Juan Cuadrado

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Does that mean he's staying?

[Pizy 18,864]

Where other than wingback would he play? If we play 4-4-2 where would that leave Willian? 

If we persist with the same tired 4-2-3-1 he could play right winger with Willian at #10 but then Kante would have to do the work of two players with Cesc next to him in the "2."

[xPetrCechx 13,569]

Conte: 'Cuadrado is a Chelsea player and I am waiting for him. I'm very happy to have him, he's a player I wanted at Juventus.' #CFC

Dan Levene ‏@danlevene  29m29 minutes ago

Conte says Juan Cuadrado is a player he was interested in while in Italy, and will be part of Chelsea's first team squad this season.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

The "I'm very happy to have him" line clearly suggests that he will be staying.

[JaKstone 307]

More deadwood staying, Great!

[Jype 6,398]

14 minutes ago, JaKstone said:

More deadwood staying, Great!

Nah if anything he'll be 'like a new signing', forgive the cliché.

From what I've heard he was good last season out on loan and is a player Conte's been wanting to manage since his Juve days so he'll have a clear role in mind for him if he indeed is brought back. That and the fact Cuadrado would be starting the season having been at the club for a full pre-season regime gives me hope he'd come good if given the chance.

[xPetrCechx 13,569]

47 minutes ago, Mufassir08 said:

The "I'm very happy to have him" line clearly suggests that he will be staying.

Now, he’s a Chelsea player and he’ll stay with us. If something changes you’ll know.’
 

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

Player is kept on Conte request even though he was certain to go to Juve.

Early signs are that Conte has pretty big say about the playing squad here and I love it.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

1 minute ago, xPetrCechx said:

Now, he’s a Chelsea player and he’ll stay with us. If something changes you’ll know.’
 

I guess we ourselves are undecided about his future and maybe we are waiting to see how high Juve will go for Juan before making a final decision. 

[xPetrCechx 13,569]

16 minutes ago, Blue Colored Sky said:

Player is kept on Conte request even though he was certain to go to Juve.

Early signs are that Conte has pretty big say about the playing squad here and I love it.

Too soon to know...

[Stats 7,142]

Good. At least Conte has no idea of loaning him out which does benefit us in anyway at all. If Juve or any other team want him, pay a transfer fee instead of this loan business without no obligation to buy.

[the wes 7,212]

There's one thing about conte he knows how to get the best outta of players I hope he can get the best outta cuadrado when he comes back 

[King11Didier 916]

22 hours ago, Stats said:

Good. At least Conte has no idea of loaning him out which does benefit us in anyway at all. If Juve or any other team want him, pay a transfer fee instead of this loan business without no obligation to buy.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

I very much doubt Conte can improve Juan dramatically. It's fair to say he is not a talented player, not explosively fast and his moves were too predictable. I'll be more than glad to be proven wrong though, but to me his best achievement will be an average-ok sub.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,060]

The standard double-talk method makes deciphering Conte's comments difficult. He might mean that he likes Cuadrado and wants him back at the club, or he might mean he wants to sell Cuadrado but knows what has to be said to maximise the price.