Chelsea Transfers

[manpe 10,861]

1 minute ago, Blues Forever said:

Listed in PL his real height is around 1,72 m. Basically shorter than Kounde and Martinez.

My height then. You don't want somebody my height at CB, trust me. 😄

[DDA 9,689]

He should only be playing LWB... nowhere else. Playing him at CB is just crazy when we have Colwill who is actually a proper CB. That 50m could be used towards a serious attacking option.

[Marvin123 484]

Chelsea have told Brighton that they are willing to pay £50m for Marc Cucurella!

 

- @JacobSteinberg

[Blues Forever 1,232]

[manpe 10,861]

3 minutes ago, DDA said:

He should only be playing LWB... nowhere else. Playing him at CB is just crazy when we have Colwill who is actually a proper CB. That 50m could be used towards a serious attacking option.

Yeah, pretty crazy if true. Especially if we're willing to give a CB (Colwill) away for a luxury LWB, deepening our CB crisis even further. Mind-boggling, IF true. Unless the injury seriously wrecked Chilwell, then he may actually be a replacement.

[Marvin123 484]

Chelsea have offered Levi Colwill to Brighton in the deal, Chelsea value him at £20m. (@NizaarKinsella) #CFC

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Azpi is 1.78…

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Just now, xPetrCechx said:

Azpi is 1.78…

Yeah, and Cucurella is a dwarf compared to him.

[Clockwork 1,794]

55 minutes ago, lucio said:

Chilwell is pretty average , and was slow already before his injury.

One thing i really dislike about Chilwell is how he keeps lobbing the ball to an area where no one is at, its like he doesn’t understand the players we have, on the other hand James/RLC often looks to combine with our front three players which is much more effective.

[manpe 10,861]

1 minute ago, xPetrCechx said:

Azpi is 1.78…

Cucurella is closer to Kante's height than Azpi's...

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Seems strange as we have Chilwell there. Could we be looking to play Chilwell further forward perhaps?

[Superblue 6,370]

3 minutes ago, DDA said:

He should only be playing LWB... nowhere else. Playing him at CB is just crazy when we have Colwill who is actually a proper CB. That 50m could be used towards a serious attacking option.

Or if the back 3 formation is truly here to stay then having genuine quality depth in both wing back roles becomes just as critical as the depth in the 2 or 3 roles in attack, because it becomes probably the key position in the formation.

The drop off in quality last year when James and Chilwell went down was alarming and definitely one of the bigger issues that seemed to derail our momentum mid season.

Despite the number of players at left back/wing back in the squad, Alonso is still the best choice as backup to Chilwell and we can't expect nor assume Chilwell is just going to walk straight back into the team and carry on where he left off after his injury. It'll likely take some time and he's not played a huge number of minutes in pre season. Bringing someone like Cucurella in makes a lot of sense to have two genuine quality options in that left wing back role. 

And unlike Chilwell and Alonso, Cucurella does have some experience playing in a back 3 last season at Brighton to a very good standard. As @Tomo pointed out having more of a full back option as one of the three centre backs can be beneficial a lot of the time because they become the spare player from deep in an attack. If they have the quality they should have, they should be able to present an option sometimes to cross the ball in from a deeper position or send a ball over the top of a defence. Azpilicueta got a lot of assists playing in such a way, especially with Morata in the early days before he hit his struggles. 

It's a similar reason as to why Reece James can also thrive in the back 3 as his delivery is exceptional and that shouldn't matter where on the pitch he is. If anything in the back 3 he'll get more time and opportunity usually to deliver compared to as a wing back. I think having that as an option to Tuchel on both sides of the back 3 adds to the variations and options he can look to utilise in games where we'll dominate the ball.

[chelsea_4_eva 1,157]

If we are going to include Colwill, I hope that there is a buy back clause in a couple of years ala Livramento. Not that matching fee clause like Guehi.

[Bren 41]

Cucurella looks like a really good signing if it happens! Wonder why City pulled out though as they seemed to have this in the bag only a few days ago?

[whats happening 1,525]

why would we send colwill if we met their asking price?

only logic is a one year loan.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

2 minutes ago, Bren said:

Cucurella looks like a really good signing if it happens! Wonder why City pulled out though as they seemed to have this in the bag only a few days ago?

 

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

Sure I remember people on here kicking off a few weeks ago because we wasn't in for him..... now we are your kicking off again lmao. Some of you fuckers haven't a clue what you want clearly.

[MoroccanBlue 5,291]

11 minutes ago, We Hate Scouse said:

Seems strange as we have Chilwell there. Could we be looking to play Chilwell further forward perhaps?

That's how I see it if they were to play together in some matches. 

Mendy

                  Koulibaly        Silva                   

                        Jorginho  Kante            Cucurella

   James                    Chilwell  

Mount                               Sterling

Havertz

 

Mind boggling those against this. Our season went to the toilet for our lack of wingback depth.