5 hours ago, mwblue10 said:

Milinkovic-Savic looks outstanding for Serbia today.  Play is running through him, has had several impressive drives forward and his passing ability is really showing.  Just very good on the ball and sets up his teammates very well.

Still hoping we will be in for him but he will be seriously expensive.  The only problem is him and RLC are the same style/position.

Same attributes of RLC. Give him a season and he can reach those levels. 

25 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Same attributes of RLC. Give him a season and he can reach those levels. 

48 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Same attributes of RLC. Give him a season and he can reach those levels. 

Definitely possible.  A good comparison, for sure.

34 minutes ago, the special one said:

Sergej has had what, one good season? No reason RLC won't be able to do that.

6 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Sergej has had what, one good season? No reason RLC won't be able to do that.

Two good seasons with a goal/assist average comparable to Lampard.

Edited June 17, 20188 yr by the special one

12 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Agreed but don't think he is needed. 

We already have Rudiger, Cahill, Christensen, Azpi and Luiz for 2 positions. 

It's not that I want the board to chase after Manolas, but if the board is going to spend unnecessarily on a CB, I'd rather take the better CB 

Mail say United are willing to rate Willian at 60m. Yes please. Cash or Martial would do fine. 

He'd look better in red than Mata does. Can't stand the sight of him wearing that color

Edited June 18, 20188 yr by TheChelseaBlues

10 hours ago, the special one said:

Two good seasons with a goal/assist average comparable to Lampard.

If you think 7 in 39 last season is comparable to Lampard then i worry. Even this season wasn't close to peak Lampard in terms of goalscoring output. 

5 hours ago, Deino said:

It's not that I want the board to chase after Manolas, but if the board is going to spend unnecessarily on a CB, I'd rather take the better CB 

100% agree. If we're chasing one he'd be a good bet. 

1 hour ago, TheChelseaBlues said:

Mail say United are willing to rate Willian at 60m. Yes please. Cash or Martial would do fine. 

He'd look better in red than Mata does. Can't stand the sight of him wearing that color

60m would be a great deal for Chelsea. 

22 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

If you think 7 in 39 last season is comparable to Lampard then i worry. Even this season wasn't close to peak Lampard in terms of goalscoring output. 

100% agree. If we're chasing one he'd be a good bet. 

7 goals yes, but he also had 10 assists - in 39 appearances. So that's a 0.44 average. Lampard's career average was 0.50. For comparison Loftus-Cheek's average this season was 0.28 which is fine for a backup player (Pedro's average was 0.25, we finished 5th), reason to adjust expectations if he'll be starting week in week out next season. 

Edited June 18, 20188 yr by the special one

Just now, the special one said:

7 goals yes, but he also had 10 assists - in 39 appearances. So that's a 0.44 average. Lampard's career average was 0.50. For comparison Loftus-Cheek's average this season was 0.28 which is fine for a backup player (Pedro's average was 0.25), reason to adjust expectations if he'll be starting week in week out next season. 

That's all good and well until you look a bit deeper. Lampard was feeding peak Drogba most of his career and Sergej has been feeding one of the most prolific strikers in Europe this season (Immobile). Its no surpirse that Sergej's numbers leaped up as soon as Immobile joined the club. RLC was feeding Benteke most of the season whilst battling relegation. Just look at some of the simple misses Benteke made this year and his average should be at least high 0.30's. Those numbers are likely to rise in the Chelsea team. Certainly has the ability to reach Sergej's numbers and performances. 

A lot of rumours that we want Golovin. Seems a player that could play the 'Jorginho role' for Sarri. Could be a good move if so.

Is he the Jorginho type? I see him as more of a Lampard type of player that likes to win the ball back 

47 minutes ago, Deino said:

Is he the Jorginho type? I see him as more of a Lampard type of player that likes to win the ball back 

I think he could operate as the Jorginho or Hamsik type player. Has a good defensive work rate and slick passing. Also a hell of a shot on him which is always a bonus.

 

We should sign him just for going through the back of that horrible little c**t, Herrera, in the above video.

“Milinkovic-Savic is a great player,” Hernan Crespo told Goal.

“He is a player that plays everywhere. He is very physical.

“If he went to the Premier League Chelsea next season, he would be great. He plays very well as a physical midfielder and he gets into the box almost effortlessly.

“I think he is ready to play for any club in Europe.

“I don’t talk about money but he is very strong.”

He'd cost about 80-100m in today's market though, we won't pay that. And we also have no CL football to lure him.

Utd are in for him so can't see us getting close to him. Not sure why they want him when they already have Pogba. We've got RLC, which is better than both anyway. 

interesting take on the Golovin speculation! He does have the physical attributes (high work rate; defensive attributes; etc) but playing that deep playmaker role that Jorginho does requires tons of confidence with the ball and a Fabregas like vision. He is 21 and given that Jorginho became who he is today because of Sarri, I see him as a blank canvas for Sarri to paint on. But I think Seri would be a more realistic move for Chelsea for immediate success, given that he's ready to hit the road running in that position.

2 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Utd are in for him so can't see us getting close to him. Not sure why they want him when they already have Pogba. We've got RLC, which is better than both anyway. 

Lol they have Paul Pogba is why

3 hours ago, the special one said:

“Milinkovic-Savic is a great player,” Hernan Crespo told Goal.

“He is a player that plays everywhere. He is very physical.

“If he went to the Premier League Chelsea next season, he would be great. He plays very well as a physical midfielder and he gets into the box almost effortlessly.

“I think he is ready to play for any club in Europe.

“I don’t talk about money but he is very strong.”

We don't have the money to spunk on him plus we're playing in the Europa League. Unless he wants to experience the rigours of the EL and PL first with us before any of the biggest team then I don't see the reason why he'd join us. He'd probably go to Juve and have a brilliant career before moving to Real Madrid.

I'll think I'll stick with RLC...English international that costs nothing...

I like the look of Golovin, would take him over Seri.  I’m sure Roman is open to having a very promising young Russian in the squad!

1 hour ago, mwblue10 said:

I like the look of Golovin, would take him over Seri.  I’m sure Roman is open to having a very promising young Russian in the squad!

From CSKA and Roman is best mates with their owner and manager. Always helps.