petre.ispirescu

@supporter Any substance in the rumours linking Ramos to United? Everybody seems to be talking about it right now. I feel he is just pushing for an improved contract and the captain's armband.

Fuck off Thiago Silva

You just a hater and nothing more than that. Wonder if you've watched any of their matches or you're just spouting shit just for the sake of it. Cuadrado their best player? I'm having a laugh. He's only looked decent against a dreadful Brazilian side just because he's had acres of space to operate. Other than that he was awful against Venezuela and Peru. Especially tonight he looked like a Sunday League footballer.

This must be the worst Brazil line-up I've ever seen. Robinho Venezuela needs to score to at least stand a chance to go through so they will have to attack at some point, otherwise I would have gone for 0:0 correct score. Still, I've placed some bets just for fun. No goals scored before 28th minute (10/11), 0:0 correct score at half time (6/4) and Brazil to win the game and under 2.5 goals combined (9/4).

Time to unleash the beast. Feel he's going to score tonight. Colombia: David Ospina; Santiago Arias, Cristian Zapata, Jeison Murillo, Pablo Armero; Carlos Sánchez, Edwin Valencia; Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, James Rodríguez, Teófilo Gutiérrez; Radamel Falcao García.

How did he do today? Saw that England have scored after he came in. Did he have any influence on that or was some individual brilliance that saved the day?

5m is peanuts for a club of this calibre and you massively underestimate the value of motivation/a new challenge in football. Song was one of the best defensive midfielders in European football in his Arsenal days and looked damn good for West Ham in the 1st half of the last season. He kind of faded away in the 2nd half of the season, don't know what has happened there, could be because West Ham lost their pace as well, but still he is very good player to have on your bench. Lots of players have looked to be finished before a new, bigger challenge arose and then their motivation levels hit the right marks once again. It could be the case here, he is still at the age where he can rejuvenate his career and add a few more trophies to his tally. Mourinho wouldn't be interested in him just for the homegrown factor I'm sure of it, he's quality and could be useful when needed. And he's also developed a special relationship with Cesc, they are very close, Song calls him "his brother from another mother". Little facts, but they always count in the grand scheme of things.

Bentaleb is the only midfielder from Spurs that Chelsea should be looking at. He is the closest thing to Matic right now IMHO. Dembele is dog shite. Probably a fabricated rumour just to speed up the Alex Song/Witsel deal.

Another Ramires type of player might be too much I guess. We have a say here in Romania - "Where there is no brain, then God have mercy on your feet". Well, the say is a little bit different at the feet part (that only makes sense in Romanian), but I've tried to adapt it the best way possible. Here is the original quote(s) though.

I believe one of our German friends here at TalkChelsea that also follows Stuttgart closely once said he is shite and nowhere near Chelsea's standards.

Soon to be xThiboCourtoisx

Lazar Markovic summer of 2013 all over again. Today he's signed for Chelsea, the next day for Benfica, then they say that he is actually Chelsea's player but on loan for two years in Benfica, after that they change their mind and say he is Benfica's player but Chelsea has the 1st option to his transfer for 15m. Then we know what happened. Bullet dodged. Can't say the same about Zivkovic though - he's already ten times the player Markovic will ever be.

Read somewhere that City desperately need to sign at least five homegrown players this summer so they will probably offer him insane wages. But at the same time I read yesterday that Alex Song and his family are well settled in London and will favour a move to a London based team.

I kind of watched Lyon's matches this season just for entertainment and their strikeforce, so I neglected the defensive unit. Heard about Umtiti though, I know he is settled at CB in that team for a very long time. There's some French guys in here, maybe they can tell us more about him. But for the rumoured price of 10m I think he is worth the investment. Heard Real Madrid are interested as well. Has a rocket of a left foot from what I've seen.

He's just assisted Serbia's winner against Brazil in the 117th minute. Haven't watched the entire tournament, but the Romanian commentators said he's the best player of the tournament by a mile. He looked like that in those 3 matches I've watched at this tournament. Serbia U20 have won the World Cup Well deserved, great generation they have. edit: Brazilians just seem to be useless at every level these days, no matter it is youth or seniors. Three minutes before penalty kicks in a WC Final and they bomb forward like rabid dogs. Then Serbia goes on the counter and kills them in three or fours passes.

He is definitely not as bad as some of you suggest. Maybe someone who has followed the Russian league can shed some light on this. I know he was regarded as one of the top prospects prior to his move to Zenit, but since then I haven't heard that much about him, nor watched him. I only watched Belgium's last two matches against France and Wales and quite frankly he was poor. Maybe he's stagnated in the Russian leave and now wants a new challenge. He is still young and could enter in his prime under the right guidance. Seems like a Mourinho type of player, can defend, is tall, knows how to keep hold of the ball.

"Witsel" is the Romanian for "calf" Actually it is "vițel" here but the pronunciation is exactly the same.

This is the guy from the U20 World Cup. That left footed winger I think. He is very good, I've watched Serbia v Mali in the semifinals and he stole the show. Scored one and could have scored and assist another. Before that I saw some highlights from the group phase where he scored a beauty from a free kick.

Yep he's played very well in the last couple of months here, but nowhere to be seen last night. Neymar did some tricks from now an then, but other than that it was a flat and soulless Brazil.

Didn't think I'd say this, but Brazil miss him so bad. Elias-Fred-Fernandinho is probably the most boring midfield trio you will see in a top NT.

He did ok mate, but the army of haters was in full swing once again. Really don't know why gets so much stick from some useless trolls that are about to torn their ACL everytime they touch a ball. At least you can see that the guy is trying to get back to his old form and regain his confidence. He wasn't the best player on the pitch, but not as terrible as Firmino either. Brazil was shocking, didn't play a high line and Colombia pressed them high up the pitch. Thiago Silva, Miranda, Elias and Fernandinho sat deep for most of the game, so Falcao had to move a lot, which he did and always created spaces for the others and himself. Didn't come close to scoring, but he was in the build-up for the goal. Cuadrado was solid, probably his best game this year. Firmino is about to join the EPL and you won't see anything on his performance last night. Diabolical. Looked like a Sunday League footballer that was given the chance to hit some balls with his favourite players. A total stranger in a team full of pros. He couldn't even hit an empty net. Wish he'd join United to continue their average summer spending. He is just a 2nd hand player made superstar by the PR teams and the media.

What match you watching dude?! He looked lively, rarely missed a pass, outmuscled his opponents and always dropped deep. Had a good game, bar that missed shot from distance. He got that free-kick after which Colombia have scored and was also in the build-up for the goal. Stop spouting shit.

I'm a dreamer I know, but my biggest wish is for him/Chelsea to win the Champions League and the title twice before moving out of Stamford Bridge in 2017. That'll make three titles in a row and a Champions League and that's when they'll start to really fear him/Chelsea. Chelsea playing their home games on a neutral venue probably would not count that much either as the team would be on a whole new level as well.

Jose and the board can not give up on him w/o a fight and strenghten a title rival. Paris is also in the race so if Arsenal really want to have Petr in the squad they have to show us the money or come with a tempting offer. Cech for The Ox and we can call it a day. A better deal for Chelsea, I know, but that's life, the bigger fish always eats the little one.

Ramos has lost it. £300k p/w???? Insane.