If Tuchel really wants him he'll lose the plot, first Lukaku now this?

20 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

If Tuchel really wants him he'll lose the plot, first Lukaku now this?

How about

 

 

5 hours ago, ducavis said:

Injuries aren’t his only problem though, he is lazy, a bad trainer, doesn’t adhere to an athlete’s diet and he is always late to training. 

Sounds like half my co-workers 😂

If we can get 2017 dembele back that would be a steal for 10 or 15 million. 

We badly need someone who can go past a player so many tiles on the break it comes apart because our players can’t go past the last defender and it gives the others time to reset, beating a man in this team with this ice means far more goal opportunities 

31 minutes ago, SFL82 said:

We badly need someone who can go past a player so many tiles on the break it comes apart because our players can’t go past the last defender and it gives the others time to reset, beating a man in this team with this ice means far more goal opportunities 

Issue is in Tuchel’s 3-4-3 they are not really required to go past players, it’s the movement off the ball that is key. They all want the ball to feet which wouldn’t work against defences sat deep, they need to be ghosting into space.

Personally not even sure peak Dembele/Hazard are the solution since they both want the ball to feet.

 

1 hour ago, Amputechture said:

 

Cos we need obviously more injury-prone wingers. Guy has played 87 games in 4 years. That's barely more than 20 a season.

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Dembélé is a supporter of Premier League club Leeds United.^[59]

In July 2021, Dembélé was embroiled in a racism controversy, when video footage of Dembélé along with fellow teammate Antoine Griezmann circulated online, whereby he was seen making derogatory racial comments against the Asian technicians in their hotel room.^[60] As the technicians appeared to be troubleshooting the room's television, Dembélé made comments towards Griezmann in French, stating "All these ugly faces, just so you can play PES, aren't you ashamed?", continuing with "What the f**kin language?" before zooming in while laughing on one of the technicians faces, mentioning "Are you technologically advanced in your country or not?".^[

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Cos we need obviously more injury-prone wingers. Guy has played 87 games in 4 years. That's barely more than 20 a season.

Other sources agree with what I have said previously. No budget for new signings and the only thing we are trying to do is get back Emerson. 

Though I would rather we just use Sarr as our Alonso replacement.

2 hours ago, Amputechture said:

 

IF it happens, I hope he comes good for obvious reasons but also to stick it up to Barca. Hate that club.

I’m actually surprised there’s so much negativity around possibly signing him, as I’ve mentioned before I can’t imagine Tuchel wanting to re-sign a player he has already managed if he wasn’t professional. I think for the rumoured £15m it’s absolutely worth the risk

No nothing about him so will judge when I see him on the pitch

The Dortmund Dembele stood out like a torch in a cave  however he has dodgy hamstrings just like half the Chelsea team. He has had two spells out with hammy of over 100 days each. The likelihood of a bad hammy injury recurring is very high. 
 

 

2 hours ago, Zeta said:

Cos we need obviously more injury-prone wingers. Guy has played 87 games in 4 years. That's barely more than 20 a season.

 

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Wow this is just f**ked up on so many levels.

Barcelona has become a club where players go to kill their careers. Dembele, Umtiti, Griezmann, Coutinho, Pjanic all in recent years. I’m sure there’s more that I’m missing.

I'm actually all for this. Dembele is a beast, it is just that Barcelona brings the worst out of literally anyone. Would be a fantastic signing.

His contract expires in 5 months. Theres no way we should be throwing £10m to £15m down the drain for 4 months and maybe 15 games worth of playing time. That to me seems insane.

6 hours ago, Zeta said:

Cos we need obviously more injury-prone wingers. Guy has played 87 games in 4 years. That's barely more than 20 a season.

 

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Hmm, cannot be true. Way it is portrayed by the media only white men are racists.

A lot of good points made in here about his injury record and what seems to be a concerning overall attitude, which started when he made his push to leave Dortmund.

For me those are huge red flags for the wages he'd be asking, but no doubt he is still young and has all the tricks. You could compare it a little to the situation with Robben when he left here or when he left Madrid. A risk v reward question

12 minutes ago, Spiller86 said:

A lot of good points made in here about his injury record and what seems to be a concerning overall attitude, which started when he made his push to leave Dortmund.

For me those are huge red flags for the wages he'd be asking, but no doubt he is still young and has all the tricks. You could compare it a little to the situation with Robben when he left here or when he left Madrid. A risk v reward question

That or maybe he is the French Delli Alli

4 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

That or maybe he is the French Delli Alli

Also possible!

Only we could develop a well spirited squad, win the UCL comfortably with it then add characters like Lukaku and Dembele to it.

Only us.

20 hours ago, mwblue10 said:

Barcelona has become a club where players go to kill their careers. Dembele, Umtiti, Griezmann, Coutinho, Pjanic all in recent years. I’m sure there’s more that I’m missing.

At least Chelsea only pick on centre forwards 

22 hours ago, timetowaste said:

I’m actually surprised there’s so much negativity around possibly signing him, as I’ve mentioned before I can’t imagine Tuchel wanting to re-sign a player he has already managed if he wasn’t professional. I think for the rumoured £15m it’s absolutely worth the risk

A question mark around TT is his ability to identify the right signings in the past. 

If he did indeed want Lukaku and Saul that continues to raise questions about it.