Begovic

[Davey Baby]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2271177/Asmir-Begovic-transfer-news-Chelsea-prepare-bid-Stoke-goalkeeper.html

 

Edit: Can't see it happening. We nearly got him once before but Stoke wouldn't sell, despite the player wanting to join. He's since established himself as their number one, is highly rated, and is far too good to be a bench-warmer. Mind you, I've been wrong before.

Edited January 31, 2013 by Davey Baby

[Guest RFC_CFC]

Stoke just bid £4 million for Butland so he is going somwhere I'd guess.

[Davey Baby]

^ Interesting. Begovic is a bloody good keeper.

[PloKoon13]

Quite possibly the best keeper in the league this season, to be honest it would be a shame to see him leave Stoke as their defensive spine has performed admirably.

[Guest RFC_CFC]

Agreed, far too good to waste on our bench.

[bjd]

Good keeper. But why would he even think about it ?  Where would this leave Courtois ? Or Cech for that matter.

[abramovich]

I believe we were close to signing him a year or two ago, but Stoke refused to let him go.

[Jonty]

Cech's injury must be pretty bad if we're so determined to buy a keeper?

[ForeverCarefree]

Odd signing if it goes through. 

[Frawdulant]

Pretty sure he's off to manUre to be honest

[Fatty Foulke]

I read somewhere that Courtois may be a sweetener for the Falcao deal.

[Castiel]

We've got Cech and Courtois looking to replace him.  We have no business buying a keeper as good as Begovic. 

[Jonty]

I read somewhere that Courtois may be a sweetener for the Falcao deal.

 

Wouldn't be worth it in my mind, a lot harder to find a world class keeper than a world class striker.

 

edit: Especially considering their ages

Edited January 31, 2013 by Jonty

[abramovich]

We've got Cech and Courtois looking to replace him.  We have no business buying a keeper as good as Begovic. 

 

I think Courtois wil be loaned out to a PL club next season to get experience playing in England.

 

Hilario is probably released in the summer and Turnbull is a bust who isn't worth keeping even for homegrown purposes.

 

Cech needs competition and if he gets injured, we're f.cked.

[Davey Baby]

Where's Cudicini these days?

 

Is he still at Spurs, behind Friedal and Lloris?

[blizeH]

America

 

(LA Galaxy to be more precise)

Edited January 31, 2013 by blizeH

[Cam]

If Butland won't be a bencher for us, Begovic sure as hell won't

[That Boy Brandinho]

Stoke would be wise to sell him. I doubt their defensive form would suffer much with Sorensen in net. 

 

Begovic is a good keeper, but I'd rather go after Butland. 

[Scott Harris]

I think Begovic will leave Stoke at the end of the season and go to Man United. De Gea has been making mistakes in every game of late so i can't see him lasting much longer.

[That Boy Brandinho]

I think Begovic will leave Stoke at the end of the season and go to Man United. De Gea has been making mistakes in every game of late so i can't see him lasting much longer.

 

De Gea's also been making a lot of brilliant saves. I'd stick with him for another year after this if I were SAF. It's the defense and midfield that needs sorting out more than anything.

[Castiel]

De Gea's also been making a lot of brilliant saves. I'd stick with him for another year after this if I were SAF. It's the defense and midfield that needs sorting out more than anything.

 

Do you think he can fix his issues with crossing and take more control of his box? 

[That Boy Brandinho]

Do you think he can fix his issues with crossing and take more control of his box? 

 

I think his issues are mental, which can be a lot trickier to fix than if he merely had poor technique. That said, he's still just 22 and has only had 3.5 seasons of top flight experience in his career. If I had paid Â£17m for him a year ago, I wouldn't be looking to sell just yet unless I was convinced he wasn't going to improve or I could recoup the vast majority of the fee. At the moment, I don't fall into either camp. With so little competition for the league this year and no guarantee that the situation will be any different next year, I think they can afford to give him one more chance. 

[TrueBlueBIH]

Love Begović and he is also from my country,but i feel he has enough quality to be a first team keeper.I feel Cech is still much better but his injuries are becoming frequent and Turnbull is just sh*te.

[Scott Harris]

Love Begović and he is also from my country,but i feel he has enough quality to be a first team keeper.I feel Cech is still much better but his injuries are becoming frequent and Turnbull is just sh*te.

 

I don't think so, he doesn't get injured that often.

[enigma]

It would be pointless to have Coutouis as a swap deal for Falcao. Falcao could end up a flop and we would lose money + a potential world class keeper. It's extremely unlikely for a Goalkeeper to be a flop.