themightyblue

Ok so its being reported in portugal as well. Maybe its true.......

Wouldn't believe anything written yet in all honesty, at the moment its all just pure guesswork and we know what the british media are like. I do think we're pretty much there but i very much doubt we'll go to 38m

We all know the tradition of the La Masia academy, Barcelona are a one in a million team when it comes to production of young talent. Its easier in Spain too as its less focused on the physical aspects of the game

We bought him for his potential to become a great player and the position he'll do that in is as a CM. We bought Ramires as a DM and looks what happened to him, he's playing all over the place. I've seen Josh more than enough times to make a sound judgement on him, he'll become an absolutely quality player but we don't just need to chuck him in at the deep end. Bar Wilshere, how many young players at the top clubs are chucked in the first team at the age of 18 or 19?

So the L'Equipe journalist said Hazard would be 36m euros plus add ons which is about 28m pounds If reports are too believed, Hulk is 45m euros which is about 36m pounds. 64m for two outstanding talents isn't bad going for Chelsea

Just ask yourself this, if Brana was suspended for a semi final in the CL against Madrid, would you be confident in Sam playing?

Its probably likely that the fee will be officially agreed today Then Hazard will officially sign after the game

Probably just rumours, doesn't it have to go on the stock exchange site?

Just reading on Twitter that apparently ABola are reporting that Hulk to Chelsea is a done deal and is to be announced in a few hours. 45 million euros

Basically 5 players as Josh and Kdb are already our players

It was being reported that Vertonghen was going to Spurs today to have a medical, so maybe they've both been allowed to go sort out their deals

Read this website Most promising player in the Jupiler league 'Anderlecht’s young Brazilian Fernando Canesin took the league by storm at the beginning of the season. He then disappeared from view but he looks certain to be a force in years to come. Genk’s Chelsea-bound Kevin De Bruyne had an inconsistent season – troubled by injury – but his performances in central midfield towards the end of the season marked him out as a special talent.' http://belgofoot.squarespace.com/ The reason De Bruyne was on the wing at Genk was due to there not being many other options, but he found his best form at centre mid. He's not ready because although looking good at passing at Chelsea level and England under 21's, he doesn't have the workrate or tackling ability yet to be a starter for Chelsea. Ferguson sent out Welbeck on loan to the likes of Preston and Sunderland before giving his chance and breakthrough and saw no need to rush him, which is what we should do. Josh's time will come but as demonstrated by his time at Swansea, he's not good enough just yet and needs gametime elsewhere to mature as a player

Wonder how reliable Le Soir is?

Mceachran will probably be out on loan

I doubt whether its true or not, but this would be a class signing

We also just signed a massive deal with Audi, got rid of Drogab, Kalou, Bosingwa, Benayoun, Zhirkov, Anelka, Alex and possibly Essien. Our sponsorship deal with Adidas and Samsung is also yet to be signed too put it in shorter terms we've made an absolute shit load of money this season which is why even with signings gourlay said we're close to breaking even. You highlighted a key problem there when you said 'Meireles rotated' and which is why i think we'll get a CM because we can't have Lamps playing 40 games again this season, we need someone who can displace him and play regularly and Meireles isn't good enough in all honesty although a useful squad player

He's 19.......

Go do some research mate, Kdb only played on the wing for Genk due to a lack of options and he came through there academy as a CM. The last part of their season in Belgium, Kdb played in the central midfield role and was one of the best players in the league. We know Josh isn't ready because firstly he hasn't got a set position and thirdly because he can go missing in games. If we're playing Josh in the double pivot he currently lacks the strength to perform a role for us there and if we play him in the No 10 he's not quick enough on the ball like Mata. You can't be obsessed with bringing youth just because they've been on the professional circuit for two years Bertrand's only making it likewise for Welbeck and Cleverley. You can't compare Hazard to Mceachran, because Haard broke through a team which doesn't have a lot of pressure to perform due to not challenging for titles year in year out, whereas we have that pressure on us. Look at how Fergie uses his kids for the perfect example of bring youth through

Judging by what the journo's are saying and even Dan Levene who has connections to the club Bob Cass ‏@Bob_Cass Reliably informed that Chelsea's buying days are far from done. They'll be the summer's big spenders. I'm pretty sure signing Hulk will have no implications on us also going for a CM if Emenalo thinks its necessary. We finished 6th and i doubt Roman would take that too likely, but for now Hulk is a must as Ramires isn't viable option to be our winger all season

Hulk kind of just beasted it there

Hulk and Neymar :blue scalf:

Just for the record, these figures being thrown around by the media here are probably all bullshit. They don't have a clue whats going on in terms of the negotiations and are doing it based on pure guesswork as they'd have no means of finding out especially as we've become so secretive with our transfers. No need to worry about fee, i'm sure the board will do whats best for the club

Kdb is a CM and is likely to play in the double pivot. Kakuta once again had an average loan after making a good start. Ramires can play as a dm, look at what Toure does for Man City, if Ramires can work on his passing then he'd be brilliant. Would make his burst from deep a much stronger weapon too as they'd be more unexpected. Your overrating Piazon and Josh too they have a long way to go, before thinking about being in the first team. There's no need to rush them as it could potentially be bad for there careers. There time will come, but in the short term there not the answer, Josh was already struggling at Swansea and nobody knows his best position yet

I doubt we'll pay more than 35m

We're about to sign Hazard and probably Hulk without a manager. Pep or Rdm would hardly make a difference