Juan Cuadrado

[OneMoSalah 8,885]

Schurrle still can leave to germany.

Costa maybe will come.

Costa is even worse than Schurrle so I doubt that will happen. Would be stupid.

[milka 3,390]

Ok

[WNDS 502]

Even for 15-20M, there's something very unsettling to me about paying that amount of money for a player who hasn't managed to consistently perform well in the Ukrainian league. From what I've read he's shown flashes of quality but generally hasn't impressed all that much but you're telling me that he's going to come to the premier league, in the middle of the season, to a more disciplined system than he's used to and with less playing time than he's used to and suddenly be able to make a big enough impact? Mata, KDB, Moses, Salah, Schurrle - all have struggled to impress but somehow a 24 yr old from the Ukrainian league who isn't even the best player in his team will come in the middle of the season and do better than all those players? It just seems like fantasy thinking.

I just think that he may fit in with the team's way of playing far better and more naturally than some of those players you have listed. He is more effective in defensive situations than Mata, is more technically gifted and a better passer than Moses/Schurrle/Salah, is faster than Mata and KDB, and is also more capable of handling a physical game than Mata/Salah/(maybe Schurrle) are. Add to this the fact that Lucescu is known for instilling a good degree of tactical discipline into his teams (and players), and I feel that he could be a good all-round fit with our current team as a squad-player. Does he have problems with consistency? Yes, he does, but players who find themselves on the bench almost always do anyway.

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

Coming

The weather in Florence right now is 3 degrees Celsius. Have a long look at that picture and tell me why that's relevant.

[bethos1 802]

That moment when people have their critics about a player and they have not even seen him play.

Idd, I'm not judging him till I've seen him play for us.

[Jase 43,479]

Schurrle contributes very little to the team. He gets the odd goal here and there which is great, but he often take shots from futile positions or take other poor decisions.

Pretty sure that is based on Schurrle's performances this season only. It's like all the good things he did for us last season never even existed.

That moment when people have their critics about a player and they have not even seen him play.

Not necessarily doubting you but one could easily turn around and say a similar thing, about how most people have suddenly turned into an expert on Cuadrado or Italian football for that matter in 2-3 weeks.

Please check previous pages before you post.

Oh the irony of that...

[lionsden 4,689]

That moment when people have their critics about a player and they have not even seen him play.

That moment when people make rude assumptions

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea prepared to pay £26.8m for Juan Cuadrado but must sell André Schürrle first

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Waiting for the 'he is overpriced, shit...etc' brigade to come out now...Lets get Costa for 30m shouldn't we...Stop dreaming about Reus, HE WILL NEVER JOIN CHELSEA. Deal with it.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Pretty sure that is based on Schurrle's performances this season only. It's like all the good things he did for us last season never even existed.

He had a trick against Fulham and two against Sunderland. He couldn't even get into the squad before mid December. He was and is wildly inconsistent and that's why he's off.

[Roquila 1,335]

Welcome Juan 'Spaghetti hair' Cuadrado

[Pizy 18,877]

Waiting for the 'he is overpriced, shit...etc' brigade to come out now...Lets get Costa for 30m shouldn't we...Stop dreaming about Reus, HE WILL NEVER JOIN CHELSEA. Deal with it.

We're signing Reus too, mate. Chill.

Cuadrado is Salah's replacement. Reus is Schürrle's.

[lionsden 4,689]

Pretty sure that is based on Schurrle's performances this season only. It's like all the good things he did for us last season never even existed.

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[Jase 43,479]

He had a trick against Fulham and two against Sunderland. He couldn't even get into the squad before mid December. He was and is wildly inconsistent and that's why he's off.

He had a hat-trick against Fulham, a brace against Stoke, scored against PSG, Arsenal and Man City (twice) too. He is inconsistent but as if the likes of Oscar, Willian etc weren't and aren't. They have played poorly so many times and yet got so many opportunities to get into form, improve themselves and the consistency going. But Schurrle or even Salah? Hardly got enough of the privilege.

[Azul 1,615]

Pretty sure that is based on Schurrle's performances this season only. It's like all the good things he did for us last season never even existed.

Not necessarily doubting you but one could easily turn around and say a similar thing, about how most people have suddenly turned into an expert on Cuadrado or Italian football for that matter in 2-3 weeks.

Oh the irony of that...

I'm no expert on Serie A but I've been watching it since 2011 because Allegri's Milan was entertaining to watch. I've seen Cuadrado's breakthrough season(2012) and that was when he was playing for Lecce. Believe me when I say this his decisionmaking is much better than that of Willians. He is a more direct player but people just assume that he is like Willian just because they're both pacey black wingers lol.

As for people who are complaining about the price, what do you seriously expect? The market has changed it's not like it used to be, just because our board have managed to sign world class players for such a low price does not mean it can happen everytime. This price is fairly decent for a player of his calibure.