BlueLyon

Lucas Silva is going to Real Madrid according to Cruzeiro representatives. That means Asier Illaramendi is on the market...he looked promising in Sociedad, maybe he could be decent backup for Cesc/Matic?

The grumpy one.

James is overrated as fuck. Like they say; we bought Costa to score, Cesc to assist, James was bought to sell shirts.

Plot twist: Mourinho will play Cuadrado on RB with Ivanovic being our new world class right winger.

Well they will get Reus too if they want and already have Varane

Kroos (just bought for future) and Modric (key part of team) will not leave for some time. They dont need him, but who knows Real is greedy after all. I guess Perez never learned and will dump Modric sooner or later for Pogba, losing one player that is key for them and buying unnecessary. In that case we could just snap Modric, like we did with Makelele. Real cant have them all. It would be unwise to go in money race with Real, even though Pogba is great player and will be among top 5 for next 10 years IMO.

Pass I would say. He is exactly kind of player we should NOT target. Decent potential, not proven anywhere realy, lots of flair but no one knows how he handles it in bigger league. We need more experience, character and balls. The last thing we need is another WIllian who is good but makes no difference in attack.

Back in the start of the season, when opponents didnt know how to play us due to new signings, we banged goals for fun. They tried to stop Hazard, but we had Costa and he scored shitload of goals. Eventualy opponents started close mark him too and our performance drained a bit. With Cuadrado, opponents will probably stretch their defence even further and it will be very beneficial for us. Its clear that Willian almost never runs at defenders, crosses etc and it makes him easier to stop. With Cuadrado, story will be different. I was doubtful about Salah and even Willian when we signed them, because I thought they aint proven enough. Im doubtful about Cuadrado too, maybe he aint perfect fit, but he is certainly quality player. 35m is steep, but lets face it; if Schurrle/Salah leaves, we NEED another player and Cuadrado is best pick in january. I admit, I dont watch every Fiorentina game, I only watched them about three times this season, he had his ups and downs in those games, but what I like is that Cuadrado takes a fucking shot and isnt afraid to do it again and again until he scores. Im fucking tired of our attackers passing passing passing and no one takes the shot. And the good part here is that Cuadrado is actualy good shot taker.

Willian 2.0

Im sure Reus to Real are mostly made up, but that doesnt change the fact that he is unlikely to join us.

Then he has 100% record. Established pk taker then

16...either loan or castilla for him at least for two years. If he fails, we will never hear for him again. Im sure if he was full member of Ajax or Psv or some similar team, he would be nurtured better than as a loaned player. While in castilla, he wont realy progress there.

I am not fully convinced either, but who will we buy if we actualy sell Salah/Schurrle? Season will be long and so far our bench wingers had no impact at all. Having Cuadrado on bench (or Willian) will be much better over current situation. Probably not perfect, but still better. If the club decides to buy him, so be it. If things dont go right, we will still sign new winger as always, regardless of FFP. And who knows, maybe this turns to be key transfer... But as of now, Cesc and Matic realy need proper replacement from bench, much more than Willian. Matic was knackered and he played poorly, same with Cesc. Mikel is decent, but not reliable. And Cesc doesnt even have proper replacement. CB is also worrying, Cahill looks worse and worse each game passing. I guess Mou will adress these issues in summer rather than now. I just hope his lack of rotation and bench options wont destroy our starting eleven before we even enter key games in spring.

Yeah because he has only Ronaldo, James, Bale, Isco as competition. What is that for a 16 year superstar...these kids should know better for their careers.

With this kind of attitude, tactics and mentality we will struggle even in home game and then real test awaits; City. I dont mind if we play at home and city has bad run, but it is going to be fucking difficult match.

Stop with excuses, show it on pitch Mourinho!

Yeah but I didnt meant that. I would buy Turan because he suits us, not just because he is good player. He is exactly what we lack there. He is calm as fuck when he has the ball and great at holding it, he would be perfect for counters. He is hardworker, great character too, suits Mou profile.

I remember lot of being against Kalou and Malouda. But Anelka was good IMO. Maybe not in last year but before he was.

Hazard and Sanchez have incredible balance and trust me they are quite strong for such small players. But mostly their lower body is very balanced. The point isnt realy in strength but to retain the ball without getting knocked off. If you have great balance, you can do that. Thats why Hazard can keep the ball against bigger players and runs away with it. Cuadrado is far less balanced than Hazard or Sanchez. Silva is in PL for several years now and has adopted well, but his main role isnt dribbling but creating chances which is bit different. We have big trouble in holding the ball in attack when under pressure and Cuadrado isnt that kind to keep the ball against PL defenders. He can tricks them with skill and speed but I dont think he can hold up the ball. But we shall see, I havent seen him play in PL anyway Turan is another with great balance and maybe he would be better choice but that is discussion for another day.

Well he played as winger in his career too. He is quite brilliant technicaly for striker and pacy. Think it could work with some tactical learning from Mou. We had Anelka on wing in the past and it worked.

Been saying that about Turan. He may not be best scorer, but he is brilliant on the ball. Strong, good balance, hardworker. About Cuadrado...he seems to have very little balance and strenght. I dunno how will he push through defences in PL. I think he will be dissposesed awfuly lot. But hopefuly it turns good for us if we get him.

Yeah we could use someone on right who might not be as skillfull but more efficient and cool finisher. In that case our counters would flow and he would add 15/20 goals too. But who would that be anyway? Bale is too expensive, Sanchez will never come, Reus probably wants spain. Maybe Lacazette could work?

If he can keep the counter attack going by good decision making, then it will be fantastic addition. Willian stops too many counters with his sloppy passing and stops running for no reason.

Seems this was another bullshit rumour then

In my eyes Kalou and Malouda werent even bad. Yes they werent what we expected, but Kalou still scored 60 goals and 40 assists during his time here, good for someone who was benched most time. And Malouda had two great sesons, the one 2009/10 was worth the money we paid for him alone. He was outstanding player that season, trice as good as any winger we have atm, bar Hazard. Others yes for sure. But its normal, not every transfer works. Even Willian, Salah and Schurrle who cost 60 arent worth that price either. But on other hand, he pulled some amazing deals like Drogba, Matic, Cole, Cesc, Carvalho, Essien etc. As for Cuadrado, I read he expected move in summer but it didnt happen and he is very unhappy this season, but also lacking confidence apparently. Potential transfer here would certainly give him boost, but I hope he wasnt flavour of the year.