PMLF Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 PMLF assures me he's great Plus he's amazing on FM, which can only be a good thing. He is great but as mentioned other times, he is not so consistent (unlike Neymar, for example) and often disappears in big games. I think investing that much on him is smarter than on Hulk as he is younger and more talented (even if less mature), but would still be a risky deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpain16 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 His profile is the direct opposite of the usual Chelsea's huge transfers. Is ridiculously talented, very young and on his way up to becoming a world class for a decade. Not Mata kind of a great player but a Ballon d'Or type of potential. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Apparently, the Sao Paulo president said that the club has turned down £32.4m for Lucas Moura by us. His profile is the direct opposite of the usual Chelsea's huge transfers. Is ridiculously talented, very young and on his way up to becoming a world class for a decade. Not Mata kind of a great player but a Ballon d'Or type of potential. Nobody's winning the Ballon d'Or till Messi hangs up his boots in 15 years time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Apparently, the Sao Paulo president said that the club has turned down £32.4m for Lucas Moura by us. Yes, he said that, he (or someone else from São Paulo's board) also said a couple of weeks ago that they plan to keep Lucas Moura for two more years (until the 2014 World Cup), which might explain why that offer was refused (if the offer did happen). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpain16 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 If we bought Hulk and not Lucas Moura for any kind of similar sum, I would cry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted May 23, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted May 23, 2012 Apparent indication that part of Gourlay's briefing earlier included the fact Kalou and Bosingwa will be leaving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 NO! Kalou, please don't go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Müller1469564937 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Wouldn't be surprised if they got rid of Kalou and still refused to bring in a right winger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Has a reputation for being a bit of a ball-hog iirc? Could be an issue him and Sturridge playing together... Marin too Kalou We have no Ivorians left Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Lucas Moura's agent Wagner Ribeiro told ESPN's journalist Paulo Vinicius Coelho that Lucas Moura doesn't want to leave São Paulo before the 2014 WC, even if a big offer like 40m Euros is made. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpain16 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Probably for the best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Müller1469564937 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 What ever happened to that Lucas Piazon? :confused: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcoleman1 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Even if we do keep Torres as our main striker we still need another, to either try and pair with Torres or to be in competition with him. Everyone needs competition, but maybe he doesn't? Who knows. If we let Lukaku leave on loan then we will need to buy a striker or a winger. A winger if we want Sturridge to play up front, or a striker to keep Sturridge on the right of the attack. I have to say if Sturridge did get used up front it may mean he would have to defend less and he would be able to be played more and strikers do need to be selfish sometimes. He does need to learn to pass the bloody ball more though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe__the__man Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 What ever happened to that Lucas Piazon? :confused: He's at Chelsea, won the FA Youth Cup the other week. Was on the bench for the last league game as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smgers Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Part of what the Ron Gourlay press conference must have been about - Torres main man next season. No mention of Kalou, Bosingwa etc, perhaps we'll announce it on official site in due course. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/may/23/fernando-torres-chelsea-target-man?newsfeed=true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Lucas Piazon was elected the best Chelsea youth player, if I recall correctly. He was or is playing some tournament in Hong Kong with Chelsea reserves (or youth players?). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted May 23, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted May 23, 2012 Aye they were there last weekend. Mixed results affected by watching the CL Final until 6am local time then playing hours later. Lucas scored once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe__the__man Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 So how come some youth players didn't travel and were in Munich instead? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgekings Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 it was a 7 a side tournament hardly critical stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgekings Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 "Fernando Torres is the man that we will go forward with and Fernando Torres will score us the goals," said the club's chief executive, Ron Gourlay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgekings Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Possibly the most painful thing I have ever read, whether it is indeed the case or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_T Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Shook Drogba's hand today, seemed like a very nice man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgekings Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Chief executive Ron Gourlay wants ... Michael Essien and Florent Malouda signed on long-term deals by mid-September. