Chelsea have made a discreet enquiry for Dembele in response to a Fulham bid for Malouda ...

Straight swap sounds good to me. Malouda's a proven veteran and Champions League winner who'd bring a touch of class to Fulham.

like i said in the "following our rival's..." post, if we were to buy another player then i wouldn't mind dembele. class act.

Straight swap sounds good to me. Malouda's a proven veteran and Champions League winner who'd bring a touch of class to Fulham.

That certainly is the salesmans line. Selling him to basically anywhere makes most fans here on the forum very happy. Thinking this from Fulham's point of view this would be a massive mistake but maybe they are really after a left sided winger.

Straight swap would be ludicrous from Fulhams point of view, I don't think he'd go for anything less than 10 million and Malouda.

Good player, but right now I see no need for him. I'm very happy with the squad bar a striker who's happy to play a squad role.

We definitely need another attacking midfielder....

dembele plays deep central (double pivot, eh) for both fulham and belgium.

A straight up trade would be awesome for Chelsea, but a mistake on Fulham's end.

Straight swap sounds good to me. Malouda's a proven veteran and Champions League winner who'd bring a touch of class to Fulham.

Straight swap sounds yummy indeed. Sadly, Fulham ain't that stupid.

He`s Belgian so of course were trying to sign him.

This would be f**king brilliant.

Dont see him going until January now,if not he is defaintly going in the summer.Always liked Dembele classy player,id rather have him than Essien,Meireles.

dembele plays deep central (double pivot, eh) for both fulham and belgium.

So he would be a replacement for Mikel?

Can't see this happening, but it's nice to know someones interested in Malouda! Thought we may end up getting lumbered with him for another year

I wonder what people are more happy about in this thread, the prospect of getting Dembele or the prospect of getting rid of Malouda?

Getting Dembele.

Getting rid of Malouda. Well both, but mainly Malouda.

Realistically there will be money involved. Still, that won't bother us too much, he was great against Utd, for a big lad he can skip past players, and he's still only 25 or 26. Heres to hoping it goes through.

Hope it's true, he was like a tank against Manure, and was one of the best player in Fulham last year, and maybe if we're that lucky can get rid of SloMo.

Chelsea have made a discreet enquiry for Dembele in response to a Fulham bid for Malouda ...

Love both aspects of this post. Where is it you heard this though?

Well its certainly very discreet. My sense is there is still a bit more business to be done. There must be a budget for it based on the Schurle enquiry. Dembele I just don't have a strong opinion, nor are Fulham likely to be stupid. Its a tough league this year. Every team with ambition to survive will need talent.

Would be exceptional, the guy is so dangerous wherever he plays, United didn't want to go near him the other day.

Sounds good to me but would he really risk coming into the queue of midfielders here at Stamford Bridge. Whatever rid of Malouda would be great, he served his purpose here, his time is long up

I wonder what people are more happy about in this thread, the prospect of getting Dembele or the prospect of getting rid of Malouda?

Getting rid of Malouda. Hands down. Dembele would be nice though!