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What do you think the following team would come in this year's EPL season if they competed? GK - Blackman, Delac, Walker DEF - Wallace, Kane, Omeruo, Kalas, Hutchinson, Christensen, Pappoe, Ake, van Aanholt, Cuevas DefMID - Chalobah, van Ginkel, Romeu, L. Musonda, Clifford AttMID - McEachran, Loftus-Cheek, Traore, T. Hazard, Quintero FWD - Lukaku, Feruz, Atsu, Bamford, Piazon, Brown, Perica

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All right, I've read everyone's opinion, and so I've changed the list quite a bit. Here is the new one - Release o Florent Malouda o Yossi Benayoun o Gael Kakuta o Ross Turnbull o Hilario o Paulo Ferreira Send on loan o Thibaut Courtois to Atletico Madrid for one season (I personally think that one more season will really aid his development as a world class keeper, and although he could already contend with Cech, I believe that it would be more appropriate to integrate him into the team next year) o Thorgan Hazard o Tomas Kalas o Todd Kane o Oriol Romeu o Josh McEachran o Nathan Ake Sell o Jeffrey Bruma – €4 500 000 o John Obi Mikel – €10 000 000 o Ryan Bertrand – €5 000 000 o Patrick van Aanholt – €2 500 000 o Marko Marin - €5 000 000 o Fernando Torres - €18 000 000 o Total income - €45 000 000 Buy o Alberto Frison - €2 000 000 o Eliaquim Mangala (great young French centre back playing at FC Porto) – €13 000 000 o Luke Shaw (future England left back without a doubt) - €12 000 000 o Marko van Ginkel (Dutch talent of the year) - €8 000 000 o Sami Khedira (solid in attack and defense) - €20 000 000 o Mario Gomez (will most likely leave Bayern if and when Lewandowski joins) - €20 000 000 o Total spending - €75 000 000 Therefore, balance is €30 000 000 defecit, which isn’t too bad for a club like Chelsea. Complete Squad Cech, Frison, Blackman, Delac, Azpilicueta, Wallace, Ivanovic, Cahill, Mangala, Omeruo, Terry, Cole, Shaw, David Luiz, Essien, Chalobah, Lampard, van Ginkel, Ramires, Khedira, Oscar, Mata, de Bruyne, Piazon, Hazard, Moses, Lukaku, Ba, Gomez, Feruz First XI (4-2-3-1) Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Mangala, Cole, David Luiz, Khedira, Oscar, Mata, Hazard, Gomez Second XI (4-4-2) Frison, Omeruo, Cahill, Terry, Shaw, de Bruyne, Ramires, van Ginkel, Moses, Lukaku, Ba Reserves/Bit-part players Blackman, Delac, Wallace, Essien, Chalobah, Piazon, Feruz

Summer Shopping Spree The promised ‘war chest’ is probably at around €100 000 000 instead, as it seems more realistic. Yet, you will see that I have spent €106 000 000, still, there was a lot of income through selling players too. Release o Florent Malouda o Yossi Benayoun o Gael Kakuta o Ross Turnbull o Hilario o Paulo Ferreira Send on loan o Thibaut Courtois to Atletico Madrid for one season (I personally think that one more season will really aid his development as a world class keeper, and although he could already contend with Cech, I believe that it would be more appropriate to integrate him into the team next year) o Thorgan Hazard o Tomas Kalas o Todd Kane o Oriol Romeu o Josh McEachran Sell o Jeffrey Bruma – €4 500 000 o John Obi Mikel – €15 000 000 o Ryan Bertrand – €5 000 000 o Patrick van Aanholt – €2 500 000 o Marko Marin - €8 000 000 o Fernando Torres - €23 000 000 o Total income - €58 000 000 Buy o Eliaquim Mangala (CB) – €12 000 000 o Luke Shaw (LB) - €12 000 000 o Marko van Ginkel (CM) - €8 000 000 o Sami Khedira (CM) - €20 000 000 o Andre Schurrle WING) - €20 000 000 o Asmir Begovic (GK) - €14 000 000 o Burak Yilmaz (ST) - €20 000 000 o Total spending - €106 000 000 Complete Squad Cech, Begovic, Blackman, Delac, Azpilicueta, Wallace, Ivanovic, Cahill, Mangala, Omeruo, Terry, Cole, Shaw, David Luiz, Essien, Chalobah, Lampard, Ake, van Ginkel, Ramires, Khedira, Oscar, Mata, de Bruyne, Piazon, Hazard, Moses, Schurrle, Lukaku, Ba, Yilmaz, Feruz First XI (4-2-3-1) Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Mangala, Cole, David Luiz, Khedira, Oscar, Mata, Hazard, Yilmaz Second XI (4-3-3) Begovic, Omeruo, Cahill, Terry, Shaw, Ramires, van Ginkel, de Bruyne, Moses, Lukaku, Schurrle Reserves/Bit-part players Blackman, Delac, Wallace, Essien, Chalobah, Ake, Piazon, Ba, Feruz WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK?? :)

Hey everyone, I've added the poll. Just share your opinions on any particular young players you think are noteworthy, or have no future, either way.

Luiz!

Okay fair enough. It is unlikely that both Fellaini and Paulinho would both come to Chelsea. Also, a fair comment was made about Davila, I really haven't seen enough of him to make an accurate judgement, same goes for Affane. And the reason I mentioned Ramos is because he was rumoured to come to Chelsea earlier in the year, whatever. Oh, and the reason I asked who don't you want to see, is because I thought I'd change it up. Sorry Sals....

