Blue-in-me-Veins

Chelsea never sign my favorite players lol I’ve been with this man since his Inter days. My fucking son will be in a Chelsea kit next season - these are genuine tears man.

Love the mentality of Ruben deciding to stay at Chelsea. He will get so much guidance and tutelage under Sarri training under him the entire season. And 2nd - with Europa league, I have no doubt he will get playing time and first team starts.

I had all the faith Maurizio Sarri would come and bin this man. Need Milan to buy him outright next season, one of the worst purchases I've ever seen alongside Danny Drinkwater. Goodbye and good-riddance.

Still can't believe we signed my son Mateo Kovacic. Chelsea really signed one of my favorite players in footy. Time for Sarri to fix Kovacic after Zidane ruined his development. Madness incoming this season.

@OneMoSalah Marcelino plays a 442, so he needs many strikers for his system, around 3/4. In Sarri's system - the number of 1v1s that will be generated and the ability to be a fox in the box Batshuayi would have banged for us. And easily become our #1 strikers by November. His contributions per 90mins remains to be off the charts even dating back to his time at Marsielle. And his xG per shot also remains ridiculously high. If you want to hold Batshuayi to the limited run-ins he got, I got twice the amount of tape of Morata shitting up the joint - the sooner we move from him the better. I really wish Batshuayi would have trusted Sarri more, had full faith he would have banged for us. Sad situation all around imo, the goals will be a major issue for us this season.

Loaning out our best Striker.

So pissed we didn't sell him to Milan when we had the chance. Was done with this man after he missed a hat-trick of 1-on-1's against Arsenal. Will never challenge on the big stage with Morata leading the line - I've never seen a striker who has such limited shooting technique.Every shot from Morata has to be inside right-foot, it's so frustrating. Was hoping we would have signed Gonzalo Higuain when we were heavily linked from him. Shame.

A new journey is upon us tomorrow. Bring on SarriBall

In the minority here, but I’ve always been a supporter of Courtois. Man has been a fantastic GK for CFC. Just because he’s not a yer da ‘ blind loyalist shouldn’t lead to people acting like he wasn’t a Top GK for us. Let him go to Spain and be with his family, that's obviously at the heart of his refusal to extend his contract. People forget, but at the end, Cech was very shaky dealing with crosses, FKs & corners. TBO stepped in and showed A1 command of his penalty area. Admittedly, he hasn’t pulled off many “iconic” performances like Cech, DDG or even Atletico TBO, but he’s been solid nontheless.

Yeah I agree with you and @Tomo on that.

I wasn’t clear enough I’m afraid. Im under the same assumption that CFC are hiring Sarri, and that Martial will he used as a ST/LW and Morata will force through his move to Juventus. Martial isn’t a RW, but Leon Bailey is sitting right there for Chelsea to snap up and If Willian leaves then Pedro will be kept i assume. Basically this is what I think we look like. Hazard/Martial——Batshuayi/Martial——Bailey/Pedro.

My compromise is this, next season at most only one of Willian or Pedro should be at chelsea. At most. If we have both come August, we riot.

I highly doubt we can attain Martial without letting go of Willian. That's the only way United could justify selling him within the league imo, because they'd be getting a "proven" commodity in Willian. We know Willian talked to Mourinho + United last summer, so I think it's only logical that it would be a Martial/Willian swap deal.

Minute that match ends vs Newcastle United, I expect him on the first plane to Las Palmas. Should not be anywhere near the team next season.

I highly anticipate Chelsea switching to a 433 next season, but even then......Fabregas' influence needs to be limited next season. The way Conte used him last season was most ideal. He was predominately on the bench, and used very sparingly. Football is all about athleticism + pressing, and hiding Fabregas's defensive deficiencies is getting harder and harder to do. Seeing reports chelsea want Jean-Michael Serri, and if that's the case, then Fabregas' time here at Chelsea may be drawing to a close. Not sure who will take him though with his age/high wages and with his contract due to expire next summer... I expect we'll just keep him and let his contract run-down.

Praying United are dumb enough to go through with this Martial for Willian swap deal. I would drive Willian there myself. Couple reasons why I think this story has legs, is because, we all know how Chelsea feel about giving 30 year-olds new contracts. Last summer Willian tried to secure a new contract + even admitted to talking with Mourinho/United. I anticipate he will try again to secure a new contract and with Martial being 22 and Willian being 30, this should be a no-brainer. *Don't forget Nemaja Matic also wanted to secure a new contract at 29 years-old but the main hold-up with Chelsea was the weekly wages.* We need to ship Willian AND Pedro out this summer. Get younger more dynamic RWs.

100% This. I'm not too bothered if Morata stays or goes to be honest. Just know if Morata goes to Juventus it would be all his doing. We're not that ruthless to players to give up on them after 1 season. Chelsea officials knew Morata's transition would be difficult. However, like @Tomo has just said above. If Maurizio Sarri is our new manager, Martial under him would be unreal. Just look at the work Sarri has done with Mertens, a former LW who shares many of the same football qualities as Martial. A strikeforce of Martial/Batshuayi is more than solid enough. Hazard-Martial-Bailey under Sarri. Yeah, that's football heaven.

Ding Ding Ding. This is exactly how I and quite a number of CFC fans I know feel like. Being defensively solid + countering to devastating effecg is what’s won us trophies under the Roman Era. But going through a season like this one... where I and many others feel it has been such long-tedious chore just to watch us “play” football—it has a very short life cycle when it isn’t guaranteeing Top 3/4 finishes and no UCL Qtrs. And like you said, with Pep pulling a madness for the foreseeable future, why not hire a true project-based/attack-minded manager that may bring a fresh perspective to the club.

Which manager do you think CFC hire or keep (in that case) ? Because right now we’re complaining non existent attacking football. We’re looking at a team that has the worst xG attacking output of the top 6 sides & stale attacking automatisms that most clubs have sussed out. The options for CFC as it stands are: Keep Conte, hire Enrique or Tuchel. All managers have their tactical pros and cons. But it’s all about making the right managerial trade-offs that the club thinks will pay the most dividends in the future.

I doubt Inter would sell but Icardi would be the perfect Chelsea striker.

Fully expect False 9 for 60mins, and then for Conte to try and go for it in the final 30mins.

Imagine being PSG and wanting Antonio Conte. Makes little to no sense for PSG imo.

Yeah.. the people who authorized the signing of Drinkwater and Baka should be relieved of all duties concerning CFC. Such an appalling CM signing.

The feelings are mutual. Behind the jokes, man is legit worried about Top 4, Hazard/Courtois, Barcelona 2nd Leg, etc. These next few months are huge.

Antonio! Antonio! Antoniooooooooooo