petre.ispirescu

Hard to think he'd get a work permit that soon. Zero to none chances if you ask me. Best case scenario would be to see him here for the 2016/17 pre-season tour.

Was always Chelsea's title to lose. Top of the table since August.

Chelsea to be crowned champions at home against Liverpool is the one and only thing I wish for.

Fluminense's Kenedy to Chelsea for £5.8m a done deal according to Globo Esporte. The transfer was intermediated by the same guy that brought Ramires, Oscar and Willian at the club. Fluminense will get 55% of that amount, the rest will go to the investment fund that owns the other 45% of player's rights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfmxevoGtU

Scouse scum, Europa League player and a poor mans Ramires. Stay away from everything that comes from Liverpool, the cancer of football. Except for Sterling.

Haha, yeah. At least they're a few hours ahead you know, we won't have to wake up in the middle of the night to watch pre-season matches

Frankly I feel confused and my thoughts are all over the place right now. A blue snake appeared in my dreams last night. I tried to hunt it down, but couldn't catch it. But then the snake came back and tried to confront me. I know that dreams come from you subconscious, but sometimes they help you see/prevent actions from the future. Romanian folklore is so elaborated that I don't even know what interpretation to pick. A snake in your dreams could announce bad weather (which could be the case here as it's raining so heavily in Bucharest). It could also anounce a trouble coming or a close friend that is about to betray you. Plus thousands of other interpretations. The thing is that my grandparent, who is 85 and suffering from Alzheimer's, is in a bad condition these days and I'm affraid that this dream has something to do with him as, in my dream, I confronted that snake at my grandparents house, in their own yard. He wasn't really that close to God, but my family and I are, so we pray not to lose him now in the Passion Week.

Diego Costa Hazard Sterling Cesc Koke Matic

19yo left back from Valencia. One of Spain's top prospects. A regular for Valencia this season. Played 27 and assisted 4 goals. Scored one. He is on todays AS frontpage. Has three years left on his contract with a buy-out clause set at £13m. Valencia want him to sign a new contract and increase the buy-out clause. He refused them and told he will not sign a new contract. AS say he has become Real Madrid's next target, but Chelsea and City are already in talks with him and ready to trigger the release clause.

Yeah, third party ownership... same thing that has denied Thiago a transfer here last summer. Would have been a great adition to the squad. Such a shame.

That BBC interview pretty much confirmed that he's not going to sign a new contract and wants Liverpool to back the fuck off and let him challenge for trophies somewhere else. 99 out of 100 players would sign that contract in a blink, but that's not the case here. My guess is that he's already struck a deal with someone. Chelsea and City are in need of boosting English quota and ready to pay good money, so it'll be interesting to see what happens this summer. Really hope he ends up here.

Hope so.

Finally Jose has realised that his coaching skills in the final third are somehow limited and modern football is more than speculating your enemy's weaknesses. Exactly what Sir Alex did when he brought Meulensteen to the team. Bring back GF and let him work his magic.

I believe there must be a reason why no one has ever heard of him until one year ago. To me he looks like an average player, that type of industrial midfielder that can sit in front of the back four and do the dirty job. And nothing more. Watched Belgium throughout this Qualifiers and some Roma games and he looks so rudimental. Took a couple of shots last night that would have scared even the bravest airline pilot. Probably a decent signing for Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, but for Chelsea it would only be a waste of space. And we already have that in Mikel. Teams like Chelsea, Barcelona, Bayern, Real Madrid, they need smart defensive midfielders that can bring something else to the game, too, not only some hard tackles and workrate. You want a back-up for Matic? Good, then look after a player similar to him. Nainggolan is a different type of player and definitely not Chelsea quality.

Zenit payed as much as 65m for Hulk.

31m for a player with only one year left in his contract. And who is also going to rot on the bench because Carvajal is miles ahead of him in terms of quality. Typical Real Madrid. It probably has to do something with Florentino Perez's business in Portugal/Brazil.

MAAAAAAAAAAAAATIC, MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATIC, MAAAAAAAAAAAAATIC It's also the same end he scored that goal against Porto for which he was nominated for Puskas Award

Like I've just finished the Boston Marathon. Went to a party last night, got back home after 14 hours, at 5pm. Couldn't sleep for more than 5 hours. Definitely no work for me tommorow. My legs are destroyed.

Should a league would only last for two weeks, then Sturridge and Giuseppe Rossi would definitely be Europe's deadliest duo

Still, Koke was the one to play that beautiful through ball to Morata for the goal. Chelsea already have a player with the characteristics of Iniesta/David Silva and that is Cesc. Ideally it would be to pair him with someone like Koke. He is everything you want from a box-to-box midfielder and he is the type of player Oscar was supposed to be. Or at least what Chelsea was expecting him to be. He's got vision, a monster workrate, he's a good tackler and he is brilliant in the final third. Young, too. He's just turned 23. He would not only free Cesc a bit from his defensive duties, but he'd also bring something extra rather than just pure workrate and pressing skills like Oscar. Champions League last season Champions League this season He is more than just an industrial type of midfielder. Would be a dream signing for me.

Boooooooooo !!!