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08 Jul 2012 20:39:03
hey ed,
are the club looking at hoilett as an alternative to victor mosses? i dont see why he would like to join a club fighting for the title and he is also free and arguably better than mosses.
thanks,
cali {Ed002's Note - No.}
Holliett left Blackburn already and gone Germany I think
08 Jul 2012 19:54:18
Hi Ed , is maicon a chelsea player right now ? If not what has to be completed ?
Thanks {Ed002's Note - I know nothing of it.}
ED002 have you been told of a bid for Schurrle? {Ed002's Note - I answered the question.}
08 Jul 2012 19:12:21
List of current midfielders and current position about staying or leaving.
Lampard-He was rumoured to be of interest to La Galaxy and elsewhere, in my honest opinion he'll stay and to be honest I desperately want him to! OUTCOME-STAY
Meireles-He is of interest of lots of clubs, I think it quite likely he will leave this summer, and I'm not to bothered if he left but I would still be fine if he stayed. OUTCOME- LEAVE
Ramires-No point talking about him, he will definitely stay. OUTCOME-STAY
Mikel-He was decent towards the end of the season, I'm not sure if he is of interest to any clubs, (I would expect so though) I expect him to stay. OUTCOME-STAY
Essien-He didn't look at all like the Essien of old, and I expect that Pre-season if going to be absolutely crucial to see whether there is any change, but I do expect him to stay. OUTCOME-STAY
Romeu-Stay at the club and not to go on loan and to fight for his place.
Mceachran and Piazon, I think can take the load from Meireles if he leaves and I think it would be excellent for them as players to see them improve and show what they've got and for them to get experience.
No need for any more midfielders in my opinion.
PR!
So ur saying lampard, ramires, Mikel and Essien is good enough? We've got one out of the four playing decent football
I Would be supprised is both essien and mikel were kept, romeu im also not to sure
mceachran is going on loan and piazon needs 1 more year.
we need a RW and any other midfilders/wingers will be needed for squad with possibility 0f 70+ games we are going to need strength in all areas.
i think your right about Lamps i expect him to see out his contract with a move to mls next january Ramires aint going anywhere and mereles i think your right there as well fella.
i would expect a couple off additions to the midfield before the summer is over.
BlueBen
Well, if you read and watched the end of last season you would have seen Ramires yes playing incredibly well, Mikel was playing the best football he has ever played in a chelsea shirt, Lamps was excellent as usual, and if you read what I said was that Essien wasnt great at all, but pre-season was going to be important. Also remember with the likely formation we will play is that we only need two midfielders...
PR!
Spot on PR, i just don't see the need, plus anyone we're linked with is going to cost 30 mil +.
trueblue012
If the club followed your advice we'd finish 8th. McEachran couldn't get a game at Swansea and Piazon has no top-level experience and we're banking on them to replace a full international in an already inadequate midfield? It would be a criminal abdication of responsibility. This is a 200m turnover business, operating decisions aren't made on the basis of irrational gambles or whatever seems like a good idea in FM2012. When you do that, you end up like Blackburn.
Ramires has actually hinted at a move back to brazil
The Ramires thing was misread, also to the geezer who said that we would end up like Blackburn and said that I run a club like Football manager, if I did I would want to buy Xavi, Modric and Yaya Toure which I'm quite clearly am not stating at all...What I'm saying is that for the two midfielder positions we are going to have 5 midfielders to cover it, and what's wrong with giving them experience against lower league clubs in the capital one cup or Fa Cup...
08 Jul 2012 18:59:00
Reports saying we've had a £16m bid rejected for Schurlle. Looks a great prospect but with 3 strikers already in Torres, Lukaku and Sturridge is this a replacement for Sturridge? Who has been linked with a move away for some time now.
RD11
08 Jul 2012 17:33:08
ED002 is it true we have had a bid rejected for Schurrle? {Ed002's Note - I really don't know. There has been lingering interest and he would be a very good addition to the squad.}
Yeah a 16 million pounds bid rejected, no doubt we'll make another bid
Do you think may make another bid ED? {Ed002's Note - I think the message was clear from me.}
08 Jul 2012 17:18:42
25 million euro bid by Chelsea rejected for Shurrle according to Sky Sports Germany.
