James Rodríguez

[Chelsea? 892]

15 minutes ago, Leif said:

Emenalo is the only 'important' staff member at the club to not have been sacked after our bad periods, because he's Roman's friend, which is why he has a job here, not because of any credentials. 

Also, to give him credit for finding any of the players we have is naive. Our best scouts over the years, some of which are still with us, are the ones who found our Belgians (bar Hazard, everyone knew about him). AVB brought in Mata, Romeu (a real talent at the time) & others. 

He obviously isn't the one finding our players. So, what does he do? Close some deals after our scouts find them? The job our new lady does? He is surplus, then. 

Emenalo looks at which managers we should bring into the club. That's roughly it. He advises Roman. Now that we have a coach we should stick with, what do you propose he does? I mean, besides hopping on whatever name the tabloids are cooking up and running to his Roman master saying 'This guy is good!!! Really! Get him please!!!', like he did with Stones. 

So how do you know all this? How can you figure he's an idiot that had caused all our problems even though he has no power? 

I don't think its a race thing, most fans hate people they presume to be incharge of transfers(like Man U). But you seem to find a way to blame him for the bad moves while claiminng he has no power. 

Hes been here since Roman and we've been great.  You need to make up your mind and figure out what his role is, cause right now according to you: he's responsible for the bad transfer and had nothing to do with the good ones. 

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Just now, petre.ispirescu said:

Conte's given a new breath of life to this club, he's gained a lot of reputation through his work at the club and the 11 wins in a row. At this moment I do not think there would be anybody at this club trying to sign players on his own and force Conte to play them. If this goes through then Conte must have given his approval.

I would also agree. Don't see our club being moronic enough to start signing players for a manager who has his team playing amazing and winning 11 on the bounce, without his consent or approval..

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16 minutes ago, Leif said:

Our scouts ain't the ones saying we should sign James. It ain't Maria. It ain't Conte. I wonder who it is. And I wonder what convinced them.

Dumbest post I've ever seen on this site. Honestly. 

How the hell do you even know what anyone at the club is pushing for?

[Leif 6,006]

5 minutes ago, Chelsea? said:

So how do you know all this? How can you figure he's an idiot that had caused all our problems even though he has no power? 

I don't think its a race thing, most fans hate people they presume to be incharge of transfers(like Man U). But you seem to find a way to blame him for the bad moves while claiminng he has no power. 

Hes been here since Roman and we've been great.  You need to make up your mind and figure out what his role is, cause right now according to you: he's responsible for the bad transfer and had nothing to do with the good ones. 

His role has changed over time. Because, Roman had to find a way to keep his buddy around. Square peg, round holes, that sort of thing.

He sealed some moves for players found by our scouts, but now Maria does that. Before Maria was here, he signed off on very dodgy deals, some of which at the time were not found by scouts, but were his own personal fancy. I won't allow that to be disputed, it's been in writing for all to see for years, especially when you consider his agent connections and the players they've had on their books (who then ended up with us.)

He hasn't caused all of our problems; but have you noticed he's the only high profile staff member to not receive the axe during bad times, and also the least qualified man to have ever had a role at this club? 

A couple janitors have been here since Roman, and we've been great. Are they responsible for our success? Are they void from being held under scrutiny if they fail to clean the toilets?

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13 minutes ago, Leif said:

His role has changed over time. Because, Roman had to find a way to keep his buddy around. Square peg, round holes, that sort of thing.

He sealed some moves for players found by our scouts, but now Maria does that. Before Maria was here, he signed off on very dodgy deals, some of which at the time were not found by scouts, but were his own personal fancy. I won't allow that to be disputed, it's been in writing for all to see for years, especially when you consider his agent connections and the players they've had on their books (who then ended up with us.)

He hasn't caused all of our problems; but have you noticed he's the only high profile staff member to not receive the axe during bad times, and also the least qualified man to have ever had a role at this club? 

A couple janitors have been here since Roman, and we've been great. Are they responsible for our success? Are they void from being held under scrutiny if they fail to clean the toilets?

You hate the man for reasons only known by you. How exactly do you know who he brought in? Your posts can't be serious. 

Anyone that looks at our transfer policy will know our signings are mostly geared towards whatever the coach wants or towards what Roman wants. Anyone using reason would say our managers have been in charge of the transfers considering they really seem to fit their players of interest. 

The only times the club seemed to have made signings without a manger or Romans demands were when we signed: KDB, Lukaku(whom AVB himself said was a club signing, not his), Oscar, Tibo, and the whole youth movement a few years back. You think Roman would spend millions on youngsters because some scout said we should do it? Get real, we barely use scouts. And if we do they have been terrible. 

Just stop finding a way to blame him for the bad moves and crediting the good ones to Mariana or some random scouts.  

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I want James for our RW since it'll be not of a second striker than a winger position. Just don't spend too much money on him. 50 pounds max I think. 

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57 minutes ago, BoyBlue96 said:

There is a good reason he never plays at Real.

Yep it's called BBC!

Some people are very bored aren't they???

[Chelsea4 1,521]

According to Colombian newspaper @ELTIEMPO, James Rodríguez has spent today at the British embassy in Bogotá sorting out a British visa.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

I think this is happening...

[Special Juan 28,141]

Interesting all this.

[Kezza 1,965]

Ahh maybe he just wants to have a white xmas?..holiday in the UK

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1 minute ago, Kezza said:

Ahh maybe he just wants to have a white xmas?..holiday in the UK

you need a work Visa for a holiday?

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Just now, Chelsea Legend 11 said:

you need a work Visa for a holiday?

You need a tourist visa if you're a Colombian national visiting the UK

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Just now, Kezza said:

You need a tourist visa if you're a Colombian national visiting the UK

You can get that in the UK. There would be no need to fly to Colombia to secure it... Also, he's already come out and said he has offers to leave and more will be told within a week. Thats a lot of smoke for a British vacay