RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 F*** all of that. Let's buy everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacquiao 1,834 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I have a feeling this will be our 4 main signings this summer...GodinY.ToureGriezmannIbrahimovic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,903 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I have a feeling this will be our 4 main signings this summer...GodinY.ToureGriezmannIbrahimovicSo we'll go against everything we stand for and sign 3 30+ year old players? Barbara, Viper22, didierforever and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacquiao 1,834 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 So we'll go against everything we stand for and sign 3 30+ year old players? yes it would make more sense to do that! Godin would be here for 3 or 4 years, would become our leader in defence when Terry leaves and be able to help Zouma develop, Toure would be here for 1 or 2 years and would be the perfect player for RLC to learn from then in 2 years time RLC would be ready to step straight in and replace Toure and be a automatic starter, and then same applies with Ibrahimovic he would be here for 1 or 2 years, and then after he leaves Bamford would be ready to step in. Chelsea_firstlove 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,903 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 yes it would make more sense to do that! Godin would be here for 3 or 4 years, would become our leader in defence when Terry leaves and be able to help Zouma develop, Toure would be here for 1 or 2 years and would be the perfect player for RLC to learn from then in 2 years time RLC would be ready to step straight in and replace Toure and be a automatic starter, and then same applies with Ibrahimovic he would be here for 1 or 2 years, and then after he leaves Bamford would be ready to step in. Yaya I'd love but it's impossible. Zero chance City would hand us the title by selling us Yaya.I'd rather sign a long term JT replacement than a short term one. Think José probably thinks the same and will target Stones instead.Ibra wouldn't come here and sit on the bench. He's still capable of being the main main just about anywhere and will be on massive wages. Muzchap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 2 of the worst players who can absolutely destroy the squad harmony are zlatan and yaya.also, zlatan is PSG's first choice striker who is banging in goals for fun. he wont come here to play second fiddle to costa.yaya will be a useless buy. would create more of a problem than solve any.godin would cost 20mil, varane would be a better option.greizemann for 44mil compared to reus for a similar fee. i would take reus every time. BloodIsBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacquiao 1,834 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Yaya I'd love but it's impossible. Zero chance City would hand us the title by selling us Yaya.I'd rather sign a long term JT replacement than a short term one. Think José probably thinks the same and will target Stones instead.Ibra wouldn't come here and sit on the bench. He's still capable of being the main main just about anywhere and will be on massive wages.This is Man City's chance to get a good fee for Toure because of his age and his contract, so if Toure wants to come, Man City could easily sell and get their £20m on a player who would be worth half that next year.Godin would be here for 3 or 4 years at least hardly short term, so after Terry leaves you would want us to have Cahill, Zouma and Stones as CB's? no leadership at all and 2 young inexperienced CBs.Ibra wouldnt just sit on the bench here he would play virtually every week, with Costa's injury problems, Jose would probably rotate them and start them every other game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhead23 1,147 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I have a feeling this will be our 4 main signings this summer...GodinY.ToureGriezmannIbrahimovicSarcastic or Realistic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper22 2,418 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 One of Zlatan's biggest fans but really REALLY don't want him here. Costa is our undisputed first choice and Zlatan would not be happy about sitting on the bench. He's not exactly the kind of player that would let it go without making a huge fuss aswell.Same goes for Yaya, except he'd get into our team and block RLC's progression & if we're going to do that let's do it for a world class player rather than one that used to be world class.Our biggest targets should be a HG GK (Schmeichel/Butland/Marshall/Ruddy whoever) to replace Cech as 2nd choice, Milner on a free and one big signing for either our RW, CAM or CM (& change to a 4-3-3) positions. After that a world class CB and a backup DM would be nice, but not essential.There's no need to go over the top with signing luxury players, even if the FFP rules get relaxed. I would be much happier if the club continued along the vein of the last 4 years - sign young, hungry and relatively cheap, sell high if they don't develop or fit as