The Conte Thread

[OhForAGreavsie 5,898]

3 hours ago, BoyBlue96 said:

Still won't be enough and I doubt that Dybala already wants to leave Juve. Of course I want him at Chelsea and the people who say that Conte was scouting him yesterday are insane as I doubt Dybala needs anymore scouting as he already is a world-class player.

Guesswork theory number 1:

Juve are now  willing to renegotiate the deal under which the bought* Cuadrado. Antonio was running a final rule over the player before deciding if he wants to try to persuade Juan to return next summer.

 

Guesswork theory number  2:

Attending The Juventus Stadium was just camouflage. The real purpose of Antonio's Turin trip was to meet with Belotti and try to sell him the idea of joining Chelsea at the end of the season.

 

*In all but name.

[BoyBlue96 990]

Guesswork theory number 1:
Juve are now  willing to renegotiate the deal under which the bought* Cuadrado. Antonio was running a final rule over the player before deciding if he wants to try to persuade Juan to return next summer.
 
Guesswork theory number  2:
Attending The Juventus Stadium was just camouflage. The real purpose of Antonio's Turin trip was to meet with Belotti and try to sell him the idea of joining Chelsea at the end of the season.
 
*In all but name.

Dybala or even Belotti are both welcome!

As for Cuadrado, I believe he's sold. Of course he is labeled to be on loan for 3 years but I believe that when Juventus win the Serie A this season (which they will obviously) they have to pay Chelsea 20 million plus bonuses which might make the final fee 30 million plus which is a good deal imo.

But still think Cuadrado would rock it in our XI as RWB or as RW. Better than Moses, all though he lacks the psychical power, and much better than Willian.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,898]

55 minutes ago, BoyBlue96 said:

 

Dybala or even Belotti are both welcome!

As for Cuadrado, I believe he's sold. Of course he is labeled to be on loan for 3 years but I believe that when Juventus win the Serie A this season (which they will obviously) they have to pay Chelsea 20 million plus bonuses which might make the final fee 30 million plus which is a good deal imo.

But still think Cuadrado would rock it in our XI as RWB or as RW. Better than Moses, all though he lacks the psychical power, and much better than Willian.

Well yes, I did say Juve had bought JC in all but name.

I'm reading you to mean that the calculated fee would be good for Chelsea and, in fact, that is what informed guess #1. It may be that Juve have also concluded that the agreed deal is rather good for Chelsea and might be willing to negotiate their way out of it and return the player instead. This prompts the thought that Antonio was over there checking out the pros and cons of bringing the Columbian back.

[BoyBlue96 990]

33 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Well yes, I did say Juve had bought JC in all but name.

I'm reading you to mean that the calculated fee would be good for Chelsea and, in fact, that is what informed guess #1. It may be that Juve have also concluded that the agreed deal is rather good for Chelsea and might be willing to negotiate their way out of it and return the player instead. This prompts the thought that Antonio was over there checking out the pros and cons of bringing the Columbian back.

Hopefully and hopefully JC wants to return as well but doubt it...think he hated his time with us. Sucks. Conte did say last summer in pre-season that he asked Cuadrado to stay but he wanted to return to Juve. And the rest is history...unfortunately. 

But yeah...simply bring Cuadrado back instead of buying a new rightwing back or right winger. Conte would get the best out of him.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,898]

2 minutes ago, BoyBlue96 said:

Hopefully and hopefully JC wants to return as well but doubt it...think he hated his time with us. Sucks. Conte did say last summer in pre-season that he asked Cuadrado to stay but he wanted to return to Juve. And the rest is history...unfortunately. 

But yeah...simply bring Cuadrado back instead of buying a new rightwing back or right winger. Conte would get the best out of him.

Hence the need for a visit and, no doubt, a charm offensive to change JC's mind.

My only experience of JC was at Chelsea. I therefore can't be as positive about him as you. Just because I guessed that Antonio's Turin trip might be linked with him does not mean that I want it to be.

[Captain Ahmed 528]

On 04/02/2017 at 11:07 AM, Chelsea4 said:

free hug

[kmk108 1,186]

6 hours ago, BoyBlue96 said:

Yes! Saw the same thing when watching the Juve-Inter game.

