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Last I heard is that he was going to assessed today and tomorrow to see if he can play against Benfica.

I was under the impression he is developed enough to make a move to European football. If that's not the case, we don't need another young potential to spend a season with our reserves and a couple on loan before being sold.

Same thing with the English football thread.

I'd take Ozil, though

Lampard: Chelsea's Champions League campaign will not affect domestic form http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=goal-lampardchelseaschampionslea

Apparently he's not doing too well at Vitesse: http://www.weaintgotnohistory.com/2012/4/2/2920052/chelsea-fc-loan-roundup-4-2-12

Chelsea chase £12.5m Ocampos http://www.givemefootball.com/premier-league/chelsea-chase-12-5m-ocampos I've heard quite a bit about the player but have never actually seen him play. What do you guys think? We do need a striker and I really don't want to see us pay 40m for a striker.

Wow!

^^ True. Courtois' 13 clean sheets in La Liga is second only to Barcelona who have 16. Casillas has 11. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/_/league/esp.1/spanish-primera-division?cc=4716

^^ I was more impressed with his performance against Hanover in the Europa League. He managed to keep his team in the match till they got that late winner. One particular save of a volley form close range was stunning.

Wenger

Let me just throw Coyle and Hodgson into the mix. Maybe even Grant.

I'm pretty sure he's playing at CB now, at least for the few Schalke games I've watched this season. In the Bilbao game in particular he was immense. Made some world-class tackles. I don't know much about the other guy, but now I'm intrigued. What's wrong with the Papadopoulos who plays for Olympaikos?

Yes Boriello is useless. I'd much rather start Matri or Del Piero (though I think he performs much better as a sub).

He can call it motivating, tactics, he can even call it pizza if he wants to whatever it is, it is working like magic.

Source: Goal Thanks

What a goal it was by Vidal! And Del Piero proving again that class is permanent regardless of the age. Juve are on fire atm, now to do it all over again at Palermo.

I'm sorry, but blaming AVB for Torres' form is utter ridiculous! Torres has had his chance and got much game time under Andre, more than he deserved if you asked me. And Andre backed him everytime a reporter asked about Torres always saying that he is a great team player and that there is more to his game than goals. When Drogba was at the ACON, he had more than a month were he was our main striker and started every single game at the expense of Lukaku who deserved to be given some sort of chance. But he wasted that opportunity with what was a few of his worst performances and misses ever. I realize it is easy to blame AVB but let's not kid ourselves lest we become as delusional as Liverpool fans blaming small details for the under-performance from our club and players. I am happy that he is finding some sort of form because that will increase his value in the market when we should sell him in the summer. Torres has been given a lot of excuses at chelsea like lack of service and other chelsea players hating him but one thing he can never complain about is lack of chances, and for me, till now he is yet to prove that he deserved to be the main Chelsea striker.

When did Torres score when Drogba was in the ACON??

Why? He seemed very impressive everytime I watched Schalke and he's only 20 years of age. (I assume you're talking about Papadopoulos?)

I am very disappointed. I came to this thread expecting some sort of April's fool like an 80m bid for Torres from Arsenal.

Thanks.

^^ I was just about to ask the same thing. The chat box is a bit annoying for people with slower internet connection (like myself).

I think we need a proper RB who will rotate with Iva and young CB with some potential ( Papadopoulos anyone? ) who will be willing to play 10-15 matches and filling in whenever needed the next couple of seasons. Or there is the absurd idea of actually giving one of our promising youngsters a chance and bring Bruma back next season.