19 May 2016 11:33:18
Looking towards next season i really can't see many of the current squad leaving, maybe 3 or 4 max. Probably Matic and Oscar along with Remy plus either Courtois if he wants out or Begovic if Courtois stays. Maybe one or two loanees will return and one or two academy players will follow Ruben and step up to the squad. I also expect a lot of loans again as per usual plus some of the existing loanees to move on. This brings me to my point, i only really see 4 first team ready signings this summer. A goalkeeper, centre back, central midfielder and a forward. Obviously if Hazard and/ or Costa were to leave they would need replacing on top of the 4. In the spirit of banter what do you think?
19 May 2016 12:04:11
Have to agree with you mate. Actually I believe we will sign one star player and couple of less known ones.
Apart from that other signings will be replacements for our outgoing stars: hazard, costa, willian.
20 May 2016 03:26:05
I don't see the massive clear out that some people are predicting. Chelsea are going to ask to be compensated based off previous years performance and buying clubs will want to pay based on this years performances which leaves a large gap in valuation. Of the current players in the first team; falcao, Remy, and pato are all gone. With those guys being sold we need another striker, box to box mid, and centrehalf (I don't think we need one but the club is clearly targeting one) . All other first team sales will need direct replacement. Among loan players we never seem able to sell as many players as we attempt to (see Marko Marin) .
20 May 2016 06:39:18
Do you really mean that we don't need a new centerhalf? Have you been watching our matches this season?
20 May 2016 16:46:45
Tbh I only see us buying another top class centre back if Cahill leaves. Zouma is already ahead of him and Terry won't want to be 4th choice so if we buy a new starting CB that would leave Cahill as 4th choice which I doubt he will accept as he's first pick for England.
20 May 2016 21:57:06
I don't believe we need a centrehalf with the current logjam at the position. We have Zouma, Terry, Cahill, and Ivanovic (I don't see him playing fullback ever again) already in the first team. We also have a number of youth players such as Miazga, Clarke-Salter, and Tomori who in all fairness should be loaned. In addition we have Christensen out on loan who will want a spot more or less lined up. Now I personally believe we should sell Cahill as I don't see his stock possibly improving in the next year but if he doesn't play much it will plummet. If we sell him I think an upgrade at centrehalf would be a great piece of business by the club.