Rumoured Luke Shaw

[diskoviolente 425]

Gareth Bale was a LB at Southampton once. It is obvious what to do....

Joking aside. I think with Ryan we have a very promising LB at our disposal who is a CL winner and probably just as experienced as Shaw, given that Bertrand together with Ashley shut down Ribery (partly Robben) and Lahm. So I think Shaw is not exactly an imidiate transfer. What would be good is to buy him and loan him back to Soton. He gets regular playtime there already, we don´t shit around with Ryan too much and would make sure that Shaw doesn´t get screwed by a hammered board-management-structure....It sounds too reasonable maybe.

[Waterfall 893]

Not many players have shown the potential Shaw has shown "at the top level" at age of 17. He's already a good player in the PL right now, not just another big-name prospect. I've been more impressed with Shaw than I've ever been with Bertrand and that's not to slight the latter.

By the way, Van Aanholdt is doing well at Vitesse right now so he might come into play

[The only place to be 11,313]

Not many players have shown the potential Shaw has shown "at the top level" at age of 17. He's already a good player in the PL right now, not just another big-name prospect. I've been more impressed with Shaw than I've ever been with Bertrand and that's not to slight the latter.

By the way, Van Aanholdt is doing well at Vitesse right now so he might come into play

The problem is that for a while now there have been plenty of fans happy to slate the club for overspending. When we actually look to acquire young players with promise then they object.

Fortunately the club seems to be following the new direction they took recruiting Lukaku, Courtois, De Bruyne etc. by targetting Shaw before his price skyrockets.

[ZanSnake 1,211]

Looks more like a Fergie or Arsene signing rather then a Chelsea buy.

[The Skipper 20,609]

I wouldn't be upset if he's our only signing in the summer.

I would, very upset in fact. We're okay at the LB position ATM. There are other areas of the squad that need fixing more urgently.

[Sheva. 5,373]

I wouldn't be upset if he's our only signing in the summer.

I would break something. Signing him shouldn't even be anywhere near being a priority.

[Waterfall 893]

Lukaku, Ba, Torres

Hazard, Mata, Oscar, Moses, Marin, Piazon*

De Bruyne, Mikel, Ramires, Romeu, Chalobah*, McEachran*

Cole, Bertrand, Cahill, JT, Luiz, Ivanovic, Azpi

Cech, Turnbull, Hilario

A backup keeper would be nice and we could use another CB, but I'd be quite happy with the squad.

Maybe I'm higher on Lukaku, De Bruyne and Chalobah than you guys though

[The Skipper 20,609]

Turnbull & Hilario's contract expire this season if I'm not incorrect. We will definitely get at least 1 new goalie in IMO if that is the case.

[Severinb 309]

We actually need him, we can loan him back to southhampton for a season. When cole is off we need two good LBs and bertrand/shaw would do the job are young and english perfect match for us..

Dont know why anybody is complaining and buying shaw would not destroy bertrands chances. And he is 17 and already a good LB in the premier league. I would love him here he will be world class in 4-5 years...

[TheCount 146]

We actually need him, we can loan him back to southhampton for a season. When cole is off we need two good LBs and bertrand/shaw would do the job are young and english perfect match for us..

Dont know why anybody is complaining and buying shaw would not destroy bertrands chances. And he is 17 and already a good LB in the premier league. I would love him here he will be world class in 4-5 years...

PVA on loan as well tho. So shaw isnt really needed imo

[The only place to be 11,313]

PVA on loan as well tho. So shaw isnt really needed imo

Luke Shaw at age 17 has shown far more potential than either PVA or Bertrand in my opinion. He looks like he could be genuinely world-class whereas I'm not sure Bertrand could and PVA is still untested in the Premier League.

Since when is young English talent not needed?

[Severinb 309]

Luke Shaw at age 17 has shown far more potential than either PVA or Bertrand in my opinion. He looks like he could be genuinely world-class whereas I'm not sure Bertrand could and PVA is still untested in the Premier League.

Since when is young English talent not needed?

My thoughts excactly mate

[Leif 6,006]

It's rare these days for top footballers to actually support Chelsea in this country. It always seems to be Arsenal or Livershite, with a few of them liking Man Utd.

There'd be more heart in a player who actually supports the club and is a great player than playing some Dutch guy who's suspect at defending yet good at going forward (PvA) and likely supports Ajax or something. There is room for sentiment in football, and when a great player comes along, people shouldn't be so quick to dismiss him.

I can still absolutely not believe he is 17. I haven't seen an English 17 year old be this good since, what, Rooney? Maybe Wilshere?

In an ideal world I'd buy Shaw, bleed him into the team as Cole's deputy and sell Bertrand in part-exchange to Southampton so he can finally be a starting Premier League full-back, maybe with PvA being a back-up option here once Cole leaves and Shaw is #1. I just don't feel either Bertrand nor PvA are good enough for us as starters.

[TheCount 146]

Luke Shaw at age 17 has shown far more potential than either PVA or Bertrand in my opinion. He looks like he could be genuinely world-class whereas I'm not sure Bertrand could and PVA is still untested in the Premier League.

Since when is young English talent not needed?

By 19 he could be shite, buy him and loan him out for a few years and see, sure, but Bertrand has earned his place and PVA will be a good back up, plus their different types of players, if you need a more defensive set up bertrands your man, need some attacking? PVA's there, Balance is the key.

Anyway no real point arguing since you've already made your mind up after a handful of good performances against us...ignoring the fact bertrand passed a real test, playing the champion league final admirably.

[The only place to be 11,313]

By 19 he could be shite, buy him and loan him out for a few years and see, sure, but Bertrand has earned his place and PVA will be a good back up, plus their different types of players, if you need a more defensive set up bertrands your man, need some attacking? PVA's there, Balance is the key.

Anyway no real point arguing since you've already made your mind up after a handful of good performances against us...ignoring the fact bertrand passed a real test, playing the champion league final admirably.

There seems to be this myth that one can only watch players if they're playing us. I've actually seen him in a few games and he's been nothing short of impressive in each.

Shaw could be shit, but isn't that the chance you take with young players? There aren't any guarantees so you judge them on what they show you and he's shown more at age 17 than either of the other two did by age 20. By that logic, don't you think he is a more promising youngster and don't you think we should be in the business of buying promising youngsters?