Kalidou Koulibaly

[Fernando 6,488]

Nothing new we knew this was going to happened. 

Was saying it for a while. 

If you already knew we was crap by December and till today you have not figured it out then it won't happen. 

Prepared for another pappy, Hector signings. 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

#Chelsea will offer Kalidou Koulibaly a contract worth double the amount Napoli have offered the defender. [Calcio Mercato]

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

31 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Looks like it's over and he's going to stay.

Stones part 2. Lead along all summer and we'll end up settling for probably our 4th choice target.

Bravo played yesterday for Barca even though he's agreed to join City. Lukaku scored a goal for Anderlecht the day before he signed for us iirc. Koulibaly starts for Napoli, because he's Napoli player at the moment. Nothing to read here at the moment. He either signs a new contract or be transferred, then it's definite end of this.

Though I'd wish it worked that way. James doesn't play for Real. He's ours !

[Artandur 939]

10 minutes ago, Blue Colored Sky said:

Bravo played yesterday for Barca even though he's agreed to join City. Lukaku scored a goal for Anderlecht the day before he signed for us iirc. Koulibaly starts for Napoli, because he's Napoli player at the moment. Nothing to read here at the moment. He either signs a new contract or be transferred, then it's definite end of this.

Though I'd wish it worked that way. James doesn't play for Real. He's ours !

I agree koulibaly playing doesnt tell us anything, but james not playing despite several offensive players are missing could at least be a reason for james to want to leave

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Let's bribe his agent 

[LDN Blue 7,903]

20 minutes ago, Artandur said:

I agree koulibaly playing doesnt tell us anything, but james not playing despite several offensive players are missing could at least be a reason for james to want to leave

But bare in mind Zidane doesn't play James anyway so it not all too much to read into. Napoli don't have the cover they require for Koulibaly and if he's happy to play then there should be no issue. It's generally an issue in England where players feel "unsettled" and subsequently don't play lol

[It's too big 625]

Napoli down 2-0 lol

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

3 minutes ago, It's too big said:

Napoli down 2-0 lol

Haha and it's K2 who was caught high up on the pitch and didn't recover in time.

[It's too big 625]

Just now, Blue Colored Sky said:

Haha and it's K2 who was caught high up on the pitch and didn't recover in time.

Got his mind on Chelsea mate. Either that or he's just poorer than given credit for 

[J.F. 1,484]

11 minutes ago, LDN Blue said:

But bare in mind Zidane doesn't play James anyway so it not all too much to read into.

Bare in mind that James is not bench warmer type of player and probably doesn't want to waste his time on Real Madrid bench just to watch other players picked ahead of him for first 11. And according to Balague Zidane doesn't have any faith in James. Time will tell, but I'm confident that if we want James we can get him for 60M. Real Madrid and most importantly Perez aren't that stupid to reject that money for a player that will spend most of his time on the bench.

[Artandur 939]

12 minutes ago, LDN Blue said:

But bare in mind Zidane doesn't play James anyway so it not all too much to read into. Napoli don't have the cover they require for Koulibaly and if he's happy to play then there should be no issue. It's generally an issue in England where players feel "unsettled" and subsequently don't play lol

I didnt mean the fact that he's benched has anything to do with a transfer. I was just saying i can see him wanting to leave, because he's benched in this situation.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

From Now...

[Super-Mario 74]

Lol it's the Same story than one year ago... Stones even requested a Transfer wish and Everton said no... So why should Napoli and especially De Laurentis Sell him so late in This transfer period???

[LDN Blue 7,903]

55 minutes ago, J.F. said:

And according to Balague Zidane doesn't have any faith in James.

Yeah seemingly doesn't think James has the right attitude, I mean you're not gonna disagree with the manager that won them the Champions League last season are ya  

56 minutes ago, J.F. said:

according to Balague

Worst source ever by the way.. LOL

[J.F. 1,484]

9 minutes ago, LDN Blue said:

Yeah seemingly doesn't think James has the right attitude, I mean you're not gonna disagree with the manager that won them the Champions League last season are ya  

Worst source ever by the way.. LOL

RDM also won Champions League with Chelsea, just saying. Personally I don't think that problem with Zidane-James is about James attitude, look at Isco, another amazing player but just seems that isn't the right fit for Zidane. That doesn't mean that Isco attitude is problem or something like that. James today played in last 15 minutes and had 1 assist and 4 chances created - solid. He is quality player but in the wrong team.  Di Maria, Robben, Makelele, Sneijder, Ozil also left Real Madrid and u know what happened, not the attitude problem again. If we end up signing James I would be over the moon. Only Hazard is world class player in our squad. Sooner or later Hazard would probably realise that with our "amazing" board and transfers like last summer Chelsea isn't going in right direction and he will leave.

Agree with that part about Balague, but atleast some "decent" news about James and his potential transfer regardless where he go.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

12 minutes ago, J.F. said:

RDM also won Champions League with Chelsea, just saying. Personally I don't think that problem with Zidane-James is about James attitude, look at Isco, another amazing player but just seems that isn't the right fit for Zidane. That doesn't mean that Isco attitude is problem or something like that. James today played in last 15 minutes and had 1 assist and 4 chances created - solid. He is quality player but in the wrong team.  Di Maria, Robben, Makelele, Sneijder, Ozil also left Real Madrid and u know what happened, not the attitude problem again. If we end up signing James I would be over the moon. Only Hazard is world class player in our squad. Sooner or later Hazard would probably realise that with our "amazing" board and transfers like last summer Chelsea isn't going in right direction and he will leave.

I think you're mistaking what I'm saying haha. I'm not suggesting he's going to have an attitude problem here or wherever he moves on to. But the rumours surrounding James and Zidane is that of the right attitude. Wasn't Rodriguez reprimanded for coming to training speeding in his new sports car for example? I guess Zidane is old school in the sense primadonnas have to leave their lavish lifestyle at the gates of training. But also I agree with your analysis regarding a tactical mismatch with himself and Zidane. Like we're having with Cesc. 

I expect Hazard and James to compliment each other wonderfully with maybe even Cesc in certain games. I'm 100% for this to happen  

(we should move this to James' thread lmao!)

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

What the fuck, if we're still keen on him then how about we stop pissing around and get things actually done? 10 days to go and we're stuck with Cahill Ivanovic and Terry. We finished 10th and only made 2 signing, only 1 of which looks to be starting for us. 

Im dreading this situation. At least last season we didnt know what we were getting into. 

We have a great manager on our hands but we're setting him up for failure.

[Unionjack 7,531]

22 minutes ago, Hybrid Angel said:

We have a great manager on our hands but we're setting him up for failure.

He is being set up for failure if we dont get the defenders we so need.

But hes not doing himself any favors if hes using the same selections we were using 2 seasons ago. Now I understand that hes got to find out for himself how players gel and play together but if he continues to use a mix of players after finding out that it didn't work before then thats on his head.

We shall see in the next game what the selections like. Lets hope Matic and Oscar arent near each other and Pedros nowhere near the pitch.