much as we wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michalcfc 69 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I have a feeling this will be our 4 main signings this summer...GodinY.ToureGriezmannIbrahimovichttp://i.imgur.com/7F2gCqP.gifv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,051 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 How about Xavi for free, guys?He's going to Qatar. stroey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Personally I believe that with more depth in the squad our current team would have gone a lot further in all competitions, I used to think that Azpi-Luis would be better but mostly due to Hazard's free role Luis cannot be a wing back and compared to Iva and Azpi his defending is abysmal. Ake will replace him, I think.Central midfield was extremely thin this season. No backup for Cesc and Matic (and no, Mikel and Ramires are not good enough) and this was by far the most major achilles' heel we have had. I honestly believe that with Cesc and Matic at 100% we would have beaten PSG and given Barcelona a much harder challenge than they did. Backup for Matic is difficult: Mikel is certainly not good enough and I fear Ake is not ready to take on such a pivotal role in the team, but hey, he can't do worse than Mikel. Requires Jose to trust him. RLC is a completely different profile of player and when in big games he would have been played at the expense of Willian/Oscar. But we do need a creative backup to Fabregas, of a similar profile. Schweinsteiger does come to mind, and would bridge the gap for Colkett or Musonda to mature into the role and give valuable experience to a young team, a second Ballack signing, if you will. Bayern seem to be willing to get rid and £10m would be enough to seduce them.Another is the conundrum of Oscar. I feel he has massive potential and is incredibly undervalued here. He is the best pressing and defending no 10 on the continent and if we were to stay at 4-2-3-1 he would stay. Cesc was brought to dictate play from deep as he can't do it so well. And as it seems we are not getting Koke (who would be fantastic in a 4-3-3 for us) he will stay. Next season I expect him to grow.Attacking midfield. We need a backup for the 3 AM spots. Hazard has no cover, Willian is covered by Cuadrado whom if he doesn't grow into the role will be off. Of course, I would love Reus here and he has the same potential as Hazard but he is a luxury signing and we don't need him. We do need another AM player, though. Luis imo if we do keep him would be a good backup option there. Otherwise we should target somebody experienced, again to bridge the gap between growing players like Boga, Musonda et al in a way that will not stunt their development. Robben would be fantastic but Bayern are cetainly not ready to get rid of him yet. Brown may play more of a part too.Defence. I think it is fine for another season, and probably the season after season too provided JT keeps up his current level of ability. Otherwise Zouma and soon Christensen are able deputies.Strikers. Mostly unchanged, maybe Solanke will be preferred to Didier.InsSchweinsteiger £10mRobben (maybe) £10mReus (opt)OutsRamires £15mMikel £5mSome of our vast collection of loanees £10m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Personally I believe that with more depth in the squad our current team would have gone a lot further in all competitions, I used to think that Azpi-Luis would be better but mostly due to Hazard's free role Luis cannot be a wing back and compared to Iva and Azpi his defending is abysmal. Ake will replace him, I think. [*]Central midfield was extremely thin this season. No backup for Cesc and Matic (and no, Mikel and Ramires are not good enough) and this was by far the most major achilles' heel we have had. I honestly believe that with Cesc and Matic at 100% we would have beaten PSG and given Barcelona a much harder challenge than they did. Backup for Matic is difficult: Mikel is certainly not good enough and I fear Ake is not ready to take on such a pivotal role in the team, but hey, he can't do worse than Mikel. Requires Jose to trust him. RLC is a completely different profile of player and when in big games he would have been played at the expense of Willian/Oscar. But we do need a creative backup to Fabregas, of a similar profile. Schweinsteiger does come to mind, and would bridge the gap for Colkett or Musonda to mature into the role and give valuable experience to a young team, a second Ballack signing, if you will. InsSchweinsteiger £10mRobben (maybe) £10mReus (opt)OutsRamires £15mMikel £5mSome of our vast collection of loanees £10m@Madmax put up a fantastic article The Premier League in the last few seasons has seen an interesting development. No side has managed to retain a league title in 6 seasons - the last club to do so was Man United way back in 2009, which was the third in a hat trick of championships starting from 2007. Evidently, getting to the top has become much easier than staying at the top - and this is what should concern Mourinho and Chelsea, the runaway nature of this season's success notwithstanding. I've put together a list of the major transfer dealings