Don't think we will see another DM. We will only go in for world class and no one is available unless Juve fancy Oscar /Ramires

 

Yep. Cesc can play against the smaller teams or come on against the big ones if we're down. A cesc/Matic hybrid, more creative than Matic, better at defending than Cesc

 

Witsel or Koke imminent these last few days I think. 

Totally forgot about witsel 

Said it in many threads. I would just put Willian in the middle, He actually has a pretty good long range pass on him, he drvies the ball out at terrific pace, can beat people easily in his own half (strange right??)

 

H's quick and stands up well so wont be by passed like quicker players can do to cesc. Tackles well. All quality points and can turn defence in to attack quickly. 

 

 

Any way on another point - Any one who actually watches laliga regularly can tell us how Pedro rates say against Mata or Silva? 

I'm not sure if Willian has the positional sense to actually play as a DM despite having some of the attributes required. I think we should just sign a real DM instead of trying to fit a square peg in to a round hole. 

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Ahh not Coldplay

Totally forgot about witsel 

We pulled out of the deal early in the summer for some reason. I think he must have been demanding too much money. Maybe we'll see some movement again. 

Great reaction from Jose. We need that player.

Willian goes for a medical at Tottenham...........he joins Chelsea.

Liverpool looked set to sign Salah.........he joins Chelsea.

Ed Woodward flies out to Spain to bring Pedro to Man United.........he joins Chelsea.

 

Finally some real quality at our right wing. Welcome Pedro! 

i know he'll never be the player of guardiola's barca side, but hopefully he can show some of that form here now. 

Well that's the most active I've seen this forum at one time in absolutely ages!! Imagine we went on to sign player like Pogba, this place would explode!

Well that's the most active I've seen this forum at one time in absolutely ages!! Imagine we went on to sign player like Pogba, this place would explode!

I still think the Fabregas one was more hefty.

I was on that from about 11 till I finished work non stop

However your left side seems good. That Depay guy looked pretty awesome yesterday. Didn't realize he is built like Stallone

Can't stop watching Sky Sports News lol

f**king Yes...I've been begging for this all summer...get Ivan packing, bench Garry for Zouma and I'm a happy chappy, is it too much to ask for a CM to sit beside Matic who understands what positioning is? Is that greedy? Last but not least, get down to Elstree studios, see if they have any of those house sized catapults left from the making of Robin Hood and launch that dud caudrado right over the millennium suites and into the Thames 

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Yeah Memphis was brilliant, but he is no world beater yet. We have very high hopes for him though.

I think he's gonna be class

Not being funny but I'd have okay stats playing for Barcelona

f**king Yes...I've been begging for this all summer...get Ivan packing, bench Garry for Zouma and I'm a happy chappy, is it too much to ask for a CM to sit beside Matic who understands what positioning is? Is that greedy?

I think like we had with Costa that we have someone lined up next season for that. I'm hoping its Koke.

Qual signing, one or two more please !!

 

must be the end for Dud-rado......

Trying to check my phone every 2 mins at centre parcs with the family is an art

I think like we had with Costa that we have someone lined up next season for that. I'm hoping its Koke.

I don't buy what Mourinho said at about costa, the previous summer before we signed him, he wasn't the main man at atletico, he played mainly from the right, and had never scored more than a 10 league goals in a season.

I think we decided to wait on bringing in a striker for another season, but I highly doubt that striker was always going to be costa.

I do agree it could a similar situation with regards to central midfield this season, it's possible the club feel there will be more options available next summer, maybe were waiting on koke, or maybe we are waiting to see if someone has a break out season this year and we can capitalise next summer.

Well hats off to Roman, we know how to get money off him now, just tank to city, I thought that it was tinfoil hat'ish to think he purposefully set up in a totally un-mou like way against city when he could have easily got Rambo to sit beside Matic and prevent those chances, as he saw them happen even,  but maybe it really was a message, I'd like to believe he wouldn't practically throw a game for the greater goal of getting a CL competing side but who knows...we may be thankful for this later 

This is exciting...Pedro is a quality technical player. Something we sorely need.

 

I'm glad the club is reacting.

 

Willian's mins per goal stats are shocking, to be honest. Our back four, bar Azpi, probably have better ratio.

I don't buy what Mourinho said at about costa, the previous summer before we signed him, he wasn't the main man at atletico, he played mainly from the right, and had never scored more than a 10 league goals in a season.

I think we decided to wait on bringing in a striker for another season, but I highly doubt that striker was always going to be costa.

I do agree it could a similar situation with regards to central midfield this season, it's possible the club feel there will be more options available next summer, maybe were waiting on koke, or maybe we are waiting to see if someone has a break out season this year and we can capitalise next summer.

Actually it was in the January that ge said to people they would see in the Summer why we hadn't signed a striker. I have no doubt that deal was practically done already sane as the Cesc deal.