Petr Cech

[LukakutoStamford 779]

I could see Real going after Cech. Navas is a bit unknown and Casillas has been shambolic as of late in goal for anyone he plays for ...

[Korea 734]

Real dont do the logical....

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Hopefully we sell Cech as much as i like him we can milk some money from his transfer.

If he stays with us another season there is no doubt his price tag will go down as he will play way less.

He's a keeper. His price tag is never going to be high regardless.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

He's a keeper. His price tag is never going to be high regardless.

There are sort of two different economies now for transfers. One with PSG, Madrid, etc... and then the real one. In the real one, even a world class goalie like Cech with some years left in him should go for maybe 6, 7M pounds and even that is expensive. In the high economy one, I really don't know because it's so divorced from everything else.

[The Chels 2,502]

Interestingly the Telegraph and DM are running the exact same story which is that Real, Monaco and PSG would all be willing to sign Cech if he doesn't play on Monday.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/11035707/Chelsea-dread-bids-for-Petr-Cech-if-Jose-Mourinho-prefers-Thibaut-Courtois.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2725340/Chelsea-braced-Petr-Cech-bids-Real-Madrid-PSG-Monaco-Blues-keeper-loses-starting-spot-Thibaut-Courtois.html

[Cholo 428]

Pro Courtois!!

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I still think keeping Cech at least until january is vital. If Courtois somehow fails to deal with physicality of PL or for whatever other reason flops, Cech must still be around. Until Courtois shows regualar top performances in Cfc kit, Cech shouldnt go anywhere. It would be too risky.

[empire of emotions 247]

6,7M pounds? are you kidding. he's worth atleast 20M if not more.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

There are sort of two different economies now for transfers. One with PSG, Madrid, etc... and then the real one. In the real one, even a world class goalie like Cech with some years left in him should go for maybe 6, 7M pounds and even that is expensive. In the high economy one, I really don't know because it's so divorced from everything else.

Spot on. Even City have dropped out of that mini transfer market. I think it would be great business if we can get 10m for Petr.

[nyikolajevics 2,690]

6,7M pounds? are you kidding. he's worth atleast 20M if not more.

That's not how it works. If we release Cech every team would know that we don't need him so we can't expect too much money for him. Just like Newcastle could charge 35 million pounds for Carroll because they knew that Liverpool need a striker very much in a few hours and they got a shitload of money for Torres. The situation determines the price.

[Cosmin 2,484]

I still think keeping Cech at least until january is vital. If Courtois somehow fails to deal with physicality of PL or for whatever other reason flops, Cech must still be around. Until Courtois shows regualar top performances in Cfc kit, Cech shouldnt go anywhere. It would be too risky.

It's not just about us. Petr is a great keeper and great keepers don't usually wait to see if another one flops.

[nyikolajevics 2,690]

I still think keeping Cech at least until january is vital. If Courtois somehow fails to deal with physicality of PL or for whatever other reason flops, Cech must still be around. Until Courtois shows regualar top performances in Cfc kit, Cech shouldnt go anywhere. It would be too risky.

He is a goalkeeper... Why would he "fail to deal with physicality of PL"? He's been playing on the highest level for three years now, he won the La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the Europe League, the UEFA Super Cup and played a CL-final and five matches on the world cup. He has plenty of experience at the age of 22 and he seems to be very confident. I just can't see him flop.

[The Skipper 20,609]

If we're selling Cech, £20m at least for me too, if not we shouldn't sell.

[The only place to be 11,313]

£10-12 million would be a very fair price in my opinion, as well as getting his £5 million p/a wages off the bill and solving the foreign players issue.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

6,7M pounds? are you kidding. he's worth atleast 20M if not more.

That's not the way it works. Keepers are just not expensive. Hugo Lloris was 8M pounds and a top keeper and (I think) 25 years old. Mignolet was 25 years old and was 9M pounds last year. Van Der Steegen was one of the most sought after young keepers in the world, and cost under 10M pounds. There have been, I think, maybe 2 keepers who cost more than 20M pounds and they were Neur and Buffon when they were young. Cech is 32 years old. Why would any team pay 20M for him? It's insane. If we aren't going to use him, we should sell him because 1) I am sure he wants to play and we don't want to be dicks about it 2) There is very little value in the #2 keeper and Cech earns very good wages so we would save a lot of money by selling him.