petre.ispirescu

Up. It was like seeing the 2008 left-footed version of Yaya Toure

Three days before their 1st leg against Barcelona! We can do it

Poor deluded scousers....................................

On this day...

Is that you, Gareth?

Corrected for you. Redcafe would send someone to kill you as we speak if they would find out you are not including "the Belgian/Bosnian/whatever his nationality is Lionel Messi, born Maradona and rated as one of God's messengers on Earth" in the first team line-up. As for that Kagawa rumour, I've heard it too. Something like after United signs Mata, Moyes will fly to Germany to discuss a swap between Kagawa and Gundogan with Borussia Dortmund actually interested in the move!

"Demba Ba ile kulübüyle de anlaştık. Ancak son maçta Torres sakatlandı ve Mourinho, Demba Ba'yı göndermekten vazgeçti. Yoksa imza attırmıştık. Hem oyuncu hem de kulübü bu transfere onay vermişti. Ancak, süreç devam ediyor. Torres'in durumu ciddi değilse bu transferi bitireceğiz. Girişimlerimiz devam ediyor. Bize çok yardımcı olacak bir futbolcu olarak görüyoruz kendisini. Ayrıca bir çok isim ile de görüşmelerimiz sürüyor. Ancak isimler ortaya çıkmayacak. Çünkü isimler çıkınca biz zarar görüyoruz." İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu, Trabzon president

Get the fuck out of here, you guys were moaning about Chelsea not having a real manager since Jose left, but now that he is back you disagree with every decision he is making - why don't we play like Barcelona and Bayern Munich, what the fuck is in his head when thinking about letting Mata go to United, why is he spending a fortune on Willian, why buy Salah when we have Moses (FUCKING VICTOR MOSES!!!), why Azpilicueta at LB, why the fuck is Torres still at Chelsea, why why why why????????!!!!!! Fuck I'm tired of guys like you that only moan about things without having an overall look at what's going on - why the fuck should we call back Victor fucking Moses when he can't even be a starter at Liverpool, ahead of Raheem fucking Sterling and why the fuck should we call back those guys at Vitesse when they are doing a hell of a job there. Let them win the title with Vitesse and let them play Champions League next season. Now when they finally found a place where they can really have a proper development for a season or two, fighting for the title and a Champions League spot, you guys want to call them back an let them rott on the bench. This Salah deal is about a back-up place, he will be Willian's back-up, you can't sign Marco fucking Reus or Cristiano Ronaldo just for the sake of spending the same amount of money that you got for Mata. No world class player will come here just to sit on the bench. And since you disagree with every decision Jose makes, I advise you to apply for his job and send a fucking e-mail to Chelsea FC and tell them you are a better manager and you would never bid for Salah cause he is a flop. Let's see what happens. Fucking moaners, always unhappy thinking real life football is like fucking football manager 14 and every young attacking midfielder from CFC will become a future superstar

Great piece of business by Chelsea FC. I can imagine the club will recover the money spent on this transfer in two or three months - just wait for the egyptians to start ordering their shirts. This is their best player in almost four decades, I'm pretty sure everyone in Egypt is buzzing right now. Like Choulo said, you now win a player and add about 60-70 million guys to the fanbase.

My team is back! Good old '04-'06 again. Robust team with pacey wingers. Welcome back, Jose THE MANAGER!

Trabzonspor president saying they have agreed terms with both Chelsea and Demba Ba, but Jose has stalled the transfer for now because of Torres' injury. Their president also says: "We've heard Torres' injury is not a severe one. Negociations are ongoing and my feeling is the deal will be done soon. Demba Ba is a player we need."

Hope those Bayern trying to hijack the deal tweets are true, but fuck I can't find anything reliable

Salah in an interview back in November after he was named player of the year in Switzerland «Ich hoffe, dass ich irgendwann in England spiele. Irgendwann will ich in einem der besten Teams der Welt spielen. Meine Favoriten sind Real Madrid, Manchester United oder Chelsea.» "Someday, I hope I will play in England. I would want to play for the best teams in the world. My preferences are Real Madrid, Manchester United or Chelsea." An English-based Egyptian football website called King Fut reported that Liverpool have already booked his flight for todays medical (not kidding!) and they also report in their latest article that Chelsea have launched a late €15M bid and the move could be hijacked. "... but Mohamed saw the light..." hahah unbelievable

I'm all for him leaving even if it's United, at the end of the day there is no point in keeping an unhappy player at the club knowing that Jose won't ever use him again in that "10" role. And you can't bench a player like Mata either. He simply does not fit Jose's style of play. But I think this would be my reaction finding out we have no pre-agreement for Rooney in the summer, in case United decides it's time for him to go. Not because he's going to United, just because of that Rooney saga in the last summer and the way they treated us. We should put up a fight, ask some insurance on Rooney. https://vine.co/v/hivx09p5xIu

Mata goes for €45M. €15M for Salah and you'll still have €30M to spend. Go get Shaw. How much can he go for? I think €30M plus some €5M in bonuses would do the trick. Maybe add Bert/van Aanholt to that deal?

