Rumoured Luke Shaw

[CHOULO19 24,332]

How old is PVA btw?

Almost 22.

[Shak 22]

Me too. But then again, I never thought Ryan will make it either, you never know.

Ryan showed his ability in the Championship. He was a fairly consistent LB for all the teams he played for...and I'm glad RDM gave him the chance.

PvA hasn't really shown much ability or consistency on his loan spells, apart from 3-4 decent games in his loan spell at Coventry way back in 2009.

The kid was touted as a possible successor to Van Bronckhorst at the LB spot for Netherlands...has failed to live up to expectations.

According to various dutch scouting reports, he's got a very poor attitude towards learning and he's quite lazy around the training ground.

[LondonPride1905 236]

We have a phenomenal replacement for Ashley in this year. Buying Shaw won't stop him and when we are in need of a replacement(if everything goes well) for Bertrand , Shaw would be 21- 22 and can step up. Besides , Shaw is a very good talent, atleast from what I have seen. I still got my heart set out on Adam Lallana, but that's another story.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

I'm beginning to think that Van Aanholt probably won't make it. He struggled to get any time on the pitch at Wigan, and his loan at Vitesse didn't go particularly well. Perhaps the club brass are thinking along the same lines.

Absolutely agree but then again I think that pretty much no young players are going to make it. Chelsea have probably had at least 50 highly-touted young players in the last 20 years and only one has become a world-class player, good enough to start for Chelsea (Terry) and only a few have ever contributed at all at a top level. (Huth, Carlton Cole, Jody Morris). Predicting success from academy players is a fool's game.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Absolutely agree but then again I think that pretty much no young players are going to make it. Chelsea have probably had at least 50 highly-touted young players in the last 20 years and only one has become a world-class player, good enough to start for Chelsea (Terry) and only a few have ever contributed at all at a top level. (Huth, Carlton Cole, Jody Morris). Predicting success from academy players is a fool's game.

Definitely agree.

I think what we need to do though is treat the RA years as different. The academy structure now is a lot better. I'll still give it about 10 years but I believe we'll have produced maybe 4/5 quality talents by that time. We'll see.

[J.F. 1,484]

Please !

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Said hes a Chelsea fan on twitter. Don't think hes as good as everyone makes out, overhyped like most young English players, he had a good game against us so another thread... might as well sign Ricky Lambert too then...

[Spike 12,049]

Shadupp you face, Ryan. What's a matter you? Hey, gotta no respect.

I'd take Luke shaw in an instant, he's 17 but still one of the better LBs in the league.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Said hes a Chelsea fan on twitter. Don't think hes as good as everyone makes out, overhyped like most young English players, he had a good game against us so another thread... might as well sign Ricky Lambert too then...

He's looked good almost every time I've seen him...and he's 17 and starting in the Premier League. He might not develop, but he's showing a lot at a very young age. I'd take Lambert too. Would be a perfect cheap backup to Ba.

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Interesting target, and I thought we were in for him at one point..BUT........

He's recently signed a new contract.

[Shogun 721]

He said he's signing a five year contract when he turns 18 too.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Amazing to see how Shaw is streets ahead of Bertrand and is six years younger...