Marco Verratti

[Dazzy_Vance 454]

29 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said:

Still, it's only february, anything can happen. Does Luis Enrique even want him? Is Enrique going to stay next season? What if PSG got their shit together and won the Champions League? What if Verratti injures pretty bad? What if PSG refuses to sell him? Don't act like you know some inside shit..

 

By the way, I don't care if he is going to Barca, I don't want him here anyway.

 

I never acted like I knew any "inside shit" you absolute bell end. I'm just going by quotes from the player himself.

[Special Juan 28,182]

19 minutes ago, Dazzy_Vance said:

I never acted like I knew any "inside shit" you absolute bell end. I'm just going by quotes from the player himself.

Stop the personal insults now please.

[kiwi1691 255]

On 13/02/2017 at 3:08 PM, Dazzy_Vance said:

F***. There goes my hopes of signing him. He's Barcelona quality.

You had hopes of Signing him? It has been obvious for along time he will go to Barca

[Dahnald 256]

Barcelona's main midfield is Iniesta, Busquets and Rakitic. They already got Andre Gomes in last summer and it's quite obvious they see Liverpool's Coutinho as the dream candidate to replace Iniesta. Even though Coutinho extended his contract, we all know he won't stay at 'Pool for another 2 years. Neymar is his best bud and nobody will turn down Barcelona when they come knocking. Also, Liverpool might lose out to UCL football AGAIN next season.

Verratti to Barca? Maybe one day but not in the near future. Have to go all out to get him and need Conte to speak with him and persuade him. 

[Unionjack 7,531]

I just hope David was whispering in his ear when they were together. The more he realizes hes got a firm position with us and has friends in position to help him then the more he will be open to it.

[It's too big 625]

I just wanna say though, even though the likes of Verratti and Pogba are very good prospects, there are many young players out there with that quality. The problem is, giving them a chance to prove it. Chalobah and Baker are both very good centre mids, but without putting faith in them it's pointless. I find it a bit frustrating how we have to go after young players who are already playing for top clubs, rather than using our youth academy to produce first team players. 

[Dahnald 256]

31 minutes ago, It's too big said:

I just wanna say though, even though the likes of Verratti and Pogba are very good prospects, there are many young players out there with that quality. The problem is, giving them a chance to prove it. Chalobah and Baker are both very good centre mids, but without putting faith in them it's pointless. I find it a bit frustrating how we have to go after young players who are already playing for top clubs, rather than using our youth academy to produce first team players. 

We will never play own-youth player as it isn't in Chelsea's DNA to do so. We are a buying club. 

[communicate 2,703]

23 hours ago, It's too big said:

I just wanna say though, even though the likes of Verratti and Pogba are very good prospects, there are many young players out there with that quality. The problem is, giving them a chance to prove it. Chalobah and Baker are both very good centre mids, but without putting faith in them it's pointless. I find it a bit frustrating how we have to go after young players who are already playing for top clubs, rather than using our youth academy to produce first team players. 

The only big team in the league that still try to develop own prospect is Arsenal and people are laughing at them.(United but under LVG, it will never happen under Mou). 

If you are trying to compete for title, it is hard to give prospect a chance unless he is an ultra talented player

[OhForAGreavsie 6,085]

On 14/02/2017 at 11:26 PM, The Skipper said:

A reminder that someone would actually rather buy Matuidi than Verratti. 

Hello Skipper,

I see that you are also in favour of Mahmoud Dahoud as a potential partner for N'Golo. I have only seen his highlight videos. These show a lot of poise and quality in possession, but how is he on the other side of the ball? How is his tactical discipline and his work rate out of possession? Would he persuade Antonio to select him any more often than the manager selects Cesc?

I can guess that you have positive views about him in this regard or else you probably would not be supporting the idea of pursuing him. Even so, I like your opinions on players so it would be good to hear from you explicitly on Dahoud.

If you're able to reply, I'm guessing you'd prefer to do so in his dedicated thread so I'll check there. Thank you as always.

[Leif 6,006]

I'll be shocked if any of us have seen 5 full games of the player.

[Unionjack 7,531]

On 15/02/2017 at 1:59 PM, It's too big said:

I just wanna say though, even though the likes of Verratti and Pogba are very good prospects, there are many young players out there with that quality. The problem is, giving them a chance to prove it. Chalobah and Baker are both very good centre mids, but without putting faith in them it's pointlessademy to produce first team players. 

Being a big PL club who aspires to be prominent in league and Europe you just cant afford to gamble that often about academy kids in a world class enviroment. If we was hapoy to be and stay a mid table club with the only pressure is to not get relegated its far easier. You can take these chances.

Thats why its good for us to loan to those types of clubs. They are getting their training and getting kicked round the park by men in the same league and we dont take the gambles.

