Felipe Luiz finally came in at £15.8m. Not bad. Good negotiating.

Dhelake: Azzin, Musa played U20 with James Rodriguez in 2011 and Musa still claims 21 when James is 23 now

Musa was 18 yrs old in 2011...

Ibime: Felipe Luiz finally came in at £15.8m. Not bad. Good negotiating.

Thank God. It would have been utterly ridiculous to buy him for close to £30 million.

CFCfan:
Musa was 18 yrs old in 2011...

Agahowa was 20 in 2002 as well

15m for this ninja? That'd fetch us atleast 4years of quality service. Good buy I say.

He'd dorn the number 5 Shirt.

Diego Costa to get the number 19.

No more signing says Jose mourinho , I don't believe him .

It's Diego !

I hope we won't hear "the squad is unbalanced" bs talk this year sha.......

at least the squad is now 'Jose's team'

Next season's starting 11 could be

-----------Courtois---------

--Azpilicueta--Cahill--Terry--F.Luis----

------------Matic---Fabregas----------

---Schurrle------Hazard-----Oscar------

------------------Costa-----------

Azpilicueta over Ivanovic?! .Go home, you are drunk.

pkasso: Azpilicueta over Ivanovic?! .Go home, you are drunk.

Azpilicieta played well for CFC at left-back last season. If Filipe Luis had not been bought, Azpi would have been the first choice there.

CFCfan:
Azpilicieta played well for CFC at left-back last season. If Filipe Luis had not been bought, Azpi would have been the first choice there.

I don't like meddling in the matters of other clubs but there's no way Azpilicueta will start ahead of Ivanovic at RB.Not in this life or the next.

Abeg was Thiago Mendes transfer confirmed?

Thís one wey Jose talk say no more signings, I no want enter season relying on that clown Ramires.

4llerbuntu: I hope we won't hear "the squad is unbalanced" bs talk this year sha.......

at least the squad is now 'Jose's team'

They'd surely bring out another excuse

Jose Mourinho insists Chelsea have completed their transfer business for the summer.
The Blues have moved quickly in the transfer market this summer, with Cesc Fabregas' arrival ahead of the World Cup followed by the signings of Diego Costa and Filipe Luis from Atletico Madrid. Promising midfielder Mario Pasalic has also joined from Hajduk Split.
"I have to say my club did a fantastic job, and not just because of what we bought, but because we did it in almost record time. The transfer market closes 31 August and we close our market on July 19. We finished the market today," said Mourinho.
"The club did fantastic, we knew the targets, we knew the players and the club attacked them and their clubs at a very early stage.
  
"We got exactly what we need and what we want. The squad is one which I like very much and I look forward to starting the season."
Mourinho believes he has a squad capable of winning the Premier League next season, but accepts that any of the title hopefuls could also easily end up fifth, with Manchester United expected to challenge again under Louis van Gaal.
"Last year, if you had asked me in July, I would never have said Man United would be outside the top four. This season I will tell you one (to miss out) and I have a big percentage of making a mistake," said Mourinho.
"There were good teams last season and there will be better teams this season because everyone is investing.
"A few years ago, you make a team to be champions and most probably you are champions. Now if you make a team to be champions, you try to finish in the top four."
"Why I like the Premier League so much is that at this moment, nobody knows who is going to win the title.
"I know that we want to and I know that we can, but it is the kind of competition where I can't say.
  
"At this moment, I think between us, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man United, Man City - who is going to be first, who is going to play in the Europa League, I don't know."
Mourinho said it only took him 20 minutes to convince Fabregas to join from Barcelona and insists the midfielder never wanted to return to Arsenal. 
"I spoke with him 20 minutes. I think he really wanted to come to us," he added.
"As you know, Arsenal had an option where they could interfere, but I think he was not open to that, I think he was very, very much in our direction, so it was an easy job for me."


Source: Sky Sports

CFCfan:
Azpilicieta played well for CFC at left-back last season. If Filipe Luis had not been bought, Azpi would have been the first choice there.

You can't compare Caesar to Ivanovic in anyway at all.. Caesar is just a hardworking defender but shouldn't start ahead of our own robot Ivanovic

We shouldn't expect any more signing according to Mourinho.

I need his mobile number.

chelseabmw:
You can't compare Caesar to Ivanovic in anyway at all.. Caesar is just a hardworking defender but shouldn't start ahead of our own robot Ivanovic

Ok. But Mou will have to do some squad rotation because the likes of Cech, Pasalic, Ivanovic/Azpilicueta, Willian wouldn't fancy warming the bench for long periods during next season.

This upcoming season will test Mourinho's famous man-management skills.

CFCfan:
Ok. But Mou will have to do some squad rotation because the likes of Cech, Pasalic, Ivanovic/Azpilicueta, Willian wouldn't fancy warming the bench for long periods during next season.

This upcoming season will test Mourinho's famous man-management skills.

Caesar was on the bench during the start of last season so that wouldn't be a problem.He can play as. Right/left back. I like the guy so much but I'm sorry too say that he will come as a sub too... Willan will definitely come as a substitute Atleast we have a recognized No 10

With what we've got at the moment, I see Mou reverting to his favoured 4-3-3 formation. Only a troglodyte will have Matic and Fabregas in a pivot system.

If by chance Mou comes up with such approach, then expect a scenario of ''Onazi dey play, Mikel dey escort'' at Cfc next season.

That said, I'd settle for this team:

Courtois/Cech

Ivanovic - Cahill - Terry - Luís

Oscar - Matic - Fabregas

Willian - Costa - Hazard

I hope mou was joking when he said our transfer biz is done? We need another striker, unless lukaku is staying, because i cant imagine us using torres when costa is out injured or something oh

pkasso: Azpilicueta over Ivanovic?! .

Go home, you are drunk

Tval: We shouldn't expect any more signing according to Mourinho.

I need his mobile number.

The emboldened lines though, thanks for the laugh mates

4llerbuntu: I hope we won't hear "the squad is unbalanced" bs talk this year sha.......

at least the squad is now 'Jose's team'

Wait now.

By August me go ask them Is this Jose's team, Are you still in transition? Who are the teams stronger than Chelsea

Because by February now you go begin hear say Sunderland had a better squad than Chelsea. When people can open mouth say Liverpool had a better squad than Chelsea last season. The same Liverpool whose 2nd best player was chased out for being below Chelseas standards

Egyptian military law threatens Mohamed Salah's future with Chelsea

http://m.sportskeeda.com/football/egyptian-military-law-threatens-mohamed-salahs-future-with-chelsea

chelseabmw:

Lukaku is staying ...... That im sure of

good, it's high time he opens his chelsea goal scoring acct

Is there a point in Jose fielding all these young players in pre-season? Is Jose going to promote youngsters to the first team? History shows this is a waste of time.

Specialists in failure......una don start?

You are two goals down in first half........useless team with a useless coach.

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