Bertrand Traoré

[ulvhedin 507]

Scored yesterday in Burkina friendly

[Styles 9,790]

He's ready for Ligue 1, so maybe that Marseille partnership will find him there.

I'd love to see more of our younger players sent to France as we've had a lot of success buying from Ligue 1 over the years.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Bertrand Traore should now qualify for a work permit

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Good. Really want him with the first team.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Bertrand Traore should now qualify for a work permit

Finally, I badly want him to succeed here. I'll practically lose hope for any attacking player in our youth team if he doesn't make it eventually in our team.

[Magic Lamps 11,655]

the thing is he has only excelled at Vitesse after being moved from RW to CF. I don't see opportunites for him to play as our lone striker whilst I cannot see him assert himself in his second favourite position.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

Some folks on Twitter suggests that Chelsea already applied for work permit. Some say that he even got one.

I'm excited and I wonder where he will play. Number 10/right winger hybrid to utilize his vision and link up play. I don't want to stick him to the byline on the right because he's not great dribbler nor crosser to do that. He should play closer to the centre.

It's awesome how greatly he combines both physical and technical attributes. When Chelsea brought him as a 14 years old they surely done that because of his technical qualities. He improved greatly in physical aspects, seems significantly quicker and is a tad stronger/broader than 1 and a half year ago. He also has great stamina doing mad number of sprints per game. Jose surely will teach him to make those sprints also in backward direction to track back.

[ulvhedin 507]

Maybe he will be our 3rd striker, 5-6th AM:

Costa/Falcao/Traore

Hazard/Oscar/Willian/Cuadrado(new signing)/sometimes Fabregas/Traore

[didierforever 7,349]

Maybe he will be our 3rd striker, 5-6th AM:

Costa/Falcao/Traore

Hazard/Oscar/Willian/Cuadrado(new signing)/sometimes Fabregas/Traore

said this before and will say it again, remy is a must for next season.

[ulvhedin 507]

said this before and will say it again, remy is a must for next season.

I hope so also, would hate it if we change Remy for Falcao, however considering rumors it seems very possible :/

[Leif 6,006]

There's no reason he can't play as both a winger & striker in his career. He's just like Eto'o. Seriously, just like him.

[the wes 7,212]

Bertrand Traore should now qualify for a work permit

great news get him straight into the squad

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Was always intrigued by him, if the work permit is sorted its great news for us. Its hard to say whether he can make the jump to the Prem and be our right sided goal scorer but I like the thought of having him in our ranks and developing with us.

[The Skipper 20,593]

If he qualifies as a HG talent, that would be very interesting. Does anyone know?

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

If he qualifies as a HG talent, that would be very interesting. Does anyone know?

Not a chance. He wasn't Chelsea player until 2nd January 2014. If he stays now he won't have 3 full seasons or 36 months between 15-21 age.

Though for now he will only be registered for Champions League spot.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Not a chance. He wasn't Chelsea player until 2nd January 2014. If he stays now he won't have 3 full seasons or 36 months between 15-21 age.

Though for now he will only be registered for Champions League spot.

That's not true, he was here as a trialist for a long time and trained with the youth team...

I'm aware of the HG rules pal. Just wondering whether BT counted since he has been at Chelsea for quite some time (unofficially).

[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

That's not true, he was here as a trialist for a long time and trained with the youth team...

I'm aware of the HG rules pal. Just wondering whether BT counted since he has been at Chelsea for quite some time (unofficially).

I think unofficially will be the stumbling block. The HG rules talk about players being registered with a (qualifying) club but Bertrand wasn't registered with us until he signed officially in Jan 2014.

[Oscar 441]

Sandro played all of last season without a work permit...