In a perfect world we would use the academy as backups and step up if/when necessary and take it permenantly when the 1st team player leaves. But its far from perfect. World class youngsters are rare as fuck and thats why you get such a comotrion and bidding frenzy when they pop their heads up.

IF our academy players are as good as some say then they should be snapped up and getting regular play time at other teams of our level.

But we are putting more into the squad`now. With 5 at present and presumeably more comings and goings pre season.

Im afraid tho in 99% of cases I would buy in..

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

I haven't really browsed through this thread and while in my opinion, Verratti is the best central midfielder in the world these days, have we seriously considered the tactical ramifications of partnering him with Kante? He's only 5'5 and Kante is 5'6. You can get away with it in other top European leagues but we'll get murdered in the air in this long ball league. We even have some problems now Azpilicueta's height. How will we deal with a striker dropping deep to win the first ball against that Kante and Verratti? And there's the second ball to worry about. 

[Unionjack 7,531]

6 hours ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

I haven't really browsed through this thread and while in my opinion, Verratti is the best central midfielder in the world these days, have we seriously considered the tactical ramifications of partnering him with Kante? He's only 5'5 and Kante is 5'6. You can get away with it in other top European leagues but we'll get murdered in the air in this long ball league. We even have some problems now Azpilicueta's height. How will we deal with a striker dropping deep to win the first ball against that Kante and Verratti? And there's the second ball to worry about. 

Thats the only thing that worries me too. One of his weaknesses is arial duels but hes good at tackling. We need someone with his dribbling and ball playing skills badly tho.

[Unionjack 7,531]

Yeah I know its gonna be hard but I hope we are trying

 

Andres Iniesta backed Marco Verratti as his heir at Barcelona, claims Blaise Matuidi

 http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/20/andres-iniesta-backed-marco-verratti-as-his-heir-at-barcelona-claims-blaise-matuidi-6461241/#ixzz4ZFEoCtTr

[the wes 7,212]

23 hours ago, Unionjack said:

Yeah I know its gonna be hard but I hope we are trying

 

Andres Iniesta backed Marco Verratti as his heir at Barcelona, claims Blaise Matuidi

 http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/20/andres-iniesta-backed-marco-verratti-as-his-heir-at-barcelona-claims-blaise-matuidi-6461241/#ixzz4ZFEoCtTr

I think it's a losing battle with getting Verratti now especially him coming out with quotes about joining Barcelona I would be very surprised Barcelona don't try to sign him in the summer 

[Unionjack 7,531]

1 hour ago, the wes said:

I think it's a losing battle with getting Verratti now especially him coming out with quotes about joining Barcelona I would be very surprised Barcelona don't try to sign him in the summer 

No surrender!

 

[Unionjack 7,531]

Paris Saint-Germain ready to sell Marco Verratti for £70 million in the summer

Marco Verratti is available for any club willing to spend £70 million on his services, according to reports in Spain.

 

 http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/03/paris-saint-germain-ready-to-sell-marco-verratti-for-70-million-in-the-summer-6485141/#ixzz4aJhAzGbU

[The Skipper 20,609]

On 18/02/2017 at 10:50 AM, OhForAGreavsie said:

Hello Skipper,

I see that you are also in favour of Mahmoud Dahoud as a potential partner for N'Golo. I have only seen his highlight videos. These show a lot of poise and quality in possession, but how is he on the other side of the ball? How is his tactical discipline and his work rate out of possession? Would he persuade Antonio to select him any more often than the manager selects Cesc?

I can guess that you have positive views about him in this regard or else you probably would not be supporting the idea of pursuing him. Even so, I like your opinions on players so it would be good to hear from you explicitly on Dahoud.

If you're able to reply, I'm guessing you'd prefer to do so in his dedicated thread so I'll check there. Thank you as always.

@Jason regularly watches BMG if I'm not wrong. He'll have a better perspective. From what I've seen from Dahoud though, he is a true B2B midfielder, in that he effects both halves of the game in a positive manner. Caught my eye big time when watching Christensen and Thorgan occasionally, he stood out quite a lot between them. 

Conte's biggest gripe with Fabregas is his lack of athleticism but Dahoud has that in bundles. Defensively, he's very 'feisty' if you want, tackles very well. The main thing he has to work on is his decision making and he seems a little bit under developed tactically but nothing Conte can't fix. He has all the tools, him and Kante in midfield would be one of the most dynamic pairings out there. 

[The Skipper 20,609]

On 18/02/2017 at 1:12 PM, Leif said:

I'll be shocked if any of us have seen 5 full games of the player.

Dahoud plays for BMG, where Christensen plays. Just because you haven't heard of him doesn't mean others haven't. I mean BMG were even in the CL this year lol. 

[BoyBlue96 990]

He's seen the evil yesterday evening. Doubt he still wants to play for those Catalan cheats lol