CHOULO19 24,332 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Well,that's disappointing. Don't be. A twitter account with even zero followers is 10 times more reliable than SkyItalia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouri_Matic 560 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 No it doesn't. We already sent Oriol Romeu on loan so there's space for De Rossi and Mikel in the team.Yeah but if we can sell him for £13-£16m as reported, why shouldn't we? If we sign De Rossi for the same, it is basically a straight swap between Mikel and De Rossi which even the dumbest Chelsea fan would have to agree with. He won't ever get any better, now because he just signed a new long term contract and had an OK tournament with Nigeria, teams will actually be interested in him. From there on they won't ever be again if he is warming the bench for De Rossi, Van Ginkel, Ramires next season. Not to forget we still have Essien who now no body want because of his past injury problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Kwsta 96 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Don't be. A twitter account with even zero followers is 10 times more reliable than SkyItaliaLOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Yeah but if we can sell him for £13-£16m as reported, why shouldn't we? If we sign De Rossi for the same, it is basically a straight swap between Mikel and De Rossi which even the dumbest Chelsea fan would have to agree with. He won't ever get any better, now because he just signed a new long term contract and had an OK tournament with Nigeria, teams will actually be interested in him. From there on they won't ever be again if he is warming the bench for De Rossi, Van Ginkel, Ramires next season. Not to forget we still have Essien who now no body want because of his past injury problems.Have you ever heard of squad depth? It isn't basically a straight swap between De Rossi and Mikel at all. It's common sense that if you want to compete on all fronts that you need a large squad with good players who can come in and perform well. Jose said he's waiting for 6 players to come back and obviously Mikel is part of those 6 players. If you're looking to get rid of a midfielder you'd get rid of Essien before selling Mikel. We don't need £10m/£15m. We're not a small club. It's also not out of the question to actually play a Mikel - De Rossi pivot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 DP.(Not like the porn as Stingray would say ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,540 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 It's also not out of the question to actually play a Mikel - De Rossi pivot.that would be useful against the likes of bayern, barca etc who like to control possession. much like robbie did last year with mikel - meireles - ramires - lampard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Have you ever heard of squad depth? It isn't basically a straight swap between De Rossi and Mikel at all. It's common sense that if you want to compete on all fronts that you need a large squad with good players who can come in and perform well.Jose said he's waiting for 6 players to come back and obviously Mikel is part of those 6 players. If you're looking to get rid of a midfielder you'd get rid of Essien before selling Mikel. We don't need £10m/£15m. We're not a small club.It's also not out of the question to actually play a Mikel - De Rossi pivot.Essien, Lampard, Van Ginkel, Ramires, De Rossi, Chalobah, McEachran.Possibly Oscar and Luiz.Mikel still has value if we sold him, Essien probably doesn't but he can probably give us two more seasons of service whilst the likes of Nat develop. As for the price, £15 million is two Azpis, one Lukaku or the combined cost of Courtois, De Bruyne and Kalas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 what?! where did you saw it?Sky Italia have reported that De Rossi is in London now and the deal could be confirmed today. #CFCSame bullshit report from yesterday. Sorry. Nothing to see here, folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidzeret 2,257 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Our best pivot option is De Rossi-Ramires.... It's not like we're keeping Mikel or anything(the lad should've been playing CAM if ManU got them instead of us 6 years ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidzeret 2,257 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 that would be useful against the likes of bayern, barca etc who like to control possession. much like robbie did last year with mikel - meireles - ramires - lampardWe shud go 4-3-3 with the likes of Bayern as it gives us more cover at the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidzeret 2,257 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 He's definitely a marquee signing if we pull this off. I've already ripped my jersey's right sleeve to half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiomad 22 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Got to love a guy who has this tattooed on his leg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskoviolente 425 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 He's definitely a marquee signing if we pull this off. I've already ripped my jersey's right sleeve to halfYeah why does De Rossi do that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King11Didier 916 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Hazard should do the same tattoo on his leg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Got to love a guy who has this tattooed on his leg...Lmao, is that derossi?Thats a proper stop sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Essien, Lampard, Van Ginkel, Ramires, De Rossi, Chalobah, McEachran.Possibly Oscar and Luiz.Mikel still has value if we sold him, Essien probably doesn't but he can probably give us two more seasons of service whilst the likes of Nat develop. As for the price, £15 million is two Azpis, one Lukaku or the combined cost of Courtois, De Bruyne and Kalas.Do we need £15m though? Do we need to sell in order to buy? No. There's no point in reducing the quality in midfield when we don't need the money to reinvest into another player. If you're looking to obtain some cash then just look at the Cavani case; if rumours are correct we were going to spend at least £40m on Cavani. The money saved from that can be used to bring in more players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Do we need £15m though? Do we need to sell in order to buy? No. There's no point in reducing the quality in midfield when we don't need the money to reinvest into another player.If you're looking to obtain some cash then just look at the Cavani case; if rumours are correct we were going to spend at least £40m on Cavani. The money saved from that can be used to bring in more players.Does selling Mikel reduce the quality in midfield? Essien is back, Chalobah is back and we've signed Van Ginkel and possibly De Rossi. To me, that midfield is massively better simply through the acquisition of De Rossi and the coaching of Mourinho.At the moment I'd have four players ahead of him (Lamps, Essien, De Rossi, Ramires), plus I'd still want Nat and Van Ginkel to get time to learn their trade. Add in Loftus-Cheek in League Cup games and I'm not entirely sure where Mikel fits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguelito 459 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Does selling Mikel reduce the quality in midfield? Essien is back, Chalobah is back and we've signed Van Ginkel and possibly De Rossi. To me, that midfield is massively better simply through the acquisition of De Rossi and the coaching of Mourinho.At the moment I'd have four players ahead of him (Lamps, Essien, De Rossi, Ramires), plus I'd still want Nat and Van Ginkel to get time to learn their trade. Add in Loftus-Cheek in League Cup games and I'm not entirely sure where Mikel fits. I think that in the actual DM spot mikel would be behind de rossi and nobody else. He's alot better than essien in his role, is better than chalobah (who i think would benefit from guarenteed consistent games somewhere else) and is a whole lot better than lamps defensively who tends to leave us exposed sometimes. and ramires more attacking and making him hold would take away his best aspect with his speed.I am one who thinks that we need one midfielder holding so mikel and de rossi would easily be the best two for that position for us. That's why it would be reducing the quality of our midfield. Yes, it has improved this summer so far, but selling mikel would reduce it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea? 892 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I actually don't think we need anymore signings. I don't see any player that'll win us the CL and I think our current squad is good enough for the EPL tittle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovieticus 743 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 . I don't see any player that'll win us the CLMessi, Ronaldo lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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