Raul Meireles

[Jase 43,479]

Where?

[Melanicus 5,208]

I'm really really pissed off we didn't keep Meireles. He's really outstanding player, With many experience and Capacity.

The Mikel-Lampard partnership in the defensive midfield aint working at all, And we all saw the difference between our match against newcastle where it was Meireles and Mikel and between our match against Athletico where it was Lampard-Mikel.

I Really think we shouldn't let him go.. Same as 2010.. Selling players without replacing them.. Hopefully that won't cost us anything. All of my love to Meireles.

[HNKS 508]

Bit disappointed but this will give Romeu a chance and maybe even Ramires next to Mikel to add a bit of pace. We shall see.

[nullabletype 987]

The man had his moments.

[Laylabelle 9,351]

Gutted had some pretty good games as well ..all the best to him

[Superblue 6,370]

Nice one Chelsea, already weakened in the central midfield area by loaning out Essien and now you make it even worse by selling Meireles!

Thank you Meireles and good luck in Turkey with Fenerbahce. Will never forget this moment.

EPIC!

At the time i was screaming at him to play Ramires through. The finish was sensational and right in front of the Benfica fans

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

I don't get this. Meireles has been up and down since joining Chelsea but if RDM continues to want to play the 4-2-3-1, who can sub for Lampard? We need someone to be able to rotate into the starting XI and there is literally nobody else with that sort of experience on the roster. The squad seems so imbalanced. We have a huge number of attacking midfielders and really no central midfielders.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Chill people, I've got the answer for you: http://thebluemark.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/bring-back-michael-ballack/

[petr.breu 1,618]

Shit, what the fuck are we thinking... Stupid decision... Good luck Raul, I didn't like you when you joined us but you became one of my favorite players...

[Superblue 6,370]

Chill people, I've got the answer for you: http://thebluemark.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/bring-back-michael-ballack/

I would seriously look at taking him back this season. He's a massive personality, tonnes of experience and while clearly past his prime, could still offer a calm head and quality in a deep position a la scholes.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Wow...So we have two midfield destroyers in Mikel and Romeu and One "Playmaker" in Lampard for the double Pivot. Looks like Oscar is all set to play in the double Pivot.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I would seriously look at taking him back this season. He's a massive personality, tonnes of experience and while clearly past his prime, could still offer a calm head and quality in a deep position a la scholes.

I honestly think he is an 'okay' temporary solution till the Jan transfer window.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

This could be awesome news. Perhaps we will be using Ramires in the double pivot but maybe even better, Romeu is back(?). If so, selling Meireles is a good option. LOANING Essien out tho is a very wierd decision. I would understand if he was sold, but loaned? Why?

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

This could be awesome news. Perhaps we will be using Ramires in the double pivot but maybe even better, Romeu is back(?). If so, selling Meireles is a good option. LOANING Essien out tho is a very wierd decision. I would understand if he was sold, but loaned? Why?

Ramires is not the right player for the double pivot role. You need to be a creative passer to play there and that's just not Ramires. Also, don't see how this would get Romeu more time because he's a straight defensive midfielder which is Mikel's spot and he's still around. I have no idea what RDM is going to do though because no options really make sense.

[Melanicus 5,208]

Bring back Ballack until the end of this season... He's free agent.

[Severinb 309]

I really liked him but he seems to have problems staying a english clubs! Hope he does well and we will use romeu as often as possible!

[Amblève. 4,995]

Chill people, I've got the answer for you: http://thebluemark.w...ichael-ballack/

"Why not?" is my question. He's not a worldclass player anymore, but he's still a good and intelligent one and he knows Chelsea. We would just need him for our depth.

[DONI. 1,291]