Marco Reus

[ChelseaFC12 134]

I'd agree both Willian and Schurrle are bang average. Our RW is our weakest link in our team.

[Danny Boyukliev 32]

Reus will be a chelsea player if we offer him 250k a week, This club desperately needs Reus. Schurrle is the worst player in this club, sell his sorry ass and buy Reus. It will be a dream come true for me to see Reus in a chelsea shirt.

The club is struggling to offer Eden £200k a week. I don't think we can compete with the clubs blessed by the FFP such as Bayern, United, Barcelona, City and Real of course financially, If he comes I can't see him getting more than £200k weekly wage.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,072]

Reus will be a chelsea player if we offer him 250k a week, This club desperately needs Reus. Schurrle is the worst player in this club, sell his sorry ass and buy Reus. It will be a dream come true for me to see Reus in a chelsea shirt.

If only it was as simple as out competing other clubs on the wage packet. I'm guessing of course but it seems likely to me that all of the candidate clubs would match that figure. What is more, taking FFP into account, a number of those clubs can pay a fair amount more than we can.

As for Schurrle, he is a good player but 'good' is not good enough for the level we aim to compete at. If you want to be a serious contributor for Chelsea then the entry level job spec starts at 'great'.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,072]

The club is struggling to offer Eden £200k a week. I don't think we can compete with the clubs blessed by the FFP such as Bayern, United, Barcelona, City and Real of course financially, If he comes I can't see him getting more than £200k weekly wage.

In terms of FFP, we are in a better position than City. UEFA took more of their fake income into account than I think was justified but City still got sanctioned, and quite right too. Real-income for real-income, we're well ahead of The Citizens.

[The Skipper 20,609]

The club is struggling to offer Eden £200k a week. I don't think we can compete with the clubs blessed by the FFP such as Bayern, United, Barcelona, City and Real of course financially, If he comes I can't see him getting more than £200k weekly wage.

We're not struggling with FFP at all, especially after the excellent business we did this summer.

[Sepehr SS 36]

Signing Reus may be a pipe dream atm but I really regret that we didn't make an offer for Alexis Sanchez, he would have been great as our RW. I don't think he would have still chosen arsenal over chelsea if we had an offer for him. He is a bargain at 30 million pounds.

[Danny Boyukliev 32]

We're not struggling with FFP at all, especially after the excellent business we did this summer.

What I'm saying is that we don't have the financial power of some other teams. United has 2 or 3 players which are on £250+k weekly wage while our biggest stars (Costa, Cesc, Hazard) are in the region of £150k-190k. And the problem is not that we're struggling with FFP but that in order to comply we can't be on the same level as United, Real, Barca.

[the wes 7,212]

reports say hes heading for Barcelona

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/531737/Marco-Reus-snub-Premier-League-Barcelona-move

[Beepu 1,714]

Barcelona doesn't need him. How is he going to breakthrough a front 3 of Neymar-Messi-Suarez. Well, I'd play Reus instead of Neymar but he costed them like 70m? Can't see any of those 3 getting benched.

And is the 20m release clause effective by January? I thought it's next summer?

[The Skipper 20,609]

What I'm saying is that we don't have the financial power of some other teams. United has 2 or 3 players which are on £250+k weekly wage while our biggest stars (Costa, Cesc, Hazard) are in the region of £150k-190k. And the problem is not that we're struggling with FFP but that in order to comply we can't be on the same level as United, Real, Barca.

If we wanted to we could afford to have 1 or 2 players on 200k. We've slashed our wage bills massively so there's definitely space. We aren't as far behind United, Real and Barca as you're trying to make it seem.

Just because the club are being smart with contracts and transfers doesn't mean we don't have the capacity to offer Reus £200k+.

[Special Juan 28,141]

Schurrle to Dortmund plus some dollar.

[bethos1 802]

reports say hes heading for Barcelona

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/531737/Marco-Reus-snub-Premier-League-Barcelona-move

How will they buy him? They can't buy anyone the next 2 transfer periods.

[iseah100 5,612]

I love Shirley, but I like Reus better. Why would he go to Barca? He'd be guaranteed a starting spot here, that's one of the main reasons Hazard chose us. And we're a promising team, financially stable, passionate owner, great players, and the best manager in the world. Plus we compete on all fronts. He'd be cup tied for the CL, but he'd help us win the PL.

[LondonsFinest 692]

It's his fave team. I won't be astonished.

[Sepehr SS 36]

He will go to Bayern.