Hey guys, I've been thinking about next season and what needs to happen in order for us to recover from this shaky season. Firstly, as I think most of us would like to see, is the return of the Special One. Rafa Benitez has apparently mentioned that a deal is already in place with Mourinho. Also, I don't think that Cristiano Ronaldo would come to Chelsea. I can see him going to other clubs, but if he does return to the EPL, it would most definitely be Manchester United, considering the reception he got at Old Trafford recently in the Champions League. Anyway, I shall list the players that need to leave the Bridge either because they are too old or simply aren't good enough. OUT Benayoun, Ferreira, Malouda, Hilario, Turnbull, Essien, Torres, Kakuta, Affane, Davila, Lalkovic and Hutchinson. It will be sad to see Malouda go, after the fallout he had with the Chelsea management. Essien also isn't the bison he once was, and if he stayed with team, he would likely be a fringe player at best. But the big decision would be to let Torres leave. Honestly, he just doesn't make the cut. Of course the huge transfer fee will always be one of RA's worst mistakes, but it is in fact Torres' wages that are eating up too much money. To get an ineffective and expensive player off the squad would be strategically and financially good move. IN Falcao - centre striker in FIFA's World XI, not too much to say. We need a proven forward to be clinical with the service from Mazacar. Fellaini - powerful, defensively adept and aerially proficient. We need another physical presence in the side. He can attack when he sees the opportunity but can also sit back, make the crunch tackles and recycle possession with the following man. Paulinho - probably the Corinthians best player this season and was impressive in the Club World Cup. He could form an impressive partnership with Fellaini in the 2-man pivot of a 4-2-3-1 formation. If not Paulinho, either of the Bender brothers could suffice. Dede - ANOTHER BRAZILIAN!! Arguably the best centre back in Brazil at the moment. Dede will most likely go to a European club this summer, and I am surprised that Chelsea have not shown more interest in him. de Vrij - Wow! only 21 years old but already captain of Feyenoord. This 6 foot 2 centre back would add plenty of depth to the squad. We do not need a big name signing like Hummels or Ramos if we can get Dede and Stefan de Vrij. McCarthy - Hilario and Turnbull get me nervous every time Petr Cech takes the night off. I can see Jamal Blackman becoming the 3rd choice keeper, and I think that Reading's Alex McCarthy is a cheap but solid choice for the 2nd choice keeper position. Shaw - great and technically impressive young left back at Southampton to become the successor to Cole. Bertrand is fine but I do not see him developing too much further than where he already is. Apparently, PVA has been carving up the Eresdivie with Vitesse, and he could also come back from loan and be integrated into the first team side to eventually become second choice left back (after Shaw) once Ashley Cole leaves at the end of next season. So, with these 7 signings, plus some of the loan returns and promotion of the youth players, Chelsea definitely have the potential to win the the EPL next season. Here is how the whole squad would look (also, some of the youth may be sent on loan to other EPL clubs to gain more experience): GK: Cech, McCarthy, Blackman [3] RB: Azpilicueta, Wallace, Kane [3] RB/CB: Ivanovic, Kalas, Omeruo [3] CB: Dede, Cahill, de Vrij, Terry [4] LB: Cole, Shaw, Bertrand, van Aanholt [4] (either release Bertrand or van Aanholt, one of them should probably leave) CDM/CB: Luiz, Ake, Chalobah [3] CDM: Paulinho, Mikel, Romeu [3] CM: Fellaini, Ramires, Lampard, McEachran [4] SS/WAM: Mata, Hazard, Oscar, De Bruyne [4] WAM: Moses, Marin, Piazon, Cuevas [4] ST: Falcao, Lukaku, Ba, Feruz, Bamford [5] STARTING XI Cech, Azpilicueta, Dede, Luiz, Cole, Paulinho, Fellaini, Mata, Oscar, Hazard, Falcao SECOND XI McCarthy, Ivanovic, De Vrij, Cahill, Shaw, Mikel, Ramires, De Bruyne, Lampard, Moses, Lukaku FRINGE/BIT-PART/RESERVES -still important though ;) GK: Blackman DEF: Terry, Kalas, Wallace, Kane, Omeruo, Bertrand, van Aanholt MID: Romeu, McEachran, Piazon, Ake, Marin, Chalobah, Cuevas FW: Ba, Feruz, Bamford That would be a very strong squad. I think that Piazon, Feruz, Ake, Chalobah, Romeu and McEachran should be given opportunities in the first team every now and then. Kevin de Bruyne needs to come back to Chelsea. He cannot be sold. He has impressed at Werder Bremen, and could act as the immediate back-up to any one of the 3 positions along the attacking line in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Moses, Lukaku (I wanna see a lot more of him), Mikel and Ramires are all still important players, whilst Lampard ( if he is given another contract [has he??]) can play a minimal part in the squad (such as Giggs and Scholes) and be there in a leadership role. This is where it gets tricky. Terry is nowhere near as quick as he used to, and to be honest, he is getting on a bit, and the injury this year did not help. I still see him being one of the leaders of Chelsea, but he is no longer a starting or even second choice centre back in my opinion. He could still play regularly, but not as regularly as we are used to. That means then, because he is not on the field as much, who do you appoint captain?? I suppose he could still stay captain, but in my opinion, Cech should take the position. Even if Terry stays captain, Cech would without a doubt be the main man on the pitch. Wow! I think I'm done, hahaha. Also, I love that strong Belgian/Brazilian contingent at Chelsea. And in the next few years, we can also expect Courtois to join the lot. Oh speaking of him, he should spend another year on loan at Atletico Madrid. Please share with me your opinions regarding the direction of next season and the players you would like to see come in.