I don't get it, why is that lost? You would have: Torres, Eto'o and Ba as CF Hazard and Schurrle for the LW Willian and Salah for the RW Oscar, Rami, Matic, Lamps, Essien, Mikel (Baker) for DM/CM/CAM Ash, JT, Cahill, Luiz, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Ake and Kalas in defence Cech, Schwarzer GK This is a 23-man-squad and you would absolutely do no harm to the in-depth quality as you sell two back-up players, Mata and De Bruyne and get a starter (Matic) and other back-up. I'd would like to have a proper winger (Salah) as a back-up for another winger (Willian), rather than having a playmaker (Mata) as a back-up for Willian. It is as simple as that. Even if Hazard, Willian, Oscar, Rami, Matic and Torres would be injured at the same time you would have a proper back-up for every one of them in terms of position on the pitch (LW, RW etc). Not the same quality, but there is no team in this world to have 11 world class starters and 11 world class players as back-up. How many times have you seen Mata playing the number "10" role this season? Even when Oscar was missing, Jose played Mata as the RW. He can't be a winger, he has no pace and he can't track back. And unfortunately for him this is the only position available in wich he can play in Jose's team. And if you think for a moment - Juan Mata is a 40 mil Quid worth unhappy playmaker, acting as a back-up for a winger that Jose can't seem to fancy playing in Oscar's role even when Oscar is missing! And De Bruyne was nowhere to be seen. He couldn't even make the bench. Now my question is - what is wrong with this moves, besides one of them going to United? They were simply surplus to the requirements and we have to get used to it from now on as Jose is in charge and let him act as a fucking MANAGER. He wants Mata and De Bruyne go? Then let them go. I don't fucking care as long as we're through to the next phase of UCL, two points away from Arsenal and in contenion for the FA Cup. Add to that the team is playing better and better by every week. Without Mata having any influence. This is Mourinho's type of team - robust team with pacey wingers. Good old 04-06' again! I'd rather be happy we have Matic for the pivot now than thinking about letting a bench player go. A guy that we will eventually replace with a proper winger.

The thing is that you're talking about two different philosophies - Jose is using a 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 formation with only one striker and two wingers, whereas Pellegrini fancies a 4-4-2 formation where Silva, Nasri, Navas, Aguero, Negredo and Dzeko are actually playing week-in, week-out. City's having a great squad, but on the bench there is no player to be similar to Mata in terms of quality. Pellegrini won't bench Silva, Aguero, Negredo, Yaya, Kompany all of a sudden. If he would, than you would have the same scenario as the one with Mata. None of those players will accept to stay on the bench. Ok, maybe on, two or three games, but not six months. This is why Mata can't be a Chelsea player anymore and this is why you can't bring a player similiar to Mata in terms of quality to have him as a back-up for Willian. And if Oscar gets injured, then Lamps will step up, or Willian will go in the center and Salah on the right wing. And calling back Moses would be like having no one as a back-up for Willian. He wanted to go to Liverpool, let him rott there on the bench. He's been in horrible form this season, I would not want him nowhere near this team. It's funny cause you would take back Moses in a blink, but you would not fancy a move for Salah, like Chelsea would spend your money. Jose will be in for a world class striker in the summer regardless of whether he'll spend 11-12 mil Quid on Salah or not. And one more thing - calling back those guys at Vitesse would be a big mistake. Vitesse is having a great season and Piazon and Atsu are playing week-in, week-out. Bertrand Traore will be in that team soon and imagine what would mean for Piazon, van Aanholt, Atsu, Traore to win that title. And add to that Vitesse has the chance go to Champions League in case of a good season and I'm pretty sure Chelsea will be looking to send them back there along with maybe another one of two guys from the academy. I wouldn't mind seeing Piazon, Atsu, Traore, maybe Omeruo and, let's say, Swift/Loftus-Cheek going back there and playing Champions League and fighting again for the championship. Lots of people moaning about this link with Vitesse, but it seems that has started working in the end. I'd love to see those guys playing too, but now it's not the time for them to be wasted on the bench. You were talking about season being long and squad depth and this is why we need a player like Salah on the bench. And the price doesn't sound ridiculous either. They want 18 mil, but I'm sure they will settle for 14-15 in the end.

United knocked out by Sunderland and Jose calling the deal off would just be

I think you're overreacting and you also forget Jose bought Matic to replace the spot left open when De Bruyne went to Wolfsburg. Now we have Mikel as a back-up for Matic, Essien for Rami, Lamps for Oscar, Schurrle for Hazard and Jose's looking for a back-up for Willian. How many attacking midfielders you want on the bench. Jose has made his point clear - Hazard, Oscar and Willian are his starters, you can't have world-class players on the bench. Mata is world-class, he can't stay on the bench. Also, you can't bring Reus or Cristiano to replace him and act as Willian's back-up. This is what Juan Mata is for Chelsea right now - a back-up for the RW (Willian). Nothing more. And you have to bring a back-up to replace him. Jose has found Salah as the answer to this question and why not? He is young, talented, his work-rate is immense and I'm pretty sure he won't mind staying on the bench until he gets accustomed to the EPL.

Fuck yeah! We got plenty, half of the country would go into that category haha

And if Sunderland goes through I'll bring the hoes! Romania's finest!

Apparently there are ongoing talks between Chelsea and Basel for Salah. €10M plus bonus Chelsea's first offer, Basel wanting €18M Di Marzio reporting it Gianluca Di Marzio Verified account‏@dimarzioToday @chelseafc talked to #Basilea for #Salah: offer is €10M plus bonus. Basilea asked €18M

After saying he dreams of playing for Arsenal and that he fits to their philosophy? No, thanks, I'd rather have Diego Costa, Cavani or just stick with Torres and Eto'o until the end of season. But I still can't believe we're letting Mata go to United w/o swapping him for Rooney or having at least an agreement for him in the summer...

Fuuuuuuuck no, c'mon PSG you can do it!

https://vine.co/v/hivx09p5xIu my reaction when all this will be over and he'll go to manure