Sideshow Luiz

I can really see him at Utd. now. Pep and Jose in the same city. The journalists will be in overdrive.

We already knew this. I'm going to be so sick of the fawning Pep articles by the time next season rolls around. then it will be article after article on how he's transformed them, yada yada.

This was the worst kept secret in football. It was always going to happen. His buddies are there, City want a manager to take them to the next level, and he likes being at a club with the most amount of on paper talent with the biggest budget. No surprise.

This has been one of the dullest windows I can remember. Not just for Chelsea, but all over.

Agreed. I didn't have to look him up on wiki or check his stats in FIFA. No way that we're making a move for him.

I'm not on the inside of the inner workings of football deals, but shouldn't the things like ££££ be sorted out before the flight and medical? Does anyone else get the impression that these "professionals" aren't all that put together? Madrid not faxing in documents, for example. Most junior office clerks can handle that.

That makes sense, number's wise. I just think we'd be overpaying. His stock couldn't be much higher than it is right now. I also don't think he'd flourish here.

The Vardy rumours are hotting up again. Please, no. I'm very happy for him, I'm glad he's doing so well at this level, but no.

Arsenal have reportedly agreed a fee for him: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/490619/23m-fee-prolific-international-star-Arsenal-transfer-news Would love this signing for us. We'd still have some change from the Ramires deal. Much better value than the £40M figures floating around for Teixeira, IMO.

Just making their way through this list: https://www.skybet.com/football/specials/manager-specials Wouldn't put it past Sky to leak some of these stories to trump up some bets.

Okay, Falcao has been terrible, but it was a low risk move again. We didn't pay a loan fee, and he's on 50% of the wages he was on a Monaco. It's still overpaying, but it hasn't cost us that much. Though, we have agreed £38M if we want to make it permanent (don't even joke about it). http://www.teamtalk.com/news/falcao-will-cost-chelsea-38m-fee-leaked-document-reveals

Robinho looked alright in that first video too. Sign of how long ago that was = Seedorf I forget how young Pato was when he burst on the scene. I'm okay with this move. It's low risk.

Ah, Hulk, how could I forget you. We won't go for him now though, he still seems useful. You could get a shirt done now though, and in 3 years time you'll look like Nostradamus.

Maybe we can get Casillas, Vidic, and Rooney in as well.

Will always have a soft spot for him, but we can't turn down that kind of money for a squad player. Should get a hero's applause if he comes back to the Bridge.

They need to update that copy of Football Manager '07 in the board room.

That's not attacking football though. That's possession football, and it's not exactly the same thing. Attacking football is kind of hard to define, but you know it when you see it. http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/jan/06/the-question-what-is-attacking-football-jonathan-wilson

I'd rank them in terms of my excitement as: 1. Pochettino/Sampaoli 3. Simeone 4. Deschamps That means Deschamps is nailed on

Don't forget about the part where we kept changing managers in the hopes of getting Torres firing. To be fair to Falcao, he would be making the same either way, since we are only paying 50% of his wages.

He thrives in a midfield diamond where he can play box to box. Unfortunately, his play is limited when we ask him to do 1 particular job. not good enough defensively to be a pure holding midfielder. Passing not good enough to be a deep play maker. Though, I'll always admire him for being able to do whatever job we ask. We had him at RM for a while. That goal against Barca was after we went down a man. He made that run from RB.

Don't forget this one:

Drives me crazy most of the time. But, then I always remember this: I always wondered how he could be so clumsy sometimes, but produce THAT touch. Get's a free pass from me every time because of it.

I really don't mind this deal, especially as it's a try before you buy type of thing. Still, another player that would do better in a 433 than what we play. If feel if we had anyone but Remy yesterday, it would have been at least 2-0, maybe 3

Hazard was teeing them up at the end. No one wanted to put the finishing touch on it.

Hazard had been teeing them up and no one wants it