Isco

[The Skipper 20,609]

The main reason I can't see us signing Isco for is the fact that he wouldn't get enough minutes to develop. He'd have to play week in week out for him to realise his potential, and I can't see that happening here tbh.

[The only place to be 11,313]

With our current owner, we will never have that format of producing our own players and using them lots in our senior team. Please just understand that. It is not happening.

You're wrong about what the club wants to do. They actually want a 'conveyor belt of talent' and we're actually reaching a point where the talent level is good enough to make that a reality.

[communicate 2,703]

You're not supposed to play your own players *just* because you produced them. Anyone who doesn't support Chelsea can clearly see that this 'amazing potential' Piazon 'has' is a myth.

He's barely 'ours' anyway. We just bought him from Sao Paulo lol

Cleverley has never been 'shit'. Only a casual football follower would think such nonsense. Did you ever watch him at Wigan by any chance? Hm? Watford?

Barcelona and Manchester United are balanced because they don't change their manager every season - not because they don't 'jerk off on every fucking player in europe' (name 1 other player I've been pushing for us to buy btw to back that statement up please.)

United produce their own players? Who in their team came from their academy? Evans who made his debut half a decade ago, Giggs who was playing before quarter of this forum was alive, Welbeck, Scholes who needs a walking stick, Cleverley and Fletcher. You make it sound as if you can compare their youth usage to Barcelona's. Laughable.

Cleverley is NOT United's "important player" hahahahahaha. Rooney, RVP, Scholes, Giggs, Vidic, Rio, De Gea - all more important to them than him.

Let say we sign isco. He is 20 clearly need plenty of playing time to grow. We can only play 2 am at once. Even barca play with 2. Like you said let us forget about marin,piazon and kdb. Now we have 4 young players playing for 2 position. All of them need playing time to grow. Are you going to rotate them every game ? And let us asume mata will start most of the game for us. So it means 3 young players battling for 1 position. Nobody will be happy and their progress will be stagnant

[Jase 43,479]

Apart from Daily Mirror, did the Spanish media actually report anything about this over the weekend?

Have yet to see any real concrete sources linking us to getting Isco.

[Jase 43,479]

http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/08/chelsea-and-tottenham-suffer-isco-setback-with-malaga-unwilling-to-sell-3343338/

Chelsea and Tottenham have been dealt a huge setback in the January transfer window, with Spanish side Malaga insisting they will reject all bids for in-demand midfielder Isco.

Spurs have been long-term admirers of the 20-year-old and Chelsea have upped their interest in recent weeks, while Manchester United were also thought to be keen on bringing him to England.

But Malaga, who currently sit fourth in La Liga, say they are determined to keep hold of their highly rated playmaker despite the economic plight of the club, as they look to continue their excellent form in their maiden Champions League campaign.

Last week, Malaga were banned from European competition for one season by Uefa after failing to pay bills, but will not be lured into selling any of their star players in cut-price deals, as they did over the summer when Arsenal snapped up Santi Cazorla for £16m.

The Spanish outfit face FC Porto in the last 16 of the Champions League, with Isco proving a key player as they topped Group C ahead of AC Milan, Zenit St Petersburg and Anderlecht.

The Under-21 international has scored six goals in 22 outings for his club this term, most recently netting in their 3-2 win over Real Madrid just before Christmas.

[JDY 1,290]

Apart from Daily Mirror, did the Spanish media actually report anything about this over the weekend?

Have yet to see any real concrete sources linking us to getting Isco.

Balague just said it's highly unlikely that he will leave anytime soon, and is looking to sign a new contract with a bigger release clause.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Balague just said it's highly unlikely that he will leave anytime soon, and is looking to sign a new contract with a bigger release clause.

Understandable because he is a local boy after all. It'll definitely aid his development better if he stayed at Malaga for a few more seasons.

[Jase 43,479]

Balague just said it's highly unlikely that he will leave anytime soon, and is looking to sign a new contract with a bigger release clause.

That was the last thing I heard too with Malaga keen on inserting a region of 40m release clause in his contract.

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

Can Malaga afford to give him a new contract?

[Mufassir08 2,400]

I dont think malaga can reject bids.If a team activates his release clause then its up to the player totally.

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Is it True he got a buy out clause of just 18 Million Euros??!!

[Muzchap 8,966]

Yup

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Is it True he got a buy out clause of just 18 Million Euros??!!

Yes and its 17m btw.

[Corner 456]

Can Malaga afford to give him a new contract?

They can if they sell other players, which they will. They obviously hold Isco in high regard and Isco loves the club.

[Beepu 1,714]

Why did valencia let him go?