29 minutes ago, rtwelch said:

He has rotated loads. He practically changed the whole team every time we played in the Europa and League Cup until the latter stages. Compare that with Klopp and his full backs playing CL and PL games every week. Alonso just has a bad attitude and thinks he’s better than he actually is.

The last third of the season. Yes. 

The first half, not so much. 

So basically, I haven't had any complaints about Sarri since March, because I agree, the squad rotation March, April, May was just fine. 

 

I guess Alonso is about to join the rest of the ex-Blues at Atletico

 

1 minute ago, robdog said:

I guess Alonso is about to join the rest of the ex-Blues at Atletico

 

Great news.

Was very good first season under Conte but has been average/poor ever since.

Get 30/40m and we're laughing.

30M? I’d drive him to Madrid myself!

We would probably have to keep Zappacosta if we sell Alonso.  Otherwise we would just have Azpi, Emerson, and James for fullbacks.  And it's unlikely we have a youth player to promote in the LB position - Castillo is as good as gone, and Dasilva is likely leaving too.

Edit: This is assuming we do have the transfer ban in place for this summer.

Edit #2: I don't think it has been confirmed that Aina is leaving, so if we could keep him that would certainly help.

Edited May 30, 20197 yr by mwblue10

If we can get the transfer ban suspended, sell him and sign Ben Chilwell.

40 minutes ago, mwblue10 said:

Edit #2: I don't think it has been confirmed that Aina is leaving, so if we could keep him that would certainly help.

Correct... Torino has the option to buy, but Aina would have to agree to the deal.

So... Premier League and Champions League Football while splitting time with Emerson? or 1st Choice at Torino?

not a done deal that he's gone yet.

14 minutes ago, Skinnedy said:

Correct... Torino has the option to buy, but Aina would have to agree to the deal.

So... Premier League and Champions League Football while splitting time with Emerson? or 1st Choice at Torino?

not a done deal that he's gone yet.

If it's just he and Emerson splitting time, you'd think it would be an easy choice to come back to Chelsea, but I seem to recall reading that he really likes it at Torino.

1 hour ago, Zeta said:

If we can get the transfer ban suspended, sell him and sign Ben Chilwell.

apparently Chilwell is AM's backup option

 

We can't afford to sell so many players if we have a transfer ban, it would be bloody stupid.

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

We can't afford to sell so many players if we have a transfer ban, it would be bloody stupid.

To be fair, if any club can afford to offload a number of players during a transfer ban, all while the sales minimally affect the first team depth, it's Chelsea.  But agreed, we can't go sell-crazy.  It needs to be our loan army primarily.

3 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

We can't afford to sell so many players if we have a transfer ban, it would be bloody stupid.

I don't know that too many 1st team players will be moved...

but if we can get out from Alonso's long term contract, pocket 30M cash, and bring in Aina... I'm all for it...

Same for Zappa... I'm content with James replacing Zappa and making some money on the deal.

Alonso has 4 years left on his contract, we're in no hurry to sell unless a massive offer comes in. Even next summer we can demand near maximum value since he'll still have 3 years left.

I'd keep him for rotation

Get rid he’s awful. Club won’t move forward keeping players of his level around

Doubt they can afford his wages.

5 hours ago, JMaher94 said:

Great news.

Was very good first season under Conte but has been average/poor ever since.

Get 30/40m and we're laughing.

Very much like Moses. Both had one off seasons way above their usual level. But at least they made very important contributions to us winning another title.

12 hours ago, MrsGaffer said:

30M? I’d drive him to Madrid myself!

Just don't let him do any of the driving if you get tired...

If he wants to go, and they want to buy, then this should absolutely get done ... it's a get out of jail free card for that ridiculous 5 year contract he got given ...

If someone wants to buy him then sell. He had 1 good season then was average.

And what a season it was.

That said if he wants to go badly enough would be happy to let him leave and keep Jay Da Silva as Emersons Backup.

anything more than 35m and I'll take that without a doubt. 

More than happy to go this season with Emerson starting and Reece James as a back up. 

10 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

That said if he wants to go badly enough would be happy to let him leave and keep Jay Da Silva as Emersons Backup.

I would much rather have Alonso, he's a much better player.

I don't share the same enthusiasm for some of our younger players that people on here do. Some of them have decent potential, but that is it at the moment. I personally think the one player from our young players that is ready to be included in the main squad is already here, Hudson-Odoi. I don't think any of the others are ready yet. Mount, Abraham, James, Da Silva, I just don't think they good enough right now. I'm okay with bringing one or two back, but not all four right now, it would weaken our squad, not improve it.

8 minutes ago, ENygma said:

anything more than 35m and I'll take that without a doubt. 

More than happy to go this season with Emerson starting and Reece James as a back up. 

Reece James is a right back. You're asking an inexperienced player to fill in a position that he has never played before. There is nothing to suggest that he would do a better job than Alonso would.

4 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Reece James is a right back. You're asking an inexperienced player to fill in a position that he has never played before. There is nothing to suggest that he would do a better job than Alonso would.

Oh my mistake, I was under the impression he plays on the left! 

In that case, I would suggest Azpi, Reece James on the right. If Azpi is getting past it, then I would love to sign Wan-Bissaka! Have Zappa as back up and we're good.

Left back is going to be a little tricky to sort out if Alonso leaves then, Emerson is a little injury prone so we'll definitely need to strengthen there