Nathan Aké

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9 hours ago, Unionjack said:

Thought we had given up on KK? And LigtmHernandez,Skriniars gong nowhere anytime soon.

Manuel Akanji just got signed so hes out, Romagnoli would be the dogs but can't see it,  Lenglets just only got signed so hes out.

I'm wondering why Militao is linked with so many top clubs - must have itchy feet - need to go in strong IF we want him.

Upamecamo def one to look into. Very young,strong. Will be wanted very soon. Same wiyh Dias

Diop might be tempted. But Pikeys wont be easy to part with him

So I think we need to look at a level 1 step down.

Ake would be a good buy for us. HG will hoist his price over the top of course.

(And I bet you thought I didnt check out your recs!)

Hernadez will leave in the summer, Simeone already said he could go in January if his release clause was triggered (Bayern is the main club)

Manuel Akanji was signed a year ago, to a 4 and half year contract, but he is deffo capable of being prised away. He has been injury though.

I just put KK in as he is the best CB in the world, and thsi summer, IF his price was lowered from the insane 135m euros (which the Poison Dwarf will never get) down to £80m, he might be still worth a shot, but he is getting to point where his age matters. If we bought him in the summer, (he turns 28 towards the end of June) we would have 4 full seasons at 28,29,30,31.

After this summer, zero chance I would make a move, as no way he will be the same at 32yo as he has been at 25, 26, 27, and I would want 4 season out of him at full speed. Even 31 is pushing it a bit.

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He seems to up his game for us. 

[Jase 43,479]

 

JOSE!!

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Ake was ‘broken’ after Mourinho dropped him from Chelsea’s first-team squad

http://sport.bt.com/news/ake-was-broken-after-mourinho-dropped-him-from-chelseas-first-team-squad-S11364342394720

And still Jose just keeps giving and giving 

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Hiring Mourinho in 2013 is without a doubt the biggest mistake of the Roman era, even bigger than Ancelotti sacking in 2010 just because of the sheer amount of talent the guy got rid of

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2 minutes ago, !Hazard! said:

Hiring Mourinho in 2013 is without a doubt the biggest mistake of the Roman era, even bigger than Ancelotti sacking in 2010 just because of the sheer amount of talent the guy got rid of

yep, Mo cunted us up for years

still feeling it

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Top man!! A guy who came through the Chelsea academy scoring the winning goal. Couldn't have asked for a better moment!

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11 minutes ago, Stats said:

Top man!! A guy who came through the Chelsea academy scoring the winning goal. Couldn't have asked for a better moment!

shame, i always tought he would make it here

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Just now, Johnnyeye said:

shame, i always tought he would make it here

Yes, but Mou did not see any potential in him, so Ake had to stop training with the first team and had to go to the reserves again.

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3 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

Yes, but Mou did not see any potential in him, so Ake had to stop training with the first team and had to go to the reserves again.

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What do you guys think about Ake? He would be a very good left CB that knows the club and he is a ball playing CB. I would not mind him here.

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4 hours ago, killer1257 said:

What do you guys think about Ake? He would be a very good left CB that knows the club and he is a ball playing CB. I would not mind him here.

I think he's better than 3 of our 4 CBs except Rudiger. But he's not starting 11 material imo. 

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Just now, NikkiCFC said:

I think he's better than 3 of our 4 CBs except Rudiger. But he's not starting 11 material imo. 

You think so? Because I think he may be the most underrated CB in PL. What impresses me about him is that he has a lot of football IQ and concentration. Rüdiger for instance lacks in concentration big time and I think that he does not have that good of a position game. Ake also is a great ballplaying CB and Rüdiger is not the most creative CB.

 

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Nowhere good enough at this level. Squad player at best.

perhaps an improvement over zouma, but that’s not too hard.

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13 hours ago, Robchels said:

Nowhere good enough at this level. Squad player at best.

perhaps an improvement over zouma, but that’s not too hard.

perfect summation of my thoughts as well

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22 minutes ago, Vesper said:

perfect summation of my thoughts as well

And why?

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On 07/09/2019 at 4:19 PM, killer1257 said:

And why?

 he is not a WC stopper that we need TWO of, along with Rudiger, plus Ake is short (3cms shorter than me) and gets pushed around too much

my dream 5 CB realistically Chels (I say realistically because we bloody will have at least a half billion quid to play with if we just dump the rest of the deadwood, so speningd £150m, 160m or so on 2 WC B's is WELL within our budget

Gimenez or Romagnoli (both are superb ball players)

Konate or Skriniar (hammer types, but Skriniar is going to end up at Shitty I think)

Rudiger

AC

Ake

DONE

Tomori can also be the Ake, if we do not (and we will not, lol) fancy dropping £40m on a 5th CB

Zouma needs to BE SOLD the minute the summer window opens

he will never be good enough for us

anyone that says so is a settler, and obviously doesn't have any ambition whatsoever for the club IMHO

 

THIS is what I mean by a WC hammer CB

Ibrahima Konaté

1.93m (13 cms taller than Ake), almost 90kg, damn near as pacey as Werner, his teammate, and is only 20yo, so will get even stronger