The Official Chelsea Thread [Vol 3]

[Russian Troll Bot]

TaylotS2K said:

jcremonini said:

Prefer the Kepa Arrizabalaga rumour myself. Would be a great buy and Sarri is an admirer.

This seems to be gathering pace. But it will have to be a world record fee for a goalkeeper.

If it means commentators have to say Arrizabalaga to Azpilicueta, then I'm all for it

[ou sont les biscuits]

Russian Troll Bot said:

TaylotS2K said:

jcremonini said:

Prefer the Kepa Arrizabalaga rumour myself. Would be a great buy and Sarri is an admirer.

This seems to be gathering pace. But it will have to be a world record fee for a goalkeeper.

If it means commentators have to say Arrizabalaga to Azpilicueta, then I'm all for it

We'll all have to learn euskara........

[TaylotS2K]

Russian Troll Bot said:

TaylotS2K said:

jcremonini said:

Prefer the Kepa Arrizabalaga rumour myself. Would be a great buy and Sarri is an admirer.

This seems to be gathering pace. But it will have to be a world record fee for a goalkeeper.

If it means commentators have to say Arrizabalaga to Azpilicueta, then I'm all for it

You know they'll call him 'Kepa'.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

TaylotS2K said:

Russian Troll Bot said:

TaylotS2K said:

jcremonini said:

Prefer the Kepa Arrizabalaga rumour myself. Would be a great buy and Sarri is an admirer.

This seems to be gathering pace. But it will have to be a world record fee for a goalkeeper.

If it means commentators have to say Arrizabalaga to Azpilicueta, then I'm all for it

You know they'll call him 'Kepa'.

Not if the marketing guys in the club shop have anything to do with it. They charge by the letter when you buy the shirt! That's why we'll never sell Loftus-Cheek.

[jammy-git]

Sounds like you guys are getting Kovacic on loan and possibly Fekir too.

Get all those three and it definitely brings you back into top four contention for me.

[trackdemon]

Come what may, Courtois' conduct has been shambolic. Don't want to live in London? Don't sign the bloody contract. Modern football for you....

[aeropilot]

trackdemon said:

Come what may, Courtois' conduct has been shambolic.

Indeed.

Piss poor attitude.......but par for the course in the modern game it would seem.

[Black can man]

trackdemon said:

Come what may, Courtois' conduct has been shambolic. Don't want to live in London? Don't sign the bloody contract. Modern football for you....

Couldn’t agree more , I’ve been listening all morning on TS about this & they have said about a hundred times how much the new keeper is going to cost but nobody has mentioned how much Real are going to pay Chelsea .

[m3sye]

Black can man said:

Couldn’t agree more , I’ve been listening all morning on TS about this & they have said about a hundred times how much the new keeper is going to cost but nobody has mentioned how much Real are going to pay Chelsea .

I imagine he will be 30-40m

[TaylotS2K]

If Courtois had just come back from the World Cup, got his head down and trained with Chelsea as he was supposed to. Tell Sarri, the hierarchy he desperately wants to leave for Madrid, we'd all respect him a bit more.

His behaviour shows he has no respect for the club or for the fans who have been so good to him.

[aeropilot]

TaylotS2K said:

If Courtois had just come back from the World Cup, got his head down and trained with Chelsea as he was supposed to. Tell Sarri, the hierarchy he desperately wants to leave for Madrid, we'd all respect him a bit more.

His behaviour shows he has no respect for the club or for the fans who have been so good to him.

Indeed.

I'd be claiming breech of contract terms, and holding him to the end of his contract term, and paying him 150 per week to be boot boy at the training ground till next year.

[Russian Troll Bot]

Pictures have emerged of him having his medical at Real

[TaylotS2K]

I've put a bet on Liverpool to win the league with my on-line betting account. You couldn't do that the last time they won it. You had to leave the house, find a bookmakers and use something called a betting slip and a pen.

[Black can man]

Russian Troll Bot said:

Pictures have emerged of him having his medical at Real

He looks like that Willian chap too.

[smn159]

Black can man said:

He looks like that Willian chap too.

Nah, he took a principled stance.

There's even a song about it

[dsmith1990]

Official statement: We have tonight agreed terms with Real Madrid for the transfer of Thibaut Courtois, subject to the agreement of personal terms and a medical. As part of the deal, Mateo Kovacic will join Chelsea on a season-long loan.

Kepa in and it ends up being a good (if slow!) window for us.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

trackdemon said:

Come what may, Courtois' conduct has been shambolic. Don't want to live in London? Don't sign the bloody contract. Modern football for you....

Yet when we wanted to get shot of Bogarde, who chose to honour his contract, he was the bad guy. Most Chelsea fans slag him off, when all he wanted to do was honour the contract he had signed.

Player wants to rip up contract, club wants him to stay - disloyal snake.
Club want to rip up contract, player wants to stay - lacks ambition, just a money grabbing snake.

[m3sye]

[Russian Troll Bot]

He even kissed the Real badge at his unveiling

Anyway, overall a reasonable transfer window?

[Squirrelofwoe]

Didn't Courtois do pretty much the same thing when he joined Chelsea from Genk, i.e. went AWOL, didn't turn up for a match (against Lyon I believe?), Genk then announced they had no option but to sell him.

Leopards and spots comes to mind.