Chelsea Rumours Archive June 19 2012

19 Jun 2012 19:45:53
chelsea ready and willing to meet huntelaar's £17m buyout clause

Good one

I like the sound of it just cant c it happening

Huntelaar is a waste of money. he can only play for Mid table teams.

Always Blue

19 Jun 2012 19:20:24
chelsea are interested in signing poland's full back lukasz pisczek

19 Jun 2012 16:58:31
ed do we have any interest in ander herrera as were being linked in spanish newspapers also who else is interested in the player
thanks {Ed002's Note - Nothing right now on Ander Herrera.}

19 Jun 2012 16:04:20
hi ed, what do you feel the hances are of chelsea signing another prodigy youngstar such as neymar , mario gotze or lucas moura ?
Dan {Ed002's Note - I cannot sensibly answer this Dan without people demanding lists, dates and times.}

19 Jun 2012 15:13:13
Hi Ed - not sure how good the source is but.....understand PSG are willing to pay 43 M for Hulk? - can you shed any light on this..? {Ed002's Note - In which case they are prepared to pay a lot more than Chelsea.}

43M pounds or Euros?
I think Hulk will have some say in where he goes. He might reject a move to PSG in favor of CHels. Might be a way for Porto to drive his price tag up.

19 Jun 2012 14:54:39
Hi Ed in your own opinion do you think hulk we sign for us? ! thanks {Ed002's Note - There is a good chance that he will.}

19 Jun 2012 14:38:50
Martinez to Porto Hulk to Chelsea
It will happen
Drebs

19 Jun 2012 13:18:20
Victor Moses is a fantastic young English talent who I think would be a great signing at the right price!
I watched the Wigan games home and away last season and especially at the DW he was fantastic, he had a great season and naturally the bigger teams have come knocking
Sign him I say

Rich

But it is confirmed that he wont come in

One problem yes he is english born but wont be an England international

I cant see him being signed for his talent and 2 start he is overated nd if he is signed iy will b lik steve sidwell 2 make up the numbers

Sure, Moses is good. But Chels already have Sturridge. Why buy another young, attacking English player with lots of promise? Sure, Moses is a natural winger, but we have Hazard and Mata and Ramires. Plus KDB and Marin. Our need is in midfield!

19 Jun 2012 12:28:06
Moses is consistent, english, young and proven performer in the prem, a cheaper option than hulk in my eyes, even, not saying I don't want hulk, cause don't get me me wrong his a great player. But moses is proven in the prem, I don't want the club to get lured in to purchasing hulk at a fee whcih is just stupid. Like ed says fees are irrelevant, I think 8 million will get moses and if we were to sign hulk I would want it below 40million. I don't know what people opinions on this are, and I don't care what anyone thinks to be honest. We all have our own opinions on this website, but the I see people writing things like "ed is there any chance chelsea will sign richard dunne as cover" whoever that was, you need sleep mate. One last thing, give piazon a chance next year, and ake!

Why do you care about the price of Hulk, money is no object for that Russian owner of yours.

He's not english..

19 Jun 2012 10:02:01
How I see the rest of the summer transfer dealings developing...

RB) We are definitely in for a new right back, not to replace Ivanovic but to offer competition. There are three that we are currently linked heavily with - Lukasz Piszczek, Cesar Azpiliqueta & Mathieu Debuchy. My personal preference out of the three would be Azpiliqueta, Debuchy has been impressive for France but when I have had the chance to watch Azpiliqueta he has looked solid and impressive. My curveball option would be Nataniel Clyne at Palace; although he would need a year on loan at another Premier League club, and we need a player for this season, he has a great future ahead of himself.

RW) I have a funny fealing the Hulk deal will fall apart due to us not agreeing a fee with Porto, I think the money they want for him is too much. He has the odd very good game where he is pretty much unstoppable but I have seen him not show up for games on too many occasions! I would like to see our continual interest in his compatriot, Lucas Moura, come to fruition. He can play RW and also change positions with Mata, Hazard etc. at will; the thought of those three in the same team is very exciting. Should Daniel Sturridge leave I would actually like Theo Walcott to come in as a backup option for both the RW and ST positions; he has stated his desire to play as a striker.

ST) If Sturridge stays or goes we will need to sign a new striker, I have already said I'd like Walcott to come in but he wouldn't be able to play the lone striker role, he would very much be a backup. Looking forward to seeing Romelu Lukaku during pre-season - if he performs well the give him a chance. With Fernando Torres likely to be rested after the Euros Lukaku should see a fair bit of pitch time during re-season. Other potential new players - I like the look of Robert Lewandowski, he would be my preference. Torres, Lewandowski and Lukaku as the three main striking options.

