BlueLyon

If Juve tells everyone that Vidal is available for 36mio, then all big clubs, including Real and Barca will jump on that boat and price will go up massively... To get him, we will either have to pay 50mio plus or exchange for a player (Lukaku, rambo,??) and money... To convince Vidal to join us instead of Real or Barca is the other tricky part of the deal...

Yeah remembered he has just a year left...well he might go for 25/30 and I dont see point in Madrid having both Modric, Rakitic plus Isco and Di Maria etc...all playing for those two spots in 4:3:3. Surely they will sell someone if Rakitic comes IMO.

Yeah agree but a little praise wouldnt be bad either...most of the players followed Mou defensive approach despite they might want to attack more. And after such season they might like to hear from manager that they did at least decent job.

If Real gets Rakitic for 40m, they might be ready to sell Modric, no?

The saga continues...

If he gets promoted as second choice, Cole will probably leave...cant see Cole being first choice (due to age). Unless Mou wants Cole or even Azpi as first choice LB and bring Moreno/Rodriguez/Shaw/...only as backup? Which makes no sense...Azpi is Rb and Moreno or whoever we buy should be starter on LB...

In terms of situation, he reminds me heavily on Pogba...same age, big role in u21, quite some recognition and winning titles with youth team... Im sure he could be backup next year, he is 19 already, its time to give him a chance.

He is great but he is CAM and not CM...

Funny everyone forgets to mention Leandro Castan who had great season with Roma...

Have we been linked with Kovacic at all? Great prospect, but I dont see him coming here...

If Oscar complained or not...the only thing that is important is that he improves next season big time and fulfills Jose trust in him. As far as Im concerned, he should stick his mouth closed, he had downfall in second half and its his own fault that he got benched eventualy. But its clear he wasnt with his head at Chelsea for quite some time now...

The only downpoint was when Jose said they didnt play well...he should tell players they did good job but to do it even better next year... Instead Jose made it look like players were shit this season...

As goes for Lukaku, he can score goals no doubt. But we need more than just finisher, we need allround striker. Mata (bad off the ball work) was great in certain things, but he was bad in other. Luiz too (inconsistent). And Ramires (terrible technicaly). We need complete players, those who can do whatever manager demands from them. For small teams Costa-Lukaku would be very good though, but those two are very similar players. Manchesters had Aguero, Rooney (creators) and Dzeko, Rvp (finishers), while we would only have two finishers who rely on strenght. Lukaku shouldnt be sold, he could become very good striker in few years, but I doubt his allround game will improve much.

Yup. We beated pool and city in both games yet we finished behind them. The only reason were lost points against small teams where two class strikers would make big differece.

His finishing is dreadfull. Thats why I cant see him in first 11. Mou system bases on counters where all attackers (not just striker) must be capable of scoring goals and not being selfish. Salah is quite bad in finishing and asissting, thats why I dont think he will get into starting eleven. But he is good backup though.

Yup, however I would be more than happy if at least one makes it here.

Happy for Baker. The lad just has to succeed here. We have CM next to Matic open for him and we need to slowly get him into that role. Get experienced CM now and then let Baker take it over.

If any we need more quality and not quantity in the AM department.

The guy was in starting eleven and was dropped this season, but never complained. Followed Mou orders and stepped up when he got a chance. He understands whats best for Chelsea and respects that. He will do his best and try hard. A player who is such professional shouldnt be allowed to leave. His devotion to the team is amazing, too bad the club (if they accept money for him) doesnt give this trust back. I think Luiz (and before Mata) were made for Chelsea as club. Maybe not for Mou, but sure for Chelsea. Those kind of players with great character will bring team together. It would be stupid to sell all players with character. In current team Hazard and Luiz look to be most honest, open minded players and we have to keep them. We need to sell to buy Vidal or someone? Realy? Why dont we first sell the ones who reals should be sold like Torres, and then we have more than enough money to buy 2/3 top players, given the fact we sold Mata in january, some deadwood will generate 30-40mio (plus less week wages) and surely we have 50mio of clean money to spend every year. Thats more than enough to buy 2/3 top players without the 'need' to sell Luiz. If we however do sell Luiz (and probably Mikel too), we will need to buy a backup DM and CB, selling Luiz makes no sense.

Even if he arrives, I wont get too excited, the striker history is terrible here in past few years... Lets wait and see how he does, then we will talk, get excited and shit.

Otherside is that Shaw is one of few (if not only) who would get into our team from english players who are available. We will need one/two english players in first 11 to keep the tradition. Those two should be Shaw and Barkley eventualy... The question is if board is ready to splash more cash or play without single english player in starting lineup (Considering Cahill wont be here forever and we know how impossible is for youth players to break through here). At first I fast against paying that much, but we would get premium talent, one for next 10 years and english plus Chelsea fan, sometimes you just have to take risk. And he isnt bad player at all. Under Mou, he might reach high level in very short time (Varane esque).

Kovacic looks promising....but Im sure Mourinho wont get such young player to play in such important position, in year he targets trophies. Would be future buy, but Kovacic is total opposite of midfielder that Mou will be looking. Besides in such defensive side, Kovacic wouldnt fulfill his potential anyway.

I remember watching UEFA CL magazine before first game against Napoli, where Cole was guest...he said that its last chance for old guard to win it and they will try hard...that day, I realized it realy is last chance and I wanted them to win it more then ever, I loved how optimistic Cole was. And then, few months later we won it. Legend.

We actualy played realy nice between 60 and 75th minute. Attacking, free flowing football with lots of quick passes and quite a few chances (plus 2 goals). As soon as we scored 2nd goal, we pulled back again and whenever we went in attack, players were selfish and tried everything on their own (and fucked up)...last few minutes, we played well again. I want to see more of that football we played for those 15min between 60th and 75th minute. It was perfect example how we can break opponent. With proper striker, we can be even more dangerous. Nice to end season with win, glad we turned it around, should do it more often.

People keep saying Mou brought balance and united team and positive envoronment and carefree performances...I think people's wishfull thinking is like that because of Mou first time. But this season is nothing like one from 2004, 2005... I dont see anything seriously improved; except defence. Our attack is not even closely to what someone would call unit or team work, we still lack number of players, we still lack efficiency and passion, winning mentality. We dont even try to give youth players a decent chance, even in such games like today vs Cardiff. Our attack is disjointed, we cant make two passes, we rely on individuals who eventualy cant even shot on target. Our midfield is overrun by fucking Cardiff and we dont even care, we cant put any kind of pressure or desire. Even if its just a pointless match, those players still play infront of fans and wearing CFC shirt, its embarassing to see them like they dont give single fuck if they lose.