JDY 1,290 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Club: Real MadridDate of birth: 11th March 1988 (24 years old)Position: Left back With the rumours that the club are willing to let Ashley Cole leave for free at the end of the season, no doubt speculation will mount over possible replacements in the summer. Whether Bertrand is ready to step up on a permanent basis still remains a question mark, so would it be wise to sign a top quality fullback, or stick with our current regime of signing top youth prospects, i.e. Lucas Digne. Not forgetting that PvA is still on loan at Vitesse, does a club like Chelsea need better fullbacks than Bertrand and PvA?On to the player in question, Coentrão is arguably one of the best leftbacks in the world. In my opinion, only 2nd behind Marcelo (unfortunately for him). A very well rounded player, who's role for club and country tends to differ. Often seen marauding down the left for Portugal, displaying great attacking qualities in past international tournaments which hasn't gone unnoticed. In comparison to his role at Madrid, he is given less freedom to roam. Defensively he is superb and is often picked ahead of Marcelo against opponents who are strong down the flanks. He is also versatile and can double up with Marcelo down the left, cover at right fullback, and deputise in central midfield (Quite a bit last season).The only real drawbacks are that he tends to have trouble with injuries, which could not be so bad if we have Bertrand waiting in the wings. I doubt Madrid would let him leave for anything below £20m, unless the player himself has expressed his desire to leave. Although there has been rumours recently of training ground rifts between the player and staff (according to Marca).With the likelihood of Cole leaving seemingly high, I think this would be a good move for us and for him. Obviously we don't know who will be manager at the end of the season, but if all goes well and someone like Pep comes in, I think this would be a big possibility.Thoughts on Coentrão?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 He cost Madrid €30 Million. I'm not sure if he is actually a viable option but I would gladly sign him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDY 1,290 Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 He cost Madrid €30 Million. I'm not sure if he is actually a viable option but I would gladly sign him.Indeed, his price would be the only real sticking point, plus they have no reason to sell at this moment.But if he get's unhappy at playing second fiddle to Marcelo then who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Great player but real wont sell plus we should give bertrand a chance to shine next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Im sure Coentrao would join us and Real woukd sell as he wasnt 'that' at Rm. He seems to play much better for Portugal than Rm, maybe he doesnt suit them. Anything in range of 25mio would let him go, but we should give some chance to Ryan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corner 456 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Well, if Cole leaves during the summer we're going to have to sign another left-back. I don't really think Bertrand is ready to be our first-choice left-back but I would happy take Coentrao and Bertrand as his back-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Would love him but...we're going to lose a lot of money this year (no C.L., high transfer costs already, amortization of past transfers, etc...) and you can get cheaper good players at LB than you can at our other need positions (striker or two, central midfield). We got Azpilecueta for 7M pounds. Jordi Alba cost about the same for Barca. The other thing to consider is that with Lampard, Cole, and Sturridge all looking likely to leave, Chelsea are going to be able to buy almost exclusively British players.I don't think Chelsea will ever hand the job over to Bertrand straight out, but they could do something like buying Luke Shaw and letting the two of them compete. And just for fun, here is a whoscored.com article on some interesting young fullbacks. http://www.whoscored.com/Blog/yp0yhnuaceyeyvy7jtiviw/Show/Hot-Prospect-Scout-Five-Top-Young-Full-Backs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersonBLUE 819 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 As if we are all really worried on how much players cost. Pocket money for Abrom, his yacht cost 500million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 @TorontoChelsea, there are some good English players out there.We could buy Baines and Walcott for LB and Att. We could even buy Wilshere just for fun!OR.....We could keep Lampard and Cole FFS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,887 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 He already rejected us last summer to go to Madrid when AVB/the board tried signing him from Benfica (despite us offering the full release clause - 30 million euros cahs only - which was more than Madrid wanted to pay - 20 odd million euros plus Ezequiel Garay - which is why Benfica's board pushed for him to come here instead of Madrid). Also he looks extremely suspect defending tbh so no thanks. Hes great going forward though but thats because hes played a lot as a winger at Rio Ave due to being poor defensively. Basically hes the slightly better LB version of Bosingwa tbh. I'd rather we keep Cole or go for Marcelo (who according to Cole is the best LB in the world). Or Baines who is also a great LB.Also his hair is a fucking mess, if he was to come here he'd have to sort that out. Fecking hippie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray 9,441 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 As if we are all really worried on how much players cost. Pocket money for Abrom, his yacht cost 500million. Well, there is just this litle detal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Financial_Fair_Play_Regulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,887 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Well, there is just this litle detal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Financial_Fair_Play_RegulationsFFP is ridiculous imo. Obviously someone whos going to pour loads of money into a club will realize the club will need to make money to pay off their debts. I would honestly love to meet Michel Platini, compliment him on how great a player he was then kick him in the nuts for passing this rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray 9,441 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 FFP is ridiculous imo. Obviously someone whos going to pour loads of money into a club will realize the club will need to make money to pay off their debts. I would honestly love to meet Michel Platini, compliment him on how great a player he was then kick him in the nuts for passing this rule. Still, we now have a different way of doing things. Facts remain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 @TorontoChelsea, there are some good English players out there.We could buy Baines and Walcott for LB and Att. We could even buy Wilshere just for fun!OR.....We could keep Lampard and Cole FFS!It's definitely not a viable option to keep Cole imo. We've made the mistake of keeping players past their prime before (Essien), let's not do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 The only reason he didn't join was because he wasn't sure how well he would take to learning English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDY 1,290 Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Some papers linking him with us now. Not surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I would prefer Baines cheaper and awesome crosser - him and Hazard on the left would be deadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I would prefer Baines cheaper and awesome crosser - him and Hazard on the left would be deadly I reckon he'd be even more expensive! English + Cap for England + Play for his childhood club + Everton don't want to sell = Expensive as all hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I reckon he'd be even more expensive! English + Cap for England + Play for his childhood club + Everton don't want to sell = Expensive as all hell!He won't be anywhere near 30million euros or even 20...I think Everton would have to sell at around 10million pounds to help balance the books...Same ballpark as Azpi and Moses Edit: Everton are looking for 15 million, they can fuck off 10 is a fair price, settle on 12...Edit 2: even Neville Southall agrees (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2250131/Everton-sell-Leighton-Baines-Marouane-Fellaini-fund-Champions-League-push--Neville-Southall.html) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 He won't be anywhere near 30million euros or even 20...I think Everton would have to sell at around 10million pounds to help balance the books...Same ballpark as Azpi and Moses I don't think so. I think they are doing alright financially, well enough to not have to sell all their best players. Besides, they rejected a 14 million (I think...) bid from Man Utd in the summer transfer window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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