Youcef Atal

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On 4/30/2019 at 1:01 AM, LAM09 said:

Aina, Baba, James to name three. Do the club know they have a list of players waiting in the wings?

Aina is gone, Torino is exercising his buy option, Baba is a LEFT BACK, and obviously has been written off long ago in terms of playing on our first team. That leaves Reece and Azpi, and as soon as the bans are over Azpi has to go as a starter. He is no longer a top quality RB, we may keep him as a reserve CB but that is pissing away 25 or 30m. Too many minutes over too many years has burned him out. He is so limited offensively, as is Alonso and Zappa and Emerson. Those 4 are just horrid crossers.

Reece may end up playing a lot of CB as well, so this is a good buy. We are not going to get him anyway, he is going to be snapped up this summer whilst we are banned.

Wan-Bissaka will get snatched up too. I am so hoping Denzel Dumfries doesnt move them summer, stays at PSV, and we can swoop for him in summer 2020. He is a beast, 1.89m tall, explosive, and a superb tackler. Great at crosses too.

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On 30/04/2019 at 0:57 PM, LAM09 said:

He isn't going to get that chance here, so it will be FB or bust tbh. As someone else said, we could cut any "deal" for Aina in a heartbeat as we have the final say (https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea/chelsea-reluctant-to-sell-ola-aina-with-transfer-ban-looming-a4130086.html).

 

Finally, have you watched Reims in the last few months by any chance?

 

That article does not say we have any kind of veto on the buy option and, as far as I'm aware, we do not. Our chance of retaining Ola boils down to our ability to persuade him to turn down the move to Torino. To do that we'd have to offer him a significantly better deal than the Turin club will and hope that is enough to sway his decision. We won't be able to convince Ola based on his likely importance to our squad vs his likely importance to Torino's. He knows he won't get as many minutes here as in Turin. Of course, I'm not saying Ola would certainly be swayed by a bigger contract. I'm just speculating that he won't be swayed without one.

All of this is further complicated by the rumour that Nice would want to include Tariq Lampty in any deal for Atal. Tariq's combination of high technique and jet-heeled pace would really please any Blues fans who are not familiar with him. The problem, however, is that he's tiny. Not just in height but in bulk too. I worry whether Maurizio, or any other Chelsea manager, would take Tariq seriously given that drawback. He is a fabulous player though. The club would need to examine themselves closely on this. If they want Atal at Right back more than they want Ola, or Tariq, or Reece playing there, and if they know they will never take a chance on Tariq's size, then they should accept his inclusion in any deal. For myself, I'd have to watch Atal a bit more before forming an opinion about whether he's worth all we'd be passing up to get him.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7449075/Chelsea-transfer-news-Chelsea-target-35-million-swoop-Nice-defender-Youcef-Atal.html

Linked with him again. 

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13 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7449075/Chelsea-transfer-news-Chelsea-target-35-million-swoop-Nice-defender-Youcef-Atal.html

Linked with him again. 

he seems more like a Shitty style RB than a Chels one

I always include him as an option due to his talent, which is absolutely there

We also need to see just how good Reece is gong to be

Atal is going to cost far more than £35m if he keeps playing like he is, and Nice now has Jim Ratcliffe's £20 billion backing them now and he wants to take out PSG within 4 or 5 years as the best team in France, so prising Atal away is not going to be easy

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Can't see much need for him unless Reece becomes a CB

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Would be horrible for James

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45 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

Would be horrible for James

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This would mean Lampard is going to sell Azpi or He is planning to play him as a winger. 

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5 hours ago, milka said:

 

absolutely the wrong Nice fullback, IF we miss out on Chilwell we REALLY need to be looking at their LB, Malang Sarr

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On 26/11/2019 at 7:58 PM, Vesper said:

absolutely the wrong Nice fullback, IF we miss out on Chilwell we REALLY need to be looking at their LB, Malang Sarr

We're stacked at right back, sure. but Malang Sarr is a center back playing left back and he's not doing a very good job there. Atal is easily the best right back in france.

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8 hours ago, Rapkun said:

We're stacked at right back, sure. but Malang Sarr is a center back playing left back and he's not doing a very good job there. Atal is easily the best right back in france.

Is he struggling? I saw him play two matches and he looked a beast but 2 games is not enough to evaluate fully, which is why I added the caveat of IF he plays well the full year at LB. I have tracked him as a CB for years.

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13 hours ago, Vesper said:

Is he struggling? I saw him play two matches and he looked a beast but 2 games is not enough to evaluate fully, which is why I added the caveat of IF he plays well the full year at LB. I have tracked him as a CB for years.

He plays exactly like you would expect a CB playing in a fullback position, decent but nothing special. N'soki has been starting ahead of him in recent games. I rated him when he was first introduced into their team next to Dante under Favre, I still do but he's too raw to be playing for a top club. I think he was meant to leave in the summer but the new investors would not allow it.