Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Was reading an article the other day about Mourinho. It was going over how Chelsea have had a consistent spine with Cech/Terry/Lampard/Drogba for years and he build the rest of the team to fit in with them.
We look like having Stones/McCarthy/Barkley and would need to add a keeper and a forward to have the long term spine. Lukaku would of course cover the striker position leaving us just needing a top class solid keeper to fit the Mourinho mould.
I would go along with this whole heartedly (and have alluded to this frequently in the past) and am wondering if Roberto is of the same mindset. If so this could be what he's been 'keeping his powder dry' for.
The talk of adding Rodwell to Gibson in the centre to add to Alcaraz wipes out 3 positions with injury hit players. Looking at Pienaar and Osman and Barry if he signs thats 3 more midfielders who are not getting any younger either--6 in a squad which needs bodies and youth.
I definitely hope we can get the solid spine sorted but other than lukaku I cant think of any decent forwards hes ever bought nor keepers?
We look like having Stones/McCarthy/Barkley and would need to add a keeper and a forward to have the long term spine. Lukaku would of course cover the striker position leaving us just needing a top class solid keeper to fit the Mourinho mould.
I would go along with this whole heartedly (and have alluded to this frequently in the past) and am wondering if Roberto is of the same mindset. If so this could be what he's been 'keeping his powder dry' for.
The talk of adding Rodwell to Gibson in the centre to add to Alcaraz wipes out 3 positions with injury hit players. Looking at Pienaar and Osman and Barry if he signs thats 3 more midfielders who are not getting any younger either--6 in a squad which needs bodies and youth.
I definitely hope we can get the solid spine sorted but other than lukaku I cant think of any decent forwards hes ever bought nor keepers?
