BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Sky Sports understands Chelsea have made an approach for Birmingham City goalkeeper Jack Butland. Butland's future has been the subject of intense speculation during this month's transfer window with a host of clubs chasing his signature. The likes of Liverpool,Everton,Newcastle and Southamptonhave all been credited with an interest in Butland, but Chelseahave now jumped to the front of the queue for the keeper. Birmingham boss Lee Clark has admitted that they could be forced to sell Butland due to their ongoing financial concerns. Despite having Petr Cech as No.1 and Belgian youngster Thibaut Courtois impressing on loan atAtletico Madrid, Chelsea see Butland as a long-term investment. It remains to be seen if Butland would make the move to Stamford Bridge as he is thought to be keen on moving to a club where he will be playing regular first-team football. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8452057/ Also being reported by:The Mirror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 What a terrible name to go through school with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 What a terrible name to go through school with.You're being harsh. Jack isn't that bad of a name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,158 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 If this is true our club really baffles me. Blackman is a very talented keeper and then we make an approach for him. Doesnt do any wonders for youngsters confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin123 539 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I can only believe courtoius is being sold,FFP wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutcho 8,443 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I can only believe courtoius is being sold,FFP winsHe probably is, but not because of ffp but because he doens't want to sit on the bench for 5 years which is fair enough. I just hope if he does go we at least get falcao coming back the other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mak 4,459 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 If this is true, it's stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, a thousand times stupid, for a number of reasons:1. He's not needed, as we have Courtois.2. Blackman isn't a bad backup, especially in comparison to the likes of Hilario.3. I don't think he wants to sit on the bench and become Ross Turnbull.4. If this even hints at the idea of having Courtois as part of the Falcao deal, our board is officially the worse board in the world because (a) they haven't learned that big money signings like Torres don't always guarantee immediate success and (b ) they can't see that Courtois has the potential to be our keeper for the next 15+ years.I'd rather have Courtois, Ba and anyone except Torres up front (Cavani?), than Ba, Falcao and no Courtois.5. Of all signings to make in January, of all positions, they want a GK?Is it Michael Emenalo who is suggesting these signings? Is this the guy who thought if we have every no. 10 in the world, we'd play like Barca? Is this the same guy who has such credentials on his C.V. as coaching a little girls football team? Don't people like him need supervision with safety scissors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,367 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 For Butland its like winning the lottery.Take the massive money and sit on the bench doing fuck all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 If he's actually going to cost £3 million, then I can't see why the club wouldn't sign him. He's at least half the price he should be, he's young, he's English and he's better than Turnball who is utter shit.If Courtois actually is going on loan to a Premier League team then I'm not that worried about this transfer impacting him. Hilario and Turnball are both out of contract in the summer I believe so that would mean us having Cech as number one and Butland and Blackman fighting it out for back-up.The only person this doesn't make sense for is Butland. But if he's happy to come and not be guaranteed first-team football then why wouldn't we go for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 For Butland its like winning the lottery.Take the massive money and sit on the bench doing fuck allIt is actually really horrible to sit on the bench... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 For Butland its like winning the lottery.Take the massive money and sit on the bench doing fuck allsimilar to the planks that sit on our Board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterfall 893 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Yup. If it's only for 3M, I think it's worth it. He's only going to be a backup (a much better one than Turnbull) and we'll probably easily be able to sell him again when he's not needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. 2,742 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 top kepper imo yer TC is better but i see him ending up in Spain full time tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Don't really care. It's the problem with backup keepers in general. If they are any good, they'll want to play instead of riding the bench and you don't really want to spend money on someone who will play 5 fairly unimportant games a year. At the same time, you never know when you'll need him to play a big role. It's hard for any player to stay on their game and virtually impossible to improve, if they never play. If it's 3M for Butland, it's a fine buy, but don't understand why Butland would want to go to Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,367 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Hes been brought in so Rafa can do one of his masterstroke substitutions. Butland can be brought on for Cech in the 85th minute when we're 2-1 down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,994 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 It would honestly make me sick if we part ways with Courtois. Will be the best keeper in the world soon. The absolute ONLY way I could accept it is if Falcao was involved.We simply cannot let him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,158 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Even if the offer is accepted does not mean that he will join us. As the article says he will not be no.1 here for a few years if he comes. If he joins Southampton he probably would be their no.1. Possible Liverpool too, if Reina leaves. Doubt he will join here to play back up role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slam Dunk 1,442 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Highly doubt this would have any impact on Courtois' situation at all. The club know what they have got with Thibaut.I didn't realise Turnbull's contract was up in the summer, so I can see this making sense from our point of view, although, as some have already said, not from Butland's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blu4Lyf 46 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I hope this gets done today so we don't have to see the stooge in the net tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I actually still see no problem having Cech AND Courtois in one team, Cech also replaced Cudicini when the latter was only 31 and he still stayed with us for 4 more years. Liverpool had Dudek and Reina for a long time, Every Bundesliga club normally has two absolute quality goalies. jack Butland is okay, but Turnbull also was ok at the time he joined us, he was about the same age btw. This move only makes sense if we line up him as future Cech replacement which would a shame considering we got a much better option right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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