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[dkw]

Spiller86, on 09 January 2011 - 10:38 AM, said:

We'll I'm paying some pretty useless scouts 10,000 a week to find me a decent winger and they've not come up with any yet, so I suppose it's only fair. Better yet I'll fire one of them and get you on board full time. How's your German?

Wunderbar....

[abramovich]

BlueSkies, on 08 January 2011 - 05:04 PM, said:

Well I don't know many people who watch the Belgian league...so no, I hadn't heard of him before. What does that matter? I can't be expected to know all about every player in the world...

"Would be very happy if we signed him in Jan" - that's your quote, isn't it?

All I'm saying is, if you never saw him play and never even heard of him, how can you be happy or unhappy about our prospects of signing him?

[Zeta Orionis]

abramovich, on 09 January 2011 - 04:16 PM, said:

"Would be very happy if we signed him in Jan" - that's your quote, isn't it?

All I'm saying is, if you never saw him play and never even heard of him, how can you be happy or unhappy about our prospects of signing him?

Because I've seen a bit of him now and he looks good...

I'd never heard of Ramires either before we signed him, or plenty of other players over the years. Doesn't mean they don't turn out to be good players in the end.

[Hutch]

"Sky Sports understands" that he's ready to sign for us:

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De Bruyne ready for Chelsea
Belgian starlet confirms he wants to join Blues

Belgian starlet Kevin de Bruyne is ready to sign for Chelsea, skysports.com understands.

And Anderlecht have also finally confirmed that they are in negotiations with the Blues over Romelu Lukaku.

De Bruyne has just helped Genk to the Belgian title and the 19-year-old is regarded as one the best young midfielders in European football.

Chelsea have long been tracking him and now skysports.com can confirm that a deal is being discussed and looks set to be concluded.

De Bruyne's agent Patrick de Koster has told skysports.com that the player looks destined for Chelsea, but as part of that he is more than happy to move to Anderlecht on loan.

"Kevin is ready to step forward in his career now, he has done what he needs to at Genk and is ready for the next step," de Koster told skysports.com.

"And Kevin wants to move to England."

Belgian starlet Kevin de Bruyne is ready to sign for Chelsea, skysports.com understands.

And Anderlecht have also finally confirmed that they are in negotiations with the Blues over Romelu Lukaku.

De Bruyne has just helped Genk to the Belgian title and the 19-year-old is regarded as one the best young midfielders in European football.

Chelsea have long been tracking him and now skysports.com can confirm that a deal is being discussed and looks set to be concluded.

De Bruyne's agent Patrick de Koster has told skysports.com that the player looks destined for Chelsea, but as part of that he is more than happy to move to Anderlecht on loan.

"Kevin is ready to step forward in his career now, he has done what he needs to at Genk and is ready for the next step," de Koster told skysports.com.

"And Kevin wants to move to England."

LINK

Edited by Hutch, 17 June 2011 - 11:17 AM.

[Zeta Orionis]

Would be a good signing. Young and talented and not ridiculously overpriced.

Could turn out to be a gem.

[deg0ey]

Just had a look at a couple of youtube compilations of him and I'm still undecided. He looks alright, but I can't help thinking we could probably do better - any idea how much money he's likely to cost?

[sizzler85]

Read somwhere it could be in the region of 8-9 MP .

[Mike 93]

He's got an amazing shot..... But so does hitzleburger..

Can do the flipflap though

[deg0ey]

sizzler85, on 17 June 2011 - 11:45 AM, said:

Read somwhere it could be in the region of 8-9 MP .

At that sort of price, he's probably worth a punt - he seems to have potential but looks quite raw, even in his highlight videos. I could see him being a similar sort of player to Bale; not too flashy, but can outrun pretty much anyone and has a decent shot when he gets near the goal.

[Castiel]

deg0ey, on 17 June 2011 - 11:49 AM, said:

At that sort of price, he's probably worth a punt - he seems to have potential but looks quite raw, even in his highlight videos. I could see him being a similar sort of player to Bale; not too flashy, but can outrun pretty much anyone and has a decent shot when he gets near the goal.

9m for Bale is better than 50m for Bale.

[deg0ey]

Castiel, on 17 June 2011 - 11:50 AM, said:

9m for Bale is better than 50m for Bale.

Exactly, we can buy this guy for 9m, he'll have one mediocre season and we'll try and sell him for 5 times the price - what's the worst that could happen?

[Mike 93]

http://www.thisislon...ning-chelsea.do

[Castiel]

£9m for a Bale type winger and £14m for a Drogba like striker on condition of loaning De Bruyne out for a season is an outrageously good bit of business. Both should qualify as home grown by 21 as well if I'm not mistaken.

[ace]

I was excited about this transfer...until I saw his picture.

[Zeta Orionis]

ace, on 17 June 2011 - 05:31 PM, said:

I was excited about this transfer...until I saw his picture.

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[ace]

BlueSkies, on 17 June 2011 - 05:41 PM, said:

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Not a fan of that bleach blonde hair he's got in one of the links above.

[Mike 93]

watching a few video's. He can certainly pick a pass.

this shows some good passes.....

Edited by Mike 93, 17 June 2011 - 05:54 PM.

[blizeH]

Got to say I find most YouTube videos either boring or unconvincing (I mean, it's possible for even me to look good with enough footage!) but this guy really, really looks the real deal from that.

I haven't seen him play any full matches, but right now I'm pretty (very) excited about this prospect.

[ace]

blizeH, on 17 June 2011 - 06:15 PM, said:

Got to say I find most YouTube videos either boring or unconvincing (I mean, it's possible for even me to look good with enough footage!) but this guy really, really looks the real deal from that.

I haven't seen him play any full matches, but right now I'm pretty (very) excited about this prospect.

The Rage soundtrack helps!

[SirWadzman]

Looks like James McCarthy