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Chelsea TV made video interviews with Zouma, Fabre and Filipe. Does Diego not speak English?

I understand the Belgians join on the 30th of July.

Pretty much done

Do we know anything about his new number?

http://www.fr-online.de/eintracht-frankfurt/eintracht-frankfurt-trainingslager-piaz-n-an-der-angel,1473446,27921522,view,asFirstTeaser.html Piazon will go on loan to Frankfurt, they will announce it soon according to this article. They want Bakkali too. This lad has already played in the Premier League, the Brasilian Serie A, the Eredivisie and in the La Liga at the age of 20 and now Bundesliga? Not bad.

We paid 8 million euros for him. He was 23 and very talented, we took the risk. We are likely to get 3-4 million for him, it's not a big loss. Veron, Crespo, Shevchenko, Del Horno were much worse moves.

I feel like 2007 again.

You're right, he was fantastic in Brazil but still... He is an outstanding player but even the 45 million that Monaco payed for him was surprising.. But 80 million... They payed 81M euros for Suarez and 94M for Ronaldo.. These two players are top ones, they have proved their quality. James is 23 and he has never played in a top three league or in the Champions League(maybe a few matches for Porto, I don't remember). Also, if Kroos, Modric, Bale, Ronaldo and James play at the same time who would steal the show? Some of them will disappear and I haven't even mentioned Di Maria and Isco.

He joined the squad like two days ago, he has no idea what position he is going to play. It's Mourinho's decision.. Azpilicueta was a benchwarmer for months when José arrived then he became a left back. Do you think he knew it in July?

Who doesn't? He was twice as expensive as Hazard.

Yeah I know but I still don't understand it. Did Zouma ask for number 3 and later he decided to give it to Filipe or what?

I'm sure a couple of Chelsea supporters have already bought a nr.5 shirt with his name.. What a stupid move.. Why could they not wait to announce his number until they make that clear?

Does this mean that Zouma stays with us?

Willian is obviously Mourinho's favourite type of player. He is hard-working and runs like there's no tomorrow. I can't see him on the bench. More likely he gets the central role so Oscar would be rested.

Messi is the German Marin pal!

Cole signed for AS Roma, PvA and Bertrand is likely to leave too. Do you think that Aké could be our second-choice LB? He started against Wimbledon and Wycombe and he was quite good. We have Filipe and Azpi so there is no reason to buy another LB. He'd be a homegrown player if he stayed. Edit: I know he is a CB/DM but I don't think he would get a chance to play there. A defensive allrounder like Essien would be great in the squad though.

Fabregas is a fuckin' millionare with a supermodel wife so I don't really think he is sad about his hair.

9:52 Chelsea look set to loan out new signing Mario Pasalic to La Liga outfit Elche for the 2014/15 campaign. The 19-year-old Croatia Under-21 midfielder moved to Stamford Bridge from Hajduk Split earlier this month. SkySports

Mancienne has returned to the UK and signed for Nottingham Forest, he played three years in Hamburg.

Well done Pat! Nice introduction in the first team.

I still can't see the problem.. He is not South American or something. Croatia is an EU-member state. I would be surprised if he didn't play.

We played in blue three years ago, Wycombe players wore yellow, but tonight we are the away team so probably yes.

Does he need a work permit to play in a friendly match? It's not even a preseason tournament, the rules are flexible, I don't think that'd be a problem.

Zouma is three years younger and plays in a stronger league than Mangala. It's impossible to compare them fairly.