Branislav Ivanovic

[Madmax 9,219]

£25m for Ivanovic? It's a no-branna.

[francozola 2,040]

£25m for Ivanovic? It's a no-branna.

terrible

[CHOULO19 24,332]

£25m for Ivanovic? It's a no-branna.

GTFO!

[Madmax 9,219]

terrible

GTFO!

:D

[Kieran. 6,317]

:D

That was horriBane...

[Madmax 9,219]

That was horriBane...

Or terryble ...

[Joe Cool 388]

For me he's still 3rd choice CB and 2nd choice RB so I'd bite their hands off Suarez-style if that offer was even close to being true (£17 million would probably be good enough in all honesty).

Whatever happens we still need to sign a centre-back this summer and it would be tempting to take that £25 million and put in an offer for Varane straight away.

3rd choice? Behind Luiz and who?

[The only place to be 11,313]

3rd choice? Behind Luiz and who?

Unfortunately no-one. We need to buy a strong centre-back to play alongside Luiz (if that role doesn't go back to JT) which means Cahill, Ivanovic and JT are essentially back-ups.

So strictly speaking at the moment, he probably isn't 3rd choice but that would almost certainly be his role going into next season.

[Spike 12,049]

Fucking 25 million? How much did Chelsea buy him for? 8million? Not only has he gotten older but he has regressed. Deal.

[Leif 6,006]

Yeah, reports in France are actually quite lively about this one. Seems to be substance. They (Monaco) originally wanted Vidic but it didn't happen. They're now chasing Ivanovic & N'Koulou I believe as well as PSG's Sakho but I think he's unlikely to leave.

I'd sell him for even £17m so go for it.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I wouldn't blame him to be fair.. He's won everything he can at Chelsea, if he wants a fresh challenge now would be the time? But not till we sign an adequate replacement.

[Kieran. 6,317]

Don't think anyone's against this move lol. Fucking love Bane but 25m is way too much for him.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

Yeah great deal but I would be sad to see him leave. Great servant to the club and is a true blue. Wish him all the best whatever happens

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Yeah replace him with subotic or marquinhos.

[termninja 5,290]

[Peace. 4,352]

£25m is a lot for a 29 years-old player ; £25m is a lot for a defender ; £25m is a lot for a player who didn't have a good season ; £25m is a lot for a player who's starting to regress.... In other words, that's a lot of money for Ivanovic.

On the one hand, he didn't have a good season at all, and considering his age, we can assume that's the "beginning of the end". On the other hand, as TOP2B said, the serbian is only the third choice ; and we really need a first choice CB to partner Luiz for the forthcoming years.

So, if this rumor is true (which I doubt, because the source is the Daily Mail, and because the only French sources reporting that are unreliable (those are website in the mould of goal.com) and are quoting DM), then we should bit their hand off. This is a golden deal for us. We will probably never be proposed something like this for one of players, let alone for Ivanovic. Therefore, considering all the aforementioned facts, we should sell him, and with the money we can reinvest this money on someone of the likes of Varane or Subotic (which would been great additions to our squad).

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Of course there is also the issue in the article that says Jose would want to keep him. Would this be the first conflict between the board and the new manager? Believing of course that these rumours have any substance.

[Yeboii 1,844]

Sell Brana ( ) for 25 mill

Buy Varane.