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2148978/Frank-Lampard-sign-new-Chelsea-contract.html#ixzz1vk9l87cU Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgekings Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 What a **** article all round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirlwind Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 LOVE how he changes gear Boooooo left hand drive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Chelsea have an interest in Radamel Falcao, Hulk and Edison Cavani. "We may have two big centre‑forwards who score 25 or 30 goals for us next season and then maybe we'll improve on our sixth-placed finish in the league," Torres "main man" for 1 game confirmed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Müller1469564937 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Big Fernando T. Total legend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Essien and Malouda getting new deals Christ that's depressing. I noticed how Malouda looked like he couldn't give a **** at the parade on Sunday, must be waiting for that call from PSG Oh and I read on Sky Sports' website that, apparently, according to Hulk's agent its 5 Prem clubs interested in him (1 of them being us) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegr8anand Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Essien and Malouda getting new deals Christ that's depressing. Was just about to say that. Essien might not mind as a substitute but Malouda, i don't know if would like to sit it out. Also its nice to see Ron saying that we need another good striker along with Torres. And looks like we might spend good amount in this window, but just have to make it worth it. I do want Torres to be our first team striker! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt1389 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Surprised Kalou has been let go. I can only assume they deemed his wage demands too high for a squad player, or something like that. Bosingwa off too, so I guess a new RB is needed if Hutch's knee still has questions over it. Would be happy for him to be the back up RB, but only if the club doctors are comfortable with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robokid87 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Keep Malouda but get rid of Kalou? Doesn't make sense but whatever, provided we aren't reliant on Malouda being good again it isn't that much of an issue. I don't have an issue with keeping Essien, so long as he's willing to be a backup. If we are signing a second big centre‑forward who score 25 or 30 goals for us next season then I'm happy about that, so long as we don't keep persisting with Torres if he starts the season badly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mag man Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 What has Torres done that makes anyone think he is good enough to lead our attack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegr8anand Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 He has shown glimpses of quality and was already a proven goal scorer before he came to us. Its just he is not suitable for our style of play. But since it might change I want to give him a chance. Now that Drogba is gone, he knows he is the leading striker for us and might give him that confidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silv3rf0xx Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 He has shown glimpses of quality and was already a proven goal scorer before he came to us. Its just he is not suitable for our style of play. But since it might change I want to give him a chance. Now that Drogba is gone, he knows he is the leading striker for us and might give him that confidence. agreed i think its worth a shot if it dont work this season then sell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Keeping Malouda and selling Kalou. Oh dear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggaeBwoy Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Bosingwa is a decent RB. Unsure why we let him go, good for rotation or back up na d puts the odd shift in CB. Surprising, I expect at least 2 RB in the summer then and is another good one, don't no why we released him. Has been useful recent weeks and while not maybe first team material every game, useful option to have, at least we have Marin coming in but I guess there will be a huge overhaul this summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Unsure about Bosingwa. Sometimes makes me tear my hair out with his sheer stupidity (and his monobrow), but over the last month has put in a few superb performances Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggaeBwoy Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 He can be frustrating but not appalling. Considering that every season there is always a RB that gets suspended or injured, would of been good option to keep him. Watch him go to Manu now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Hope Hutch will become our backup RB for next season and if we have to sign a striker I hope it'll be Falcao, proven goalscorer with Porto and now A. Madrid, was top goalscorer in Europe last season (iirc) and one of the top again this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted May 24, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted May 24, 2012 Would rather keep Kalou and release Torres. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegr8anand Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Would rather keep Kalou and release Torres. Are you serious? You really think at present Kalou is better than Torres? When was Kalou better than he is now anyways? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Buddinho Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I've never sung his praises particularly, but thinking back a bit more objectively (not when he's just horsed a shot out for a throw or something) I think Kalou has shown in his last few appearances he can be a very tidy player. He's had quite a few instances of showing good technique and an ability to beat more than one defender. Think he has deceptively good feet, decent pace, decent work rate and can pitch in with 10+ goals. Never going to be a world beater but he's a great squad player. The cynical part of me believes he's just started playing well in order to attract a big contract out of someone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubos Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Idiocy of some people Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Right now, Kalou is better for the team than Torres Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubos Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Right now, Kalou is better for the team than Torres Well we are currently short on strikers so no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 That was on the assumption we will buy a striker this summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubos Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 well you said right now Wouldn't complain if we get in someone like Cavani Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Well right now, we still have Drogba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpain16 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Seems to me everyone is still in their honeymoon period, one way or the other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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