Chelsea Officially Signed Willian

[Pizy 18,850]

Why do people keep saying he'll be on the right wing? Could've sworn his most effective and natural position was LW? Hence Spuds bringing him in as Bale's replacement.

I think Hazard will be on the right with Willian on the left.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Say if we dont sign Willian, and then Hazard or gets injured. Who do we have in our current squad who can dribble with the ball the same way Hazard can? Schurrle isnt that kind of player, KDB the same and Moses (regardless of his pre-season) is shit. This signing makes perfect sense.

Schurrle is very much that sort of player. Schurrle had 3.2 2 dribbles a game last year. Besides, you can't build squads with backing up every sort of player. Do we need a backup for a fast, defensively sound midfielder in case Ramires is hurt? This is especially when you have holes and lack of backups all over the pitch.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

30m is a lot of money to piss off Spurs.Jose,we don't need him.

I don't get this at all. We had too many attacking midfielders before and we spend big to get another? And an insanely overpriced one at that. Chelsea have now spent something like 150m pounds on attacking midfielders in the last three years. Something else is going to happen or this makes no sense at all.

I just don't get it... Stupid transfer... We really don't need him... Mata, Hazard, De Bruyne, Oscar, Moses and Schurlle were enough quality and enough quantity for 3 attacking midfielders... And also Lampard and Ramires are capable to play this position...

What is it you guys dont understand?

We only have ONE pure RW. Competition is good. Why are you against improving the squad?!

LW: Hazard, Schurrle

RW: Willian, Moses

CAM: Mata, Oscar + KdB (who can also play RW)

One important thing will happen when we buy Willian; we wont have to deploy players to the wing when they are more suited to play behind the striker (ie mata/oscar).

[Toli 977]

tbh at the beginning I was clearly against it, but now I begin more and more to like it. we really lacked someone on the RW and he will be definetely better than Oscar or KDB on it. but one of KDB/Mata/Oscar has to leave then. I cant see 3 people competiting for 1 spot throughout a world-cup season. And out of these 3, either Mata will be sold or KDB loaned out. osar will stay quite surely. I hope that adding Willian will make it easier for our strikers because we wont get a proper striker anymore I think.

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

Why do people keep saying he'll be on the right wing? Could've sworn his most effective and natural position was LW? Hence Spuds bringing him in as Bale's replacement.

I think Hazard will be on the right with Willian on the left.

He can play LW, RW and AM. Him and Hazard will be interchanging all game.

[Zoro 151]

Schurrle is very much that sort of player. Schurrle had 3.2 2 dribbles a game last year. Besides, you can't build squads with backing up every sort of player. Do we need a backup for a fast, defensively sound midfielder in case Ramires is hurt? This is especially when you have holes and lack of backups all over the pitch.

If stats meant anything then Torres is the best striker in the world after winning the golden boot in both the Euro's and Confederations cup. Schurrle is unproven in the premier league.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

If stats meant anything then Torres is the best striker in the world after winning the golden boot in both the Euro's and Confederations cup. Schurrle is unproven in the premier league.

What the hell are you talking about? Torres had a few good games against crappy teams. You can't judge a players' ability on those stats. Schurrle has had seasons worth of play where has shown the ability to dribble. It's called sample size. Ask 10 voters they're likely voting patterns is pointless. Ask 1,000 and it's meaningful. You don't seem to see the difference. 3.2 dribbles a game means that Schurrle can dribble. You said we don't have anyone to replace Hazard who can dribble and Schurrle plays the same position and can dribble and we clarly do. Yes, he's unproven in the Premier League, but he's proven in a much better league than Willian.

The signing of Willian itself could make sense if it weren't for the insane cost (basically about double what he should cost), It would also make sense if, in the last 2 years, we also hadn't have spent 18M on Schurrle and 25M on Oscar and 16M on KDB and Moses. This what people don't seem to understand. No team is going to regularly play 6 attacking midfielders so Willian will play instead of Kevin De Bruyne or Schurrle. Last year, we had 3 regular AMs and Moses who barely played. Our 4th AM almost never played. Now, we've added 3 more players to the position? Let's say we have 50 meaningful games this season. (not including early domestic cup or games in CL once you've already advanced sort of games) That's 150 starts overall for attacking midfielders. Let's say Mata starts 40, Hazard 40, Oscar 35, That's 35 starts for Schurrle, De Bruyne, and Willian which is nothing. Will the team be better with Willian getting those minutes over De Bruyne? Maybe, maybe not, but it's insane to me to spend 32M pounds plus high wages for what is, at most, a very slight upgrade.

[Sovieticus 743]

Why do people keep saying he'll be on the right wing? Could've sworn his most effective and natural position was LW? Hence Spuds bringing him in as Bale's replacement.

I think Hazard will be on the right with Willian on the left.

Near post op.

[blu35_army 551]

i think the bad blood between Scum and us was evident two summers ago, when Levy refused to sell Luka Modric to Chelsea in the face of a £40m offer and the midfielder's desire to go. Abramovich does not like Levy, while there is friction between Mourinho and Villas-Boas...

So,,it's revenge though??? Get the fuck off scum...

[chrismada9 1,948]

Willian "I always dreamed of playing for Tottenham under Jose Mourinho at Anfield in a Manchester City shirt"

[The Skipper 20,609]

Willian isn't even a pure RW. He's played far more at LW and AM than at RW. To call him a pure RW is like calling Hazard a pure RW.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Willian isn't even a pure RW. He's played far more at LW and AM than at RW. To call him a pure RW is like calling Hazard a pure RW.

The other thing I don't understand is that if we could hijack deals, why not hijack Jovetic or Navas who fit with natural needs more (natural RM and a striker), were decently priced, and were going to a team who is a more likely contender.

[yuvala 2,167]

So...

LW: Hazard \ Schurrle

CAM: Mata \ Oscar

RW: KDB \ Moses

So where does Willian fit in? From what I've seen he's more of a CAM or LW, not a RW.

So he's gonna be competing with Hazard Mata and Oscar?

[Rmpr 8,977]

The other thing I don't understand is that if we could hijack deals, why not hijack Jovetic or Navas who fit with natural needs more (natural RM and a striker), were decently priced, and were going to a team who is a more likely contender.

What about hijacking Fernandinho or Witsel (last season) instead of another attacking player?

[The Skipper 20,609]

The other thing I don't understand is that if we could hijack deals, why not hijack Jovetic or Navas who fit with natural needs more (natural RM and a striker), were decently priced, and were going to a team who is a more likely contender.

Yeah, those would've made a lot more sense. I don't get the deal either but apparently you're not allowed to complain about it because Mourinho's approved it.