Eh? He has adjusted pretty well to English football. At Barcelona he was not even getting any games and thats why they farmed him out like they did Bojan not without including buy-back clauses in the contract.
Point is that Chelsea are right now building a team and he is very much a big part of that. He has not had any problems adjusting to the culture and as I have said, he has Spanish players around him who have been taking care of him. He is also going to get much more games at Chelsea than he will at Barcelona.
He is obviously a Barcelona fan and I would not begrudge him a move. Just saying you should not compare this with the Fabregas transfer
Apparently Inter Sporting Director Marco Branca will be in London on Thursday and Friday to negotiate with Chelsea over Maicon and hopefully seal the transfer. This is according to Milan-based journalist Tancredi Palmeri
Internacional President Giovanni Luigi has confirmed of our interest in Oscar. No word on whether a deal has been reached though although that looks it will be done according to Oscar's agent in the next few days. Doubt the transfer will be concluded any time soon as Oscar is training with the Brazil Olympic squad and I doubt he will be able to leave to do a medical, agree personal terms etc.
Bayern Leverkusen have refused to shut the door on the Andre Schurrle transfer. According to their sporting director Wolfgang Holzhauser Leverkusen 'came to the conclusion we would be unable to sign an adequate and affordable replacement for Andre Schurrle' although 'ruling anything out at any point in time'
I doubt this transfer will happen unfortunately. But perhaps De Bruyne could be sent on loan to Leverkusen as a sweetener... Could work out
Also Werder Bremen are interested in taking Lukaku and De Bruyne on loan. De Bruyne mainly because Marin has left them for us and Lukaku because they don't really have quality strikers
it clearly is.
I think our business on the market will be finished once we've signed a RB (Maicon?) and Oscar (or Modric?). We will have some squad next season!!!
AVB admitted Modric is in discussions with clubs on a possible transfer. But since the Oscar deal is looking so likely and I am pretty sure we are buying him to convert him into a CM, doubt Modric will come
Also I am pretty sure we will remain in the market for Schurrle. If the transfer window has told us anything, it is that Chelsea are actively looking to sign a winger who can also add depth to the striker position- Hulk and Schurrle fit this category. Really excited about Schurrle if he comes...
Schurrle is a fantastic dribbler with an excellent long-range shot. Decent crossing abilities. Willingly tracks back to defend. Pretty good speed and acceleration. Can hold his own against defenders. Very good work-rate.
Fits the type of wingers RDM prefers so no suprise we have been linked with him. Would willingly take him over Sturridge mainly because he offers all that Sturridge does and has the added bonus of being a hard-worker who will track back happily
Doubt Oscar was bought as that winger. He can play on the wings but lacks top-end speed and crossing to really play a major role there. Much better in the centre with the freedom to link up with the attack.
Oscar, Schurrle and Maicon would be good additions. Would still take Modric over Oscar any day though
Squad numbers announced for new arrivals:
De Bruyne to take 14
Marko Marin will take 21
Eden Hazard will take 17 (So much for demanding the No.10 shirt)
Terry is cleared
I want to know the full details as his defence seemed ridiculousCaroline Davies @ccdavies
Glad he got cleared... Now we can go into the season without a ******* cloud hanging over our heads
Glad he got cleared... Now we can go into the season without a ******* cloud hanging over our heads
I think oppossing fans will have different ideas-especially on Derby match days. This could rumble on quite a while off the pitch like what's happened with Suarez. Either way I'm not commenting on the case as I wasn't there.
Its Chelsea im sure we will have something over our heads soon enough..
Your right but I meant it more along the lines of... Terry not going to get banned. Squad harmony preserved etc.