Eidur the Spider 4,515 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Seems very safe to say Welcome back Nemanja!! A few years ago when I was watching a bean pole of a young central midfielder come on for Florent Malouda, I wouldn't have imagined we would be bringing him back with such a fee (even though he had a few nice touches ) but I am delighted with this signing. Makes complete sense and should be our regular midfielder for years to come. Up the blues!!! :blue scalf: :blue scalf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 It's nearly 11pm in UK soon. The medical could have been done anytime between then.The medical could have been done in Lisbon or Zurich any time over the last 72 hours, in fairness.Well, Alex, you do this kinds of things when you're in a really bad rush to sign the guy, just like Arsenal did with Ozil, but that's not the case with Matic, I guess. As for the medical tests (blood tests especially) they are only done in the morning because your body has to be "clean" after a proper sleep - no food before a medical test, no coffee, no cigarettes etc. So tomorrow it is.Welcome back Nemanja! I'd go with Matic Rami - Willian Oscar Hazard for the next years. Time for some consistency in our midfield for two or three seasons in a row, with the likes of van Ginkel, Chalobah, Baker, Loftus-Cheek, Bertrand Traore, Piazon, Atsu coming as subs and starting to pick up minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
José Mateus 46 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 We ain't interested in any loan. We have our own young players to develop, that won't be our strategy.Guarantee you that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HD3D 1,038 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Will we actually get to know the exact deal? Today in the Portuguese media I've read Benfica demands 30m + a Chelsea player or nothing.On one hand, I'm more inclined to believe the 20~25m figure, but then again why would Benfica agree to lose such a key player for just 20m? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenIsLegend 475 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Will we actually get to know the exact deal? Today in the Portuguese media I've read Benfica demands 30m + a Chelsea player or nothing.On one hand, I'm more inclined to believe the 20~25m figure, but then again why would Benfica agree to lose such a key player for just 20m?I presume Matic really wanting to leave and join us has some influence on the lower price but doubt it would account for the low'ish some being thrown around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toli 977 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Will we actually get to know the exact deal? Today in the Portuguese media I've read Benfica demands 30m + a Chelsea player or nothing.On one hand, I'm more inclined to believe the 20~25m figure, but then again why would Benfica agree to lose such a key player for just 20m?yes we will. benfica has to report the fee to the stock exchangebtw Matic is at the Berkeley Hotel in London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roquila 1,335 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Imagine if he signs for Spurs tommorow , lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blu35_army 551 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 finally we got a 1'90 ft player beside Cech...really offering more physical appearence... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korea 734 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 finally we got a 1'90 ft player beside Cech...really offering more physical appearence...eh, Luiz, terry and Cahill are close...Also, TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanishBlue 426 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 So with Ramires - Matic how would that compare to our rivals in Europe? (Without the hype please ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 eh, Luiz, terry and Cahill are close...Also, TCMikel, Ba are pretty close to it too.Edit: and Lukaku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 So with Ramires - Matic how would that compare to our rivals in Europe? (Without the hype please )Still a notch behind Real, Barca, Bayern. Possibly City and Dortmund too. But it's a huge improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korea 734 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 So with Ramires - Matic how would that compare to our rivals in Europe? (Without the hype please )Europe too far.WE should compare EPL.Prior to Matic, I'd say City, Tottenham and than Arsenal were better. Liverpool is eh.United is Carrick and ....Southampton is pretty good.Swansea good offensively. With the addition of Matic, hopefully its just under City-Spurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanishBlue 426 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Alright, those teams do have really strong midfielders so it's not a shame to be behind them It's great with an upgrade though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 The centre midfield doesn't have to be our biggest strength, as long as it's not a bottleneck, which this signing definitely helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardosr 38 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Would quite like Kalas to go Benfica on loan, i can't see him getting many games right now, that injury at the start off the season was the worst timing ever.He would not get many games here.Luisao and Garay are our centre defenders, even if Garay leaves to Zenit our coach likes Jardel (our 3rd option to CD).Don't get me wrong, i'm not being arrogant, but none of your young players would play here in Benfica right now, that's why I really don't care if there are 2 chelsea players in this deal or not.Matic in his 1st season here didn't played a lot, he was Javi Garcia substitute. Only when Javi left to City he started to play here and after 2 or 3 months all the fans started to stay that he was really better than Javi Garcia.Probably the deal is not done yet because of those 2 players, we don't need players like Kakuta, for his position we have a lot of players, Markovic, Djuricic, Gaitan, Sulejmani, Ola John, Cavaleiro, and a young kid that you will see a lot in the future called Bernardo Silva (i hope there are not any chelsea scouts here or you will buy this one too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardosr 38 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 So with Ramires - Matic how would that compare to our rivals in Europe? (Without the hype please )2 former benfica players + luiz on the back.I guess only Tiago (speaking about former benfica players) didn't had a lot of success there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Europe too far.WE should compare EPL.Prior to Matic, I'd say City, Tottenham and than Arsenal were better. Liverpool is eh.United is Carrick and ....Southampton is pretty good.Swansea good offensively. With the addition of Matic, hopefully its just under City-Spurs. I think we will be above Spurs, they had awesome midfield with Modric back then, but nowdays they lack creativity. City has better midfield, and sure all major teams like Madrid, Barca, Bayern, Bvb (when fit),...however we have best attacking midfield trio in PL already. And its not always about which midfield is better. That is not what wins you games. I think our team (with proper striker) works much better than most teams and that wins you game. We have been tacticaly awesome this year and Matic will only improve that. He can run all day and cover whole field and wont get tired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bababoom 4,478 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 :clown: :clown: :clown:Zouma, Matic and Mangala. Luiz and Mata, Kevin out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HD3D 1,038 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 So with Ramires - Matic how would that compare to our rivals in Europe? (Without the hype please )http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1923073-chelsea-transfer-news-nemanja-matic-will-be-a-formidable-force-for-blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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