Papy Djilobodji

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

Leboeuf,Azpi,Essien,Malouda,Drogba,Gallas,Cech..all great at some point,some longer than others..also some young players who either haven`t panned out yet or are elsewhere now.

Laurent Charvet the last player signed from Nantes by us if I recall correctly.. wasn`t the best but adequate depth at times. edit: no he was from Cannes.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

+1 for his epic name. Djilobodji.

I'm calling him Dildo, just for ease.

[Fulham Broadway 16,835]

This new lad is apparently comfortable as a defensive midfielder.

I like the sound of this deal. Getting back to strength and pace from the back with a certain versatility. I reckon Jose is bang on the case now and I feel change is coming. Quite excited by it if I'm honest.

Could be a very shrewd bit of business.

[zakhov 253]

I'm calling him Dildo, just for ease.

Dildo Lobo it is.

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

Papiss Mbouba Mbwiwa Abu Fuongo Baba Mison Djilobodj. Anyone going to buy a shirt and put his name on the back?.

[Sovieticus 743]

We share the same birthday. I like this guy already.

[The Chels 2,502]

Never seen him play but people on French football pages are completely dumbfounded by the move and they clearly think he is nothing more than average at best.

Meh I have no expectations for this Papy guy and it's a very low price but we have obviously followed up the 'Rooney or bust' saga with 'Stones/Pogba or bust' this window.

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

Apparently he is fast, tall, strong, versatile, decent on the ball and dead cheap. Could be a brilliant stop gap signing. As for the age I hope doctors scan his hand bones should be done with all players coming from poorly developed counrties such as Senegal, nigeria, tansania, Scotland and eastern germany

[yuvala 2,167]

Lets just call him Chris.

Seems like a pretty good deal for the reported fee.. lets hope he does well.

[mediator 2,026]

The addition of Papy allows us to play a higher line defensively which is something I believe José would like to see. Would love to see him try it out in a COC match with a back four of :

Baba - Papy - Zouma - Azpi

This signing is good business.

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Reportedly a stop gap.. but before us he was linked to Celtic and Southampton... unsure until I see him play for us or Nantes but yeah.

[!Hazard! 3,394]

Baba - Papy - Zouma - Dave, Loftus-Cheek, John Obi, Hazard and Kenedy . We would certainly win the title if having the funniest named squad was the criteria.

[Laylabelle 9,351]

Be a fun name to pronnoce

[AndersonBLUE 819]

plan b activated

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Kita said: "Djilobodji was on the Chelsea shopping list for many weeks. Big acceleration this last few days."

[The Mak 4,459]

Papiss Mbouba Mbwiwa Abu Fuongo Baba Mison Djilobodj. Anyone going to buy a shirt and put his name on the back?.

Yeah sure, just let me remortgage my house first.

[nono 791]

Kita said: "Djilobodji was on the Chelsea shopping list for many weeks. Big acceleration this last few days."

Yeah right

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Bought just to make the numbers I'm guessing. That said, what's wrong with recalling one of the loaned players to do this? Guess because they don't want to stall development by leaving them on the bench the entire season.

If you can't position yourself properly and play team defense, the next best thing is to be a physical beast, so he won't be completely useless.