Verratti or Matuidi. Pogba of course. We need a CM but we could live with Matic when he is at his best and we have Ruben pushing for a spot.

Van Ginkel + Cash for Kante in the summer looks very good business to me. 

Kante would be a steal, fantastic player, he's got a bit of Makelele and Essien in him (not a bad combo)

Edited February 14, 201610 yr by timetowaste

Anyone else do the fantasy six a side, well I picked Kante as one of my 6 players and focusing on his overall play I knew he was good but yesterday he was fantastic my best player of the six a side and he was man of match too, I think we should try and buy him

Would kante want to give up playing champions league with Leicester next season though?

He looks a very good player, but it wasn't long ago when tiote was being linked with the likes of ourselves and arsenal, so I'd be wary of putting up serious money for him.

Rúben Neves. Worth a look

Rúben Neves. Worth a look

Has a 29.5m buy out clause aswell apparently. Already captained porto's 1st team, seems like a real leader that wants to take responsibility. I'm not sure how signing a 19 year old midfielder for big money would go down with rlc though.

Neves is a top talent, but would the club put faith in a player so young to be the fulcrum of the midfield.

I'd love Kante but then so would numerous clubs like United, City and the likes.

there is a teenage kid we're after who plays for ajax as a central mid. i don't know much about him and cannot remember his name, but a big talent apparently and we're in talks for 15+ million. dunno how true the rumours are though. 

Yeah I saw something about that the other day in one of the papers.

found it

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/643836/Chelsea-Ajax-begin-talks-Riechedly-Bazoer-transfer-news-gossip

Edited February 15, 201610 yr by Chelsbear

Just about to about bazoer aswell. Similar in profile to neves, and tielemans. Hard to tell whether they are any better than our own prospects.

Get the wallet out and buy Kante before someone else does. Even Garth Crooks thinks he's the new Maka surely that means something! To be serious I think he'd make a big impact and add strength to our midfield, just won't happen.

Garth Crooks thinks

 

Not that I disagree because I've rated Kanté very highly ever since the very first time I saw him, but the phrase above should never ever be used to support an argument.

Get the wallet out and buy Kante before someone else does. Even Garth Crooks thinks he's the new Maka surely that means something! To be serious I think he'd make a big impact and add strength to our midfield, just won't happen.

 

agree kante would make a massive difference to our midfield and has to be a must buy 

agree kante would make a massive difference to our midfield and has to be a must buy 

100% agree, Kanté is a must buy. If we will have to put 35M€ on him then we should put.

And I think Gundogan is needed.

"Even Garth Crooks thinks"

 

 

Possibly the worst phrase ever used in history to back up an argument. Good Jesus.

 

I agree with everything else though. Kante looks excellent.

100% agree, Kanté is a must buy. If we will have to put 35M€ on him then we should put.

And I think Gundogan is needed.

Steady on, he's only had one good season. 

 

Would rather spend that money on Gundogan who is more proven over multiple seasons.

Steady on, he's only had one good season. 

 

Would rather spend that money on Gundogan who is more proven over multiple seasons.

Gundogan isn't the profile of player we need. We need a player that is disciplined and can hold.

Said it before but Kante will be overpriced and probably out of reach. He's the profile of player we should buy before they have a breakout season because there's no value in that type of transfer. You're buying him at the height of his value when there's no guarantee he isn't a one-season wonder.

Gundogan and Kante would make me happy.

All accounts suggest he was equally brilliant in France last season. My only qualm would be seeing how he copes in a more possession-oriented system.

 

As things stand, he is my choice for player of the season this year. It's greatly to his credit that no one in Leicester talks about Esteban Cambiasso anymore, considering the influence he had on their escape last year.

there is a teenage kid we're after who plays for ajax as a central mid. i don't know much about him and cannot remember his name, but a big talent apparently and we're in talks for 15+ million. dunno how true the rumours are though. 

Riechedly Bazoer is the name. Marc Overmars (who is Ajax' director of football) accepted a €25M (+ €20-odd million with extra clauses) from Napoli for Bazoer last transfer period, but Bazoer was smart enough to stay. I think he's gonna stay one or two more years at Ajax waiting for Barcelona (which is his dream club). I don't think he's good enough for Chelsea yet, but he will be in two years. Bazoer is the next Yaya, so there is no harm in trying to buy him for the future. It would be ideal if we buy him coming summer, loan him back to Ajax for the 2016/17 season and then he'll shine at Chelsea from 2017. But in short, he won't be a good short-term solution for our midfield.

His goal a few weeks back vs Feyenoord (you gotta watch all the replays) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH--kgdj8n0

Edited February 17, 201610 yr by YannickCFC

Get the wallet out and buy Kante before someone else does. Even Garth Crooks thinks he's the new Maka surely that means something! To be serious I think he'd make a big impact and add strength to our midfield, just won't happen.

 

It means he's not the new Maka.

id like to see us signing draxler to replace hazard in summer  

Nainngolan is the man and rumors say if conte signs he wants him as his 1st signing, if true the man knows what he's on about.