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Eden Hazard
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kaz7
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No thanks,our kids are a season older and we are well stocked,don't need a big ego disturbing the team and he is a cheat which i hate
Impeccable One
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this has got sanchez/isco written all over it again
Don’t think the Sanchez transfer thread will re-surface this summer, but wouldn’t mind wasting another few days of my life in the Isco transfer thread, again !
OB1
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He's one of the best players in the league and indeed the whole of Europe. IF he's available we should sign him as a player that good can only make us even stronger.
The question should never be 'how much does someone cost?', but 'can they improve us?'
Signing him doesn't need to restrict or hold back Sterling or Sané either, we play so many games everyone will get plenty of opportunities. Hazard would be another world class option.
He is one of the very best players in the league and if your people's eyes don't tell them that, check out his stats: whoscored ranks him the fourth best player in the league this season with almost exactly the same score as Salah - Aguero and KDB lead the way. Back in 14/15, Hazard led the league by a mile on extended assists which, imo, is a great measure of a player's contribution but one that is not normally published.
He would improve us and he doesn't need to hold back Sane and Sterling because he could play any of the five forward positions in our team but I think he would become Merlin's successor (i.e. he'd increasingly play where Dave does as Dave winds down to his inevitable return to Spain).
Stoned Rose
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Under Pep, would be the best player in the world.
FromPollockToSilva
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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44188329
“Chelsea may have to sell Hazard”
Even if he doesn’t come to us, they seem to be preparing for the possibility of him leaving this summer. Courtois too
“Chelsea may have to sell Hazard”
Even if he doesn’t come to us, they seem to be preparing for the possibility of him leaving this summer. Courtois too
cityzennn93:20
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my only concern is how he would hamper sane and sterling's development
Bernardo getting time ahead of Sterling hasn't hampered him.my only concern is how he would hamper sane and sterling's development
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44188329
“Chelsea may have to sell Hazard”
Even if he doesn’t come to us, they seem to be preparing for the possibility of him leaving this summer. Courtois too
Probably going to Real Madrid especially if they get rid of Bale and Benzema
Bernardo getting time ahead of Sterling hasn't hampered him.
Bernardo hasn't really gotten time ahead of Sterling though. If you're naming our best XI with everyone fit, Sterling is in it, not B. Silva who definitely played second fiddle, starting half as many league games as sterling (29 vs 15).
I think there might potentially be a chance that Sané gets a bit put out if we go and buy Hazard because if he comes, Hazard is going to play every game or near enough. He'll be like KDB and Silva - he'll have a regular spot in the starting XI and Sané may get relegated to a similar role to Bernardo's this season, or best case scenario a 50/50 share like Aguero/Jesus.
It'll definitely be a change for Sané, he may have to move around more to get games, he might start seeing a lot more sub appearances rather than starts, he will find that he's not immediately in that starting XI for the first time since December 2016 really, and that might cause problems.
At this point however, I think we just have to trust Pep to get it right, manage the squad to keep them happy and to make the right selection decisions.
TFC
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Absolute class but also capable of doing fuck all and being a right mardarse. If he was willing to put the graft in for Pep, it's a no brainer, he'd win the ballon d'or and we'd win it all.
Be amazed if Chelsea sold to us tho.
Be amazed if Chelsea sold to us tho.
OB1
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Bernardo hasn't really gotten time ahead of Sterling though. If you're naming our best XI with everyone fit, Sterling is in it, not B. Silva who definitely played second fiddle, starting half as many league games as sterling (29 vs 15).
I think there might potentially be a chance that Sané gets a bit put out if we go and buy Hazard because if he comes, Hazard is going to play every game or near enough. He'll be like KDB and Silva - he'll have a regular spot in the starting XI and Sané may get relegated to a similar role to Bernardo's this season, or best case scenario a 50/50 share like Aguero/Jesus.
It'll definitely be a change for Sané, he may have to move around more to get games, he might start seeing a lot more sub appearances rather than starts, he will find that he's not immediately in that starting XI for the first time since December 2016 really, and that might cause problems.
At this point however, I think we just have to trust Pep to get it right, manage the squad to keep them happy and to make the right selection decisions.
I think Hazard would move about the front five most and settle in Silva's spot. People fret about what will happen when Silva leaves; I think the solution could be Hazard. The bigger problem than replacing Merlin in this instance is persuading Chelsea to sell to City.
No thanks,our kids are a season older and we are well stocked,don't need a big ego disturbing the team and he is a cheat which i hate
kaz7
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Spends half of the game on the floor,at least once rolling about like he is dying then gets up once he gets the decision,i don't like the snidey side of him,i like honest players
I think you missed that one.Players don’t go for “what they are worth” the market as blew up, Courtinho wasn’t worth 100+ million, neither was Dembele. Hazard better then both of them. Hazard for years as had defensive minded managers. Imagine him in a team that attacks
Exeter Blue I am here
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I think Hazard would move about the front five most and settle in Silva's spot. People fret about what will happen when Silva leaves; I think the solution could be Hazard. The bigger problem than replacing Merlin in this instance is persuading Chelsea to sell to City.
In the next couple of years we’re gonna need to find replacements for Fernandinho, Dave, Vinny and Sergio. Given that I can’t imagine Chelsea accepting anything less than about £150m for Hazard, we’d be potentially looking at a level of funding beyond even our FFP restricted means
I think Hazard would move about the front five most and settle in Silva's spot. People fret about what will happen when Silva leaves; I think the solution could be Hazard. The bigger problem than replacing Merlin in this instance is persuading Chelsea to sell to City.
Hazard wouldn't move about much. When you buy a player for that much money, and they're an automatic starter, they find a place where they fit and stay there. No one plays at their best when they're constantly moving around.
He might start at LW and make a switch to being central when Silva goes or stops being a starter, but he won't move around every week IMO, Pep doesn't do that to his best players.
OB1
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In the next couple of years we’re gonna need to find replacements for Fernandinho, Dave, Vinny and Sergio. Given that I can’t imagine Chelsea accepting anything less than about £150m for Hazard, we’d be potentially looking at a level of funding beyond even our FFP restricted means
Not every replacement has to be at that sort of money.
We need to stick the knife into the rest of the league now, we've wasted the opportunity to do so in the past; now is the time to strengthen a title winning team good and proper.