Chelsea Rumours Archive November 29 2011

29 Nov 2011 20:40:02
Vert impressed with Romeu, id start him now fullstop, Bertrand looks ready aswel, i always thought Van aaholt* was the better left back not so sure now, Jurys still out on Lukaku for me, he seems heskey-esque, hopefully he'l go out on loan where ha can develop, would like see a home grown attacking mid/striker in place of malouda, couple of lads in reserve team that would offer more, overall happy tho some cracking kids coming through

ZOLA

29 Nov 2011 17:05:45
Afternoon Ed, has there been any further discussions inside Chelsea regarding a bid for Higuain? Are we defo going to make a bid?

Thanks in advance {Ed002's Note - As we stand right now Chelsea intend to discuss the matter with Real Madrid.}

Cool thanks ed, will just have to wait till January then

29 Nov 2011 12:36:45
Kelvin De bruyne is a really good bargain for january.just watched is clips, fantastic player, good dribbling skills,good passing ability with both feet, good freekick taker and very fast which solves our problem in midfield. chelsea should quickly take him with both hands. what do you think ed {Ed002's Note - De Bruyne will probably arrive in January but he is not a bargain at all. That was one of the reasons why he did not arrive in the summer. This was discussed yesterday or the day before.

29 Nov 2011 07:08:35
Ed002: the problems we are facing in the meantime is mostly based on the imbalance of our squad. The best carrer results most often are achieved in one's best physical years of 25-29. Right now we are loaded with both over and under that. Only Torres, Meireles and Essien fill that bill, but one's out of form and squad, the other can't carry this team, whilevthe last is chronicaly injured.

When i see us interested in deBruyne, Reus and the best of Europes young talent I applaud it. But don't we have a persistent habit of a need to win? The kids win't takes where we want to be in sjort term. In a 3-4 years sure they may. But to achieve the biggest results we need best players playing to top of their abilities.

We buy young guns and don't play them, while our heralded legents can't keep on carrying us through tjin week in and out.

Seriously i hoped we could sign Modric or Sneijder, i am aware of the obstacles, but the way to go is definitely this. We need at least a couple of experienced internationals for this squad, someone playing good and in the right age. For midfield i would hope we try again for Modric or Hamsik. For front i hope we are interested in Hulk. And Cahill or Godin or both for defence. {Ed002's Note - I think I should make the point that the investment in younger players is being made for the longer term and in most cases they are simply not in a position to drop straight in to the team and play every week. They are getting their chances, such as Romeu at the weekend, and some will have the opportunity to go out on loan to gain experience. Much of Chelsea's success has been built around having a consistant core to the team over a number of years (Cech, Terry, Lampard, Cole, Ferreira, Drogba etc.) and the club would like to do that again. Hopefully in doing so the balance will be restored. Interest in de Bruyne and the like is fine, but Chelsea do not want to be held to ransom and his price more than doubled in the alst week of the summer transfer window. The club continue to look at players regularly and efforts continue to be made to bring the right players in, but January is not naturally a good time for transfers.}