Nathan Ake

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Just want Chelsea to get a move on and sign Ake and Sterling, then we can finish our own business. I swear the announcement of players officially signing takes an age these days

Ideally would like all our transfers in and out sorted before we go on our US pre season tour. However, we have until the the end of August until the window finishes so no rush.

 

[Coatigan]

Just want Chelsea to get a move on and sign Ake and Sterling, then we can finish our own business. I swear the announcement of players officially signing takes an age these days

We are 9 days into the formal transfer window, with 54 days left. 4 signings confirmed for a cost of circa 110m, 2 sold for over 100m, a handful of academy kids sold for circa 60m. Plus 1 player release and 1 contract extension. 2 more supposedly close to being sold for 100m+ and at least 1 incoming reportedly in the works.

Yeah fucking glacial mate.

 

[Bobby the blue]

He was so injured that a couple of days after the end of season he was playing 90 mins for his country.

He was not picked to play by Pep, I wonder why?

And why do Chelsea have money to burn? With no CB's if cash was unlimited they would be shopping at a much higher level than Ake.

From what I have heard Chelsea have quite a bit of money to spend but need a few players in. Two centre backs, possibly de jong and then Raheem and maybe raphina so looking at the best part of 200 million maybe more.

With regards to Ake and his injury I’m only going off what I believe to be true at the time that he was carrying an ankle knock and that’s why he didn’t play at the end of the season. I do think had he been fully fit then he would have started over Fernandinho.

 

[Edward Deadwood]

Gvardiol.

Pep’s dyslexic son?

 

[Edward Deadwood]

Saw Calvin Bassey mentioned on twitter. He was the best player on the pitch in the EL final, granted that was the only match I've ever seen of his.

Shirley you’re not serious?

 

[Keeper!]

Saw Calvin Bassey mentioned on twitter. He was the best player on the pitch in the EL final, granted that was the only match I've ever seen of his.

Never , Never, Never as his mother would warble

 

[kaz7]

I really like Ake but the guy couldn’t stay healthy here. When he played I was impressed, especially towards the last half of last season, but when we needed him most at the end of the season, he wasn’t fit and we struggled with Fernandinho.

He twisted his ankle but played when we really needed him , in pain

 

[Father Paul]

Exactly. Why would you have a 27 year old Dutch international doing it? The guy has started 19 games in 2 seasons (some at LB). The idea that our CBs are always injured and we need Ake is quite clearly not true. Besides, he is as “injury prone” if not more-so than any of the others.

4th choice should either be someone at the end of his career, happy to play the odd game and pick up a retirement fund, or a kid with huge potential to dislodge those above him in the pecking order.

We have someone who is supposed to be in his prime, but who isn’t really anywhere near the level of those above him, so is in some form stasis where his ability alone won’t propel him into the starting XI. Instead he is waiting on someone getting injured as the only chance he has of regular football in this side.

If he is still 4th choice after 2 seasons, he is not good enough and if £50m is on the table we would be mental to turn it down. Ake certainly won’t turn down the opportunity to go and test himself as 1st choice at a CL club and good luck to him.

But if you judge him on the second half of this season he has proved valuable to the team. To arrogantly dismiss him as a poor 4th choice is unfair and indeed unwise.

 

[Centurions]

We are 9 days into the formal transfer window, with 54 days left. 4 signings confirmed for a cost of circa 110m, 2 sold for over 100m, a handful of academy kids sold for circa 60m. Plus 1 player release and 1 contract extension. 2 more supposedly close to being sold for 100m+ and at least 1 incoming reportedly in the works.

Yeah fucking glacial mate.

Foden & Rodri's extensions supposedly ready to be announced as well and 11 of the U18s back to back league winners just signed their first professional contracts with 2 more at the end of this month when they turn 17, another 2 signed extensions.

It makes you wonder just what the backroom staff actually do with their time.

 

[Larry Stranger]

He was so injured that a couple of days after the end of season he was playing 90 mins for his country.

He was not picked to play by Pep, I wonder why?

And why do Chelsea have money to burn? With no CB's if cash was unlimited they would be shopping at a much higher level than Ake.

I think you are right to an extent. I think he was slightly injured, but could have played if called upon. I think with only having two left footed CB's, Pep rather had gone with Fernandinho. Ake can only play on the left and Laporte isn't as good on the right. Also Laporte is needed for his build up play so Pep made the call to put Dinho in instead of Ake. That's my opinion anyway.