Juandering who we are going to sell next, or does it Mata? - The Chelsea Transfer Thread

Well for a left back with no left foot, he's been the best LB in the league.

I see no reason to fix something that clearly is not broken.

I do however feel we need a backup with pace and the ability to get toward. Cole has lost so much pace he's become a liability.

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Kalas is a CB but he spent a good portion of his time in Holland as a RB. He's similar to Bane in that regard.

 

Maybe Wallace is a longterm solution, but he needs a loan in the worst way as fern says.

The thing with Kalas is, IIRC the club want him as a CB, but with Zouma's purchase perhaps they've changed their stance. Bane isn't getting any younger and his backup is our best left back.

 

My understanding was that we had to loan him out because he was ineligible for a working permit.

Having your RB "backup" who's playing left back almost every game isn't the answer though.

Interested to see what we're going to do with our entire back-line next season.

 

For the money being quoted for Shaw, no thanks. Our back line is the best in the league right now and we have plenty of talent coming up to replenish. Remember we also have Zouma. PVA may come back to challenge for the #2 spot so why buy if we already have decent cover?

I do think we sell Luiz, though. His value is as high as its going to be and despite Jose starting him in midfield, he doesn't strike me as a Jose guy.

 

And our RB is really a CB and not a RB at all, but he has played so long at RB I think we've all but forgotten that he is in fact a proper CB. CB and "sweeper" his preferred position.

Wasn't David Luiz a sometime LB? I guess modern Total Football is more fluid than we think.

LB purchase for sure - although I would like Luke Shaw - sure I would - but at 30 million quid, well maybe not . . .

 

Exactly, on the defensive end, Cesar maybe unmatched in the League, but he offers very little in attack, which to me is one reason why we struggle against weaker sides.

 

I guess that's fair, but couldn't the same be said for Bane? Azi is a better defender IMO, and Bane can't cross for shite.

 

We're going to run into an issue with the homegrown rule here with Ashley and Frank potentially leaving. 30mm for a LB is obscene but there's a significant premium on talented homegrown players.

That said, Bertrand, 20mm and their choice of a loan player sounds a fair deal (if Pochetino is still there I wouldn't mind Ake or Chalobah going there for a season).

 

Well Moses returning (long shot I know, but he is homegrown) and PVA fit the bill as replacements.

 

Does Bertrand Traore get a shot with us next season, or does he yet to obtain a work permit? I like him.

 

Moses moving across Merseyside to join old boss at Everton and Ross Barkley moving towards London. That might be a move to consider?

 

He's been really good as of late but IMO he needs a full season on loan either back with Vitesse or domestically (although he might be short of a work permit next year). He has the potential to have a Piazon type season next year in the Eredivise.

 

For sure, but if you think Shaw is expensive wait for the bidding war on Barkley. He could legitimately cost upwards of £40m.

 

Not denying there is talent there but where would he play? The only place he could play is next to Matic and I am not sure he can. If we are truly interested it would probably be best to buy him and loan him back to Everton.

 

This, just to piss off Arsene.

 

Well yes, of course the money is silly - very silly. BUT if we need English/homegrown players in the squad then as we are the most important club in England we shall need to have the best English players. What IF Arsenal doesn't qualify for the Champions League I wonder if Jack Wilshere would consider moving across town? Or Tom Carroll from Spurs for that matter? So, the real question is, who is good enough to be in our squad? Barkley? Wilshire? Carrol? Shaw? Chalobah? Rodwell?* Oxlade-Chamberlain? Ramsey? Considering we are the most important football club in the country. Which we are.

* Rodwell signed for Citeh for the reasonable price of £12 million - which might rise to £15 million. which certainly makes you wonder about the fees attached to these young English players when Chelsea might want to sign them

 

Who?? :0

 

Instead of spending 40mill on a guy who may not necessarily fit into our team, maybe we'd be smarter signing homegrown players that are affordable and would be good squad players. Or leaving a pipe line open to our own youngsters actually getting a shot with the first team

 

Not going to happen. If Jose exceeds my expectations and manages to stay here longer than 2 years, yeah we'll see more homegrown players being integrated but thats never been his style. He buys the players he feels he needs and has a clear vision for whoever it is he's managing. Of course this summer we'll have a much clearer picture of what will go down, but as of now I don't see that happening.

Of course I could be talking out my ass right now... I'm not overly familiar with his Inter and Madrid teams so he could have brought up some youngsters that I'm unaware of. So if someone wants to educate me haha, feel free.