Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014/15

Seaneh

Good signing lads. Reckon he will be playing beside Matic as one of the central midfield 2?

Still though...

"If I ever wear a Chelsea shirt, you have permission to kill me." - Cesc Fàbregas (2010)

GavRedKing

Well f**k me, I didnt expect this, not today. :pac:

Delighted, great news.

Surprised Cesc was done before Costa though.

Anyway, roll on the EPL.

GavRedKing

Seaneh wrote: »

Good signing lads. Reckon he will be playing beside Matic as one of the central midfield 2?

I'd guess a midfield 3.

----Matic----
Cesc---Oscar

With 2 wingers and a CF, like Joses 1st term at Chelsea.

MaroonAndGreen

Knew it would be done Cesc welcome to Chelsea!

Makes me wonder why hasn't Costa been announced though......

Seaneh

GavRedKing wrote: »

I'd guess a midfield 3.

----Matic----
Cesc---Oscar

With 2 wingers and a CF, like Joses 1st term at Chelsea.

It's a formation he likes, makes sense.

Hazard and Willian on the wings?

Enjoy it yiz feckers....

GavRedKing

Seaneh wrote: »

It's a formation he likes, makes sense.

Hazard and Willian on the wings?

Ya, and in Salah and Schurrle you've capable backups, especially in Schurrles case, Salah is still very green to the EPL IMO.

Still needs a physical force, so a Costa or Lukaku or both, completes the jigsaw for a few years it looks like.

grumpymunster

Will be happier when we have proper strikers in tow, decent signing all the same.

LimerickLad92

Buzzing. What a signing

ShoulderChip

Is there any site which keeps track of world cup goals per club, we have to come out on top one would think

GavRedKing

grumpymunster wrote: »

Will be happier when we have proper strikers in tow, decent signing all the same.

Yup, If we get in Costa or sign Lukaku to anew deal, I'll be happy.

grumpymunster

Good to see he has seen the light on TSHO, better late than never I guess

They have an amazing squad of players and an incredible manager.

Sgt Pepper 64

homegrown as well, thanks Wenger!

hots

Happy enough with that! Good to have the transfers locked up early, although it looks like Costa will drag out a bit more.

GavRedKing

Now, get Costa in and we'll be slight favourites for the league, depending on what City/Arsenal/Utd/Liverpool do of course but getting one major transfer done early is good.

We've sold Luiz and got Cesc and change, great deal.

Sgt Pepper 64

24-27 million being reported. good price!

grumpymunster

GavRedKing wrote: »

Now, get Costa in and we'll be slight favourites for the league, depending on what City/Arsenal/Utd/Liverpool do of course but getting one major transfer done early is good.

We've sold Luiz and got Cesc and change, great deal.

City have an excellent team but FFP may well hurt them, still think it will be a straight shoot out between them and us next season. Would love to take Richards off them, I know he is more a player you build a hospital rather than a team around but if fit he is very good and he is English as well.

hullaballoo

grumpymunster wrote: »

Cesc is a fine player, still not sure he will roll up at SW6 though.

Fab day lads.

grumpymunster

grumpymunster wrote: »

Cesc is a fine player, still not sure he will roll up at SW6 though.

hullaballoo wrote: »

Fab day lads.

And on that note Modric, Costa, Ronaldo, Messi and Suarez are fine players, still not sure they will roll up at SW6 though :D:D

duploelabs

Does that mean we have to start singing "let's talk about Cesc baby"

grumpymunster

I guess any talk of a swap Ram for Modric has now fully gone out the window.

A decent LB and 2 strikers and that is us set for a good while really the team is quite young now. perhaps the Athletico LB may not be such a bad idea bring a little experience to the team.

Next season really should be quite exciting.

GavRedKing

The Twitter rage is funny to watch.

shadowcomplex

I think ye will play fabregas as a number 10 and as a number 10 I think yiu sold us a better player in Juan Mata

JP Liz V1

How much did Cesc come for?

