OneMoSalah

If Courtois is allowed to leave then everyone who is involved in negotiating this transfer at Chelsea should be lynched.

Oh, thats not so bad then.

I feel sorry for the kid but obviously it was a major concern when he came back in to the game. Hes got a slim chance of playing regular football, Chelsea know it and he probably knew that as well.. just hope that injury isn't too serious like the other ones hes suffered so he can get another crack at it.

How about just cut his face off and glue it on to another footballer who is much much better and make him pretend to be Torres... simple procedure.

Very true but if Juve get any major injuries to either Pirlo, Marchisio, Vidal, Gionvinco, Chiellieni, Buffon etc they will be in a spot of bother. They have a few decent players that aren't in their first XI constantly but not much. Conte prefers to use his same XI every week, will ultimately cost them this year I reckon, especially if they go far in the CL. They are very hard to break down though as I seen in the game we drew with them but they aren't as great as people think considering Milan sell their best players nearly every 2 seasons so they can't build their team around their best players, Napoli are doing well but are basically new comers to the top 4-6 places compared to the rest plus Roma and Inter are rebuilding. Florentina could surprise a lot of people this year though. Anyway I think Inter will finish top 4 at least this year and continue rebuilding, they won't be a major force yet unless they spend big and get a lot of quality in January but I don't see them spending too big. Maybe they will sign Paulinho as the rumors are but I don't think they will get much others in.

If Lampard is fit and starts then I will headbutt my wall 40353 times.

meh true, would need to watch a few games of him to see if hes decent at defending and interceptions etc.

Really think Moratti sees the bigger picture with Stramaccioni. He just needs financial backing like what Mourinho got to spend 30 million on a certain 30 year old (Milito) and 15-20 million for Sniedjer etc. I really like Stramaccioni and hope he eventually comes to the PL, don't really follow Serie A but I've seen a improvement in Inter since he took over.

Hes able to play as a CM too. We need a CM!

and then sign all their good players they aren't using like Thiago

Only problem being does he want to wait a couple of years before getting a chance to fully establish himself or come here if we bid for him as we can offer him regular football (under Pep if he becomes coach at the end of the season too)? I think if we get Pep and go for him, we'll get him imo.

Deulofeu and Dongou (spelling?) will be both some players. Dongou reminds me of Samuel Eto'o which is a coincidence because he came to Barca through the Samuel Eto'o foundation.

I think next year he will be a regular for Spain. Well if he gets game time, he seems to be struggling for time under Tito. Plus Barca have a wealth of young players coming through/have younger players that play in midfield: Cesc, Sergi Roberto, Sergi Samper, Johnathon dos Santos and Rafinha, can't contemplate them all. Plus thats just the two more offensive players rather than the sitting position. Might have to sell one or two of them so why not test their resolve!

Hes really fallen off the radar a bit recently, hes a superb player. Technically hes amazing, don't believe how Del Bosque made him go play for the U21s again. If only he'd chose to play for Brazil, he'd start every game for them.

Well if you believe what will happen at the end of the season with Pep and Robbie we might as well consider signing this guy. Even in January tbh, we need a CM, hes not playing a lot at Barca so why not? Seems his progress has been halted in the last season or two. Was playing for Barca a lot under Pep, then they signed Fabergas and he ended up being sacrificed for Cesc. He was also in the Spanish national team until Vincente Del Bosque demoted him and well I've not heard much about him recently. Thoughts? Also looked for his previous thread, it was locked because he signed that contract extension when we were linked to him under Villas-Boas, maybe a mod could unlock it and merge these?

Ok Inter have conceded more than 2 goals in their last 8 games. They've conceded 5 in the last 8 games. Still they are producing results and winning games. Haven't lost away in the league yet, interesting to see how long that lats.

If we signed Cesc imagine how pissed Piers Morgan and the rest of Arsenal fans would be.... haha

They have only conceded 2 in the last 8 games I think (well thats what I read). Since they've played 3 at the back that is anyway. They have brilliant defenders tbh, always have in the last few years.

Seen a bit of him, looks like he'd be a good buy.

Anyone else fancy Inter to possibly win the league this year? Supposing their start has been great compared to last season. Surely you must ?

so yeah I think squad player was the perfect definition of this guy.

Settle down guys.

Looks like Andrea Stramaccioni is increasingly improving as a manager. His tactics are coming off especially in the big games, Inters squad isn't the most talented group in Serie A but they're playing together as a team and getting results. Hes got a versatile squad of players and hes using them to good effect.

Trying to get a reply off Oscar on twitter is hard fucking work

Oh I thought you meant Cesc now as in false 9 like Cesc...