Aleksandr Golovin

[Clockwork 1,794]

30 minutes ago, Jype said:

Maybe, but Monaco are still a good club with CL football to offer plus they have an undeniable record of developing young players and allowing the club to be used as a stepping stone to the elite teams.

If I was in Golovin's shoes I'd give that a serious consideration. If he comes to Chelsea there's a much bigger risk of ending up on the bench and never making it big time. 

Meh i think Monaco development is overrated, they scout and sign a lot of great young players.

Keita Balde and Youri Tielemans were hot prospects a year ago, and they didn't really do anything to advance. 

[Jase 43,479]

33 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Moutinho has just signed for Wolves, that could pave the way for him.

 

 

[Vesper 30,120]

20 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Meh i think Monaco development is overrated, they scout and sign a lot of great young players.

Keita Balde and Youri Tielemans were hot prospects a year ago, and they didn't really do anything to advance. 

Tielemans regressed, BUT he did play really well in the WC

 

Youri Tielemans dans les flops de la première partie de saison en Ligue 1

https://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1760/Ligue-1/article/detail/3331832/2017/12/22/Youri-Tielemans-dans-les-flops-de-la-premiere-partie-de-saison-en-Ligue-1.dhtml

 

[Jype 6,398]

17 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Meh i think Monaco development is overrated, they scout and sign a lot of great young players.

Well they're still much better in that regard than Chelsea are, and Golovin would have a lot less competition for a starting place there. 

Coming from the Russian league to any of the European top leagues is always a huge step up in level and many before Golovin have failed to adapt, so he might be inclined to take the "easier" step now and if everything goes well, then in a year or two move somewhere else. And like I said Monaco have a history of allowing their players to do just that without much resistance so it wouldn't exactly be a bad choice for the player.

And either way be it through excellent scouting or developing from their own academy, they've still had young players like Mbappe, B. Silva, Martial, Lemar, Mendy, Fabinho, Bakayoko, Carrasco, Saint-Maximin, Kondogbia and Kurzawa in their ranks during last few years alone. Which other club can claim to have had a hand in developing so many good young players in recent years?

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On 7/22/2018 at 9:38 AM, Jason said:

You don't necessarily need to 'agree' with the whole post to actually like it though.

Clutching at straws?

Why would anyone like a post if it is about their future and it's from a player close to that him as well? Would only add more fuel to fire unnecessarily if it was untrue. 

[Jase 43,479]

9 minutes ago, AK-3001 said:

Clutching at straws?

Why would anyone like a post if it is about their future and it's from a player close to that him as well? Would only add more fuel to fire unnecessarily if it was untrue. 

Just saying from a general social media user perspective.

But for the sake of the discussion, so what if it adds more fuel to the fire? Only the fans would really care. The player and whoever else are involved will just laugh it off, particularly if the player (or others) knows where he is going - whether it's to us or Monaco. Plus, there have been such instances in the past and the player never moved to the club in question. 

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Just now, Jason said:

Just saying from a general social media user perspective.

But for the sake of the discussion, so what if it adds more fuel to the fire? Only the fans would really care. The player and whoever else are involved will just laugh it off, particularly if the player (or others) knows where he is going - whether it's to us or Monaco. 

Fair enough. 

[Clockwork 1,794]

 

Sergey Chepchugov who is close to Golovin, saying he will dress up for Chelsea next season. 

[Jype 6,398]

http://www.sport-express.ru/football/rfpl/news/golovin-letit-v-monako-podrobnosti-transfera-1438791/

Says there he's going to Monaco, medicals and contract signing tomorrow. Not that surprised tbh. 

[Dimitr 488]

Golovin to Monaco done deal 

[Valdo 583]

 

[YorkshireBlue 3,268]

2 minutes ago, Valdo said:

 

Monaco is now more attractive than us?

[manpe 10,861]

1 minute ago, BluesMadLad said:

Monaco is now more attractive than us?

Monaco is probably a smarter choice for him.

[Rapkun 668]

I don't think we pushed hard enough for the deal. Club probably has other targets.

 

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

Need to get rid of Marina and get in whoever the Technical Director at Monaco is