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He got rid of KdB because we all know KdB is not a winger. His best position is the "Oscar role". Mourinho would have either been playing him out of position, or have lost face from playing KdB over Oscar. Oscar is his number ten, that was established with the Mata debacle. Oscar is his long-term choice to be a midfield stalwart. So that more or less made Kevin an expendable figure. Hence why he left. Its that simple

If that was the case there would be a thousand and one articles saying thus... there aren't.

He will. As an academy coach. Can't see him being happy to be 3rd/4th choice next season.

Wish him all the best. Hope he can knock those arrogant Bayern cocks off top spot.

Basically cost Bolton the tie the minute he fluffed that header. 2-0 and it was game, set and match. Two minutes later they were down to 10 men. Game of fine margins, ain't it?

Agreed. I think we have the right to be upset at him and the way he was so deceitful in his move, but hate him? Can't understand that. Besides, I fully expect everything will calm down now. We'll probably never play against him again. Unless we draw City in the UCL... fuck.

People are writing him off already and he probably hasn't even had a training session for Chelsea, let alone played a game. He'll tear this league up. Watch.

I just wish Roy Hodgson was still in club management to try and hear him pronounce "Cuadrado".

Champions League winner Ryan Bertrand has left Chelsea following a deadline day transfer to Southampton. The 25-year-old full-back initially joined the Saints on loan last summer, and has played regularly with the south coast club, where he has made 27 appearances so far. Bertrand, a Chelsea Academy product, made his debut in April 2011 and just over a year later lifted the Champions League on his first European outing for the club. He remains the only player ever to make his European bow in the final of the competition. In total, Bertrand made 57 Chelsea appearances, scoring two goals. Meanwhile it has been confirmed that Juan Cuadrado will wear the number 23 shirt vacated by Mark Schwarzer.

That was a fake account.

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Andre Schurrle has completed a £22m move from Chelsea to Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg. The winger, 24, was in Germany's World Cup-winning squad, scoring twice in the 7-1 semi-final victory over Brazil and playing in the final against Argentina. He joined Chelsea for £18m from Bayer Leverkusen in June 2013 and scored 14 goals for the club. Schurrle's transfer should bring closer Fiorentina's Juan Cuadrado's arrival at Stamford Bridge. The Colombia winger, 26, is set to complete a £23.3m move from the Italian club to the Blues. Cuadrado has already agreed personal terms with the Premier League leaders and passed a medical. Schurrle was mostly used as a substitute by manager Jose Mourinho and came off the bench to score in the 1-1 draw with title rivals Manchester City in September. Last month, Mourinho said it would take a "phenomenal" offer to sell Schurrle in the current transfer window. Click here to view the article

Juan Cuadrado has completed his transfer to Chelsea from Fiorentina. Arriving for a reported £23.3 million, the Colombian international's arrival has only now been officially announced after a slight hitch in his paperwork was ironed out this morning. To appease Fiorentina it's been agreed that Mohamed Salah will move in the other direction on loan. Salah only joined Chelsea in January 2014 - but after failing to impress Jose Mourinho, the Egyptian will be sent to reinvent himself in Serie A. Fiorentina manager Vincenzo Montella, on whether his side have been weakened by the deal, said: "We’ve lost a top player but I see similar characteristics in Salah. I don’t think it’s a step backwards". Cuadrado, viewed by Chelsea as a replacement for forward Andre Schurrle who's closing on a move to Wolfsburg, joined Fiorentina in 2012 from Udinese and has been a regular in Montella's side since. The Colombian has scored four goals and set up four more in 17 league appearances for the Serie A side this season. Click here to view the article

He's an outstanding goalkeeper but the poster put up a formation with ten players....

So here's a better idea: let's open the game up even more for City by attacking with our twelve fit outfield players, most of whom played 120 minutes of a semi-final on Tuesday night. What a brilliant tactical idea that would have been. We had a shit hand dealt to us yesterday but we still managed to make a fist of things. Considering the circumstances, and the fact it was a "do not lose" match, we should be content with a point. I don't like the way we sat off either, but the players were clearly jaded and considering how dominant City were in terms of possession and territory, we made them look toothless. How many times did they really test us? Twice? Can't be disappointed with that. We could play shit football like last year for all I care. I just want to win a trophy, which is an obligation, as you quite rightly assert. A trophyless season would be unacceptable given the quality of this squad.

He's not, though, is he? If he was the main goalkeeper beyond doubt he'd have started every game. At the minute he's played about 66% of our games this season. I think that's far less than most people would have expected from him. I don't have to admit that Courtois was labelled as supernatural because I was one of the level-headed few who realised he isn't the second coming of Dino Zoff or Gordon Banks as so many people on here imagined him to be. He is an outstanding goalkeeper, but so is Cech. Both have made mistakes but that doesn't take anything away from them. It was an error yesterday, yes, but you can count on one hand how many mistakes he's made all season so far.

Guaranteed they'll break their goals drought. Can't see us winning. Bogey team. This isn't me being negative. This is just how football works. Villa are the type of team to roll over for our opponents before channelling their inner Real Madrid against us.

We've got ages to iron it out. It's obviously all signed, sealed and delivered and the club is waiting on the paperwork to be finalised. Medical and personal terms will all have been sorted by now.

But let's look at the teams he has played against. Apart from Arsenal, we could have played with eleven outfielders against the rest and just played rush keeper.

He was culpable for a mistake yesterday, but defensively it wasn't our finest hour. Azpi beaten far too easily by Navas, Courtois flapping at a cross, and Ivanovic not being proactive enough to see Silva was lurking on the follow-up from Aguero. All goalkeepers make howlers. Cech made multiple last season, doesn't make him a bad goalkeeper. He's been let down by the defence a number of times this season, he's only returning the favour! As a team we've shipped 20 goals in 23 games this season. Maintaining that rate (which should only improve; I can't see us conceding five goals in a game again too many times this season) would mean we'd end the season having conceded 33 in the entire league campaign. I'd say that's pretty damned good, IMO.

SCENES. He's staying. The official club calendar says so. Shit pic, yes, as it's not mine.

He isn't the best pundit in the world. But he's honest, he has no particular agendas, and he is the most impartial (obviously he is slighted biased towards Manchester United but that is entirely understandable) of any pundit on English television at the minute.

de Gea: 22 goals conceded in 23 PL games. Forster: 16 goals conceded in 22 PL games. Proof Fraiser Forster is the best goalkeeper since Dino Zoff. Aren't statistics wonderful.

Stick a goalkeeper in there and they have a great shout!