Tiemoue Bakayoko

[Toli 977]

Meh. Dont see much improvement on Matic here. Maybe a little bit more mobile, but we would have needed someone who can create and buid-up the play. Tolisso would have been much better, as he is technically superior. Hopefully we'll sign another CM. Kante is enough to cover up, we need more attacking power. Especially with Hazard missing the start of the season. Tolisso would be an awesome addition.

[Special Juan 27,421]

London calling.

[the wes 7,212]

 

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

3 minutes ago, the wes said:

 

Chelsea are closing in on the signing of Tiemoue Bakayoko after agreeing a €40 million (£35m) deal with Monaco, according to reports in France.

L’Equipe claim that Chelsea’s board have convinced the Ligue 1 champions with their offer and are hopeful that their first summer transfer can be officially announced next week

[marflow 39]

1 hour ago, Toli said:

Meh. Dont see much improvement on Matic here. Maybe a little bit more mobile, but we would have needed someone who can create and buid-up the play. Tolisso would have been much better, as he is technically superior. Hopefully we'll sign another CM. Kante is enough to cover up, we need more attacking power. Especially with Hazard missing the start of the season. Tolisso would be an awesome addition.

I think Kante-Fabregas-Bakayoko would form a very good midfield three, good mix between physical power, stamina and creativity. Bakayoko and Kante might also work, but then we need to add more creativity elsewhere (Sandro,Conti,Alexis etc)

[mashimaru161 77]

Well, scores for the board! Guys, keep calm and trust in conte. I guess conte need baka more than tolisso so the board put all their effort on him.

[milka 3,344]

[Fernando 6,451]

Well I hope this is true because he was one player I wanted. 

I think if Fabregas stay we can then play 352.

[milka 3,344]

Maybe Matic leave .

[positivefootball 195]

Meh...Seems he was second choice after Tolisso was out of reach.

[milka 3,344]

No .

We want Bakayoko before Tolisso .

 

[jernej93 565]

20 minutes ago, milka said:

No .

We want Bakayoko before Tolisso .

 

I am sure we were after Tolisso to lower Bakayoko's price  he is tailor made for Conte

[zekinjo 449]

So we're buying a replacement for Obi Mikel or he's an upgrade to Matic? 

We need to cover Oscar's position too. 

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Kante, Bakayoko AND another technically gifted midfielder (Cesc, Verratti, etc etc) in a midfield three = Yes.

Kante, Bakayoko in a midfield two = recipe for disaster IMHO. They'd be chasing shadows all game long against a decent pair of midfielders.

[!Hazard! 3,394]

Signing him is another indication that Conte wants to play 3-5-2. There's no way he could function properly in a two man midfield next to Kante. 

[Artandur 939]

20 minutes ago, !Hazard! said:

Signing him is another indication that Conte wants to play 3-5-2. There's no way he could function properly in a two man midfield next to Kante. 

Everybody seems to have this opinion. Curious which of matic' traits you guys feel we'd be missing in that scenario? I feel after we played nearly the whole season with matic-kanté, that antonio would definitely see bakayoko-kanté as an option ?

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2698509-scouting-notebook-tiemoue-bakayoko-the-perfect-foil-for-man-utd-paul-pogba

Know very little of him bar the very few games I've seen him play. Thought this was a good assessment of him and how he's have been good for utd. Should be a good addition to Antonio's champions 

[jernej93 565]

Another amazing deal from our board if this is true. Kante and Bakayoko for 67M !!