Izanagi

Window is closed. Mata is still here. Lukaku is still here. Chillax peeps.

Understandable, Ozil is a f**king beast of a player.

lolnope

Ozil to Arsenal is a huge shock. Could be a very very good signing for them and this cover's Wenger's ass for a few seasons.

WHAT THE F U C K !? LOL

Wat.

What the actual f**k happened with the Herrera deal? Hearing some REALLY insane reports from Spanish media outlets.

Wouldn't at all surprise me if he went.

Rhodes is more reliable than most and honestly, Mata played an absolutely stupid number of games last season and he is rightfully shattered as a result. We lacked depth last season and Mata is the one paying the price. Eden had a few games off through 'rotation' and from that incident with the ball-boy, Oscar fizzed in-and-out of form but we always played Mata. Don't be surprised if Schurrle and Willian were brought in so Mata and Eden had viable alternatives ready.

I did a round of the Spuds forums this morning looking at the reactions to today's news. At first I was like: Then I was like: Finally I was like: THEY MAD.

True, he is easily the most universally liked Chelsea player since Zola. However, look at this from Manchester United's perspective. Manchester United are badly hurting for playmaker and midfield maestro. Juan Mata has seen very little action since the start of the season, and before the window closes people will inevitably start asking questions no matter what the top brass say on the matter. As I said above Juan Mata is loved by our fans and respected deeply by all of our rivals (even if they will not openly admit it), any club in the league would flock like bees to honey if they even suspected that Mata might be appearing on the market. He would be the major signing David Moyes needs, especially after the Fabregas disaster.

Such a bizarre signing. This is either going to be a terrible signing or an incredible one. I'm still convinced Juan Mata is going nowhere but I can understand why people are getting slightly nervous about his future here. I have a suspicion that Manchester United are going reject our third bid for Wayne Rooney only to come back on deadline day and make an offer of a Rooney <> Mata swap. Call it a hunch, I think that's how it will go down. If it came to that I would refuse to let Mata go, sign Eto'o and use him as our backup after Torres and Lukaku. No matter how much people may want Rooney here he is not worth us losing Mata to our biggest title competitor. Welcome to Chelsea Football Club Willian

Mata. Is. Going. NOWHERE. United fans are jizzing themselves at the prospect of getting their grubby mitts on him. Jose has a good head on his shoulders and knows Mata has easily been our best player for the past two seasons. Getting rid of him now would be utter insanity.

Oh my god that's hilarious. Jose's troll-side strikes again! God I've missed him.

Benteke trying to get Ivan sent off, you c**t.

IVAN!!

They're defending like demons.

Christ, we need some subs now.

KDB, Lukaku, and Schurrle all warming up.

Ba is simply not good enough, we've got nothing to work with.

Snedger, on 21 Aug 2013 - 8:44 PM, said: Man, f**k you.

Ba and Lampard have been very poor by their standards. Lukaku and Van Ginkel to come on.

Ba has been crap, bring on Lukaku.

Ba offside again...

Sorry to sound like a broken record but does anyone have a live stream?