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Mateo Kovacic

synththfc

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This one is shit, because Chelsea get a great player, but what the hell could Levy have done? They got Kovacic because they were selling them Courtois. You want us to sell Real one of our top players? If not, this one isn't on Levy.

Don't think this is the one to meltdown over, either
 

dtxspurs

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Midfield of Jorginho-Kante-Kovacic :sick:
I really don't think people are seeing how damn good Chelsea are going to be again... Their meltdown was the reason we made top 4 last year. They have a badass squad and no champions league. Christ we are up against it.
 

Blue

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could at least tried to make a cheeky bid and tempt him to come to us and turn down chelsea. They probably woulden't accept our bid since it would be something like 3 million plus Onomah but still.
 

Marty

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I really don't think people are seeing how damn good Chelsea are going to be again... Their meltdown was the reason we made top 4 last year. They have a badass squad and no champions league. Christ we are up against it.
Their central defence isn't great, they have a misfiring Morata as still their best striker and Sarriball usually takes a long time to get properly to grips with.

That central midfield + Hazard is brilliant but I don't see how we are overall worse than them.
 

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I really don't think people are seeing how damn good Chelsea are going to be again... Their meltdown was the reason we made top 4 last year. They have a badass squad and no champions league. Christ we are up against it.

I know you wanted Kovacic but let's not pretend we've got a team of turnips. Its been a truly shit window but doing the look at other sides on paper game and ruling us out of top 4? Nah, not for me.
 

dtxspurs

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Their central defence isn't great, they have a misfiring Morata as still their best striker and Sarriball usually takes a long time to get properly to grips with.

That central midfield + Hazard is brilliant but I don't see how we are overall worse than them.
We are likely another year getting a lesser version of Dembele yet again and they have massively improved the middle of the park. The midfield is the most important area of the field and they now, IMO have the second best one in the league. That paired with no CL, I think they are going to be a fucking handfull. I don't think we're bad all the sudden but we struggled with fitness and depth last year and have done nothing to fix it.
 
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They probably see him as modrics future replacement.
Have to say, if an option to buy isn’t included this isn’t great business from chelski IMO. Smells like a big-name-panic-recruitment.... who would want that ?
If it turns out there is an option to buy then I people might feel upset, but at the moment Chelsea seem to be doing Madrid a favour while giving up Courtois ... Makes a change another team being their bitch for a bit.
 

WalkerboyUK

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I really don't think people are seeing how damn good Chelsea are going to be again... Their meltdown was the reason we made top 4 last year. They have a badass squad and no champions league. Christ we are up against it.

Was watching The Debate on SSN last night and they said defensively they will have lots of problems. Sarri plays 4 at the back yet defensively that squad is still set up for 3/5.
 

Luka Van der Bale

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I really don't think people are seeing how damn good Chelsea are going to be again... Their meltdown was the reason we made top 4 last year. They have a badass squad and no champions league. Christ we are up against it.
Potentially yes. Fingers crossed that their defence gets exposed. Not something Sarri will massively focus on, and Luiz and Alonso are very poorly suited to playing in a back 4.
 

dtxspurs

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Was watching The Debate on SSN last night and they said defensively they will have lots of problems. Sarri plays 4 at the back yet defensively that squad is still set up for 3/5.
Sure their fullbacks aren't the best, but they will likely move Azpilicueta back to fullback where he is fantastic and they have a bunch of good CB's with Christensen and Ruddier continuing to grow as a pair.
 

arunspurs

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Kovacic to Chelsea is a doublewhammy. Lose him to Chelsea & Madrid don't need to sell Cebellos (who has been our target 'allegedly')anymore.

Anyway, RM wanted Courtois. This was always on the cards.
 
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