In short signings I'd like to see - Azpiliqueta, Moura, Walcott (if Sturridge leaves) and Lewandowski.

Surewould

I stopped reading once Walcott's name got mentioned.

You'll be pleased to know Victor Moses seems the preferred option then my anonymous friend!

Surewould

I like everything you've posted, i don't understand why people are so against Walcott, he is very fast and is a good finisher for a winger, people are forgetting we NEED home grown players in the squad, i would jump at the chance to swap Sturridge for Walcott if Sturridge wants out.

PB

Looks like we Chelsea fans are split 50/50 over Walcott. I believe he is what we are missing,raw pace to counter attack teams.
Hulk would be my first choice as he has quality as well as expeirence at the highest level. I would prefer Walcott to moura simply because I have not seen moura other than YouTube, also I believe we would just be a stop gap until Madrid come calling. My choice at RB would be Kyle walker or Micah Richards, maybe using Sturridge as a make weight. I don't see Torres coming good and being a 20 goal a season striker. So on that basis I would like cavani to come in and cut our loses on Torres. Victor Moses would be a good replacement for kalou(squad player).

How long have you guys been following chelsea? We hardly get chances to counter-attack teams, we tend to come up against teams that sit back. On that note, explain to me how useful would Walcott be to us? He's solely all about pace, hasn't got a footballing brain and has no trickery. Deny him space and looks clueless, Chamberlaine is still adapting at Arsenal and looks twice the player. Exactly the same reason SWP was hopeless for us, this isn't some video game, explains why Arsenal don't mind seeing the back of him and top clubs don't seem interested yet some think it's what we need? Give me strength

Hold on, you talk about homegrown and in the same sentence you metion about swapping Sturridge? LoL. I'd 10x rather have Sturridge than Theo "all pace but no footballing brain" Walcott.

I don't see the need for Walcott either, we play a slow, patient passing game with good passers and clever players. Walcott is pace, only ever going to be good on fifa! Ok he has had some good games aka England vs Sweden but on the whole the guy is not good enough for Chelsea

Rich

Who said we dont play counter attacking football we was based on that when the special one was here with duff and robben.

jambo

Why has everyone given up on Sturridge? He's a great young talent who had a bit of a cold spell late last season. I think he should be the primary backup to Torres.

When clubs or national teams change just one coach, almost in all cases there will be substantial changes in the preference to the first team choices, the bench, and the distant peripheral players. Remember these are differences between JUST TWO ( 2 ) different coaches.Now imagine us supporters, lets estimate Chelsea supporters at 3 million worldwide. Imagine the differences in opinion you are going to get. So I would encourage fellow supporters NOT to prescribe what they think are absolute and rigidly firm and only solutions to Chelsea new players needs. There are grounds which can be common in our observations, eg we were position 6 because we were not good on the pitch.Personall I would say the club was aging. There was too much player power.The AVB experiment was a total disaster. Torres did not , and has not, performed. Sturridge has potential if only he could spend more time away from the press complaining about HIS position 9. Cech sometimes gets into periods of dithering and indecision, needing a good competitor for his position. There were no wingers to open up teams, both right and left. Ramires has never been a winger all his life, we were just desperate. Drogba did very little scoring during the year. In short, we like need at least 6 FIRST TEAM starters right now, another 3 backups the likes of Marin and De Bryune. The 6 would be Hazard leftwing + new 9 ( Torres bench ), new rightwing, new 2, new partner for Ramires at holding mid, new extra 9 ( Huntelaar ) to vary matches, and also to compete in 4 cups. Walcott can be trained to be very useful, just like Nani. All the comments I have read from all of you may be different, but not necessarily wrong. What is fact is if we stopped buying new players today, we would struggle in all competitions. My wish right now would be Hulk, Lewandowski, Huntelaar, Walcott, promote Todd Kane, Fellaini. Thanks a lot. David Shepherd Mutambirwa, Zimbabwe, Africa

19 Jun 2012 09:14:34
Lille reject 4 mill bid for debuchy from newcastle!

19 Jun 2012 08:07:58
Hi Ed doing a great job! if Modric heads to Spain - Real Madrid would Ozil become available at the right price?? if so would Chelsea be Interested, also we we will tracking Di Maria? {Ed002's Note - There are really too many "ifs" in there to give a sensible answer but if Modric moves to Real Madrid there will most likely be a player in exchange. There are other midfield players that are more likely to leave than Oezil. Real Madrid are aware of the interest from Chelsea in Di Maria but I very much doubt that anything will happen.}

19 Jun 2012 07:00:42
Is it true that Juventus have put a £24m bid in for Torres?! {Ed002's Note - No.}