He's too short for a PL midfielder anyway. If Billy can't hack it, he won't either.

If his position is a LB, I'd rather we give the minutes to Hato, Quenda or Palestra depending on performance

Not sure where he fits in.

@BordeauxBlue what is your view on Barco? Will he end up like a Santos, one we try to flip for profit?

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

So he replaces Santos then. Great.

Time to see how good his bottle is at being public enemy #1 for a while.

Probably get a few boos during his 5 minutes cameos.

Just now, DarkMata said:

Probably get a few boos during his 5 minutes cameos.

£34m doing the rounds. So he 100% is replacing Santos.

I need this CM we sign to be right up there in quality and durability with Caicedo. I don't trust our depth at all.

23 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

£34m doing the rounds. So he 100% is replacing Santos.

I need this CM we sign to be right up there in quality and durability with Caicedo. I don't trust our depth at all.

Thats why I prefer Bruno. We have enough young potential in Barco, Essugo and Lavia we don't need anymore gambles. Unless Enzo leaves I do see at least one of them leaving possible on loan. Even then I have a feeling we're after 2 more midfielders.

45 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

@BordeauxBlue what is your view on Barco? Will he end up like a Santos, one we try to flip for profit?

He's nothing amazing and the prem will beat huge problem for him with its pace and power.

He'll struggle for minutes

Never understood why they had to go and preemptively sign all these players no one was after anyway.

Right from the get go Alonso is saddled with these kids who have already eaten up a big chunk of the transfer budget.

1 hour ago, BordeauxBlue said:

He's nothing amazing and the prem will beat huge problem for him with its pace and power.

He'll struggle for minutes

Ah great, so we've downgraded from Santos to help out Strasbourgs books. Wonderful.

The stench of Winstanley and Stewart continues to linger.

1 hour ago, BordeauxBlue said:

He's nothing amazing and the prem will beat huge problem for him with its pace and power.

He'll struggle for minutes

The same problems Fernandez has in the Prem.

We need some steel in that position.

53 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Ah great, so we've downgraded from Santos to help out Strasbourgs books. Wonderful.

The stench of Winstanley and Stewart continues to linger.

Santos was infinitely more impressive at Strasbourg

2 hours ago, yaz said:

Never understood why they had to go and preemptively sign all these players no one was after anyway.

Right from the get go Alonso is saddled with these kids who have already eaten up a big chunk of the transfer budget.

They are obsessed with this model and are barely compromising on it.

They act like they are financial geniuses but it could very well bankrupt the club if we continuously miss out on CL and sponsorships don't get sorted

Valentin Barco signs for Chelsea!

Woooooooo

Welcome Ging

Underwhelmed tbh. Yet to be convinced that he is good enough, sharp enough and physical enough for this league.

If that wasn't enough, he has acted like a bit of a dick in the summer as well.

Hmm, we'll see if he makes the grade.

Any danger of us actually selling anyone?

Can't say I'm happy or unhappy with the signing because I can barely remember watching him play. One plus is he seems like a bit of a sh*thouse and we've needed some in the squad for ages.

Ugh