Maybe it was his call to sanction the move but I'm pretty sure Faria and guys above him in the heararchy have a say in these. Not saying it wasn't his call but I really think you can't give him all the blame...or credit if he turns out good.

 

THat's a problem though. People seem to lavish praise on Jose for every good signing, like Fabregas and Costa, but then claim that he doesn't have final say in all the transfers for the bad ones, or say that "he wasn't a Jose player".

He is not a despot. He is also not the sole reason for our last seasons success. He is pretty damn good in what he does though.

I think if he stays you will see a different player; yes he has not had the best of starts, I have to agree with TTW , but like any decent player he needs game time and as a newbie to this country he needs to settle.  At the end of the day which Columbian would you choose out of our two now....him or Falcao?  For me it's not the player that is by all accounts going to cost us 4 mill as a loan fee and a rumoured 180k a week

I'm willing to see us give him chances but from the little I've seen of him I'm not convinced. I mean we should give him a chance. Just not very convinced he'll do a good job.

I'm willing to see us give him chances but from the little I've seen of him I'm not convinced. I mean we should give him a chance. Just not very convinced he'll do a good job.

 

I think we should sell as fast as we can. He is not even half the player KDB and Shurrle was, no way he survives a full season with us.

Pre-season is his chance. If he still looks awful, get rid, we can't be going into the season with passengers.

Pre-season is his chance. If he still looks awful, get rid, we can't be going into the season with passengers.

 

Won't he loose 3-4 weeks of pre season because of holliday ?

Falcao has to report to CFC Training base in Montreal on July 19th or 20th, imagine Cuadrado will be the same so he will miss over 2 weeks of pre-season

 

that in itself will/ may handicap his progress and ability to hit the ground running and give him a fighting chance

 

he did impress me in the last Copa game, showed a lot of battling qualities, if he can play for Chelsea as he did for Colombia that day he may be ok - BIG if

He should have been sent off in the last two games in the Copa.

He should have been sent off in the last two games in the Copa.

Yup.

He was terrible in the final game that went to pens. Just looked clumsy and didn't seem to know what his job was.

I'm concerned with him and Falcao we will have two liabilities in the team next season.

Must say I didn't expect to be worrying about next season after the season we just had.

At least they are not in our starting XI

Funny that even in the fifa 16 trailer he dribbles past someone then gets crunched by a tackle. They seem to think he's lightweight too by the looks of it.

Daily Express reporting that Jorge Mendes has been instructed by Jose to find Cuadrado a new club.

Being linked with a loan move to Juventus now.

He is too expensive to be a loaned player IMO. Sell him.

Daily Express reporting that Jorge Mendes has been instructed by Jose to find Cuadrado a new club.

 

 

Slow news day hey :) 

 

He will be with us till Jan at least. fingers crossed he can find the form that made him a hot proposition last summer 

JUVE CONFIRM CUADRADO INTEREST

Juventus chief executive Guiseppe Marotta has confirmed the Serie A club are interested in signing Chelsea's Juan Cuadrado.

Speaking to Premium Sport, he said: "We are open to all possibilities. Should Chelsea be open to a loan with the possibility to sell him permanently, we would be happy."

The Bianconeri CEO also denied links with Stevan Jovetic, confirming: " We didn't move and we are not [one of] the competitors for the striker."

If we loan Cuadrado after barely six months at the club, whoever agreed to pay £27m won't be getting an invite to the Christmas party.

I wish we would just stick it out with one of these players (Schurrle, Cuadrado...not Salah, he was awful) instead of loaning/selling them when they have barely played. 

If we loan Cuadrado after barely six months at the club, whoever agreed to pay £27m won't be getting an invite to the Christmas party.

 

We would need a high loan fee to even risk a loan, atleast £5mil for a year. I still prefer we sold him now, even if we lost £1mil-£5mil.

I wish we would just stick it out with one of these players (Schurrle, Cuadrado...not Salah, he was awful) instead of loaning/selling them when they have barely played. 

 

Schurrle shouldn't have been sold. Cuadrado however, is utter crap. Salah was better. 

Well..if we loan out Cuadrado we need to buy another winger. Which is exciting!

Well..if we loan out Cuadrado we need to buy another winger. Which is exciting!

Who would we go after though, Sterling but looks like he could go city

Well..if we loan out Cuadrado we need to buy another winger. Which is exciting!

 

I think we are short already, since I doubt Cuadrado will be trusted to be the only backup for both Hazard and Willian.