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Genuinely excited to have this guy back.

He's not my favourite player, but I don't think he is as bad and useless as some people make him out to be here. He is still a solid squad player for a team aspiring for trophies and he brings some form of experience to a fairly young team. Him staying is not the end of the world, but I do think in the near future he should make way for the younger players like Chalobah and Loftus Cheek. If someone who's never heard of Mikel came and read this thread, they would think that he is more useless than Torres.

I would think that he chose City because he wants to stay close to his family since he is a human being with a life beyond football. I don't like him coming to city but the reactions here are over the top, people take football way too seriously sometimes.

That miss against Bremen.. He just walked away from the goal..... Like a broken man, he wasn't even phased by that miss since he's done so many times now.

Nice interview. Also good to hear about Lollichon and his variety of training methods.

I think it made sense to extend his contract, he is still young and has resell value. Plus, he was really impressive before his injury. I hope that he can regain that form and fight for a place or go for a good fee. Mikel would probably be the excess CM, but he is difficult to move due to his wage and he wouldn't command a large fee.

Bahaha! he makes such ridiculous faces. But hey, it works!

It will be sad to see him go, but he deserves playing time and I feel Courtois is our future. What a great professional and simply a good guy off the pitch, a true Chelsea legend.

So what some of us thought here was indeed true. He wanted to be no.1 at Chelsea??? You can't expect to be no.1 straight away without proving yourself first at the club, not even Courtois have that privilege after 3 great seasons at a bigger club in Atletico. Doing good for Everton is not the same as doing good for Chelsea Such an immature mentality to be honest. Even though I still wish him luck, good riddance indeed. And no he doesn't deserve sympathy. Someone like Sturridge, who fought for his place but still lost to Torres probably deserved it more.

Won't expecting him to be as influential for us as he was in the past but he can still do a job for us, especially against arsenal, and I am glad to have him back.

Can't express how happy I am to have him. Has always been one of my favorite players purely based on skills and not on where he played or what he said about Chelsea. Can't believe people didn't want him here.

He is a good squad player. He is still young and can finish well, just that inconsistency and decision making that he lacks, which will come with age and experience. Be patient with him, he shows he is willing to fight and work hard without complaining.

I think we really missed the runs the kind of strikers like him make, and he is brilliant at it too. Saw him running the channels for Spain many times but nobody picked it up since they were too busy short passing amongst themselves. He's got good pace and strength as well, I'm excited to see what will do for the team when he is fully settled.

Southampton would've sold him to liverpool for profit if he signed permanently.

I think the most ridiculous thing he said was about Ozil moving from big club Madrid to small club Arsenal, and then moving to Everton himself. We know Arsenal's not in the same level with a club like Madrid but at least they are still in the champions league. And that's why you should think before you speak kids, from adult life 101.

Dear Vitesse captain, why would you want to mess with this guy??

Just woke up to this news. To be honest, as much as I wanted him to succeed here, he really got whiny and annoying recently. He would get alot of game time I think if he stay as 2nd choice behind Costa and really have that chance to make an impact in a chelsea shirt, but I guess we won't see that. Unless it's Jose that did not want him then I don't understand Lukaku's decision making here, does he think he deserves to be no.1 at a club like Chelsea? if not, is he threatened by the sight of Torres and Drogba for that 2nd spot? Well he is delusional if he thinks he is the complete striker he thinks he is and shows terrible mentality if he's scared of competition. Still, can't help but feel that if he stayed quiet and work hard then things wouldn't turn to sour. Eh anyway it ends up as another profit for the club and I feel he really burned bridges with the way he acted, like a petulant 12 year old potato who just can't stop yapping. Another striker goes before Torres, ridiculous... When will this torture end?

Classic Torres!!

Is it a spanish club thing to present new signings??

Err sorry man......... Will not say it again, promise.

I'm guessing he is a benfica fan and jokingly asked the members that worshiped porto to be banned?

Congratulations to all the winners!

Getting his wage of the books will be a great feat, if Atletico is willing to add a transfer fee then I'd bite their hand off. Let's make it happen Chelsea!

Noted. Thanks, I really appreciate the work you guys do in this forum.

I have not, I thought reporting is only for offensive posts. So off topic arguments should also be reported?