Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014/15

peteeeed

godammit warnock is the new manager of palace, kicking lumps out of us as usual

hullaballoo

Dwight Gayle? Even just to bring him on against Liverpool?

redman85

Are Monaco trying to loan out Falcao?

redman85

GavRedKing wrote: »

We can loan MVG, the ACN is this year right? So thats Mikel and Salah both gone.

Pogba can cover Mikel and Salah wont be missed with our wide options.

fixed your post

Lukker-

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Looks like we're taking MVG on loan without a buyout clause - provided the player agrees to move.

Can't see us completing a move for Torres but you never know. Milan only want him on loan but he wants a permanent transfer. His wages are also too high. Hopefully it doesn't go through.

Will be fairly pi**ed off if we take Van Ginkel on loan without the possibility of buying him when the loan finishes.

It'll only be a loan. He's highly thought of at Stamford Bridge, but the squad is full and we probably couldn't sell Mikel. Game time will also be very beneficial for him.

Smithwicks Man

Lukker- wrote: »

It'll only be a loan. He's highly thought of at Stamford Bridge, but the squad is full and we probably couldn't sell Mikel. Game time will also be very beneficial for him.

A tricky one. On the one hand he's certainly help us in midfield as we're light on creativity with Montolivo's injury, but on the other hand I'd far rather see players like Cristante get game time instead of developing other teams players that we're not going to keep.

I'd rather we sign neither MVG nor Torres to be honest. Hopefully both deals fall through.

hullaballoo

The latest on Destro from the ever-unreliable Italian press is that we've offered £18m (€23m) for him. A lot of others on Twitter don't see him as backup but to be fair, he's a decent goals:games ratio and he's young at 23 so I'd be more than happy with him, even if he's a slightly unknown quantity for people who don't follow Serie A.

Mixed reports on the Torres story, wages are clearly an issue for all parties. MvG on loan looks to be nearing latter stages.

GavRedKing

If milan even pay half of torres wages id be shocked. Theyve culled pretty much every big earner from the team over the last 12-18months.

Smithwicks Man

GavRedKing wrote: »

If milan even pay half of torres wages id be shocked. Theyve culled pretty much every big earner from the team over the last 12-18months.

What is Torres' actual wages?

£175k per week gross?

cadaliac

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

What is Torres' actual wages?

£175k per week gross?

Too high whatever the figure is - let alone £175k week .....Christ almighty. Where did I go wrong?

grumpymunster

Lukker- wrote: »

It'll only be a loan. He's highly thought of at Stamford Bridge, but the squad is full and we probably couldn't sell Mikel. Game time will also be very beneficial for him.

I think if we could have got rid of Obi then MvG would be staying. I guess if Torres and MvG go then Petr will be staying as we will be OK for non home grown players.

Unless we do a swapsee with Monaco they get Petr we get Falcao of course.

MaroonAndGreen

Hope Torres doesnt go... we wouldnt have much time to get a replacement... you never know we could get stuck

grumpymunster

peteeeed wrote: »

godammit warnock is the new manager of palace, kicking lumps out of us as usual

What are Palace thinking of relegation near certainty now.

SureYWouldntYa

MaroonAndGreen wrote: »

Hope Torres doesnt go... we wouldnt have much time to get a replacement... you never know we could get stuck

Torres wouldn't do much if we're stuck in fairness. He'd just be there doing his usual stick. Jose needs to be ruthless. He's just not good enough.

GavRedKing

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

What is Torres' actual wages?

£175k per week gross?

A reported 175k alright. Only Hazard is on more money than him at chelsea.

GavRedKing

MaroonAndGreen wrote: »

Hope Torres doesnt go... we wouldnt have much time to get a replacement... you never know we could get stuck

Schurrle could do a job IMO.

Smithwicks Man

Reports suggesting that the MVG loan deal has fallen through due to the player wanting to stay at Stamford Bridge.

Happy enough.

GavRedKing

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Reports suggesting that the MVG loan deal has fallen through due to the player wanting to stay at Stamford Bridge.

Happy enough.

Ye can have Mikel for free.

Lukker-

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Reports suggesting that the MVG loan deal has fallen through due to the player wanting to stay at Stamford Bridge.

Happy enough.

I'm happy with that too. Think we'd be a bit light without him. Happy that he's willing to stay and fight.

Smithwicks Man

GavRedKing wrote: »

Ye can have Mikel for free.

G'way with that, already took Essien of your hands :pac:

peteeeed

Bayern have signed benatia from Roma , glad we didn't sign him

@FCBayern: Herzlich Willkommen beim #FCBayern! @MedhiBenatia unterzeichnet Fünfjahresvertrag. Mehr gleich auf fcb.de #MiaSanMia http://t.co/A6T9O2Ikv8

GavRedKing

peteeeed wrote: »

Bayern have signed benatia from Roma , glad we didn't sign him

@FCBayern: Herzlich Willkommen beim #FCBayern! @MedhiBenatia unterzeichnet Fünfjahresvertrag. Mehr gleich auf fcb.de #MiaSanMia http://t.co/A6T9O2Ikv8

Im glad he didnt sign for a rival tbh.

peteeeed

Sky Sports Italia says Milan and Chelsea are holding talks about a move for Fernando Torres with the Spanish international debating whether to switch to Serie A. The two clubs have reportedly reached an agreement over a loan but Torres is believed to prefer a permanent move. More on this as we get it.


