Pretty sure zouma wasn’t a starter when he first arrived either but due to injuries with Mina he established himself as a starter alongside Keane
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Holgate is injured, Mina is only just coming back, he'd start Sunday if he arrived today.
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
Will be Keane and Mina.
Was thinking that myself, if it came down to be a bit part player for Chelsea or us then you would imagine he would prefer to stay where he was.
thought mina was injured?
GwladysBlue
Player Valuation: £70m
Really hope an option-to-buy clause is inserted in the deal.
BillBrasky
Player Valuation: £8m
Hopefully not, they are awful together.
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
Back in training.
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
Won’t start a kid with zero appearance in cb, away to Spurs.
So hope Tomori will join soon. He and Keane/Mina.
Pretty sure he was. Keane and Mina don't look good together, it's why we've consistently tried to split them up whenever possible. We supposedly paid £5m for the Zouma loan, we weren't doing that for him to come and sit on the bench for a year and then go back. Same with this, there's no way an England international who could probably get a game for half the league comes to us to be back up. Obviously he may end up sitting on the bench, but there's no way that's the plan, it would make no sense for any of the parties involved.
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
Keane and Mina are internationals. Only Holgate not getting a full cap yet.
That's true, but i'm not sure what the relevance is?
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
If Mina and Keane can sit on the bench. So is Tomori. It depends on performance and form.
Yes but i'm talking about the plan. As I said, he might end up sitting on the bench, but I very much doubt that is the plan from the off. There are plenty of players who could come in and be cover for a year, who wouldn't cost a lot and who would be content to just get a few run outs here and there. I very much doubt Tomori falls into that category. His career is on an upward trajectory, agreeing to come to us as cover would make no sense for him as a player because by the end of the year it'd be 18 months since he played regularly and everyone would have forgotten who he was. It would make no sense for us to do it because he would be more expensive than other options, and it would make no sense for Chelsea because they will want him to play to either improve or increase his value. If it was a permanent deal it would be different, but as a loan it only really makes sense for any party if we're saying we expect him to be a big part of the team.
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