Mohamed Salah

[didierforever 7,349]

I don't get it, why is that lost? You would have:

Torres, Eto'o and Ba as CF

Hazard and Schurrle for the LW

Willian and Salah for the RW

Oscar, Rami, Matic, Lamps, Essien, Mikel (Baker) for DM/CM/CAM

Ash, JT, Cahill, Luiz, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Ake and Kalas in defence

Cech, Schwarzer GK

please read what i write. QUALITY in depth.

essien, kalas, ake - do not and will not make the cut under mourinho this season. they are simply there for filling up names.

as of right now, we have 17 first team players for 10 outfield spots. thats hardly depth for me considering the big squads of TOP teams like bayern, city, RM, etc...

[sodasys 40]

Tiago Mendes 2004
Quaresma 2008
Salah 2014

[The only place to be 11,313]

please read what i write. QUALITY in depth.

essien, kalas, ake - do not and will not make the cut under mourinho this season. they are simply there for filling up names.

as of right now, we have 17 first team players for 10 outfield spots. thats hardly depth for me considering the big squads of TOP teams like bayern, city, RM, etc...

How many outfield players have Man City played more than 3 times this season?

I'll give you a clue. It rhymes with 17.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

what a shit transfer. especially for 15 m euros. average player. is mourinho smoking something the past days?!?!

sining an anti-semitic player...how fitting...

What does that have to do with anything? If you want to talk politics, we have a thread for it in the general chat section. In the football section, please stick to discussing football ability.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I would just prefer us giving Bertrand Traore that spot tbh.

Pretty sure he hasn't got his work permit yet.

[Jase 43,479]

Pretty sure he hasn't got his work permit yet.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2481371/Chelsea-finally-sign-Traore-half-year-deal-wonderkid-granted-work-permit.html

Think he already got it. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to sign him.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Rawk is pretty entertaining on this topic.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2481371/Chelsea-finally-sign-Traore-half-year-deal-wonderkid-granted-work-permit.html

Think he already got it. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to sign him.

No, we are able to sign him because he has turned 18, but he can't play for us until he gets the permit. That's what Jose said in the summer.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

You are 21 years old and you support Chelsea from Nottingham, yet you called me a glory hunter. The only place I lived in England is Central London. That's why I support Chelsea. This is ridiculous. I have nothing to say to you. I am really sorry now going off topic on this thread.

So, because you're older and live in London, you're a better fan? Okay. I'm done here.

Anyway, back on topic folks.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Tiago Mendes 2004

Quaresma 2008

Salah 2014

Behave lad, Tiago was a quality squad player.

[Jase 43,479]

No, we are able to sign him because he has turned 18, but he can't play for us until he gets the permit. That's what Jose said in the summer.

This was from last July...

Traore has been around the Blues’ Under-21 team for the last 18 months, but he is not currently eligible for a UK work permit, meaning Chelsea have been unable to formally sign him.

Source: http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/27/jose-mourinho-desperate-for-chelsea-to-finally-sign-trialist-bertrand-traore-3901045/

And this from earlier this month...

Chelsea's main problem, though, was obtaining a work permit for him - he was only in the UK on a student visa. However, with those legal criteria now met and Traore now 18, the Blues finally officially got their man to open this month's transfer window.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2532523/IN-THE-SPOTLIGHT-Bertrand-Traore-Chelseas-Burkina-Faso-wonderkid.html

And mind you, he turned 18 last September but we were only able to confirm his signing this month because of the work permit.

[didierforever 7,349]

How many outfield players have Man City played more than 3 times this season?

I'll give you a clue. It rhymes with 17.

huh??? seriously?

lets see city's player and their no. of apperances in all competitions.

player-appearances

1.richards-8

2.kompany-17

3.Pablo Zabaleta-27

4.Joleon Lescott-17

5.James Milner-30

6.Samir Nasri-28

7.Álvaro Negredo-33

8.Edin Džeko-27

9.Aleksandar Kolarov-27

10.Javi García-28

11.Jesús Navas-32

12.Sergio Agüero-23

13.Jack Rodwell-7

14.David Silva-22

15.Gaël Clichy-20

16.Fernandinho-29

17.Martín Demichelis-15

18.Matija Nastasić-18

19.Stevan Jovetić-6

20.Dedryck Boyata-6

21.Yaya Touré-29

with that squad strength i can actually see why they are being tipped to do a domestic treble this season. oh well!!!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

This was from last July...

And this from earlier this month...

And mind you, he turned 18 last September but we were only able to confirm his signing this month because of the work permit.

All those reports are based on a claim by the Daily Mail that he has been granted a work permit. But I'm not too sure about that mainly because it is the daily fail and because we decided to loan him abroad to Vitesse. If he did have a work permit, I think it would have made much more sense to loan him inside England.

But what I am sure of, is that he does not need to get a work permit for us to be able to sign him. We signed him back in October because he has turned 18 not because he got a work permit:

"The announcement (Traore's signing) makes no mention of the player being granted a work permit in England, although I'd assume that's the next logical step in this process. The youngster can't play for either the senior side or the U21 squad without that"

http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/2013/10/31/5050348/official-chelsea-sign-bertrand-traore

[Jase 43,479]

All those reports are based on a claim by the Daily Mail that he has been granted a work permit. But I'm not too sure about that mainly because it is the daily fail and because we decided to loan him abroad to Vitesse.

I know Daily Mail is a dodgy source but I don't think they are gonna write BS on things like work permit. And what's so surprising that we loan him to Vitesse anyway? We practically do that with most of our younger players.

If he did have a work permit, I think it would have made much more sense to loan him inside England.

That is your own opinion...

But what I am sure of, is that he does not need to get a work permit for us to be able to sign him. We signed him back in October because he has turned 18 not because he got a work permit:

"The announcement (Traore's signing) makes no mention of the player being granted a work permit in England, although I'd assume that's the next logical step in this process. The youngster can't play for either the senior side or the U21 squad without that"

http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/2013/10/31/5050348/official-chelsea-sign-bertrand-traore

That was only an agreement to sign him. You can't formally confirm the signing of someone without a work permit - http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3597985/title/traore-move-completed (on 31st December 2013).

[yuvala 2,167]

Like he can replace Mata .. pfff