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Erm, no. Right now at his age, he needs to be playing week in week out to gain experience and develop into a better player. Playing the odd game here and there for us is not gonna be beneficial to him.

So? Does that mean we should just keep Mata on the bench whenever we come up against physical opponents?!

1. Win at least 2-3 of the cup competitions we're in this season. 2. Finish in the Top 3 in the league and this is a must! Can't see us winning the title again just yet. This season, it's all about building the foundation to challenge consistently for the league and other competitions in the future.

As you said, that would be in a few seasons time. A loan move for Sahin may not necessarily be a bad thing now though I'm not sure if Mourinho will let him come here even IF we are interested in him.

Can't say I'm excited in any way about this transfer...

AND FREEEEEEEDOMMMM!!!

cap being blur...just like Kalou...

Too little too late now...

As Ryan had already pointed out, Deco was no trouble at all. A decent fella and one who did well for us. Typical Scolari. Always complaining about everyone else but himself. Pathetic deluded fool!

Get your point but when was the last time we bought a troublesome player anyway?

Won't be cheap to get him. Heard Guillem Balague said on Sky Sports once before that he will cost more than 30m euros to buy him.

Yeah...from unreliable sources...

Cheers. Should be able to.

Congrats mate! I have mine tomorrow..

Yes, Cazorla is a good player but getting the sense that people are completely over-hyping him, which is happening a lot on Twitter right now.

Maybe not fluently but sure he can speak decent enough. Still from Belgium after all.

That's because he wasn't used to English football yet and needed time to settle. Another position he can play is at RCM, in a 4-4-2 diamond midfield. Used to play there for Benfica IIRC.

Erm, Lukaku isn't the only one in the team who can speak French. Malouda, Essien(if one or both stay), Cech and 1-2 others can speak French too. Some of the staffs and even RDM could probably speak French too and anyway, Hazard is currently learning English. That said, can't see any language issue being a problem of settling in here.

Nice video. Love the music.

That lack of off the ball movement problem has been so apparent in the last 2 seasons and it's really baffling that even till now, we're still seeing the same old problem every time. Nobody is moving around offering themselves as a passing option and dragging opponents out of position to create space and chances for others. Last season, only Mata was the one doing that. Everyone usually just stood within 4-5 yards between each other and making silly sideways and backwards passes.

Congrats manpe! Fully deserved it.

Things don't always work that way, not with Chelsea anyway BUT hey, we should be happy at least we have gotten Hazard, Marin and Oscar all in by now.

80k p/w?! Isn't that close to what Bosingwa had or more than him?!! And if we are to sign him, it will be on a 5-year contract (like always) and not 4.

After the pre-season that we had, just hoping for the best. Would definitely like to see us win but not having too much hope here.