Nemanja Matic

[the wes 7,212]

12 minutes ago, Tautvix said:

28...

I see you are not getting numbers right.

Matic turns 29 on the 1st of  August tho

[Chelsea4 1,521]

2 minutes ago, the wes said:

True £40m is great money for 28 year old I hope we spent the money on A midfielder to replace him Sanches would be nice 😁😁

 

 

 

Exactly. A midfield of Sanches,Bakayoko,Fabregas,Kante and maybe Baker would be great.

[Tautvix 1,321]

7 minutes ago, Chelsea4 said:

Winner medals?! Should we have kept Mikel because he has Champions League medal?

Nobody is disappointed about Matic leaving. The problem is Man Utd! We could have easily sold him to Juve, probably for less but big clubs don't care about that. Real Madrid sold us Morata for less than Man Utd were offering but they just don't sell players to clubs they don't want to have business with...

[Chelsea4 1,521]

Just now, Tautvix said:

Nobody is disappointed about Matic leaving. The problem is Man Utd! We could have easily sold him to Juve, probably for less but big clubs don't care about that. Real Madrid sold us Morata for less than Man Utd were offering but they just don't sell players to clubs they don't want to have business with...

Juventus was only willing to pay 25M for him. I'd rather take the 40-50M from Man United.

[the wes 7,212]

1 minute ago, Chelsea4 said:

Exactly. A midfield of Sanches,Bakayoko,Fabregas,Kante and maybe Baker would be great.

I'm a big fan of Fabregas but I don't  like him in two man midfield if Conte doesn't change  the formation to three in midfield i would sell fabregas aswell it's pointless keeping a player who can't play in two man midfield 

[Chelsea4 1,521]

1 minute ago, the wes said:

I'm a big fan of Fabregas but I don't  like him in two man midfield if Conte doesn't change  the formation to three in midfield i would sell fabregas aswell it's pointless keeping a player who can't play in two man midfield 

I agree it doesn't work againts great clubs like Bayern,Real,Barcelona etc but againts weaker teams like Burnley he can easily start and also in games where teams don't press much.

[Tautvix 1,321]

Sky sources: Chelsea are letting him join United as a goodwill gesture because of his contribution to two titles in three years. 

[Pizy 18,368]

So stupid unless we announce another midfielder ourselves within the next few days. 

If Jose switches them to 4-3-3 which he most certainly will if he's spending 40-50m on Matic, then a midfield 3 of Pogba, Herrera, Matic is very, very good. Maybe the best in the league unless we switch to 3 in the middle ourselves when Bakayoko is fit.

Improving a direct rival will leave such a bitter taste in my mouth unless we get a quality player to bolster our team.

[the wes 7,212]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

So stupid unless we announce another midfielder ourselves within the next few days. 

If Jose switches them to 4-3-3 which he most certainly will if he's spending 40-50m on Matic, then a midfield 3 of Pogba, Herrera, Matic is very, very good. Maybe the best in the league unless we switch to 3 in the middle ourselves when Bakayoko is fit.

Improving a direct rival will leave such a bitter taste in my mouth unless we get a quality player to bolster our team.

We would be mad going into the new season with just Bakayoko Kante fabregas Baker we need another midfielder 

[Pizy 18,368]

5 minutes ago, the wes said:

We would be mad going into the new season with just Bakayoko Kante fabregas Baker we need another midfielder 

Exactly. It would be suicidal.

[Stats 7,053]

42 minutes ago, Chelsea4 said:

Moses is pretty much still useless. Matic has been terrible two seasons now. 50M is way too much to turn down.

 

29 minutes ago, Chelsea4 said:

It was one season only. You would have to be retarded to turn down 40-50M for a 29year old useless Matic.

It's 45-50M but even 40M is a lot.

It is about time we stop talking about how much we are receiving and start doing something with the money. If that is true, it is a lot of money however the squad is thin. We should have a player lined up before we even consider selling him, which I doubt we do.  Mourinho clearly knows he needs a CM to be a stronger team and look there is us giving him is wish. Why we are even dealing with them after Lukaku stuff, I don't know and they are a direct rival for the title. Matic joining them is going to make Pogba much more of an attacking force next season. And no he is not useless. Ridiculous statement. We don't strengthen another team when they are making clear that is a position they want to strengthen. We made a lot of money due to the title win and Oscar/Ake sales. Why can't the club just spend rather than one in, one out policy and selling to direct rival concerns me. Especially as I think it makes them a lot more of a complete team now.

