Danny Drinkwater

[zekinjo 449]

With all due respect to everyone on this forum and outside, I strongly believe season ticket holders at the Bridge doesn't want to see their kids being constantly loaned or sold for Drinkwater kind of players. 

 

[The Skipper 20,593]

2 hours ago, Jype said:

I said signing players is not easy and provided with some arguments as to why that might be. For the case of Drinkwater I would consider it to be a pretty straightforward signing as long as a fee were to be agreed (around the £30M mark which tbf is kinda inflated) but negotiating his personal terms and more importantly the squad role most likely would not cause any problems, seeing as he'd be making his first 'big move' from a midtable side to a top team. Being 27 years old, if he wants to experience playing at a big club he must move either this summer or next year at the very latest. He's also not exactly a developing youngster anymore who needs regular football to up his game so chances are he'd be perfectly happy with the squad role on offer.

Goretzka has never been an option because all along he's been going to Bayern, and surely the reason why no other clubs are in for him either is because everyone knows it's a lost cause.

Matuidi is on €150K a week and with Mino Raiola as his agent they will surely squeeze that last big contract of his career wherever he goes so he's not exactly cheap. Great player either way so it might be worth it, I'm with you on that.

Badelj, Seri and Cyprien I already admitted to not knowing enough about so better if I don't talk more about them without knowing the facts. 

For some of the players you might have a case there and they may be attainable targets. However like I said, we don't know what kind of squad role these guys are seemingly looking to get should they move from their current clubs. At Chelsea the 'big name midfielder' was already signed in Bakayoko and some of the listed players might have been alternatives for him but perhaps not for the backup player role. Don't know about you but personally I'm pretty happy with Bakayoko coming in and I've already made peace with the fact that the next CM signing won't be a high profile player. Hell, Chalobah last season in that backup role played less than 200 minutes of league football so even if we consider the return of CL football to raise that number significantly we're still most likely not talking about a regular starter but a player who'll play maybe 1000 minutes in the league. Unless Conte will promise to use a lot more rotation than last season he'd have a hard time convincing any top player to join.

As for the HG / non-HG thing, the reason I mentioned Renato Sanches as my preferred signing despite him being foreign is the age. At 19 he'd be listed as U21 and wouldn't require to be registered in the squad for this season. The way I see it, three to four new signings are needed to complete the squad and it would be pretty smart to leave one foreigner spot available for January in case an emergency signing needs to be made so that would mean 1-2 new players would have to be homegrown signings, of which there are limited amount available (AOC, Barkley, Drinkwater and from your list also Wilshere).

I just can't really bring myself to agree with the points you bring up. Maybe because I just have an inherit principle where I always want to have a strong, competitive squad. It's proven to be quite sustainable by teams like Bayern and City, Even PSG are showing that they are capable of doing it. The standard of their squad is just better than ours and I don't see why Chelsea couldn't do the same.  We'll just have to agree to disagree.

Btw, if you want to catch some good midfield talent, have a look at Ajax vs Nice tonight. Some guys like Seri are playing.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Speaking of Seri...
 

 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

1 hour ago, The Skipper said:

Speaking of Seri...
 

 

He and Cyprien are both brilliant. Shame Cyprien got injured back then, I would actualy love him here as backup option. 

Or Naby Keita, but seems Leipzig doesnt want to sell...

[Pizy 18,368]

The football gods are trolling us.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Never get convinced Leicester never!

[the wes 7,212]

Sky sources say Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater is among Chelsea's targets, while they are also considering Bayern Munich's Renato Sanches, Everton's Ross Barkley and Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

[manpe 10,861]

4 minutes ago, the wes said:

Sky sources say Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater is among Chelsea's targets, while they are also considering Bayern Munich's Renato Sanches, Everton's Ross Barkley and Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Do they post the same thing over and over and over again every day?

[the wes 7,212]

1 minute ago, manpe said:

Do they post the same thing over and over and over again every day?

Yes 

[the wes 7,212]

21 hours ago, The Skipper said:

Speaking of Seri...
 

 

Is he not arsenal bound?? 

[The Skipper 20,593]

8 hours ago, the wes said:

Is he not arsenal bound?? 

Arsenal and Barcelona look to be the most interested as it stands. 

[the wes 7,212]

[BMox81 193]

No Drinkwater in the Leicester squad tonight....

I cant believe this transfer could actually happen.

[the wes 7,212]

Drinkwater > sidwell

[the wes 7,212]

1 minute ago, Dingus said:

No Drinkwater in the Leicester squad tonight....

I cant believe this transfer could actually happen.

Drinkwater  wasn't in the Leicester squad the last pre-season game 

[Pizy 18,368]

He's at his exact level now. A slightly below midtable Leicester side. He's no better than that. He'd be a nice signing for a club like Stoke or West Brom. I cannot believe that we'd seriously be after him.

That's not to say he wouldn't do a serviceable job if called upon here, but surely spew should be aiming higher? Can't see any of our rivals even sniffing around him. Even Liverpool who love a bargain basement midtable signing.

[Special Juan 27,429]

Left out of Leicester's friendly again tonight, not even on the bench.

I'm trying to find out more about this because a good friend of mine plays for Leicester.

[BMox81 193]

14 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Left out of Leicester's friendly again tonight, not even on the bench.

I'm trying to find out more about this because a good friend of mine plays for Leicester.

Has a small groin injury apparently so that’s good news for us.