player away from next seasons starting 25 squad?
With Van Ginkle looking like a done deal, are we 1 defender away from the completed squad ?
i think its a slim possibility that next seasons line up could be the following.
Cech, G/K , Blackman.
Azilpilicueta, Cahill, Terry, ACole.
Ivanovich, D/F, Luiz, Bertrand.
Lampard, Ramieres, Oscar, Mata, Schrulle, KdB,
Essien, Romeu, Van Ginkle, Hazard, Moses.
Torres, Ba, Lukaku.
Blackman to step in for Hillario , Turnbull out ( thanks to the rude kolos )
Essien, KdB, & Lukaku to return from loan.
Schrulle & Van Ginkel in.
Marin & Mikel out .
UP front ? Plenty of hipe, but no big spending ?
In defence , a bright new shiny central defender !
Jose has acknowledged the club are FFP aware, and he is in to develop players, so with all this in mind we could be 1 player away from next seasons 25 man squad.
Transfers? are we one out field
posted on 25/6/13
Essien was a different player but now he's be used as the DM, it's not a case of Mikel or Romeu as they're both better than him.
I'd still keep Essien as back up RB though.
posted on 25/6/13
Well if you have been keeping an eye on football you would know that essien is not too slow and not a energetiic to be a box to box . He is a DM now and competes directly with Mikel.
posted on 25/6/13
* now too slow
posted on 25/6/13
BOOMO!
stop being so ignorant, im pointing out that Mikel is vulnerable , he has not exactly flourished over the last couple of seasons with CFC, and if there changes to be made , he is a player who the club can get a strong fee for.
Essien is in the last year of his contract and can double up as a defender , a utility player, the club will not be able to raise a fee for him , but will not have to lay out this season to replace him.
posted on 25/6/13
If Essien is given a decent run of games I am sure he can recapture his old form. I know most dont believe but I hadnt played football for three years three games back and i am at 85-90%
posted on 25/6/13
Kolo, youve got a big mouth and your being rude, thankyou for enlightening us me with the Turnbull update.
To be honest i donot read the mirror , its normally full of stories that have little to do with fact, this case being an exception.
players retained = players who will be availble to the squad or can be sold.
posted on 25/6/13
Its a difficult one really, Mikel isn't what we need but he is pretty consistent and you know exactly what your going to get, but he is the one midfielder we could move on for decent money especially if the gala rumours are to be believed. Essien to me is shot physically but as someone stated has little re sale value and is versatile which will come in handy. Romeu is young and clearly talented but can't stay fit and string any games together. For me he deserves one last chance to prove his fitness.
posted on 25/6/13
We would struggle to make top 4 with that squad. Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool are strengthening their squad whilst we just had a youngster and a left winger.
What we need is a striker and a established CM.
posted on 25/6/13
Terry, i am not in agreeance about a top 4 finish with this side , i think unless someone makes a sensible bid for Torres ( 15m ), he will be staying,also looking at the cost of strikers this window i cant see us spending big,
but i do believe its not a championship winning side ,when you look at our competitors.
I think though this side will be strong bringing in the loan players and adding the players we have added, combined with Jose we will be looking at 3rd.
Finally i do completely agree we need a midfield general , a proven poacher and would also add a quality
centre back to be challenging.
Im not confident the club are going to get the striker they want & midfield wise i can see Jose sticking with Lampard & Essien along with Ramires & Romeu.
posted on 25/6/13
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