfers?

Missed you around here, Kerry!

Wow! That interview really wasn't holding back with his questions, especially at the start.

Get him one of those huge cakes with the stripper inside! Why not just post the actual link to vote!

She really needs a nose job too!

Started and played 60 mins in the first match of the Toulon Tournament. Chalobah was an unused sub. England beat Qatar 3-0.

Awwww!

Describe your dream wife and dream job.

Massive congrats, bro!

"Having both me and Petr at the club would not be the smartest choice." If that is completely normal, give me one quote by Petr in the last decade where he talked to the media about what the club and manager should and should not do or what would be a smart choice by them and what wouldn't regarding an issue that the club has not yet made a decision about. Forget Cech, when has any of our players said something similar? Even JT who is our captain is more entitled to speak in the name of the club, when has he ever talked about his personal opinion on what the club or manager should and should not do to the press? Secondly, if that was the first time he's spoken about the issue then no one would have said a thing, but coming off the back of the million thing about the club that he and his father should not have said, it really gets pretty annoying. You can't compare the two. Jose is the manager. It's his job to handle the media and speak in the name of the club in front of them. You have the right not to like the way he does it, but it is his job. Thibaut is a player, it certainly isn't his job to talk about what should and shouldn't happen in the press.

You're missing the point. Whether or not it's true is completely besides the point. He should not be discussing the matter publicly and he certainly shouldn't be saying what decisions the club and the manager may or may not take are wrong and which are right. And if this was the first time he's said something like he did then no one would have complained but he's basically had his foot in his mouth since the day we signed him.

1) No, it's most definitely not 'democracy'. He's first and foremost an employee for Chelsea and he has a duty to preserve the reputation and image of the club. It's in the contracts of all the players. Calling it democracy is ridiculous. Imagine all the players in the world slagging off their manager and their clubs every time they aren't picked or don't get the wages they want because its "democracy"! 2) Of course they keep asking him, they know he tends to stay stuff that he really should but that makes great headlines and articles that sell a lot. Of course there is a point in repeating that that's not what he's thing about right now, the point being not to say anything that the club wouldn't want him to and not to turn this issue of internal affairs at teh club into a public issue being debated through the press and media. 3) Completely besides the point. He can share all his concerns he wants with the club as long as he does so directly and privately, not through the media. I don't know if he is doing it intentionally or not but he is putting a lot of pressure on the club and on Jose through the media, a pressure that can influence their decisions and ultimately Chelsea's best interest.

No problem because it's honest? So you would have no problem if he goes out tomorrow and says stuff like "Chelsea ruined football by buying all their success and are now ruining it again with defensive tactics" or "Jose is disrespectful and will never be as good as Pep" or "Roman is just a mafia man who has made all his money illegally" if that's his honest opinion? Since when is being honest with the press a good thing?! He should not be talking about what the club and the manager should and should not do and what Cech wants and doesn't want to do next season. The answer to that question is "All my focus right now is on the CL final and after that it will be on Belgium and the WC. After the WC I'll get together with Chelsea and see what happens next season." It's not like that's the first time he spoke about Chelsea. He's been saying stuff he shouldn't say since that first interview when he first joined and said that the club told him that Petr will not be around for long because of his elbow problem. Every other week it's either him or his father with quotes about the club in the press. And it's only ever created bad publicity for the club. He needs to do his talking on the pitch and in training and shut up elsewhere.