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Not too serious I would think judging by what Hodgson said about it. http://sports.ndtv.com/euro-2012/news/item/191040-injured-frank-lampard-to-miss-euro-2012?pfrom=home-sports Could be just out for 2-3 weeks or so.

Said this before, why do we need Fellaini when we already have Romeu?! IF we are to purchase a central midfielder, at least go buy a creative one, which we desperately need and not another combative type of midfielder!

Ok, that just sums up the Liverpool fans. Pure delusional.

Marin on securing a first team place... http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2557/news/2012/05/30/3138140/marin-confident-of-first-team-place-at-chelsea-confirms

Maybe you should try doing some research on that. It's quite a drag.

It wasn't the Champions League semi final defeat that was the problem back then. Nothing to do with that. There were tons internal conflict at the club, lots of dead woods, players being delusional with the situation at the club and among others and Guardiola came in revamp the squad and settle things at the club.

Be thankful that he only misses two more games and not more.

Terry has been banned for 3 UEFA European club games after the red card against Barcelona. Will miss the UEFA Super Cup match and the first Champions League group stage game. Already served one of them in the final.

Aah, the 7-1 thrashing of VIlla. Good old days that.

Will not forget this from Zhirkov. An absolute quality goal.

Precisely my point but it's just that Roman may not convinced with that. Knowing Roman's obsession, he would want someone who has done it before and a big name manager to manage the club.

One thing that is probably counting against Robbie now was his playing style when managing us. Obviously, he did the right thing by implementing the style that suits the team to get those results, unlike AVB but that is what Roman probably not conviced with right now.

Everything likely to be done by next Tuesday. Deal to be announced within the next 24 hours. Medical to possibly be conducted this Sunday. Transfer officially announced on Monday.

Yeah. Just do not want the same thing like in the last pre-season to happen again after all the senior players came back looking tired and unfit because of the World Cup & grueling season in England for the new season.

Anything less than a month would be a good news for us.

Nothing on that yet.

For RBs? My first choice would be Azpilicueta from Marseille. Will probably cost only 12m, if you believe reports in January. Van der Wiel is a decent option but defensively, he's like Bosingwa. Maybe he could improve in that department training and playing with better players week in week out, unlike Bosingwa and wouldn't argue too much about it considering it will cost only 8m to get him.

Don't think he will go to the Olympics. Have not heard him say anything about it. Furthermore, the Olympics clash with our US Pre-Season tour and I think he would much rather train with the rest of the team and prepare for next season.

That would be better! England don't deserve him anyway. IF he plays well, nobody gives him credit but the minute England plays like crap, all the fingers will be pointed straight at Lampard first! And it's just sickening to see the journalists all being so nice to him all of a sudden.

Do we really have to create a thread for this topic? Could have just discussed in his thread alone.

Lampard has been ruled out of EURO 2012 with a thigh injury. Nothing too serious it seems. Good news for us going into next season.

Disagree. We DEFINITELY need a new right back. Have said this so many times; we can't go into next season with just 2 RBs. Injuries, suspensions and even rotations will come into place. Ferreira is already 33 and we can't expect him to perform well every time when he's being used. Furthermore, when you consider the ban that Terry is gonna get from UEFA and potentially in domestic games, Ivanovic might be shifted to CB if needed and that will leave us without any real option at RB. Should remember that our defence were almost down to bare bones in the last few games in this past season when Luiz and Cahill both got injured.

We don't need him. We have Cole and Bertrand as his heir already. And Porto will try to rip us off again!

Not blaming him for what he said. Nobody in their right mind wants to be a freeloader in a team when they achieve something. Everyone wants to be a part of it.

Seems very likely that the fee will be agreed today with the rest to be OFFICIALLY completed after the friendly on Saturday.