08 Jul 2012 17:17:22
Rumour that Chelsea had 25m for shurrle rejected
08 Jul 2012 17:10:47
Bayer Leverkusen reject Chelsea's 25mill euro bid for Schurlle according to german journalist Raphael Honigstein
08 Jul 2012 16:51:28
i ed we aint heard lately anything from the fernando intrest... is there a possible chance of chelsea making a move?
gd job! {Ed002's Note - We will see.}
08 Jul 2012 16:34:05
Seen on Eurosport that Adebayor will be sold to chelsea to make funds for RVP is this true or just BS?
FatFrank {Ed002's Note - Manchester City that hard up are they.}
Reports say spurs have had a bid accepted for 6-8 mil
08 Jul 2012 15:56:31
rumours that Ibrahimovic WANTS a move to chelsea and would like the deal to go through, any truth? thanks in advance {Ed002's Note - Twitter I guess?}
Actually this was on tuttosport not twitter
08 Jul 2012 15:46:23
Ed, do we have any sort of relationship wit Corinthians and do u know anything about us have first refusal on the youngsters of a club from Slovenia/Slovakia?
Dastanj {Ed002's Note - I cannot answer questions with "any sort" in - it is entirely subjective. There is an agreement with Kosice and a couple of other sides but don't get wrapped up in any thoughts of "first refusal" as such.}
08 Jul 2012 15:42:43
Hey Ed, being a while since u posted on any of this guys so, what is the latest with Wallace, Ronan and Pernao, do u think any of them will come over to Chelsea this summer, how serious is our interest in Igor Lichnovsky, Mauro Caballero and Lucas Patinho, can u see making a move for any of them this summer and back to europe, how strong is our interest in Kovacic and Markovic, is the club looking to deal for any or both of them this summer and lastly, which other youngsters are we looking at? Peace out.
Dastanj {Ed002's Note - Don't expect any of those Brazilians this summer. The Kovacic situation is complex. Markovic has attracted the attention of Chelsea, Liverpool, Bayer Leverkusen and Espanyol. A move in the summer is possible but Partizan Belgrade may price him out of the market.}
08 Jul 2012 15:26:58
Hi ED(s) although Dortmund do not want to sell Lewandowski has he interested Chelsea at all? Would they consider bidding for him? {Ed002's Note - Dortmund's Lewandowski has been watched by Liverpool, PSG, Real Madrid, Rubin Kazan, Manchester United, Spartak Moscow (who are concerned about losing Welliton), Juventus and Lille. I very much suspect Bayern Munich would be top of the list with a cheque in hand should he not agree an extension at Dortmund but Dortmund certainly do not want to sell him to BM. The other more viable options are Arsenal, Manchester United, Juventus (albeit he is probably fourth choice for them) or possibly Real Madrid if Higuain moves on, or PSG if Higuain stays in Madrid. At present Dortmund and the player have been unable to reach agreement over a new deal but that does not mean that they won't.}
08 Jul 2012 16:51:44
Some rubbish about Ibrahimovic wanting to join us. source tuttosport.
08 Jul 2012 14:37:26
Sao Paulo midfielder Lucas Moura explains that he could make a move to Europe this summer.
The 19-year-old is one of the most sought-after players in world football at the moment, with a number of high-profile sides chasing his signature.
Real Madrid and Inter appear to be leading the race for the player who already has 15 Brazil caps to his name, and there is every chance that he could make a switch to Europe as early as this summer.
Lucas Moura admits he is unlikely to see out his contract with the Brazilian side that runs until June 2014.
“I cannot confirm my stay until 2014 because there is a lot of time and you never know what will happen tomorrow,” the youngster told Folha de Sao Paulo.
The player also confessed he is tempted by the reported interest from Europe’s top clubs.
“I open internet and see that Inter Milan, Real Madrid and I don’t know who else are coming for me with loads of money.
“Of course I’m thinking…But, I cannot let it go to my head because I am a quiet man with my feet on the ground.”