From skysports

duckman!!

Nicolo Schira a reporter from SkySportItalia has just tweeted saying Milan were unable to convince VanGinkel to join them and that he's staying at Chelsea!!!

peteeeed

We have been drawn to play Bolton Wanderers at home in the third round of the league cup . Game to be played w/c 22 September.

McDave

Put out a weaker team for that one. We're better off out of that third-rate competition. It's a pointless distraction, only useful for experimenting.

McDave

GavRedKing wrote: »

Schurrle could do a job IMO.

If we can offload Torres, Andre can guarantee cover until the next transfer window. I wouldn't like to risk a full premiership season with only two recognised strikers. Ideally we should sort out another striker before this window expires for UCL purposes, unless we can go to a non-tied source.

Crann na Beatha

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Johner

If Torres goes who are the realistic options available to come in?

Destro?
Welbeck?

Who else is actually available at this late stage?

As much as I want Torres gone if there is nobody lined up to replace then there's no point in sending him on loan.

phobia2011

Costa injured?

What timing!!!!!!!!

Johner

Looks like another hamstring injury for Costa.

Gavlor

https://twitter.com/fourfourtweet/status/504753338202996737 bad news for Chelsea

duckman!!

I think it's a rumour!!!

ShoulderChip

duckman!! wrote: »

I think it's a rumour!!!

Christ on a bike 🚲

Meglamonia

Think it's fake! It better be or what a disaster

Andersonisgod

I feel sick to my stomach. Surely there's someone scurrying around at Chelsea offices right now gathering together every bit of cash he can get his hands on and that lump sum will be thrown at a striker, any striker. Destro has never seemed so appealing as he does right now.

Meglamonia

The only hope is that it's only the sun that are supposedly reporting it.

duckman!!

Fourfourtweet are the only source I can see with this story, I'll wait for sky sports before I believe it!!

LightningBlue

Strange that its only the Sun reporting it so far.

It's a fecking disaster if true.

SureYWouldntYa

It's like having a birthday party, but it ends before the cake and presents

DazMarz

oh no no no no no no... no no no no no no no... no... it's not fair... no... it's just not fair............

duckman!!

Smithwicks Man

Torres to stay then so

pistolpetes11

Its from a twitter rumour ITK but its not the end of the world even if were to be true , we can't be dependent on him for every game throughout the season , Torres looks to be out the door , Drogba has not got 90 minutes in him at 100% we needed cover and if this were to be true it would force our hand ,

Money won't be an issue what so ever , were in great shape in that department .

Also if this happened in training today (11AM-2/3PM ) why has no journalists or media outlet had a sniff of it all day

Andersonisgod

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Torres to stay then so

I'm convinced Torres is to blame for this, guaranteed he has a voodoo doll with a heavy resemblance to Diego Costa stashed away.

Crann na Beatha

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duckman!!

Andersonisgod wrote: »

I'm convinced Torres is to blame for this, guaranteed he has a voodoo doll with a heavy resemblance to Diego Costa stashed away.

Some1 on Twitter had the same thoughts!!

Panthro

Andersonisgod wrote: »

I'm convinced Torres is to blame for this, guaranteed he has a voodoo doll with a heavy resemblance to Diego Costa stashed away.

Torres would probably try stabbing the doll with a needle and somehow manage to miss!:pac:

DazMarz

Panthro wrote: »

Torres would probably try stabbing the doll with a needle and somehow manage to miss!:pac:

And probably succeed in stabbing himself in the hand while he's at it.

I still have a real soft spot for poor oul Nando. I mean, it must have taken some mental toll on him. For so long, one of the most untouchable, unstoppable, machine-like goalscoring centre forwards in the world. To fall from grace so suddenly and so ignominiously must be awful for a professional athlete. I know that the wages of £175,000 a week would soften the blow...

But if you look at his body language and his facial expressions when he plays, that is a man who almost looks like he's suffering from clinical depression. I think it's a mental problem with him, I really do. He seems like a really cool, nice bloke too, which makes it worse.

I think he genuinely tries his best, but the old magic/spark isn't there, and in fairness he never really gets a proper rub of the green when it's needed.

I know it can be hard to feel sorry for a millionaire footballer who has the world at his feet, but I do feel sorry for Nando at times; that bad injury he got at Liverpool finished him and he'll never be the same again.

Still, we always have this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReK1waJFhLI

and this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GdVA-as5Fk

LanceStorm

it would appear this is a thing now...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/11060418/Chelsea-injury-scare-as-Diego-Costa-suffers-hamstring-blow.html

still completely confident that Torres will leave us before the windows out and we'll have someone else in to replace him!