Aleksandr Golovin

[Jype 6,398]

Quite happy with this, if it happens. Not really seen much aside from the World Cup and a few CSKA games in European competitions but at €25M it's a low risk transfer either way and if he succeeds it will be a real bargain.

Aside from midfield I could see him being played out wide in Willian's position too, great work rate and got the vision to make magic happen.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

8 minutes ago, Jype said:

Quite happy with this, if it happens. Not really seen much aside from the World Cup and a few CSKA games in European competitions but at €25M it's a low risk transfer either way and if he succeeds it will be a real bargain.

Aside from midfield I could see him being played out wide in Willian's position too, great work rate and got the vision to make magic happen.

He is also equally ineffective in front of goal as Willian but also a scorer of great goals.

[Jype 6,398]

2 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

He is also equally ineffective in front of goal as Willian but also a scorer of great goals.

True, but at 22 he can still improve on that whereas the Willian we've seen is as good as he'll ever be.

Expect Golovin to mostly play in midfield, but being versatile enough to also play at LW/RW is a bonus.

[akgw13 867]

N'Golovinho The new Chelsea midfield 

[El P. 1,354]

Modrić played as a midfield-winger at Dinamo Zagreb sometimes too, long time ago.  

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

More creation we have in midfield, more we can focus on getting goalscoring winger. It's rare that winger is creative AND good goalscorer. With Jorginho and Golovin, right-winger must be some goal-scoring machine, more like Bale-Salah-Sanchez-primePedro-Robben type of player than Hazard-Reus-Ribery type. Someone who attacks the space with great runs and know how to score, mainly.

For the record Jorginho isn’t exactly creative, he’s more of tempo and rhythm guy.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Just thinking of a midfield that allows me to watch Chelsea dominate possession and consistently take the game to our opponents (even in the big matches, hopefully!) makes me smile. Not going into every match just praying we don't allow some shit team to bully Fabregas or have Bakayoko get sent off for a couple of idiotic tackles or surrender possession in our half.
If we sign Golovin, though, obviously RLC is off on loan and almost surely permanently next summer. Ruben needs to be playing every game and won't if Golovin is here.

I highly doubt we loan Ruben, you guys are forgetting the homegrown player allocation.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

N'Golovinho The new Chelsea midfield 

I loathe these ridiculous nicknames.

[jernej93 569]

I think that midfield of Kante, Jorginho, Golovin, Bakayoko, Barkley and RLC would be a very good midfield in terms of quality and depth. 

Both RLC and Barkley also able to play some minutes on the wing. 

[Clockwork 1,794]

2 hours ago, Pizy said:

Just thinking of a midfield that allows me to watch Chelsea dominate possession and consistently take the game to our opponents (even in the big matches, hopefully!) makes me smile. Not going into every match just praying we don't allow some shit team to bully Fabregas or have Bakayoko get sent off for a couple of idiotic tackles or surrender possession in our half.

If we sign Golovin, though, obviously RLC is off on loan and almost surely permanently next summer. Ruben needs to be playing every game and won't if Golovin is here.

Why does RLC needs to go on loan? He is better option than Barkley, Drinkwater, and Mehyoko.

RLC is not going to play in every game at the club, no youth will ever make at any big club with that entitlement mentality. He needs to come in with the same mentality as Christensen, earn his playing time. And that is the only way you will ever make it at Chelsea, and that goes for every youth. 

I strongly believe in Golovin, but at the end of the day he is coming from the Russian league. RLC has experience in the league, if he believes he belongs at a club like Chelsea than he should have no qualms with competing. 

[Thor 2,692]

31 minutes ago, Chelsea Legend 11 said:

 

I loathe these ridiculous nicknames.

 

Agreed. Jorgvinte doesn't need a nickname. 

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

The window will go nuts now, World Cup over and less than a month to go for English clubs

[the wes 7,212]

No Chelsea agreement for Golovin, claims CSKA president

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/no-chelsea-agreement-for-golovin-claims-cska-president/15hoawatnxrqv10p2ilwsq44ej

[Dimitr 488]

And some positive news now 

[Pizy 18,877]

So in the span of an hour we've got one report saying there have been no talks and now Fabrizio says talks are advanced. 🤔