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Portuguese press saying Chelsea have bid for Bruma.

Great! 4th choice Gary Cahill played the most no.of games at CB last season. Kalas will only help with the depth

not ALL. that is my gripe with this whole notion. BBC reported that Chelsea 'held talks' with van Ginkel before the deal was completed even Sky broke Demba Ba/Schurrle story much earlier than it happened

i just quoted because you had a very negative outlook on media reporting transfer stories. better stick to bbc, sky and other sources that post actual contact

not saying you should bet your house on the daily mail but reputed sources, bbc and sky, to name two, are usually right about the news they run (not the bbc gossip column mind you)

waste of a squad space either way. Would much rather have playable HG players rather than fill it up with Hutchinson, Blackman, etc

Cahill, Terry, Cole, Bertrand, Lampard and Moses being the 6 HG players, if the club sells Moses, they'd have to leave 3 spaces in the squad for the up-coming season. So only 22 eligible players can be selected. Not a good decision to sell Moses at all

Not sure how much i agree here. There was talk of van Ginkel and Schurrle deals long before they were completed (BBC and Guardian reported) - Post not about Moses but your general dis-trust of the media

Oh good. Finally!

Spurs is better for him. Will get good game-time at good-ish club in WC year

wow. Just got back and we've signed Schwarzer. Nice

Right after joking that he'd never win it, he goes and wins it. Congrats tom!

Get this done!

yeah. that is a different issue. but chelsea only stand to gain from this.

Easier to get him before he signs a pro-deal with West Brom though.

yeah. probably not 3-4-3. I think 4-3-3 is not an option unless Mata improves defensively. Probably continue with the 4-2-3-1 but improve over last year

Would love to see this happen. Maybe in a tough away game, 4-3-3 would not be a bad way to go. Mata, as good as he is, offers no tactical flexibility

Spurs have Paulinho-Sandro-Dembele. That is a good midfield for away games. Solid defensively. But I doubt they will offer much in terms of attacking Chelsea play only 2 classic Centre-Mids, so maybe Spurs midfield is better defensively but with de Rossi-van Ginkel/Ramires, our midfield should be beast in carrying the ball forward

I seriously doubt Wenger will break Arsenal's transfer record twice in one window

The Mirror is reporting that Chelsea are in for rumoured Liverpool target Tiago Ilori. Ilori, who represented Portugal in the U20 World Cup in Turkey this year, is a 20-year-old Centre-Back from Sporting valued at around GBP 8.5 million http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/chelsea-liverpool-transfer-news-jose-2037023 Comfortable on the ball and very pacy for a CB. Could be a good prospect to consider when Terry eventually leaves.

not to mention Mata

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Pretty sure DDR and Alonso both won't come..Only one of them might come

Yeah. club laid off few (especially Malouda) who were on sizable wage. Shouldn't be a problem especially if transfer fee is less as reported