GavRedKing

shadowcomplex wrote: »

I think ye will play fabregas as a number 10 and as a number 10 I think yiu sold us a better player in Juan Mata

I think your wrong, itll be in a 2 or 3 man CM role and that money we got for mata was re-invested brilliantly amd the money weve got for luiz is going on cesc. Had ya told me we could sell luiz and mata for Cesc, Costa, Zouma id take that all day.

GavRedKing

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

How much did Cesc come for?

27 is the figure......I think.

kev1.3s

Pretty chuffed with that, I could feel it was coming but didn't expect much before the World Cup.

Johner

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

How much did Cesc come for?

£26.6 million seems to be the figure reported which would be what Pique said €33 million. Less than Fellaini so. :pac:

GavRedKing

Johner wrote: »

£26.6 million seems to be the figure reported which would be what Pique said €33 million. Less than Fellaini so. :pac:

Less than Arsenal sold him for too if I remember correctly, meaning they got nothing of the 50% profit clause.

peteeeed

BOOM that will do nicely

kev1.3s

That's a great deal, less than fellaini and what we sold mata for.

Seaneh

Jesus Barcelona are dire in the transfer market.
The club is run by idiots.

Gonzovision

Great news. Team is shaping up nicely now. Surely back to 433.

GavRedKing

Gonzovision wrote: »

Great news. Team is shaping up nicely now. Surely back to 433.

Looks very likely IMO.

Courtois
Ivan Cahill JT Azp
Matic
Oscar/Ramires Cesc
Willian Costa?? Hazard

GavRedKing

Seaneh wrote: »

Jesus Barcelona are dire in the transfer market.
The club is run by idiots.

Well theyve got Rakitic at a steal so thats decent business but theyre not exactly the best when to comes to buying and selling alright.

brevity

Seaneh wrote: »

Jesus Barcelona are dire in the transfer market.
The club is run by idiots.

Yup.

That Eto'o/Ibrahimovic deal still dumbfounds me.

kev1.3s

brevity wrote: »

Yup.

That Eto'o/Ibrahimovic deal still dumbfounds me.

We have been very shrewd with our transfers during the last two or three windows. Just as well as it's now squeaky bum time for uefa and there ffp.

BarcodeMuncher

I fecking love that eejit Luiz

mickmackey1

Been playing at the top level since he was 16, already a veteran with best days possibly behind him.

GavRedKing

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Been playing at the top level since he was 16, already a veteran with best days possibly behind him.

We'll see, but you're wrong.

Crann na Beatha

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GavRedKing

Phoenix wrote: »

Never thought id see Cesc in a Chelsea jersey:D

Definitely need to get one for next season

miralize

Treat him well guys. I think we may have broke him though

kev1.3s

O that's an argument that's being played out in this house, the youngest lad wants a fabergas jersey to piss off his arsenal fan older brother.

BarcodeMuncher

kev1.3s wrote: »

O that's an argument that's being played out in this house, the youngest lad wants a fabergas jersey to piss off his arsenal fan older brother.

I know a parent shouldn't have favourites but if I were you I would be strongly inclined

GavRedKing

miralize wrote: »

Treat him well guys. I think we may have broke him though

Hopefully not, we've had enough dodgy players down the years :pac:

kev1.3s wrote: »

O that's an argument that's being played out in this house, the youngest lad wants a fabergas jersey to piss off his arsenal fan older brother.

Niiiiice ha

Andersonisgod

One of the premier playmakers. It didn't quote work in Barcelona for Cesc for a variety of reasons but in the Premier League he is one of the finest players on the planet, of that there is no doubt.

In terms of what he means to Arsenal, his standing in world football, his upbringing in La Masia, this is undoubtedly my favourite ever Chelsea signing, words can barely describe how happy I am. Needless to say I will be getting the new Chelsea home jersey with Fabregas on the back.

Johner

Fabregas.

Gonzovision

Johner wrote: »

Fabregas.

Things are going to be moving an awful lot quicker in that midfield next season.

hullaballoo

I took the attached photo on Monday at Camp Nou. I've a few others as well I'll post in the CSG forum when I get home. Haven't embedded the image because I can't edit from my phone and it's HUGE.

Absolutely delighted by this signing. Decent LB and Costa and it'll be a great summer.