Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 4 minutes ago, The Skipper said: No one is saying that he's good because he's Brazilian though... You'd have to be daft to rate a player simply because he's Brazilian, especially when Brazil haven't been one of the top international teams for almost a decade now. I get that I just haven't seen anything to suggest he's a quality player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,582 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, The Skipper said: Useless? The guy is one of the most talented youngsters in the world. It would be a great signing. Just because we sign him before we sign defenders doesn't mean he's useless. Some flawed logic. It's like saying "hey, let's not sign Lewandowski because most Polish football players aren't top top level". Have you ever seen him play to even call him useless, or a flop? Just because you've never heard of him doesn't mean he is a random player. He is a very highly rated young man. Also, surely you know clubs can negotiate for more than one player at the same time? Come on. 7 hours ago, nono said: None of our talented Brazilians have really worked out for us. Ramires, Oscar, Willian, Pato, Kenedy, etc. The level of talent is really low in Brazilian football right now and we should just stay away. He'll probably end up just like Kenedy with us if he signs. This. There are alot talented players in brazil, I just don't rate them Any more. Enough flops during the recent years. Piazon, oscar, ganso, one striker i forgot his name etc... About the defenders issue, we should spend our money first on them, we have enough midfielders... Edited August 10, 2016 by xPetrCechx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,582 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 If we will continue signing brazillian kids instead of strengh our weak areas, we wont finished high... I can't remember 1 brazillian player that succeed here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzy_Vance 454 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Chalobah has slotted in nicely and has looked very good against relatively strong opposition. Maia is competing at the Olympics against sides like Iraq's youth team and has looked OK at best. This seems like a grass is always greener kind of signing. If we want a young quality midfielder we should sign Bazoer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,582 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 9 hours ago, Diego said: You're so annoyingly ignorant "Random guy" if you don't know much about him fine but don't act like he is some nobody. He is a young Brazilian who plays for the biggest Brazilian team and now is getting a look in at the national level who is being scouted by a number of big European club. Us signing him has ZERO effect on our pursuit of a top Defender. Clubs are able to scout, negotiate and sign more that one player at a time. Im not coming from ignorant position at all. Sry if u see it like that. Heard not once about those "young Brazilian who plays for the biggest Brazilian team and now is getting a look in at the national level who is being scouted by a number of big European club", nothing special became from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I can see a lot of egg on faces on his forum if this kid turns out to be a cracker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonsFinest 692 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Due to the spam of people, who usually judge a player by not watching and seeing he isn't above 80 on FIFA, can someone fill me in on how this deal is going? Please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's too big 625 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 no idea how good this kid is, have never watched him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 30 minutes ago, It's too big said: no idea how good this kid is, have never watched him. I trust conte judgement conte has a good track record signing players I can't think off one flop he signed at juventus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MefiX19 1,092 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 People once again judging players by their name. So if player is not known he is instantly a bad player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Seems to be a similar, younger version of an Andre Gomes type player. A young holding & central mid who can pass, has good vision, dictate the tempo, has compusore on the ball and brings good defensive contribution with solid positional sense. I just hope we sign him to play him, not bench him and loan him out without ever giving him a chance to make any meaningful impact. When teams like Barcelona, Man United and Arsenal are after you, you have to have something going for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid Angel 2,130 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Moan all you want about lack of any new CB signing but we strongly need a midfielder as well. Mikel and Matic are woeful, Cesc can't play in a midfield two formation and we don't know how good Chalobah is. I think the reason Conte has shifted from the 4-2-4 is because he has realized nobody in our team besides Kante can play in a midfield two. From what I've heard about this guy he would be a perfect partner for Kante in a 4-2-4 and a valuable player in any formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 1 hour ago, MrExcalibur100 said: Seems to be a similar, younger version of an Andre Gomes type player. A young holding & central mid who can pass, has good vision, dictate the tempo, has compusore on the ball and brings good defensive contribution with solid positional sense. I just hope we sign him to play him, not bench him and loan him out without ever giving him a chance to make any meaningful impact. When teams like Barcelona, Man United and Arsenal are after you, you have to have something going for you. Eh. Chelsea, United and probably Madrid or some big Milan team at the time were chasing Mikel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's too big 625 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Honestly, I would prefer Joao Mario, who we were linked with a few weeks ago. He has competed at the top level in Europe with Lisbon and has fantastic potential. However, he will likely cost a fair fee, so it's understandable we don't want to keep paying out huge fees for players when we have other important areas which need strengthening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Partridge 1,124 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 If Conte wants him and he's not going straight out on loan then I back the transfer. Don't want to see another signing that gets loaned out and never plays for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's too big 625 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 To be honest, if we want a replacement for Matic I am unsure why we are not looking at Diawara of Bologna. He's supposed to be a terrific young CDM. We were linked to him about a year ago I think, but since then we haven't been linked at all again. At least he's experienced at playing in a top league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 3 hours ago, Hybrid Angel said: Moan all you want about lack of any new CB signing but we strongly need a midfielder as well. Mikel and Matic are woeful, Cesc can't play in a midfield two formation and we don't know how good Chalobah is. I think the reason Conte has shifted from the 4-2-4 is because he has realized nobody in our team besides Kante can play in a midfield two. From what I've heard about this guy he would be a perfect partner for Kante in a 4-2-4 and a valuable player in any formation. Some people don't seem to get that the protection of defense is even more vital than the defense itself, so much more infact. Look at City, Mangala is a massive talent and Otamendi is one of the best defenders in the world, both looked average last season because Pellegrini's tactics (and Yaya "protecting" them) totally exposed them. Even if by some tragic disaster we end this window with the same first choice back four (i really don't think we will mind just talking hypotheticals) if we have their protection in front of them strengthened that automatically helps them, worth remembering that Zouma (who almost everyone on here wants as an unanimous starter when he recovers) couldn't stop us conceding 2-3 most weeks last season. That's also why i didn't jump on the Stones is overrated bandwagon, you could put prime Maldini in a Martinez team and he would look shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono 791 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 6 hours ago, Hybrid Angel said: Moan all you want about lack of any new CB signing but we strongly need a midfielder as well. Mikel and Matic are woeful, Cesc can't play in a midfield two formation and we don't know how good Chalobah is. I think the reason Conte has shifted from the 4-2-4 is because he has realized nobody in our team besides Kante can play in a midfield two. From what I've heard about this guy he would be a perfect partner for Kante in a 4-2-4 and a valuable player in any formation. We need three more signings. A CB, a midfielder to replace Matic/Oscar, and a RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionjack 7,531 Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 http://www.goal.com/br/news/15062/ora-bolas-por-bruno-andrade/2016/08/09/26359662/ora-bolas-santos-quer-20-milhões-de-euros-para-vender-thiago Chelsea free to land Olympic starlet: Club want £17m - reports http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/536950/Chelsea-Transfer-News-Thiago-Maia-CFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono 791 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Anyone watching the game vs Denmark ? How has he been playing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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