Chelsea Banter Archive July 20 2017

20 Jul 2017 23:52:10
I fully trust conte and the decisions he makes, but like many fans I don't understand why we are holding back on players like Mendy. We are watching Man City constantly get rejected with their attempts to sing him and eventually they will probably get him. Apparently we are being informed about his situation so we are clearly interested. I know £50m is a lot but instead of faffing around with Sandro for £65m and it's most likely we will not get him, why not give Monaco what they want, sign a 22 year old, brilliant defender who will be in our team for the next 10 years or so.

{Ed018's Note - maybe City is willing to offer a bigger contract. Maybe he has no interest in coming to Chelsea. It's not just about who offers up a bigger transfer fee. That being said if he wants to come here I would sure like to see Chelsea pay what's needed to get him if Sandro isn't possible.}

21 Jul 2017 00:04:53
Let's be honest though Mendy is a very good player but he's not on Alex Sandro's level defensively. Mendy is also injury prone. Sandro should still be the main target and we can surely use Matic to persuade them.

21 Jul 2017 07:47:29
Of course Sandro is better than Mendy. We should still try for sandro, however if we fail to get sandro and man city gets Mendy then we will be loosers for LB/ LWB position.
Also I believe Mendy will be more interested to join Man City than CFC because of wages they will offer and we do have Alonso so competition at our club for position. At city he will have free run as LB.

21 Jul 2017 14:02:46
I know they are 2 top top managers but sometimes hat has a swing on things too. Sometimes players want to play under Pep due to his tactics etc.

Ed018, any chance of that write up that you said you might be able to do this week. Thanks dude.

20 Jul 2017 21:11:50
Does anyone know what our plans with the following players are? :
Jeremie Boga
Tomas Kalas
Matt Miazga
Mario Pasalic
Are we looking to loan out all of these players, or are any of them expected to perhaps be kept around the first team this season?

20 Jul 2017 22:34:13
Think miazga has gone back to vitesse.

20 Jul 2017 22:58:56
Boga is most likely a loan which is difficult to predict.
Kalas mentioned last year that he wants stability so I could see him going somewhere permanently, possibly back to Fulham where he had a very nice season.
Miazga will get another loan but I think he ruled going back to vitesse out last year.
Pasalic is an interesting one.

I wouldn't be too upset if the club kept him to be our 4th centre-mid as I think his defensive capabilities are more advanced than Lewis Baker's but he's also performed very well in a number of loans recently and I could see him wanting a permanent move rather than another loan.

20 Jul 2017 19:00:45
So far very good transfer window for us. We have signed already four players and it's still July.
I think out of four signings three players : Morata, Bakayoko and Rudiger will will start in playing XI, which will be huge for us.
I am not sure but I think all these four signings are Conte's signings and not of our boards.
We are still linked with few more players for different positions.

About CB's and WB's we have right now 7 players ( Considering Zouma leaving on loan) so at least 1-2 new addition will be made in that area.

We play with 2 men midfield. We got 3 players for it ( considering matic to leave) so new addition is required as back up. I don't think we will sign any high profile player for CM position. But expecting another addition as back up or may be someone from youth to be given chance.

Attacking midfield/ Winger's position is the one where I don't think we will invest. But if right player becomes available at right price then Conte/ CFC board might get tempted. Else apart from hazard, Pedro, Willian I think Moses and Musonda can do job as cover.

We play lone striker. We got Morata and do have batshuayi. Also last season Conte played hazard as Striker and it worked. So not expecting any new striker signing.

So overall expecting another 2-3 new signings in this transfer window.

21 Jul 2017 05:37:45
Lewis baker?

20 Jul 2017 12:36:28
Just seen on sky sports Morata arriving at Heathrow and one thing he already has over Costa is that he can actually speak English. I don't want to put Diego down as he has been great for us, winning 2 league titles in 3 years. But he's never seemed as though he really wanted to be here and never attempted to pick up the language. Morata will hopefully thrive under Conte and I'm now starting to look forward to the new season with optimism (especially with a few more squad signings to hopefully come) .

20 Jul 2017 13:58:00
That has to be a huge plus being able to communicate clearly with your colleagues and referees and I for one am very pleased we have an intelligent footballer as our striker. If we are going to pull one more 'rabbit out of the hat' Alex Sandro would be the one, exceptional asset. Still baffled as to why we would want Danilo, his defending is awful and if Man City get him then that would fit in with their love of awful defending!

20 Jul 2017 00:40:11
Hi guys, just thought (probably bit like fantasy football) if Muller would become available would anyone take him?

20 Jul 2017 06:21:18
No thanks, we play with 3 players upfront. We are getting Morata from Madrid and do have michy as back up.
For wide players we have Hazard, Pedro, Willian and Moses, Musonda can do job as back up.

20 Jul 2017 06:31:27
would anyone take muller hmmm a top class german international who scores no matter where he plays lol that is a tough one who wouldn't take him he is world class.

20 Jul 2017 06:55:44
TBH Samrat i get what your saying and Muller won't happen but we need at least 3 ST if one gets injured wed have to play one forward in all prem and cup games that's a lot of football.

20 Jul 2017 08:20:08
Discounting the fact that Muller is a pipe dream and will never happen, you don't say no to a guy of his level if the opportunity to get him presents itself. He's one of the absolute best attacking players in the world. His finishing is great, his technique is surprisingly good, and his football IQ is pretty much off the charts and unparallelled (similar to Lampard's football IQ) .
He'd be a better addition to the team than even Bale or Griezmann in my opinion.

20 Jul 2017 09:47:27
Muller would be a definite yes from me. someone of that quality who can play anywhere across the front line/ attacking midfield areas? Yes, please.

20 Jul 2017 10:07:29
Of course we should want him for reasons others have given and because or squad still lacks strength in depth esp. when compared to other CL teams, or the Manchester clubs.

20 Jul 2017 14:29:45
Muller would be great, really great. Obviously not happening though.