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Spurs want him for 7 million apparently. Not sure if he could come and make an instant impact which is what we need at CF...

If only we had kept Stoch or Sinclair as squad players...Ince isn't much better than either of those guys. As for my predicted Chelsea team of the future: ----------------Courtois----------------- Azpi --- Chalobah --- Omerou/Kalas --- Van Aanholt Rambo ---- Mikel ----- De Bruyne Hazard --- Lukaku ----- Mata

Does anyone know if he would qualify for a work permit in England?

Hopefully our defence can keep a clean sheet.

Yeh Balague also stated on Sky Sports that Barcelona had a deal in place to sign Neymar for 30 million after the 2014 World Cup.

Falcao's been playing poorly for quite a few games... Unless Atletico agree to sell him for 30 - 35 million, I see him becoming another high priced flop like Sheva, Torres at Chelsea.

Good win for Nigeria. All three Chelsea boys did well throughout the tournament. Omerou looks a decent defensive prospect.

I think we'll get 4th this season...provided that we don't stuff up against the mid table clubs like Southampton, Liverpool, West Ham..

What are the club's priorities? They sacked two talented young managers in AvB & Di Matteo...decided to buy a 50 million dollar spanish flop..and then they go and hire a former Liverpool manager who called our fans plastic.

Good point about versatile players...but signing Isco would be a waste of money. I'd much rather see Chelsea give De Bruyne a chance Anyway..In terms of midfielders, all we need is a DM/CM who can play a squad role until Chalobah is ready for the first team.

The one player we should of signed - Aguero....instead of the Spanish flop, Fernando Torres

Hopefully Mikel can be more influential in the Chelsea midfield. He always seems to raise his game for Nigeria...

Just hope Madrid lose a few more games this season, then Mourinho will almost definitely leave!

Can't wait to see Chalobah in a Chelsea jersey. Probably our most gifted youngster.

Objective for the next transfer window: 1) Offload Malouda to some french club or Anzhi 2) Somehow get Torres to rejoin Atletico 3) Get rid of Benitez

Our youth will never get the chance to play in the first team. We should of kept Di Matteo or AvB...but our board only cares about short term success...hence why we are continuously screwing up this season. I dont get why the board can't hire a young talented manager and give him the freedom to do things his own way over a 2 year period. No wonder why Guardiola chose Bayern...rather than Chelsea or AC Milan..

I don't see anything special in Tomas Kalas. He's an average utility defender who can play CB/RB/LB...and i'm guessing he'll end up like Michael Mancienne...loan spell after loan spell before we eventually sell him off to some German club.

Wigan to win the match 2-1. We screwed up against Southampton, Reading and Newcastle...and now Wigan will almost certainly beat us.

Cahill is better than a backup CB & He seems to have a good understanding with Terry. Ivanovic has looked shaky at CB, in comparison to his consistent RB performances. Our starting back 4 should be: Ivan---Cahill-----Terry-------Cole Backup defence: Maicon---Luiz/Ivan---Hutcho-----Bertrand

Well said. Jovetic should only be joining Chelsea if we need a CF/SS. I don't really see him being "effective" on the RW....whats to say he'll be any better than Sturridge was at RW?

Yes, co-ownerships are pretty common in Italy...but unlike South American deals...it's usually a 50-50 share of the player's rights.

Mourinho signed Kalou when he was 21, he was raw & had the potential to become a solid winger according to various scouting reports. Now, at the age of 26, he's become an average player with a poor footballing brain. He never quite developed at Chelsea. He only got games at Chelsea because we've lacked proper wingers for a number of seasons. Glad he's gone. Now we can move on with the rebuilding process.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1121597/tottenham-hotspur-make-contact-over-russia-star-alan-dzagoev?cc=3436 Hope Spurs don't sign him.

Well said.

Actually, I think Chelsea gave Ancelotti a £6.5 million pay-off...according to quite a few reports.