[Nike 373]

in 2 months Reus will make his announcement that he will join Bayern..

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Signing Reus may be a pipe dream atm but I really regret that we didn't make an offer for Alexis Sanchez, he would have been great as our RW. I don't think he would have still chosen arsenal over chelsea if we had an offer for him. He is a bargain at 30 million pounds.

I was pleading for the signing of Alexis Sanchez. It's was a no-brainer really, he fits into our side like a glove. Mourinho probably felt that we had enough with Schurrle and Willian but its becoming clearer with each passing match that neither are really good enough for Chelsea.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Signing Reus may be a pipe dream atm but I really regret that we didn't make an offer for Alexis Sanchez, he would have been great as our RW. I don't think he would have still chosen arsenal over chelsea if we had an offer for him. He is a bargain at 30 million pounds.

Sanchez is miles ahead of Willian and Schurrle offensively and his workrate is also hugely impressive. But would he be more of a goalscoring threat than what we have now? Our system is clearly skewed to allow Hazard more freedom on the right (hence why we have an out-and-out left back) whilst on the right we have a more attacking right-back and a more defensively-orientated right winger who has a huge defensive duty. Would Sanchez be able to do that? If we had Hazard and Sanchez we'd be wonderful to watch but we'd lose a lot of defensive solidarity. Maybe Schurrle and Willian's attacking instincts are just being curtailed by José so that we don't go into attacking overload. Being the best team isn't about having the best individual players (as Man City demonstrate) - it is about having the best collective balance and dynamism. Schurrle and Willian are thusly better suited to us and our system than Sanchez, and indeed Reus, though if we wanted to be even more attacking then, yes, I accept your point - we'd have been stupid to have gone for Reus should he become available.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Sanchez is miles ahead of Willian and Schurrle offensively and his workrate is also hugely impressive. But would he be more of a goalscoring threat than what we have now? Our system is clearly skewed to allow Hazard more freedom on the right (hence why we have an out-and-out left back) whilst on the right we have a more attacking right-back and a more defensively-orientated right winger who has a huge defensive duty. Would Sanchez be able to do that? If we had Hazard and Sanchez we'd be wonderful to watch but we'd lose a lot of defensive solidarity. Maybe Schurrle and Willian's attacking instincts are just being curtailed by José so that we don't go into attacking overload. Being the best team isn't about having the best individual players (as Man City demonstrate) - it is about having the best collective balance and dynamism. Schurrle and Willian are thusly better suited to us and our system than Sanchez, and indeed Reus, though if we wanted to be even more attacking then, yes, I accept your point - we'd have been stupid to have gone for Reus should he become available.

Couldn't agree more. That's also why we see Hazard being allowed the freedom to also switch flanks with Willian/Schurrle, I have no doubt that Mourinho has allowed him to do this. That's why I don't agree when people suggest we should sell those guys, because their defensive contributions (Willian especially) give the side a much needed balance. Arsenal actually highlight this point very well. They give Sanchez, Walcott, Ozil et al too much freedom, in line with a slow defensive set up means they're far too exposed.

[ChelseaFC12 134]

Sanchez is miles ahead of Willian and Schurrle offensively and his workrate is also hugely impressive. But would he be more of a goalscoring threat than what we have now? Our system is clearly skewed to allow Hazard more freedom on the right (hence why we have an out-and-out left back) whilst on the right we have a more attacking right-back and a more defensively-orientated right winger who has a huge defensive duty. Would Sanchez be able to do that? If we had Hazard and Sanchez we'd be wonderful to watch but we'd lose a lot of defensive solidarity. Maybe Schurrle and Willian's attacking instincts are just being curtailed by José so that we don't go into attacking overload. Being the best team isn't about having the best individual players (as Man City demonstrate) - it is about having the best collective balance and dynamism. Schurrle and Willian are thusly better suited to us and our system than Sanchez, and indeed Reus, though if we wanted to be even more attacking then, yes, I accept your point - we'd have been stupid to have gone for Reus should he become available.

Against big teams away I can agree with your point. But against small teams at home or away his contribution isn't any different either. So I don't agree at this.

And Brana is possibly the best defensive Right back in the Premier League. Willian can easily play fully attacking football against small teams etc. but still his contribution is next to nil in output.

Willian is basically just a WORKHORSE nothing more. And you know what Alexis works AS hard as Willian so it's no point that he wouldn't help us defensively.

And if you say we can't afford to play 2 wingers fully attacking football against small teams at home I don't think we deserve to be called favourties for PL and one of for CL.