They zoomed in on Conte and his brother standing up from their seats, giving people hands and walking off and then Dybala got subbed. 

 

Coincidence? Perhaps. Juventus won't sell Dybala in the near future and if they do, 100 million won't be enough for him. 

5 minutes before full-time. It could just be a coincidence.

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

On 2/4/2017 at 4:07 PM, Chelsea4 said:

You saw in a nutshell on Saturday the difference between Conte and Wenger. Conte diving into the ecstatic crowd after Hazard's goal, Wenger stuck in the East Stand upper serving a ban for pushing the fourth official while his fans hold up banners telling him to leave.

[BoyBlue96 990]

Hence the need for a visit and, no doubt, a charm offensive to change JC's mind.
My only experience of JC was at Chelsea. I therefore can't be as positive about him as you. Just because I guessed that Antonio's Turin trip might be linked with him does not mean that I want it to be.

You can add Cuadrado to the list of Chelsea flops who aren't flops where De Bruyne and Lukaku are also listed.
I do think that Mourinho is the reason Cuadrado flopped at Chelsea. Think he treated him like Moses.

Conte in Turin for Dybala or Cuadrado or just to watch the Derby D'Italia or maybe all three. Who knows. One thing is for certain and that's that we won't see Dybala in Chelsea blue anytime soon and I think we will never see Cuadrado in Chelsea blue ever again but I hope we will as what you pointed out to be with Conte watching him and maybe convincing him to return.

[It's too big 625]

On 2/5/2017 at 9:20 AM, BoyBlue96 said:

 

 

This may or might not be true and I doubt Conte will leave us after one year and after winning the Premiership for Juve's biggest rival. The man is a Juvetini and now our manager so fuck off Inter.

But also a ring that Inter is on the way back with its Chinese money. Might be a good thing because Serie A is in dire need of an opponent who can challenge Juventus.

 

"Fuck off Inter" are my sentiments exactly. I always preferred AC Milan anyway 

[Special Juan 27,439]

Must of been a slow news day.

[Fulham Broadway 16,920]

That Sky interview where he talks about bollocking his assistant, and the explanation of the message he wanted passing on:

"basically, what happened is that before the game, in training, we had clearly prepared a number of situations arising from corners and so forth, and on that occasion Arsenal had a sixth man in the box, and that meant that [Victor] Moses, who was originally meant to be on the edge of the area, had to go mark the sixth man.

"In such cases, Kante needs to move back from his usual position further forward next to Costa, to take Moses’ place further back, so as not to leave that part of the box uncovered. They failed to do that, and I got angry [with Angelo]."

Love the level of detail and work we are clearly putting in...

 

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Essien and Drogba were in Roman's exec box on Saturday, does that mean they're signing with us too?  

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Blue Armour 4,312]

I find it funny when the journos sometimes create these 'manager' ratings, comparing their performance in different categories, and then try to classify Conte as someone who is too naive to engage in mind-games and the lot, because he's too 'gentlemanly'.

What I see in Conte, is someone who is very shrewd and very carefully chooses his battles. Doesn't tell the press more than what is needed and can be pointed in his response.

 

[manpe 10,861]

5 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

I find it funny when the journos sometimes create these 'manager' ratings, comparing their performance in different categories, and then try to classify Conte as someone who is too naive to engage in mind-games and the lot, because he's too 'gentlemanly'.

Can you link to any such articles?

[Unionjack 7,531]

I hope we are looking into extending his 3 year contract!

Can anyone tell me why hes not nominated for Jan MOTM?

Its Clement,Poch,Koeman and Hughes.

I'll give mine to Hughes for his 3 under rated years with us.

[zakhov 253]

1 hour ago, Unionjack said:

I hope we are looking into extending his 3 year contract!

Can anyone tell me why hes not nominated for Jan MOTM?

Its Clement,Poch,Koeman and Hughes.

I'll give mine to Hughes for his 3 under rated years with us.

Antonio won November and December, if he were nominated it would've undoubtedly be a three-peat for the gaffer. But I guess the FA wanted to give other coaches a chance to win one.