the wes 7,212 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Pre-Chelsea career Juan joined Chelsea from Ajax as a 16 year-old. Chelsea career Juan's Chelsea career began tentatively, being used as a bit-part player in the first half of the season as he settled into a new country and a new club. As Jody Morris began to utilise a 3-4-3 formation more often as the campaign went on, Castillo became a force as the left wing-back in that setup, turning in influential performances that helped the club towards a treble success in the Southern section, the Merit Stage, and the FA Youth Cup. International Juan has captained the Netherlands at Under-16 level and represented them at the European Under-17 Championships in 2017. He is also eligible to represent the Dominican Republic Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 Signed a new contract https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/07/01/academy-trio-sign-new-deals Hope he can break into the squad for the new season Bosnian Blue and Vesper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1905didierblue 748 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Good. Hopefully signs of things to come. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,190 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 When will he play this pre-season? So want to see him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Vesper said: When will he play this pre-season? So want to see him. Juan hasn't been listed in the squad to goto Japan. Unless there's an innocent reason for it that's disappointing. The development group have a game tomorrow. If he's in the squad for that game we'll have some information. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Turns out Juan played in the team featuring loan players, not the development team. Interesting. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,190 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 On 14/07/2019 at 3:41 AM, OhForAGreavsie said: Turns out Juan played in the team featuring loan players, not the development team. Interesting. yes I saw that in another thread a loan out to an EPL team where he would play would be great, or to a Bundesliga team, or a Championship team guess we are stuck with Alonso until the summer next year unless we are going to use Baba or Kenedy at LB which is never going to happen (Kenedy for sure is a noooo, I would gladly have Baba or a sold Alonso, we can still get £45m or so for him) I want these all sold this summer, other than the LB shit (pick one of them and dump them) NONE of these make a bit of sense to keep, they are AL dregs  Baba Rahman   Defender   Ghana   2015   2020   Non-homegrown      Non-homegrown <<<<<<sell him IF we are not going to sell Alonso Marcos Alonso   Defender   Spain   2016   2023   Non-homegrown      Non-homegrown Danny Drinkwater    Midfielder    England    2017    2022    Homegrown        FA trained <<<<<< worst buy ever, beyond Torres, 70 million quid shat on the floor of a Piccadilly line train  Tiemoué Bakayoko    Midfielder    France    2017    2022    Non-homegrown        Non-homegrown   <<<<< he still is shit Davide Zappacosta   Defender   Italy   2017   2021   Non-homegrown      Non-homegrown   Nathan Baxter   Goalkeeper   England   2005   2023   On loan at Ross County until June 30th 2020 Victor Moses   Forward   Nigeria   2012   2021   On loan at Fenerbahce until June 30th 2020 Charly Musonda   Midfielder   Belgium   2012   2022   On loan at Vitesse Arnhem until June 30th 2020 Richard Nartey   Defender   England   2006   2020   On loan at Burton Albion until May 31st 2020 Nathan   Forward   Brazil   2015   2020   On loan at Atletico Mineiro until January 1st 2020 Mario Pašalić   Midfielder   Croatia   2014   2022   On loan at Atalanta until June 20th 2020 <<<<<< not dregs, but just sell him (I think there is the option) Michael Hector   Defender   Jamaica   2015   2020   Homegrown      FA trained   Matt Miazga   Defender   USA   2016   2022   Non-homegrown      Non-homegrown   Kenneth Omeruo   Defender   Nigeria   2012   2020   Non-homegrown      Non-homegrown   Isaiah Brown   Forward   England   2013   2021   Homegrown      Club Trained   Lucas Piazón   Forward   Brazil   2011   2019   Non-homegrown      Non-homegrown     Lewis Baker   Midfielder   England   2005   2022   Homegrown      Club Trained   Marco van Ginkel   Midfielder   Netherlands   2013   2020   Non-homegrown      Non-homegrown   Jacob Maddox   Midfielder   England   2013   2021   Under-21      Under-21     Kasey Palmer   Midfielder   England   2013   2021   Homegrown      Club Trained   Danilo Pantic   Midfielder   Serbia   2015   2021   Non-homegrown      Non-homegrown   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Interesting that Juan played for the development squad yesterday after returning from the loan group's tour. Significant? Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,190 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 7 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said: Interesting that Juan played for the development squad yesterday after returning from the loan group's tour. Significant? I wish he was in Japan. And Alonso in Madrid, lolol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Vesper said: I wish he was in Japan. And Alonso in Madrid, lolol. 