Bernard Duarte

[Jcar92 66]

Interesting. Cheers guys!

Although, I do remember similar things being said about Oscar when he first joined (Too Skinny/lightweight, weak etc) and as we know, he's made a decent start here. If we do get him, I'm sure Chelsea know what there doing and for the 15-20 million euro price that is being quoted it'd be worth the risk I guess

It's not the same for us, brazilians... You see, here, in the "Brasileirão", he did really well, but not as good as Oscar, Neymar, Lucas or Alexandre Pato at his time. He has the talent to play at this level, but is not ready yet. It's hard to tell, even Alexandre Pato, who played at a level good enough to do the difference in Europe should have stayed for more time... Is really hard to tell who is good enough, you don't know if the player is at his best, or if he can do better, or even if it's the right time to go out even tough he is good.

As i said, being weak is not the problem if you have the experience and know how to deal with it... But he doesn't. And even without the pressure that had Neymar, Lucas Moura and Oscar in their games, he does not as good as them.

About buying Bernard i do think it's a good idea. Not to come to England, but to have him cheap. And of course, letting he play loaned in Brazil.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Apparently we signed him for 6 million and hes been loaned back. Or thats what the rumors on twitter areeeeeee

[Beepu 1,714]

Apparently we signed him for 6 million and hes been loaned back. Or thats what the rumors on twitter areeeeeee

if its true then i think 6m for him is very low risk, he looks talented for sure.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

if its true then i think 6m for him is very low risk, he looks talented for sure.

yeah if its true and he turns out to be good, great deal.

Seen it on some Chelsea fans twitter, fizzyjacko or something. He posted stuff about Oscar signing and Robbie being sacked before it happened I think so going on that I decided to post it here!

[Mustafa 885]

He's a terrific talent! But there are sooo many great talents these days and soo many of them dont live up to expectations. Interesting to see him in a couple years time

[Jcar92 66]

Apparently we signed him for 6 million and hes been loaned back. Or thats what the rumors on twitter areeeeeee

If this is true, it's amazing, exactly what i thought we should done. He seens like a great prospect.

[LayZ 201]

The NEW Oscar? Sort of insinuates that Oscar is old already...

Besides how many oscars do we need? According to wikipedia Spencer Tracy,Fredric March,Gary Cooper,Marlon Brando,Dustin Hoffman,Tom Hanks,Jack Nicholson,Daniel Day-Lewis & Sean Penn all have 2 oscars each...guess we could do with one more..

[Marvin123 527]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/8308859

maybe negotiations are happening?

maybe its done?

[GermanBlue 82]

Another Brazilian?

Also another small atacking midfielder? I think with Hazard, Mata, Oscar, Moses, Marin, Piazon,... we have enough of this type of player. I'd appreciate going for a tall (min 180) playmaker/attacking mid to produce some physical strength in the attacking third.

[Marvin123 527]

very

Another Brazilian?

Also another small atacking midfielder? I think with Hazard, Mata, Oscar, Moses, Marin, Piazon,... we have enough of this type of player. I'd appreciate going for a tall (min 180) playmaker/attacking mid to produce some physical strength in the attacking third.

seem to be getting very 'Barcelona-esq' hmmm

pointing towards Pep you think?

[GermanBlue 82]

very

seem to be getting very 'Barcelona-esq' hmmm

pointing towards Pep you think?

If you mean that we're trying to attract him to come here (hope I understood that right), nah, I think that goes too far. In my opinion, it's an world-football evolution (at least at the bigger teams) that seems to come with the domination of the 4-2-3-1. Most of the teams prefer a rather small attacking mid. And I think especially in England, when you come up against physically strong defensive sides, it seems to me that we're lacking that strength in our attack. Yeah, some coaches may want to reproduce the Barcelona style of play or interpret it in their way, but to me that (especially in our team where we have Hazard, Mata, Oscar, Moses, Piazon, Marin, ...) goes a little to far and a team should always be variable in their style of play and I don't see the point in buying a player that we have enough of in our squad.

[Marvin123 527]

Yeah me too, totally agree with tht post,

Could do with a couple different types of attacking players

[Muzchap 8,966]

Another Brazilian?

Also another small atacking midfielder? I think with Hazard, Mata, Oscar, Moses, Marin, Piazon,... we have enough of this type of player. I'd appreciate going for a tall (min 180) playmaker/attacking mid to produce some physical strength in the attacking third.

That's just the German in you

He's cheap, but agree a beast in Midfield like Ballack would really help sort our shit out now