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I don't give a damn what rival fans and the media have to say about us trying to resign Matic, we ain't the first club to do this and we won't be the last. People just love to hate Chelsea. The greater the hate, the more they fear us.

 
Again don't actually know hiw good he is but if a DM/CM costs as much as £22m he must be good.

What I know is he is a big lad just like Yaya and he has stamina and good in the air. If you look at our current choices he is bringing new strengths to the team. Mikel is a big lad but has no idea to use it. For a tall guy he loses most of the aerial battles.

He is not here to score goals but to take control of the midfield and provide backup for Ramires to bomb forward.

For me us buying him back is not really that "extraordinary" as everyone in the press seem to think. In a quality side there are limited chances so we have to sell good players as well. Better this than a thin squad. And we got Luiz is the sell so he's served a purpose. And he already knows and apparently loves the club. Win win for me.

 
abramovich said:
From the little I've seen of him and from what I've read from people who watched him more, I have a feeling he's more of a Ballack type of a player: tall, strong, aggressive in the tackle and yet elegant on the ball and a good passer. We lack muscle in the center of the pitch, and need to address that, so hopefully getting Matic back is the right step in that direction. I'm getting a bit tired of the likes of City bullying our midfield.
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Not a bad comparison, but I think Matic is more defensively-oriented. In his days at Leverkusen in particular Ballack was playing as pretty much the most advanced midfielder in a midfield three. I was thinking about this the other day and Matic looks to me like a mix between Dembele and Carrick. You can see that he can carry the ball forward in a box-to-box manner, but tactically he's reserved to just sitting in front of the defence and plugging the gaps.

 
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I watch Benfica quite a bit.. Matic is what we have needed for 2 years. He's very tight defensively but he can also place a nice pass ala Luiz.

 
Jonty said:
Can someone who has watched him at least semi-regularly give a report on what to expect from him?
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Some tweets from Jan Hagen, a Portuguese football journalist:

Jan Hagen ?@PortuBall

So, If you want a DM who is great at tackling, intercepting, heading, reading the game and play the killer pass, Matic is the man for you.

Jan Hagen ?@PortuBall

He reminds me of a more defensive/deep-playing Yaya Toure. Great at intercepting the ball and good at passing.

Jan Hagen ?@PortuBall

If A Bola's fee on €25,3m for Matic is true we've just witnessed a daylight robbery. He's a beast with a €50m release clause/long contract.

 
It's now overwhelmingly obvious that Matic is about to return to Chelsea.

We need strengthening in his preferred part of the field. Essien and Lampard have fallen victim to father time, Van Ginkel is out with a serious injury (I think that's done more harm than we think it has this season), and Ramires cannot hold down the area himself. 

Welcome back to Chelsea: Nemanja Matic.

 
Lane said:
This is dragging out too long :mad:
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If rumour is to be believed he is in London for his medical today so I would assume we would get any announcement either tomorrow or Thursday.... or at Friday's pre match conference. 

I did read that the two clubs were still negotiating the fee and that Benfica wanted a player in part exchange as part of the deal (Kakuta's name was mentioned). Like most of these things though it's hard to distinguish between internet rumour and fact. 

 
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51 people viewing this thread. Eager for some transfer news are we fellow Blues fans? 

 
Why do I listen when Twitter tells me it'll be announced today. Erugh. /mug.

 
Gem said:
Why do I listen when Twitter tells me it'll be announced today. Erugh. /mug.
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You appear to be getting your slashes (oooh errr misses) and hash tags confuddled... You appear to have transfer fever, I suggest a lie down and refraining from social media for the next few hours. 

 
bjd said:
Ian McGarry ? Suddenly i have doubts about the whole thing.
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I actually got more excited about Lamps, because Matic's arrival now appears to be a question of when, rather than if.

But yeah, McGarry has a history of talking bo**ocks.

 
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