My question ed would Chelsea come in with another bid? {Ed002's Note - We'll see what happens.}
I hope we manage to get this guy one of the best talents around.
Going to take some real heroic negotiating to get him though has i get the feeling money is not the issue.
BlueBen
Neymar and Moura will both end up in Spain when they eventually leave Brazil. Too much of a culture shock to come straight to England
Yeah unfourtunatly thats what i fear mate.
BlueBen
Chelsea are the only team to have supposedly made a bid for moura so shorly there at the top of the list
08 Jul 2012 11:38:30
For anyone who cannot find the list of players that people were asking ED for here it is
{Ed002's Note - The following players, plus no doubt others, have been of interest to Chelsea recently to one extent or another ranging from buying them (e.g. Marin) to simply enquiring of an agent but not a club (e.g. Giroud): Alba, Ananidze, Azpilicueta, Cavani, Cortes, Costa, Debuchy,, Doumbia, Dzagoev, Emmanuel, Eriksen, Falcao, Fernando, Ganso, Giovinco, Giroud, Goetze, Hamsik, Hazard, Higuain, Hulk, Ilicic, Inigo Martinez, Isla, Jovetic, Konoplyanka, Kovacic, Krasic, Lavezzi, Marin, Markovic, Moses, Moura, Moutinho, Muller, Muniain, Neymar, Ocampos, Oliveira, Patinho, Pernao, Piszczek, Reus, Ronan, Rondon, Schurrle, Susaeta, Van Der Wiel, Wallace, Wallace and Willian. Searching should find information on most and I really do not have the time to start fielding questions on them.}
BLUEBLOOD
Interesting that there is no Maicon or Modric on that list, which suggests all the paper talk is rather off the mark.
Even an ed can be wrong Or not?
08 Jul 2012 11:31:56
Maybe I'm being blind but where abouts is the list of targets you wrote up ed? cant seem to find it
KOE12 {Ed002's Note - I have no idea - it'll be around somewhere.}
08 Jul 2012 10:17:02
Depending on what you read this morning we are either very close to confirming the signing of Maicon, or have dropped interest in him and are re-enquiring as to the availability of Azpiliqueta!
The signing of Maicon would, for me, suggest that the club very much sees Kane as our future right back - in say two years time. This somewhat buffers what I personally do think would be a poor signing; taking wages into consideration.
The signing of Azpiliqueta, or Debuchy or Pisceckz for that matter, would allow us to have a long term right back in place for when Kane is ready to come into the first team who can share duties with the youngster.
The signing of Maicon just doesn't make any sense in footballing or business terms!
Surewould
I agree with you. Maicon makes no sense for Chelsea what so ever. Let Real Madrid take him, we will take Azpiliqueta and have him for the long term. {Ed002's Note - It is not possible to simply "take" Azpilicueta - it really doesn't work like that. Whilst he remains first choice an issue remains regarding whether or not he will be willing to England. However, I think it is looking more rather than less likely that something can be done.}
08 Jul 2012 10:11:08
Ed, would it be possible for you to name the players that chelsea are looking to sell like you did with real madrid?
Also, am i right in saying that the players you didnt include in the list of chelsea targets such as fellaini, modric, walcott, rvp and maicon, have never been targets just twitter rumours and we should stop asking about them as they definitely won't sign? If that is the case then i think we should all trust Ed and stop including them in our "fantasy teams" and only enquire about the players Ed has named.
Dave {Ed002's Note - I really do not want to get into discussing folks not on the list. As for sales, Chelsea will not stand in the way of anyone wishing to leave and in some cases sales will depend on purchases. But Meireles, Malouda, Ferreira, Benayoun and perhaps Kakuta could leave.}
08 Jul 2012 09:57:05
I've recently heard that we are going to bid for Neymar again this summer. Ed002, what's your take on this? {Ed002's Note - I have no take on it.}
08 Jul 2012 09:31:57
I personally think Kaka was looking pertty good last season at Madrid.Ed,do you think Madrid are going to sell him?
roan {Ed002's Note - Yes with Diarra, Carvalho, Granero, Altintop and perhaps Higuain.}
We should buy Lassana Diarra, I was so angry when we let him go, he's class!