😀 Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer1257 3,282 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 I watched his game against Liverpool U23 and he looked wonderful. He is the best crosser I have seen in a while. Everytime he crosses the ball, his crosses land into danger areas and that is something we need. Especially considering the fact that we have He should be ahead of Alonso. Castillo is very similar to Emerson, only difference is that he can cross the ball. I am not saying that Castillo should replace him, he should be his BU and learn from him and get a fair amount of minutes this season. It would be a waste if Alonso still gets minutes to play when we have someone with that kind of potential in our youth system NikkiCFC and Vesper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,190 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 2 hours ago, killer1257 said: I watched his game against Liverpool U23 and he looked wonderful. He is the best crosser I have seen in a while. Everytime he crosses the ball, his crosses land into danger areas and that is something we need. Especially considering the fact that we have He should be ahead of Alonso. Castillo is very similar to Emerson, only difference is that he can cross the ball. I am not saying that Castillo should replace him, he should be his BU and learn from him and get a fair amount of minutes this season. It would be a waste if Alonso still gets minutes to play when we have someone with that kind of potential in our youth system Cannot agree more If we are going jacobs-deep in on youth, unleash Castillo next year and ship that turtle Alonso off whist he can still get some filthy lucre for his turgid arse. Hell do it NOW, Atletico Madrid will surely pay some serious cash for Marcos as they only have ONE LB on their entire roster, Renan Lodi, and although he looks to be an amazing talent, is only 21 and has all of one game at top level and is now under red card suspension already (granted he was FUCKED by the dodgy La Liga refs). killer1257 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 Juan Familia Castillo is set to join Ajax Amsterdam on loan, reports De Telegraaf this morning, with Ajax sporting director Marc Overmars hoping to negotiate a buy-option as well.  http://sportwitness.co.uk/chelsea-youngster-already-clubs-facility-medical-transfer-concluded-soon/ Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Don't know how to feel about this. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicco 927 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Not worried, if he is sold we will surely include a buy back option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 If its only a loan and he plays enough, this could be amazing move. He is realy talented and IMO generaly there is no better club to develop youth than Ajax right now. But he will have strong competition with Tagliafico. Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Nicco said: Not worried, if he is sold we will surely include a buy back option. If he’s good enough Lampard will want him Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 If its only a loan and he plays enough, this could be amazing move. He is realy talented and IMO generaly there is no better club to develop youth than Ajax right now. But he will have strong competition with Tagliafico.There's an option to buy as well. I just hope buy-back/first refusal clauses are the norm now with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I don't think we should be selling. One year of good loan is good for him. I think it's dumb to put that option to buy. Vesper and Supermonkey92 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Some people are not going to be happy because on the face of it Marcos is here for the whole season now. At least. 🙂 More interesting is the fact that a new contract, followed by a loan, is exactly the prospect Juan faced in the summer. A prospect he rejected by refusing the contract offer and making it clear he was off. That was before he changed his mind when Frank was appointed. Everyone inferred that it was something Frank said which changed Juan's mind but that something can't have been, "Sign a new contract then we'll send you out on loan.", can it? What's changed? Well, one positive change is that Juan has seen Frank walk the walk, and not just talk the talk, about giving youth a chance. That can only have helped Juan's state of mind, yet off he's gone to Ajax. Could it be that the plan was to use Juan as Emerson's backup, and move Marcos on? A plan which died because there were no acceptable offers for Marcos? Pure speculation of course. As for Juan getting minutes at Ajax, it's worth noting that throughout preseason, and on into the serious fixtures, Juan has played on the left of midfield with a leftback, Ian Maatsen, behind him. Is there room for him to play higher up the pitch at Ajax?  P.S. Hands up if you're old enough to remember when all of us in England called Johan Cruyff's great team A-Jacks, not aye-aks? Bet Ajax fans would happily suffer our stupid anglicised pronunciation all over again if they could have that side back. 🙂  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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