Luka Modric

[capriccioso 2,545]

He doesn't have sex often, then?

Yes.

How can you, with a face like that?

More seriously, he's not a classic number 10. Buying him suddenly won't make us much more dangerous. Mikel and Lampard in centre midfield is a pairing that is good enough, they don't need to be broken up by spending 40 million on a guy who's equal/slightly better than them..

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Yes.

How can you, with a face like that?

More seriously, he's not a classic number 10. Buying him suddenly won't make us much more dangerous. Mikel and Lampard in centre midfield is a pairing that is good enough, they don't need to be broken up by spending 40 million on a guy who's equal/slightly better than them..

So u expect Lampard and Mikel to be injury free the whole season and potentially play 60+ games this season?

[capriccioso 2,545]

So u expect Lampard and Mikel to be injury free the whole season and potentially play 60+ games this season?

So you expect to pay 40 million for a player to sit on the bench?

Yes. Mikel's 24, he can take that with ease. He could probably do 70 a season without breaking a sweat. Lampard can probably get through 50 as he's phenomenally fit.

If there are injuries, that's where Meireles, Romeu, Essien and McEachran come into play.

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

So you expect to pay 40 million for a player to sit on the bench?

Yes. Mikel's 24, he can take that with ease. He could probably do 70 a season without breaking a sweat. Lampard can probably get through 50 as he's phenomenally fit.

If there are injuries, that's where Meireles, Romeu, Essien and McEachran come into play.

If Mikel or Lampard gets injured and is out for the season, you except one of those above to play a whole season for the Champions of Europe? Im not saying we need to spend 40 mil on Modric, just that we need 1 more Quality midfielder in the squad.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Fair enough, but don't you think we have decent backups in Meireles and Essien?

[Superblue 6,372]

Fair enough, but don't you think we have decent backups in Meireles and Essien?

If Essien can get a full pre season behind him then maybe.

I'm still of the belief Ramires can play the double pivot role and play it very successfully for us given the opportunity.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Maybe but Ramires is at his best as a right winger.

Mikel and Lampard have a good understanding and they're more technically rounded than Ramires so I would prefer them to start as much as possible. Ramires has explosive pace, wonderful stamina and is a good dribbler of the ball, making him more suited as a right midfielder who can get up and down both ends of the pitch rather than an out-and-out, get to the byline and cross style/cut inside and shoot winger.

[LondonPride1905 236]

Lol!!! Seriously??? What on earth are you talking about? Who is trying to 'force faith' as you say? I'm just being realistic and clearly Modric is off to Madrid! Your another one who needs to get over it as well it seems! There are plenty more players out there for us like Moutinho, Cabaye, Schweinsteiger ect we may have missed out on Modric but its not the end of the world! Jeez!

Got over it , last summer, but whatever. Point is , you don't have to repeat everything a mil. times, we got you already. Let's wait till' he puts pen-to-paper on a Madrid contract and then let's talk, oK? Oh, and please, don't add Schweini there, it's impossible..even if I would dream of it.

[jmarlow 458]

Got over it , last summer, but whatever. Point is , you don't have to repeat everything a mil. times, we got you already. Let's wait till' he puts pen-to-paper on a Madrid contract and then let's talk, oK? Oh, and please, don't add Schweini there, it's impossible..even if I would dream of it.

repeat what a mil times?

[LondonPride1905 236]

Modric being off to Madrid. I kinda got that already.

Now reports are coming that Roman wants to get him. What do we say then?

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Fair enough, but don't you think we have decent backups in Meireles and Essien?

Like superblue Said, Essien with a good pre season might do the work. And with Meireles i cant stand his poor passing

[Strike 7,494]

Maybe but Ramires is at his best as a right winger.

Mikel and Lampard have a good understanding and they're more technically rounded than Ramires so I would prefer them to start as much as possible. Ramires has explosive pace, wonderful stamina and is a good dribbler of the ball, making him more suited as a right midfielder who can get up and down both ends of the pitch rather than an out-and-out, get to the byline and cross style/cut inside and shoot winger.

yeah but Mikel and Lampard are too deep atm. Gettin modric or moutinho in will freshen up our team and use Ramires, Hazard's pace effectively

[Rahul Haque 57]

we have 5 cms right now. mikel, essien, lampard, mereiles and romeu

all of them have the capability of playing in a 4 2 3 1 where we have only 2 slots for all five. i genuinely do believe that the better quality ahead of them will allow them to move further ahead on the pitch, our tactics won't be as defensive with the new quality players available to us.

we still need strengthening at right back and we need a back up forward/ versatile world class forward. modric would be amazing but it's third priority for me.

[Severinb 309]

We should go for sahin and if modric does not play we cant get him in january for 20mil!

[blue_swaggin_96 96]

if sahin doesnt make in the spanish league ill doubt chelsea would want him.

According to some untrusty sources, we are back in for him, surely he rather join us? london.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

Hopefully in a team like Chelsea he would shine a bit more. Everytime I see him play he has good and bad spells in matches, a little inconsistant IMO.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Yes, we got mikel, lamps, essien, meireles, romeu but..

Mikel: Awesome and has really grown in my eyes. Young and fit guy.

Lampard: Ageing but still very fit and will probably be available for most of the season.

Essien: In all honesty, i love the guy but he's done.

Meireles: I dont apprichiate this guy and dont even understand why we bought him. Not really good defensive nor offensively and his passing sucks.

Romeu: Whats going on here? Why hasnt he been playing? Will he remain at Chelsea? If so, he's a solid DM.

So, basically we've got Mikel, Lampard and Romeu as reasonable and solid DM. I would love to see us go for a relative cheap and promising DM just to be able to rotate and feel more comfortable there. And basically let Essien and Meireles go or sell them.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Lol. If you think we can play a good, attacking side with good retaining of the ball with Lampard in the double pivot you must be joking. We do need a player like Modric. Lets hope that if we do then Lampard won't have another hissy fit because he keeps being benched.

And I can't believe people still think Essien has some sort of part in the team. He is finished and needs to be shipped off, nothing more then a block of skin on dodgy legs. Get over him and move on.

[blue_swaggin_96 96]

Hopefully in a team like Chelsea he would shine a bit more. Everytime I see him play he has good and bad spells in matches, a little inconsistant IMO.

understandable... mekelele comes in mind!

[Severinb 309]

Benat would only cost 10mil at most!