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Nihilist:
That is a very thoughtful piece which raises some salient points HOWEVER....

Lukaku was the designated understudy to Costa. It was only after Lukaku decided to pursue his dream elsewhere that Remy was signed, so in a way Lukaku forced Jose's hand.

This means that Remy's signing wasn't as thoughtless as your article implied it to be. It's very difficult to find a quality striker who's happy to sit on the bench, and as Ibime once pointed out, Remy was a man with a slandered reputation and a point to prove.

Overall, I think management is fully aware of the situation. Costa and Remy are good enough to prosecute the season, and Falcao is a fantastic no-strings attached option to have as a 3rd striker(Falcao!! )

Jose has clearly got an eye on youth, and his loan of Bamford to Palace will give him the necessary experience he needs to maybe become the Number 2 man next season, and I must say the boy is looking sharp. Congratulations on your hattrick today Bimffo!

Jose is also looking to integrate Traore as the 4th striker, so there are options. Fact of the matter is that when Costa is carefully managed, he is deadly effective, and there aren't too many strikers that could bench Costa currently available in Europe. Lacazette certainly won't.

So in conclusion, I disagree with your article insistence that a Franchise striker can not be injury prone - Just look at Aguero, RVP (2011-2013), and Robben.

Just give them the Ledley King treatment, and wrap them in cotton wool after each game before carefully storing in the cupboard, and they'll be fine

lalaboi:
People steady hating Hazard more because of Mou's unnecessary hype. . .He's not better than CR7 currently but potentially? its even hard to agree to that.

A40:
More reason why he should be the last person whining about his rivals activities in the transfer market. What he did at the time is tantamount to buying titles and the numbers show he is the Master at it

Ibime:
Good, they should have him. . . we've got more important things to worry about

bandely:
Read somewhere, of a possible deal of Luis Filipe involving Griezmann to Chelsea. However, it doesn't really look it, given that Pedro may be on his way, and both of them play similar positions (Wings and Forward).
At the moment, nothing concrete on Griezmann.

jimmy4x:
You are acting more stupid for taking sides, dude, can't u read?

nateevs:
Okay. Now I think we need to respond to the constant filth I see in here. Anyone knows the mod that oversees our pages? This rubbish has reached intolerable levels.

Bimffo:
Mikel..

dyabman:
Champions touchdown in Canada
NEWS 7 HOURS

The Chelsea squad arrived in Montreal in the early evening local time on Wednesday to begin the pre-season preparations in earnest. Twenty-three players commence a week of training ahead of the first match since a record crowd watched the win over Sydney FC in Australia at the start of June.

The pre-season squad in Canada this week is as follows:

Thibaut Courtois, Asmir Begovic, Jamal Blackman, Cesar Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanovic, Ola Aina, Gary Cahill, John Terry, Kurt Zouma, Jake Clarke-Salter, Nemanja Matic, John Mikel Obi, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ramires, Cesc Fabregas, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Bertrand Traore, Victor Moses, Loic Remy, Diego Costa and Dominic Solanke.

Added to players who were part of the first-team squad that secured the league title last season are new-signing Begovic (pictured below) plus Moses, Chalobah and Traore who were on loan last campaign and from the Chelsea Academy, Aina, Clarke-Salter and Solanke.

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Goalkeeper Asmir Begovic begins his first Chelsea pre-season

The internationals who competed in the Copa America this summer, Filipe Luis, Willian, Juan Cuadrado and new loan-signing Radamel Falcao, will join up with the squad midway through the visit.

Tomorrow morning (Thursday), Jose Mourinho and his staff will lead the first training session with a second one to follow later in the day. Montreal is the main training base throughout the fortnight in North America.

The countdown to our opening fixture in the International Champions Cup continues, with New York Red Bulls hosting the Blues in their stadium on Wednesday night local time, the early hours of next Thursday morning in the UK.

FBS:
bros, I know we dont agree much but this is gold. Totally agree.

That said, ahem , imo Willian can/will do wonders in the middle (I'm assuming a false No10?). That "ninja" (to quote of Ibime) can pass, he is willing to run and can defend when necessary. Yep, I will take that.

AirborneLacer:
Pedro granted permission to speak with Chelsea.

raumdeuter:
35-3 = 32
Ibime you Wan claim 32. You fit swear in the name of egberi or which riverine god
You don forget say you don tell us before in 2008 that you were 32?
Nateevs tried under 17 camp steadily for 7 yrs he started with Segun Fetuga and Jide Oguntuwase.
After that he went for trials in Tunisia and African sports before he gave up and decided to be a network engineer.
Don't dare me o

Nihilist:
I though Nateevs was an accountant.
Nateevs wey dey always do profit and loss analysis of Chelsea finances including 'amortisation'

raumdeuter:
No make I burst nateevs bubble for here. I no wan make he run away from here for another 7months

Nihilist:

I am 27.

Dayo were you were not doing your masters at OAU in 1999?

Ibime:
Looks like Schweinsteiger is joining Manure.

JM better wake up. Schweini + Schneiderlin is a big game changer, meawhile he is joining issues with Falcao.

I hope Schweini injuries continue to haunt him.

BTW, new Chelsea rumour is £15m for Pedro. I say bring it on. He's a perfect complement winger for Hazard.

Debroslink:
Like what Dayo said, No Neymar no Brazil. You can say this to Hazard on Belgium. Can you?

hensben:
When did this love for brazilian players start huh..These current brazilan players are overrated.