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He has played in a friendly against the USA, but hasn't been selected since then. Biggest reason in my opinion is that he was really needed with the U21 national team, while he would be nothing more than a (very good) substitute in the national team. Normally he will just not make the squad for the World Cup, but one or two injuries could do it for Thorgan to be in the squad. These are the players that might be selected and how i would rank them (the best players first).
GK: Courtois, Mignolet, Casteels
RB: Vandenborre, Meunier
CB; Kompany, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Van Buyten, Alderweireld, Lombaerts
LB: Pocognoli
CM: Witsel, Dembele, Nainggolan, Fellaini, Defour -> Problem is Wilmots wants Timmy Simons to go for the atmosphere so one of these or an attacking midfielder won't make the squad.
AM: E. Hazard, De Bruyne, Chadli, Mirallas, Mertens, T. Hazard, Ferreira-Carrasco -> and off course Januzaj but it looks like he don't want to play
ST: Benteke, Lukaku, Batshuayi, Vossen
There are 30 names mentioned aboven and only 23 can be selected, so he's definetly not too far from the squad.

He has played in a friendly against the USA, but hasn't been selected since then. Biggest reason in my opinion is that he was really needed with the U21 national team, while he would be nothing more than a (very good) substitute in the national team. Normally he will just not make the squad for the World Cup, but one or two injuries could do it for Thorgan to be in the squad. These are the players that might be selected and how i would rank them (the best players first).
GK: Courtois, Mignolet, Casteels
RB: Vandenborre, Meunier
CB; Kompany, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Van Buyten, Alderweireld, Lombaerts
LB: Pocognoli
CM: Witsel, Dembele, Nainggolan, Fellaini, Defour -> Problem is Wilmots wants Timmy Simons to go for the atmosphere so one of these or an attacking midfielder won't make the squad.
AM: E. Hazard, De Bruyne, Chadli, Mirallas, Mertens, T. Hazard, Ferreira-Carrasco -> and off course Januzaj but it looks like he don't want to play
ST: Benteke, Lukaku, Batshuayi, Vossen
There are 30 names mentioned aboven and only 23 can be selected, so he's definetly not too far from the squad.

He has played in a friendly against the USA, but hasn't been selected since then. Biggest reason in my opinion is that he was really needed with the U21 national team, while he would be nothing more than a (very good) substitute in the national team. Normally he will just not make the squad for the World Cup, but one or two injuries could do it for Thorgan to be in the squad. These are the players that might be selected and how i would rank them (the best players first).
GK: Courtois, Mignolet, Casteels
RB: Vandenborre, Meunier
CB; Kompany, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Van Buyten, Alderweireld, Lombaerts
LB: Pocognoli
CM: Witsel, Dembele, Nainggolan, Fellaini, Defour -> Problem is Wilmots wants Timmy Simons to go for the atmosphere so one of these or an attacking midfielder won't make the squad.
AM: E. Hazard, De Bruyne, Chadli, Mirallas, Mertens, T. Hazard, Ferreira-Carrasco -> and off course Januzaj but it looks like he don't want to play
ST: Benteke, Lukaku, Batshuayi, Vossen
There are 30 names mentioned aboven and only 23 can be selected, so he's definetly not too far from the squad.

250 pages of posts for a player that played in three PL games for Chelsea, not bad.
Everyone seems to be happy with the millions coming in, but I just hope that his next step after Wolfsburg will be Bayern or Real and not Arsenal or ManUtd, because I don't want to see him helping them at winning titles. Such a great player. His vision on the pitch combined with passing, shooting and dribbling skills, very special player. We're still gonna hear a lot about this kid.
How wonderful would it be if he'd score the winning goal in that one important match in July in Rio de Janeiro. I would say it would be even more ironic if he'd do that against England, but let's be honest, how small is that chance?
Good luck Kevin

Then again: De Bruyne played in Genk in a 4-4-2 system. The first two years as a left winger, which he did great. The last year as a CENTER (so not attacking) midfielder (however with a player next to him that was a bit more defensive than him), which he did phe-no-me-nal. Maybe his best position is the 10, but he's also capable to play reaaally good at the 8.

