Mateo Kovacic

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Looks alright choice to pick any 5 from that lot.. tbh.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

sure the new rules for 2025 start this year. 90% of squad cost to income ratio, 80% next season and then the 70% from then on.

Explainer: UEFA’s new Financial Sustainability regulations

We answer some of the key questions behind the new regulations, which will be introduced from June 2022.

www.uefa.com

be interseting, they have to clear alot of contracts coming up anyway. Poch got a hell of job sorting the deadwood.

I genuinely think Boehly hasn't got a clue how to run a football club and he's treating Chelsea like an American sports team. A franchise business model in football absolutely cannot work

 

[DeBlueLou]

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Looks alright choice to pick any 5 from that lot.. tbh.

Which also leaves kdb gundo and bernardo to rotate on those two slots ahead of Rodri and Kova.

 

[jrb]

A bit underwhelming. Hmmm.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Which also leaves kdb gundo and bernardo to rotate on those two slots ahead of Rodri and Kova.

and foden I can see him moving central more next year

 

[Trickyblues]

I’m thinking Gundo sadly. Hope I’m wrong, hope you’re wrong also : )

Have a feeling Bernardo will go to psg. Love the guy but I think we’ll finally let him leave

 

[jrb]

Please don't start calling him Kova. He hasn't even singed yet. Lol!

 

[Fordyboy46]

Hope it's not Gundo's replacement, big step down if it is. 35m the reported fee Chelsea are after

 

[jrb]

Have a feeling Bernardo will go to psg. Love the guy but I think we’ll finally let him leave

Hardly the Med that his Mrs wants. Albeit closer to Portugal.

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

Joined the forum to say a few words about Kova, as someone who watched him for a long long time, this signing should excite you.

He wasn't a magician like modrić, but he is such a smart player in a weird way, and what I mean by that is he is almost like a computer program. Which makes him an amazing system player and is really coachable. Sometimes he was a victim of it which would lead to mistakes. What I am trying to say very poorly is you can tell Kova, you need to do these 5 things and he can turn his brain off and do those 5 things perfectly for 90 minutes.

And if you have someone like Pep telling him what to do is really exciting.

Bonus: A famous moment of that is during an El Clasico trashing he was tasked with playing man to man with Messi and follow him every step, and one counter Attack that was started and finished by Rakitic Messi figured that out and starting slowing down, drifting wide and not even trying to participate in the counter and Kova almost stopped, got confused because he could have pressured Rakitic but he was told to man mark Messi which made him look like a headless fly on the field.

I’ve heard of a headless chicken, but not a headless fly. I’ll waste half an hour now typing things into Google like “Is it possible to decapitate a fly” and “the anatomy of a fly for dummies”.

Thanks for that.