[Pizy 18,368]

4 minutes ago, Stats said:

 

It is about time we stop talking about how much we are receiving and start doing something with the money. If that is true, it is a lot of money however the squad is thin. We should have a player lined up before we even consider selling him, which I doubt we do.  Mourinho clearly knows he needs a CM to be a stronger team and look there is us giving him is wish. Why we are even dealing with them after Lukaku stuff, I don't know and they are a direct rival for the title. Matic joining them is going to make Pogba much more of an attacking force next season. And no he is not useless. Ridiculous statement. We don't strengthen another team when they are making clear that is a position they want to strengthen. We made a lot of money due to the title win and Oscar/Ake sales. Why can't the club just spend rather than one in, one out policy and selling to direct rival concerns me. Especially as I think it makes them a lot more of a complete team now.

Couldn't have said it bette myself. I see Chelsea fans here and all over Twitter delighted that were selling Matic and calling him useless. I think José Mourinho knows a bit more than they do. If he's so insistent on buying him and for a huge sum, clearly he thinks Matic will improve them.

We'll be weakening ourselves and at the same time improving a direct rival unless we bring in a player we feel is better.

[Dimitr 488]

[Dimitr 488]

Bakayoko >>>>Matic 

but my worry is our depth.. 

i hope to sign renato Sanchez or something similar to him.

[remains of the day 564]

13 minutes ago, Stats said:

 

It is about time we stop talking about how much we are receiving and start doing something with the money. If that is true, it is a lot of money however the squad is thin. We should have a player lined up before we even consider selling him, which I doubt we do.  Mourinho clearly knows he needs a CM to be a stronger team and look there is us giving him is wish. Why we are even dealing with them after Lukaku stuff, I don't know and they are a direct rival for the title. Matic joining them is going to make Pogba much more of an attacking force next season. And no he is not useless. Ridiculous statement. We don't strengthen another team when they are making clear that is a position they want to strengthen. We made a lot of money due to the title win and Oscar/Ake sales. Why can't the club just spend rather than one in, one out policy and selling to direct rival concerns me. Especially as I think it makes them a lot more of a complete team now.

It also sends the wrong message to our current players that they have more power than the club and can force a move to the club of their choice. Right now it might just be Matic, who you can argue can be replaced fairly easily, but sooner or later one of our more talented players will want to move to a rival and it will be difficult for the board to refuse because they have already set a precedence of selling to rivals. 

 

 

[Polo7 3,496]

Every match day people on this forum would insult Matic, now that he is going to United he is suddenly very very good.

Lets face it, he hasnt had a great game since his our title win under Mourinho. He has been awful most of last season. What the fuck are you guys complaining about?

[Stats 7,053]

Just now, Polo7 said:

Every match day people on this forum would insult Matic, now that he is going to United he is suddenly very very good.

Lets face it, he hasnt had a great game since his our title win under Mourinho. He has been awful most of last season. What the fuck are you guys complaining about?

Such an exaggeration to say he was awful most season. So all those games we won where majority he played, he was poor? Rubbish... I have always rated Matic and always thought he has been underappreciated and FWIW I think most people are angry about who we are selling him to when it is a position they made clear needs upgrading.

[Pizy 18,368]

2 minutes ago, Polo7 said:

Every match day people on this forum would insult Matic, now that he is going to United he is suddenly very very good.

Lets face it, he hasnt had a great game since his our title win under Mourinho. He has been awful most of last season. What the fuck are you guys complaining about?

He's a solid 7/10 player most games. He'll have the odd shite game and the odd great game but was mostly solid last season. Solid enough to start almost every game for us en route to the title.

That to me means that it's stupid to sell him to a rival. It's not as though we're selling them a transformative player who will elevate them to a whole new level, but any improvement at all we provide for a rival is too much in my eyes.