Adam

This is happening. Whether we like or not, the chances are that Wayne Rooney will be a Chelsea player next season. You can't hang on to a player that has been sued by the manager and we appear to be the only bidders. I do wish we would complete our signings earlier so they get pre-season 'with the lads' but I now think Rooney could be the extra component we need to win the title. Get him signed, get rid of Torres, win the league. Ding dang doo.

Of course Vitesse are not as good as Malaga, but he was not a starter at Malaga. He barely played. With Vitesse he would probably be starting week in week out, which is exactly what he needs. Plus, unlike Hull/Crystal Palace he would be getting Europa League games. And yes he was good against Villa but to put it in to context, we won that match 8-0. I'm not saying he's not good, because he clearly is. I just don't think he's as far along as you do. Either way, he's got a bright future ahead.

No, he isn't. You're making out that Vitesse are awful, they finished 4th in the Eredivisie last season and will be in the Europa League this season..... Piazon hasn't played week in week out for a 1st team yet, there's no way he could just walk into a premier league team at the moment. Personally think it would be a very good loan for him.

Chelsea Youth â€@chelseayouth4m Quick notes on Perica from a trusted Croatian view: Has previously said he'd love to play for Everton, so interest/deal with Chelsea a shock Chelsea Youth â€@chelseayouth4m Perica: Scored 8 goals in Croatian league as a 17 year-old, tall and strong CF type, not dissimilar to Jelavic. Expect loan moves. Bit of a strange one. Can't say I've ever heard of him, doubt there will be many on here that have.

Maybe the club aren't so sure about Blackman? Then again, it was Jose that bought Hilario, must like him for some reason.

I like the idea of him going to Sociedad, especially if they can give him plenty of 1st team football, but I'd definitely rather he went to another premier league team. He wouldn't get as much time on the ball in the premier league, and if there's one thing he got caught out on last season, it was dallying on the ball for too long. Either way, it's make or break this season.

Yeah pretty sure he has, surely they've got a replacement lined up. Dawson, Kaboul & Vertonghen. That's all that's left isn't it?

Spuds official twitter just confirmed that they have agreed a fee with Cardiff.

Man City are 39 minutes into their friendly with AC Milan. It's 5-2 so far... Edit: 5-3 now...

Liverpool really do make it far too easy for us to make fun of them.

ChelseaSTrust â€@ChelseaSTrust8m The 1st CST AGM will be held at 14.00 on Sat 17th August. Venue and meeting agenda will be announced and circulated this week. #CFC #CST

Does anyone know when he is out of contract? I would guess in another 3 years?

That's why I think this is bullsh*t. They will obviously have some spending money from selling Soldado, but Torres' wages are astronomical. He'd be an idiot to take the sort of paycut necessary to move there.

Silva is 88?!?! Criminally overrated. Good player yes, but 88?! That's insane. Mata > Cazorla > Silva.

He could definitely do a job for a championship team. Very talented lad.

A massive part of our season is going to be which Essien we have. The unstoppable force of a few seasons ago, or the one that was a bit sh*t 2 seasons ago. If anyone can get the best out of him again, it's the special happy one.

No more Clive Tyldsley, no more Andy Townsend, no more Jim Beglin, no more Peter Reid, no more Gordon Strachan. WOOHOO

Putting faith in Jose to go with Lukaku and KdB.

Because he scored against a Malaysian team and a Indonesian team? 'knee-jerk' comes to mind....

Juan's immaculate hair/beard combo seems to be a thing of the past

I'm far more excited about Boga to be honest. He's 16, and we have seen him do it week in week out for the under-21s. Here's the excellent piece by 'chelseayouth', that has already been posted in the Boga thread http://thechels.net/2013/07/the-potential-of-jeremie-boga/ We've seen Traore play twice. He's scored a couple. He might be talented, but we've seen this with dozens of academy players over the last decade. He needs to do it on a regular basis somewhere. An interesting few months ahead for him.

My issue with the character switching is that in my opinion it will lack (for want of a better word) intimacy. The whole story of 1 person is what GTA is all about. I'm slightly concerned that it will make the story a bit muddled up too, but I still want this game an awful lot.

That video should come with a seizure warning. The sheer mediocrity of what he is doing in those compilations defeats the point of it all together.