of each of the title contenders during these past 6 seasons for comparison below.A recurring theme here is the reigning champions either ( a ) failing to replace outgoing players or ( b ) failing to add significant quality to the title winning squad while competitors strengthen enough to dethrone them.The concernThe concern then stems from Mourinho's statements over the past week with regards to Chelsea's activities over the summer : Contrast that with Chelsea's intent at this stage last season : Now, Mourinho of course is a master manipulator when it comes to words in the press and his recent declarations could prove to be smoke and mirrors, especially with his comments likening the transfer market bubble to an impending collapse on Wall Street, but surely even he in his heart of hearts would know that Chelsea do in fact need changes, not wholesale changes, but some changes to take the next step - domestic consolidation coupled with European ascension.Areas to targetAs the season wore on it has become clear that a few more "surgical" signings in key areas is just what is needed to complete the puzzle. A ball playing centre half, a goalscoring winger to take some burden off Costa and Hazard, a central midfielder of enough quality to both complement and supplement the Matic-Fabregas duo would top most wishlists of Chelsea fans and the various transfer rumours swirling around the club confirm the general view in this regard. (Varane, Stones, Pogba, Koke, Griezmann, Bale have all been variously linked with a move to the club and they all make some sense.)The rivalsManchester United continue to flounder despite spending the best part of £200 million over last summer. With their Champions League status restored and a season under the collective belts of Mata, Herrera, Di Maria, Blind and Rojo, they can be expected to spend even more to push on under Van Gaal. Money is not an issue for Manchester City either, with them having proved that they're happy to pay any puny fines UEFA impose on them. The possible departure of Pellegrini and an ageing squad means there will be significant investment for whoever comes in. Arsenal are also free from their Emirates Stadium imposed shackles and are now legitimate rivals on the transfer front too.ConclusionAll the indicators point to it being a hard fought battle for the best available players. Chelsea cannot afford to take their eyes off the ball even though they've never been better placed to launch a concerted effort at establishing a sustained period of dominance. 2014-15 was good but next season needs to be even better, and it needs to start in the transfer market. As the saying goes, a rolling stone gathers no moss. stroey and CurlyHairLikeLuiz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 @Madmax put up a fantastic articleReus and Schweinsteiger would solve both of those problems!Apart from a ball playing centre half but maybe Christensen will step up. kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Schnediderlin would be a good signing. Song too. Why didn't we go for Khedira? Pedro and Varane would be my must signings. If Jose plans to play RLC then we may not need another CM, as him and Ake would be enough along with Ramires. Mikel should be sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamad138 190 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I think khedira wants to go to his homeland. stroey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroey 2,525 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I think khedira wants to go to his homeland.Yeah read he is close too Schalke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadavTKL 1,787 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Hummels is staying at BVB according to their director. And in Argentina there are already reports about Otamendi agreeing a pre-contract with them.I wish we'll try to get Otamendi tbh, but he'll cost 50m euros, thats his buy-out clause and Valencia wants him to stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Schnediderlin would be a good signing. Song too. Why didn't we go for Khedira? Pedro and Varane would be my must signings. If Jose plans to play RLC then we may not need another CM, as him and Ake would be enough along with Ramires. Mikel should be sold.khedira is barely an upgrade on rambo. not the player we should be going for. moreover, like you said, jose probably wants to test out RLC.my only must signing is a goalscoring winger. reus/pedro is must. Pacquiao and iseah100 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaconblue 0 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 2 of the worst players who can absolutely destroy the squad harmony are zlatan and yaya.also, zlatan is PSG's first choice striker who is banging in goals for fun. he wont come here to play second fiddle to costa.yaya will be a useless buy. would create more of a problem than solve any.godin would cost 20mil, varane would be a better option.greizemann for 44mil compared to reus for a similar fee. i would take reus every time.Very good, hard to argue with any of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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