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Not a fan of Barkley. Why you would choose him over Mahrez is beyond me. And yes I know they play different positions. 

Two major injuries already in his career. 

 
I agree with spiller, on the face of it, it is pretty good business, it also looks as uf the club were shrewd enlugh to delay signing an injured player and in the process, saving £15m.

We are now stocked in midfield though, so unless Barkley raises his game pretty quickly, we still haven't improved. This is looking like being our central midfielder options for the next 18 months, unless fabregas is sold in the summer. 

Kante, Fabregas, Drinkwater, Bakayoko, Barkley and RLC.

There's potential for the latter 3 to develop into the sort of player that wins us titles. 

Let's hope it works out for us in the long run. 

 
Spiller86 said:
This is my concern. Ruben plays his spot. Could they play together? Maybe but not yet. I think this means another loan for Ruben. It also means the end of any interest in a midfielder who would actually improve us.

The individual transfer is low risk at 15m. But the impact on the broader plan for the squad is more troubling. In any case it looks he is ours tomorrow so let's hope I'm wrong and he is a great buy who solves our lack of goals from midfield.
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I doubt we would be going after an expensive cm option anyway after the investment is DD/Baka. Just hope one of the group works out for us!

 
Famous CFC said:
It's up to him now. 
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And this is the most important thing, he has the chance to make something of himself at the top of the game, or drift into mid level obscurity. He surely must realise this is his one real chance and hopefully will grasp it.

 
With the imminent signing of Barkley how does Vidal(if rumours are true that we have made a bid for him) fit into all this then; why do we suddenly want all these midfielders?  Is someone out the door? or we grabbed Barkley just because he was 15mill.....just asking.

 
big blue said:
I agree with spiller, on the face of it, it is pretty good business, it also looks as uf the club were shrewd enlugh to delay signing an injured player and in the process, saving £15m.

We are now stocked in midfield though, so unless Barkley raises his game pretty quickly, we still haven't improved. This is looking like being our central midfielder options for the next 18 months, unless fabregas is sold in the summer. 

Kante, Fabregas, Drinkwater, Bakayoko, Barkley and RLC.

There's potential for the latter 3 to develop into the sort of player that wins us titles. 

Let's hope it works out for us in the long run. 
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The club wasn’t shrewd but had no choice, Barkley turned the club down in the summer so he saved Chelsea 15m. 

 
If he's coming then I wish him as successful as Lampard was with us.

 
After both the John Stones and Romelu Lukaku ordeal and how Everton mugged us off.
I'm glad we cost them £20m, even if it's a player I'm not particularly excited about.

 
Ernie_blue said:
The club wasn’t shrewd but had no choice, Barkley turned the club down in the summer so he saved Chelsea 15m. 
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I know that was what was reported, but it wouldn't surprise me if we worked something out with Barkley after finding out the severity of his injury, in order for us to get a better deal. Maybe we offered him more money to delay the transfer. 

A lot of the reports about him leaving half way through a medical, were reported to be false. I don't think anyone really knows what went on, but it has worked out very favourably for ourselves if we end up getting him for half the price. 

 
CFCCAN said:
With the imminent signing of Barkley how does Vidal(if rumours are true that we have made a bid for him) fit into all this then; why do we suddenly want all these midfielders?  Is someone out the door? or we grabbed Barkley just because he was 15mill.....just asking.
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I highly doubt we will go after Vidal now.  I had my doubts about it anyway given the asking price and his age.

ozboy said:
Not a fan of Barkley. Why you would choose him over Mahrez is beyond me. And yes I know they play different positions. 

Two major injuries already in his career. 
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The first week of the transfer period isn't even over yet.  Plenty of time to land Mahrez. 

I'm just daydreaming here but a Jan transfer period of Barkley, Mahrez and any striker that isn't Carroll would be amazing.

 
Let’s hope the medical team can work their magic on him. He certainly needs it. 

 
Its funny really that in the summer most people was going mad with the potential signing of Barkley, now his the best thing in the world  :laugh2:  

 
Ernie_blue said:
Its funny really that in the summer most people was going mad with the potential signing of Barkley, now his the best thing in the world  :laugh2:  
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Who has said that?

 
Ernie_blue said:
Just being sarcastic but its funny how 15m changes people's views or maybe its because Chelsea need another attacking player. 
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Of course it changes people's views.  At 30-35m people were obviously concerned as that amount of money would be considered a major risk.  5 or so months later we're getting the same player for 15-20m less, which is a massive difference. 

 
Michael said:
Of course it changes people's views.  At 30-35m people were obviously concerned as that amount of money would be considered a major risk.  5 or so months later we're getting the same player for 15-20m less, which is a massive difference. 
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Not really a alot of money in today's market, its just funny in August its a poor signing to now its a good one. 

 
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