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"Ship him abroad", "send him to a mud league"... some people seriously think that players are slaves that must do everything we say

Trades don't happen in real life.

Let's enjoy all the great things he did this season and the great goals he scored. It's easy to forget just how good he was for that first half a season, absolutely monstrous. Have a look... THAT Diego is better than any other striker in the EPL. I will miss that guy.

Some impressive finishes there.

What makes you think either Bonucci or Luiz can't play on the sides if Cahill and natural full-back Azpi can? Are they so untalented in your opinion? If there is any chance we can get Bonucci there is no question. When people are complaining that we are not making first class signings and only penny pinching with B-class stars, well you can't go much higher than Bonucci in that regard.

Where do you get this information?

Oh, okay. I was already ready to pounce on Costa for this

Source? I read that Costa replied something, but where did you see it was "mind your own business"?

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Have to admit I'm getting excited over the idea of Lukaku playing for us. The main thing being that he sincerely wants to be here, unlike Costa. That and his amazing scoring record. He has all the tools to become better than Costa, if he isn't already. We'll finally have an aerial threat we haven't had since Drogba. He's only 24 but has been a prolific goalscorer since 16. Sign him up.

Okay. If those opinions on Matic are your sincere views and you aren't taking the piss out of him and us, then I apologize for calling you a troll.

You can't hide behind the "English isn't my first language" excuse. You get your points across very clearly despite broken English. Like for example claiming Matic to be the best midfielder in our history after "maybe" only Zola And not to mention other gross overestimations of Matic. You barely speak about other subjects if at all, which leads me to believe you aren't a fan of Chelsea, but of Matic. You are either a troll or a Matic fanboy, which is very unusual and would explain your skewed understanding of our club and its history.

The guy is clearly trolling despite claiming he isn't. We've seen a few like him here before, they are pretty good at convincing people they aren't trolls, you just have to pay attention to the ridiculous things they're saying to realize it. No reason to be upset, this place can use some humour.

The timing of this makes me think that we have now clinched the Lukaku deal (or someone else?) and Conte simply gave Costa a timely heads-up so he can start looking for a new club immediately. Hence the SMS, not in person, because they probably won't be meeting face-to-face for some time and it would not make any sense to waste this time just to preserve the "dignity" of saying this in person. Plus is it some kind of soap opera for some people here that the most intriguing discussion is about the sms? It's not like a boyfriend and girlfriend in Home&Away are breaking up ffs He conveyed his professional message to his player, let it be via text, call, MORSE code or bloody messenger pigeon for all we should care as long as Diego got the hint.

Is this his first major injury at Chelsea?

What a fucking beauty that was from Mandzukic!

Maybe this is the real reason we're looking at Lukaku?

R.I.P. Lampard

Hazard is not a defender, "league's best player" doesn't mean anything here. I'm sure Messi is easily nutmegged too. If he was the league's best defender, then that would be worth mentioning.

I know, Matic has been important and if we still had Mikel starting for us we'd be drooling over Matic. My response was because it seemed to me like you were blaming Mikel for ending up 10th, when he rarely played in the worst half of our season, but instead featured prominently in our best period that saw us finish 10th. Wanted to address this underappreciation.

What would we do with Martial? Backup/competition to Costa? Yes. First choice striker? No, we can do better. His only other position, where he is considerably worse btw, is already occupied by Hazard. So I don't see a place for him unless he's ready to sit on the bench again and fight for the team when needed, not sulk like he's been doing at Utd.

You are absolutely right. There is no room for soft sentimentality like in the cases of Cech and Mata. Shit's getting serious and we need to be ruthless or risk getting left behind.

I am of the opinion that Mahrez could find that drive again he had in that title winning season with Conte and with our ambitions. Leicester as a whole was bad this season, we as the ones who suffered similar consequences after a title winning season should understand a bit that a failed season doesn't mean the player is bad. The negative momentum of the situtation just sucks everybody in and some kind of change is needed to rediscover your form, like our players have this season. Kante didn't stay, joined us instead and maintained his level or even upped i. I think had he stayed at Leicester he would have been sucked in too and we would be having question marks over him. What I'm trying to say is that I would take him for a reasonable price, so that risk-reward relation makes it feasible. Leicester also aren't in a position to play hardball, because he has expressed his wish to leave publicly and I believe handed in a transfer request. The trump ace is in the buyer's hands, and we even signed Kante for peanuts after a worldie season even though he didn't kick up any fuss. I believe we can get him for less than £30 mill, maybe even around £20 mill region.

Is that from some movie?

Do you think Pedro would accept being backup if that was the reason he left barcelona? Will Willian accept another season on the bench? If we sign somebody to their position then there is a chance both will leave, and we will need to sign and integrate at least two new players in addition to other more pressing issues. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk