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I think it will be a mistake not extending for one more year, but oh well...what a legend. Thank you for all the moments Ash! Its been privilege to watch best full back of last 10 years in our club.

Liverpool was linked with him for 18mio£

I agree, however Oscar needs to step up quite a bit also because Hazard needs someone close to his level so that he can exchange the ball etc...mostly I have feeling Hazard is level above all and no one understands him...

It all goes down to Oscars ability to create. If he reaches his best form and starts creating chances along Hazard and Willian, then Song-Matic would be good enough, because we would have plenty of creativity upfront. But if Oscar stalls like this season, we defo need a deep lying playmaker next to Matic.

Both. Cech will be still recovering some time, it would be great to give Courtois role in CL and Cech in PL or vice versa. If things wont work we can still sell one in january/summer. Im pretty sure thats going to happen. Mou said he will count on Courtois next season and we wont sell Cech while he is recovering.

Marca reporting Barca dont want to pay 35mio for Luiz but is willing to give Song+Sanchez. Dunno if there is any truth to that rumour tbh...

They will renovate the squad and will have to sell few players...

Sanchez is a right winger or second striker...Oscar is #10/CAM...Salah is right winger (hardly saying supporting striker as he doesnt score much). Sanchez and Salah are very similar...both realy fast and skilled, but Sanchez is more finished product. I cant see how would be Sanchez competition to Oscar, they play different position and role. Anyhow, if Sanchez would come, then only competition Oscar would get is from Willian who might lose rw spot and want to play in middle (where he is good too) Lw: Hazard, Schurrle Cam: Oscar, Willian, Rw: Sanchez, Willian, Salah Combinations would be amazing... Think of --------Costa-------- Hazard-Willian-Sanchez ------Matic-CM-------- The only bad thing is that neither of the three can deliver crosses on regular base to Costa. All three prefer to dribble a lot, maybe we need Di Maria/Koke on RW/RAM who would be able to put realy good crosses.

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Hes been here for just half season and adopted brilliantly. Will look forward when he gets proper CM to play next to him, exciting times

Right winger that adds goals and width to game. If price is around 20m, why not... Hazard, Willian, Oscar, Sanchez, Schurrle, Salah...however I see no point in having Salah then...

He has decent scoring record, and will probably get only better. Would be good back up as we all know Ba will leave this summer. However I do agree he is quite slow and lazy player.

Song was pretty amazing in last two seasons at Arsenal...now we have Matic, Song isnt required, but wouldnt mind it if he replaces Ramires and Mikel (and possibly Luiz will be sold too), while we get another CM Matic, top CM, Song, Ginkel, Baker?, Lamps. If we are serious about selling Mikel, Ramires and Luiz, we will definately need another DM (besides more creative CM) and Song would fill that role good enough. I also like Gueye from Lille, another realy good allround DM who wouldnt cost much and looks like Mou type of player.

Why not Caulker then??

He is bit better than what people think here, Im sure he will eventualy get into United CB spot on regular basis (and probably england NT too), but in no way I want him here. If we are to buy another CB, go for Varane or sth, but another CB is not even required here right now

I actualy think he is bit underrated. He is still 24 and yes, italians are up and down and their league atm is quite shit (defences might be strong, but they lack speed and quality), but Immobile is a good prospect indeed. Cant understand why Juve dont want him, him and Tevez might be amazing. Him being second option here, not bad at all. I think if he goes to BVB, he will be one of best strikers in two years, but first lets see how he does in world cup. Costa, Immobile/Bony/Lukaku/Mandzukic and Etoo/xxx would be good enough IMO.

Should Luiz leave, MAYBE we might go after another CB either Varane or Mangala...but I dont realy see need to get CB. Both frenchies are great defenders and I would like to see them here, but they are not required. We have Cahill and Terry who will hold for another season and then Zouma, Kalas, Iva to fill Terry departure.

In that case our two fullbacks for next 6 years would be right back who plays on left side and centre back who plays on right side....thats just bad IMO.

Start to wonder if Costa will even want to leave now that they won liga and maybe CL too.

Amazing achievement! Im realy happy Atletico got this trophy, result of hard work, before team slowly falls apart though. Cant wait to see him in Chelsea in next years, I dont mind if he goes on another loan next season, as long we have guaranteed his future.

Yaya Toure also looked only decent when playing at Barca, a team that couldnt play to his strengths. He had very limited role at DM and CB, yet he become world class CM in Premier League. Song was beast in his last season at Arsenal, perhaps he went to forward for a DM, but he would have Matic next to him, so it wouldnt be a problem. Most importantly, playing for Barca, you cant judge his ability. They play him on fucking CB position, he is DM or box to box. They completely limit his ability, play him only to stay back and protect goal. And he doesnt play much or regular either. Would consider him getting for decent price, but only if he is in good physical shape to replicate Arsenal form.

Shame Ramsey is Arsenal player...he is exactly what we need in midfield next to Matic. Creative, yet good in defending duties. He has top passing, works hard, knows how to put a good tackle and on top of that, he scores goals. Premier league proven, young and british...too bad he is a gooner, too bad.

I didnt meant to buy world class for every position, but just where we need it. For example; we are short of quality CM now. So we buy top one for bit more money and we are fixed for next 5? years...but no, we will buy decent one now and he will not deliver, next summer we will sign another decent one and sell the older one etc...like Moses situation. We bought him, then loaned him, we bought Salah instead...and Marin before all that.

Napoli, Spurs have proved that one world class player is better than 5 average ones. They sold Cavani and bale and bought several prospects yet unproven and they both had average, some would say bad seasons. Thats the thing, I would prefer us signing world class player (or high quality one) every year instead of going after 5 decent ones every summer (at least in most cases). One Hazard is better than 5 Salahs or Schurrles...we should sign top striker and top midifelder, not Firmino or Halkanoglu or Mandzo or whoever we been linked with...for bench, we can use youth players or those on loan...for starters, we need quality though. Youth players would benefit too. Why we signed Van ginkel of we have Baker, RLC and others who look promising enough...Baker could be easily 3rd choice CM next season with regular games in carling cup and maybe FA...and sure with suspensions, injuries etc...he would get some time in PL too. If wont work, just loan him in january. One most important thing: Mou must have trust in him and see him as future...or elsewhere its pointless. I dont want us to sign anymore young prospects or squad-depth signings as we already have several such players on loan and in academy. If we are about to sign anyone it should be quality players as we need to add some quality and experience to the side.

If I have to pick between Costa+Lukaku or Costa+Mandzukic, I would pick Lukaku anyday. I feel scoring for Mandzukic at Bayern isnt that dificult with all their AMs playing fantastic. The other story is CL and big games where Mandzukic never realy impressed me.. also how will he score here in pL with stronger defences and less support, i dunno. On other hand, Lukaku is proven in Pl and much younger, would be worth a shot at least until january and then sell/loan him and get another striker if things wont work...