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We sold him to get Luiz now we are buying him back,makes no sense.He is a good player and would be a good signing if he is not too much money.I guess if our board felt he was good enough we would keep him and give more money for Luiz.This way we gained nothing just spent more money of he signs.

 
The fact that we used him as a make wight for luiz should have no bearing. It's effectively a sunk coat and should be discarded. We need to look at the quality of the player now, the value to the team and squad as a whole. He's only 25 so right smack bang in his peak. He's what we need and is a high quality player.. all factors indicate that if we can get the deal done we should

 
He's always struck me as Mikel mk. 2. Not sure why we'd need his type. We need Essien mk.2 imo. We need an allrounder who can keep the pace up for the attacks and has something to give in terms of scoring. We have Mikel for certai games and he is an assett but we need legs more than anything.

 
evissy said:
He's always struck me as Mikel mk. 2. Not sure why we'd need his type. We need Essien mk.2 imo. We need an allrounder who can keep the pace up for the attacks and has something to give in terms of scoring. We have Mikel for certai games and he is an assett but we need legs more than anything.
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From the games I've seen of him he's much more in the pat veiera mould then mikel

 
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Why would they need Matic? Javi Martinez is a much better player, filling pretty much the exact same position

 
Lane said:
Just hoping he doesnt choose City.
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I suppose it depends on what's on offer footballing wise, City already have Toure and Fernandinho as a near on cemented midfield partnership so he would probably be contending with Fernandinho for a spot in their start XI, I would assume Garcia or Millner might leave were they to sign another midfielder but it's not like they are short on options there already.

If he came to Chelsea he's more or less nailed on to play each week because the lack of depth in quality options we have. 

That said, looking at that City team, it's getting pretty scary with their strength in depth and any player who goes there is going to probably win something most seasons right now so you can't blame them for wanting to go there. 

 
ForeverCarefree said:
I suppose it depends on what's on offer footballing wise, City already have Toure and Fernandinho as a near on cemented midfield partnership so he would probably be contending with Fernandinho for a spot in their start XI, I would assume Garcia or Millner might leave were they to sign another midfielder but it's not like they are short on options there already.

If he came to Chelsea he's more or less nailed on to play each week because the lack of depth in quality options we have. 

That said, looking at that City team, it's getting pretty scary with their strength in depth and any player who goes there is going to probably win something most seasons right now so you can't blame them for wanting to go there. 
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He may have less quality competition at Chelsea, but Jose wont guarantee playing time to anyone.

Fernandinho and Toure have started in all of man citys PL matches this season. Either Pellegrini feels they can handle it or he feels the other CMs are not good enough

 
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Lane said:
He may have less quality competition at Chelsea, but Jose wont guarantee playing time to anyone.

Fernandinho and Toure have started in all of man citys PL matches this season. Either Pellegrini feels they can handle it or he feels the other CMs are not good enough
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Garcia and Rodwell haven't impressed at all really have they. Yaya seems to be picking up more injuries now as well. Arguably, City need another option in there.

 
Lane said:
He may have less quality competition at Chelsea, but Jose wont guarantee playing time to anyone.

Fernandinho and Toure have started in all of man citys PL matches this season. Either Pellegrini feels they can handle it or he feels the other CMs are not good enough
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Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest he would be guaranteed playing time at Chelsea but merely meant that he might feel confident of getting more regular playing time as our options aren't as good as City's.  

I think with the injury problems City have suffered for a lot of the season Pellegrini has tried to have some consistency with his selections elsewhere on the pitch so as not to have too much upheaval in the starting XI which is why Fernandinho and Toure have probably been selected every game.

They are both obviously much better than Garcia and Rodwell as well so he's clearly picking his best XI whenever he can, rather than rotating.

 
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