Fernando

Discuss all you want but 37 million for a bench warmer is really a lot of money. If it's true then mourinho and the club will have a tough decision to make.

Should be interesting to see if scolari puts him into the starting 11 for his team. I think at this point he is offering more then hulk.

Sell him if it means we get Rooney. That was the story back in the summer but people where going wild. Now giving the situation it seems like something mourinho would love.

Yeah I agree that teamwork is key. It is no surprise that mata hardly gets into Spain because he can't offer the balance like the other players do.

Just put him out of his misery and sell him now.

What kdb couldn't learn from azpi.Love this dude and his attitude. Need more players like that in our team.

Harsh true, but it's the truth.

You said it right, for a nice price. Culture, history and identity? Funny thing is that's what arsenal fans are always preaching and say how we have none......

If he's good hes good. I prefer we buy players who are good, not because they are English. If we need English we just buy some horrible to mediocre player like Turnbull and sit them in the bench to fill our quota. But other then that, I don't buy into buying English core just for the sake of it. They have to be good, and that's that. And I agree with you in Shaw, I would prefer him. Not because he's English, but because he is good and has a higher ceiling.

Well he did said this: And what of talk Mourinho could have replaced Ferguson at Old Trafford? When asked if he thought about it before joining Chelsea, he said: "No. Because of Chelsea." I was saying that those statement made it sound like he was wishing he was there, a secure place where they won't fire for any shenanigans like Roman and company do.

Not really. It's just only because of the home grown rule. But other then that, English players are really horrible overpriced. So why the hell do I want them for if they are not good enough? You got it, because of the homegrown rule. If that didn't existed we would be like Inter, having a team full of international players and little to nothing local talent.

Did you actually read this? "He is not under pressure of 'lose one match and lose your job'. He is stable, probably more stable than many of us in the Premier League. "He will have time to rebuild his team, he will have a budget to buy players. "He will succeed, he will win titles, so I don't feel for him because he has a fantastic job." ........ Something about those words make me think if Mourinho actually did wanted the job at United? Because it seems at Chelsea he has to sell himself to continue to be here. I mean look at how he puts it: "I stay until they want me not to stay," he told BBC Football Focus. "No club moves me from Chelsea until Chelsea wants me to move because I want to be where I am loved."

He does seems more relax right? Before at Chelsea he was more of a gun ho manager. At Madrid, I think the media made him out to seem worse then was. Now at England he seems more like a political figure. Trying to grab the light because of his popularity and how the English media respect him. Meanwhile showing more respect and culture this time around. So I will agree with Mourinho when he said he comes back at the right time of his career. The first time he was still young and even though he won there was still other aspect to learn. Italy and Spain, especially Spain thought him a lot. Also to realize how good he had at England and now that he is back he is cherishing every moment and in the meantime a bit more humble to be back where he started it all....well you can say Porto, but for Mourinho and fans a like Chelsea will always be where it all started.

Hazard looks like a bad ass wannabe white boy. And Van Ginkel sure does looks like Bieber. If that guy ever becomes good, he will pull a lot of marketing because of his looks.

It appears to me that this Drogbathegoat is another troll. Admin has been doing great banning the trolls from this site recently.

Maybe we have to sell him because he doesn't want to sign an extension to his contract?

Hazard is really turning out into a world class player. And to think that if we didn't win the CL we wouldn't had this guy. Men winning that CL with RDM,Lampard, Drogba and company was special and vital. I guess as Lampard said it best, the way we won, kinda glad that we never won it before. Because it was truly something unbelievable what those guys did.

I will say what wins you title is squad depth. This is why mourinho is trying his best to keep mata, but who are we kidding? Mata will not accept that for too long unless he has small ambitions. This is where I think mourinho will have to start using the youth set up to give a little more depth. Cause we will not have that luxury of having really good players like mata in a sub rotational basis. Or he can always buy decent players like guarin for depth, but I do hope he takes more chances with youth in the years to come, cause I didn't expect it this season.

Yeah he's been trolling the forum big, but whatever the admins do what they go to do. Can't tell them what to do. Just ignore the fool!

Is it me or has this place gotten a lot of trolls in disguise? They called themselves Chelsea fan but it feels like they are here only to troll around all over the site. Other then that what has happened to shonx? The Serbian administrator. I thought he would have been going nuts over Chelsea signing matic back. :-)

That sounds good. But my questions is with matic in the dm spot, can't we move Oscar back next to matic and mata in against team that park the bus on us? I feel like at home when teams park the bus we need more attack minded then the same set up we use against tougher opposition.

Well if you didn't know he clearly is a troll. Is that either the admin don't ban him and people are so gullible that they fall for him and keep feeding his trolls.

Okay people time to play armchair pundits. Bring out your best formation and all the other alternatives after that.

Yeah I'm still scratching my head into how we got it this low despite the buy out clause. Benfica must be desperate for cash, or our negotiators must be awesome!

Really? WTF happen to Benfica trying to hustle us? And I thought he had a buy out clause. How the hell we pull this of? Whoever did it, deserves a raise!