08 Jul 2012 09:23:35
Hazard can play left ,right and center.When he was playing for Lille he played mostly on the right with Joe Cole on the left,last season.So,Hulk signing is not a priority(if he signs then it is fine but we won't go all out for him)as we have already got Hazard in that position.I think the only position that requires a must signing is the right back position.Everbody is saying that De bruyne looks pretty good , so I guess we won't let him go on loan and play him in the left or in the center.We have all forgotten Benayoun,he may still have to play a part this season.Hmm.. looks interesting.
roan
Everybody is forgetting we are buying to build a strong squad not just a first eleven
Drebs
Exactly Drebs, We could end up playing 70+ games this season To fight on all fronts we are going to need a squad with some real depth to it and various diffrent options,
Also i belive hazard will play a more central roll in his favoured position (CAM) with mata taking cm and marin on the left then its anyones guess at the moment who will play on the right as it stands id put ramires there.
BlueBen
08 Jul 2012 08:23:50
ED, are we interested in Bastos? {Ed002's Note - Not that I am aware.}
I expect u mean Michel Bastos?
Yeah, did u understand sum1 else?
08 Jul 2012 07:58:14
Hey ed what are your thoughts on thiago silva. I know that it's more likely for him to go to man city but he would be excellent force with David Luiz when Terry's gone.(I know he has signed a new long term contract with AC)
CFC97 {Ed002's Note - I have no thoughts about him - this isn't a dating site.}
Another pointles question.........
Gary Cahill will also be an excellent force with David luiz
Gary Cahill is better
Chelsea Nick
We have Enough world class CB, For the amount of money it would cost and his wage demands he wouldnt be adding anything but problems to the squad.
Cahill and Luiz should start next season.
BlueBen
08 Jul 2012 03:55:30
Hey Ed,
Bit of a long one for you mate, if what i herd was Bs then dont worry about reading anyfurther then first paragraph,cheers for taking the time again fella.
1.Is it true that R.Madrid offered a player swap for lucas Moura in exchange for kaka, and both sides agreed but kakas wage demands were to much and the deal fell through hence why R.Madrid turned there attention to Luka Modric ?
2.If that is true does that mean that sao paulo would be willing to sell for the right price ?
3. Again if that answer is yes does the fact R.Madrid are about to land Luka Modric mean the it is a three way race for Lucas Moura Signiture between us and Manchester United ,Inter millan ?
4.I notice you had Lucas on the list, i know you said the list varies from player to player on the intrest we have in them but has an offer been laid out for lucas buy chelsea yet and if so i dont suppose you no how much that was do you ed ?
I only ask because i honestly belive this guy and Neymar are going to be the next Superstar's in world football to get either would be amazing for the club and the league.
BlueBen
Thanks again mate Enjoy your Weekend. {Ed002's Note - (1) Yes, (2) No necessarily, (3) No, (4) Chelsea have made two offers. The price is not a matter for discussion.}
When you say "I notice you had Lucas on the list" does that mean Ed found some time to write up a list of players we were interested in. I had a scan through the more recent posts and could not find one?
Yes mate BlueBlood has just reposted the list so i wont do it myself.
And thank you ed again its appriciated.
BlueBen
07 Jul 2012 22:50:45
ED002 is it true Spurs may have apparoached Chelsea about the availability of Sturrigde? {Ed002's Note - Not that I am aware.}
08 Jul 2012 01:05:58
Chelsea have signed 6ft 4 inch centre half called George Brady aged 15 from French side ac Cannes.
Blue con
Who funnily enough is the vice-chairman of west ham's nephew
What nationality is he?
ChelseaL
I've tried finding out but he did grow up in monaco.
Blue con
07 Jul 2012 21:57:57
are we considering Willian for the RAM spot anymore?
ChelseaL
Hope not
I wont no has much has ED002 but im guessing the answer is proberly not most intrest in wilian seem to be because AVB was there a even for him wiliam was the short term answer but liek i said i may be wrong,
BlueBen
I dont see why he is very overated, ikker muniain would be worth a shot