Yossi Benayoun

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I'd rather give Kevin or Gael a chance than a player who has no future here and has "implied" on a couple of occasions that he does not want to play here anymore. The man sung "You'll never walk alone" in the Chelsea dressing room ffs! :banghead:

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I was (obviously) joking about the song. What I meant by "implied on a couple of occasions that he does not want to play here anymore" is that he dismissed questions about his future at Chelsea more than once in interviews.

I know you don't think too highly of Gael, but (with all due respect) we can't just take your word for it. He has impressed in France, I think he has earned a chance here and same goes for De Bruyne.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Never though Benayoun was a signing we needed, best he moves on.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

I though he was a brilliant signing for two different reasons:

He's versatile and more important of all, mentally able to play a part-role at Chelsea. We have the 11 players on one game but we haven't enough bench depth for almost 5 years, that's why we're overally poor on a complete season considering what the guys can do on one game. There's not a lot of players who can accept a part time role and be ready when they are called. We've Paulo Ferreira.

At Liverpool Benayoun was one of the best performers in 2009/2010 even with Benitez not regarding him as a starter and dropping him often 2, 3 games in a row. It shows how strong he's mentally

I though he was an intelligent signing as well, he provided something really different and interesting. I mean every team has it's key players, the one regarded as the playmaker or the depositary of the play and that it's not common to replace him at the end of the games without lossing in terms of influence and style of play. I used to think what Benayoun can provide when coming on as a substitute was interesting because he did bring simplicity and made the difference with his through deliveries. Keeping a link between midfield and attack as well

I really won't mind if we cut short 15mn of every Mata game to play Benayoun, Mata would be easily rested whereas the team would keep being threatening the opponent.

Suppose he does offer the chance to rest Mata but I meant more that we had signed him a few years too late. Maybe if we got him 3-4 years ago he would of been much more useful.

[Matthew Chadwick 12]

With the likes of kalou and malouda leaving I think we will have to keep yossi as a squad player - a handy sub

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Never though Benayoun was a signing we needed, best he moves on.

I thought we actually did need the signing but then he got hurt and missed the year and then AVB wanted Meireles instead so we got Meireles and then we didn't need Benayoun. He's an absolutely fine squad player-can come off the bench and make an impact and start occasionally but we are kind of full at midfield at the moment so unless Chelsea sell someone else, don't see any room for Benayoun.

[bababoom 4,478]

Ian Abrahams ‏@Moose_talkSPORT

Rumours of Yossi Benayoun seen at West Ham today - no confirmation but I was told a fortnight ago we'd offered him a deal so we will see

Yes some guy from talkSPORT, but he supports west ham and is normally correct, so who knows,

[The Skipper 20,609]

Good move for Yossi if true.

[Joker10 946]

Keep him for one year, there aren't a lot of old, experienced players who would cope with being just squad players. Benayoun is decent backup - creative and experienced player, who has great understanding with Torres and doesn't cause troubles, if he doesn't player regularly... One year isn't a lot you know...

Playing time weighs heavily for Benayoun, more then you suggest. If it wasn't the case then why was he sent on loan?

Isn't it obvious that he asked AVB to sent him on loan because he didn't expect to be used much.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

With Mata, Hazard, Meireles and Debruyne (and Kakuta?), it's best for both him and the club that he moves on.

[Manuf 1,448]

It's a stupid move to loan him out. Not only can he play on the wings (especially the right one) and in the middle but also he has a great relationship with Torres, which could only be benefical. Besides, he still has that flare to score some great goals. We should keep him.

[Spike 12,049]

Should not have been loaned to Arsenal, he still had something to do here.

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

Should not have been loaned to Arsenal, he still had something to do here.

What? Win the Champions League........Oh wait! He wasn't/isn't needed.

[Spike 12,049]

What? Win the Champions League........Oh wait! He wasn't/isn't needed.

There are more things to a club than just winning trophies, ya know!? Yossi could have helped Mata in terms of creativity so the team wasn't so dependent on him. He could have made Torres look less like an idiot. He could have played on the right wing when Danny was a headless chicken. Those sort of things.

[westcountryblue 25]

He should move on, he was unlucky with injury in his first season with us, and with the signings of Hazard, De Bryne (maybe not si much this season if we goes on loan perhaps?) and Marin I can't really see him getting any minutes on the pitch.

I would rather see the creativity of Hazard and Mata on the pitch.