Then again: De Bruyne played in Genk in a 4-4-2 system. The first two years as a left winger, which he did great. The last year as a CENTER (so not attacking) midfielder (however with a player next to him that was a bit more defensive than him), which he did phe-no-me-nal. Maybe his best position is the 10, but he's also capable to play reaaally good at the 8.

Then again: De Bruyne played in Genk in a 4-4-2 system. The first two years as a left winger, which he did great. The last year as a CENTER (so not attacking) midfielder (however with a player next to him that was a bit more defensive than him), which he did phe-no-me-nal. Maybe his best position is the 10, but he's also capable to play reaaally good at the 8.

Lukaku have said like 29 times that 'it was the best day of my life.' Even when his younger brother made his debute for Anderlecht..
Where do you guys think he should go on loan next year? I personally dont hink a team like Fulham or Everton would be the best option, because I dont think he'll play Dempsey, Jelavic,.. out of the team. So if he goes on loan to play 20 minutes every week, he's better off staying at Chelsea, where atm he's the second striker after Torres. But probably a team like Stoke or Southampton will be better for his evolution, especially when Chelsea signs Hulk.

*sigh*
I will not try to convince you all about the person of Romelu once more. Clearly Henrique & Fernando are haters... You have the right to do so... but please don't tell nonsense. If you guys are honest... you actually now almost nothing about him! So don't give us these tabloid nonsense mixed with your own version to brake him down.
I've seen him play for years... even talked with him a few times at the players room in Anderlecht after the games. This guy is an amazing humble, straight forward and extremely nice person. His emotions are real... and he's one of the few football players these days that still know what Club Love is!
He did not tell a single thing to English press during the year... He came from Anderlecht where he was the main man at age 16(!!!), the leagues topscorer and had a huge part in winning the championship trophy & the cup. Imagine you get a transfer (for 12 million!!) to the club of your dreams and then in the end are asked to play at cobham every weekend with only some first team players chilling as a crowd! Furthermore he did not play ALL reserve games.. but only a few. That means that all he did was train, train, train... But he did not complain did he?
His subs where to laugh about really.... no play time against smaller clubs but against United, Everton, Arsenal & Liverpool.... AVB dropped him on the pitch. I mean what was this guy thinking ... especially since he got put on the Right Wing???!!! That is like putting Torres as a DM! The rest of his subs were like 2/4 minutes...
It's not like he claimed he needed gametime. He knew that with Drogba, Anelka & Torres as strikers... things would be difficult for him to play. But with Anelka off to China... Drogba & Kalou to the ACN... and Torres in a dramatic form... Lukaku was fully right to expect to get some gametime!!
And you know what he got? He even didn't had a spot on the bench anymore... I mean... Do you guys have any idea what this kid can do? He's a massive attacker. Give him 4 starts in a row and you will see what he can do and will win the hearts of every fan out there.
If we Belgians say he's one of greatest talents we have now... I think 10 years ago that opinion would've been unimportant! But look at our current generation of football players... Pure gems... and Henrique I'm thinking you might wanna fear those guys for 'stealing' the World Cup away from your compatriotes in Brazil '14!!!
One more thing... Lukaku's debut. Mata scored in this match (also his debut) but actually could(should?) easily have given the assist to Lukaku who was wide open in front of goal. How different this season would have looked liked if Mata had given him this debut's goal. It's in small things in life!!

I rate Witsel, Dembele and Hazard higher at the moment, but KDB is certainly one of the three subs. De Bruyne is good, but he needs more match experience. Maybe a loan to Twente or Lille will be the best option next season.

I liked his first time passing back to the midfield with his back to goal and his quick turn and run into space. His aerial ability was impressive too and he has really good pace, I can't stand it when he runs down the wing though we need him in central area's. I think he could turn into a real penalty area monster for us if we use the raw material properly.