petre.ispirescu

Awesome mate hahah

Apparently the move to Everton is off because Chelsea does not feel he will get enough minutes there.

John Aldridge is so deluded. On Benzema saying Liverpool is not big enough for his ambitions: ‘He’s a decent striker but he can’t even get his place in Real Madrid, he plays a bit part. ‘It’s quite shocking to disrespect a club of Liverpool’s global stature with them words.’

£10m for Rodwell, man wtf is wrong with Sunderland?

I remember Allegri laughing at the journalists and mocking them when asked if there is any chance for Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to leave. Then a couple of days later Paris came with an offer and closed the deal in the blink of an eye. If Chelsea, United, Madrid want Vidal and Pogba, they will have them. If they want, these teams can have the entire team of Juventus and their stadium too, plus any other player in the Italian league. Vidal is still at Juventus because United is yet to make an official offer. The moment Van Gaal gives the green light there is nothing left to do for Juventus. The same goes for Pogba - if he (and Vidal) will still be at Juventus come September, that's because the other teams did not want them or thought they are not worth the money, not because they were rejected by fucking Juventus. These two transfers are in the hands of Van Gaal and Mourinho, they are orchestrating the moves, not anybode else. They just have to approve the transfers and the Chelsea and United boards will pick up from there and close the deals in a day or two.

Let's do it post Monaco

Never gets old on topic - Mateo Musacchio to Spurs for €21m. Confirmed by Marcelino.

The way Torres kills my mood everytime I watch a Chelsea game is unbelievable. I just hope Diego Costa takes the league by storm so that this fucking fraud can rot on the bench until the end of his bloody contract. First goal he loses possession, fails to foul the opponent so that he can prevent them going on the counter, Chelsea gets exposed and one goal down. Second goal - he misses a sitter, one minute later Werder scores.

Still, I know who I'd pick to come off the bench at the Etihad or Anfield. Mikel might not be the best defensive midfielder in the world, but he is a decent squad player.

If I had not seen him playing, I would think Vidal is a poor mans Romeu judging by your description. Add creativy and flair to that list and you have Iniesta, too. Lol

So if Mikel is just wasting space at Chelsea FC, what would Romeu bring in to be considered an important part of the team? What's so special about him? His endless sideways passes? The ability to be dispossessed in his own half like no one else? I really don't get the hype around him to be fair.

Tibo

Didn't Jose say Lampard and Cole were offered new deals????

Bollocks

And I was thinking August will be a fun ride......... I'll never forget the day when my mother from her small salary bought me Frank's shirt in 2004. Man I was so proud, I think I wore it for two weeks in a row like a maniac - school, training, everywhere I was going I had the Fly Emirates shirt on me.

I knew this had to somehow be related to Borini rejecting the Sunderland move, but €6.5m per annum for Remy??? No way Mourinho will give him such wages.

Of all the English players in this world it had to be Frank to help City fill the homegrown quota. God I'm so pissed right now

This has to be a joke for Christs sake. What the fuck are you doing Frank????

Count me in too. I find it insulting for a club like Chelsea FC to be linked with this mug. One of the most overrated players in European football. Work rate is his best asset, otherwise he is utter shite. Also the rumoured price is ridiculous, his value is €12-13m at most. When I read a Lavezzi to Chelsea rumour I get the same feeling like I would read a rumour about Chelsea being interested in Cleverley, Agger or Arteta. Why do they always have to pick Chelsea? Can't they link Liverpool or Arsenal to these mugs? Beyond frustrating I tell you, but it's no worse than the Romanian papers linking Chiriches to Chelsea every week. I mean, for Christ's sake, there were at least 50 articles about Mourinho wanting Chiriches this year!

Moreno and Manquillo to Liverpool apparently

It doesn't make sense - Chelsea has to let a foreign player go, not to bring one. Should Cavani arrive here, Jose will have to sell two foreign players. And frankly I can't see him shipping both Cech and Mikel in the same window and remain with Ramires, Romeu and van Ginkel as the only back up players for the CM role. Mikel might not be the best half back out there, but you know Jose will pick him over Romeu and van Ginkel at any hour of the day. Especially in the big games - and there will be plenty of those in the next season.

Bacary Sagna is in Romania these days, chilling at the Black Sea with his brother and his friends. He did an interview for a local TV station and, among other things, he said that he needed the City move because after seven years at Arsenal he wanted to move forward in his career. Wasn't the FA Cup trophy supposed to turn Arsenal into a worldwide attraction?

Good deal for Arsenal. I've seen Quintero at the U20 World Cup last year - he is technically sound, such a joy to watch. He is on the same page with James, bar the work-rate. Quintero is lazy as fuck, never helps his defence. The work rate and stamina are some aspects Wenger needs to work on if they manage to sign him.

I wish I'd be English to explain this better, but I'll give it a try though. Hope you'll get my point. From what I've read, after the Lukaku move, Chelsea can spend up to €75-80m on transfers this month (August) w/o breaking the FFP rules. But if Chelsea will do such thing, then in the next transfer windows (not now!), the club will have (is forced) to sell some loanies to free up FFP space (wages plus some other FFP related stuff). Is important to know that the club won't have to sell now. No, not now, but in the next transfer windows (next winter and next summer). Don't ask me, I don't know why, apparently this are the rules. That's why the club have sent Kakuta or Bertrand on loan, instead of selling them. The club will probably send Moses on loan, too, and Marin. There is no need to sell them right now because it would mean nothing in the FFP books. Next transfer windows are important in terms of getting rid of loanies, not this one. The same thing goes for Torres too, I'm afraid. As Jose said, the deals that Chelsea have made this summer have put the club in a great position so freeing up the Torres space would not mean a big deal in the FFP books now. But it will mean a big deal next summer, when he'll free a hell of a lot of space in the FFP books (even if he goes for free!). As I said, I don't know why in order to buy this summer you have to sell in the next transfer windows (loanies especially), but apparently this are the rules. Wanted to write this in the Kakuta thread, for those wondering why Chelsea didn't sell him now. At least this is what I think - Chelsea needs to free up loanies space in the next windows, not in this one. Even if Kakuta will leave for free next summer, he'll free up space for that window. And to answer Special Juan's question, yes, I think there's one more top player to arrive this summer.