Don Corleone
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Nathan Ake
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Matt Diablo
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Got to be said that is very good news
I'm pretty indifferent about it to be honest.
I don't think we'll ever get offered that kind of money for him again, don't think he'll ever be part of a first choice pair, and don't think it affects our season much given he'll likely start half a dozen games outside the domestic cups.
I don't think we'll ever get offered that kind of money for him again, don't think he'll ever be part of a first choice pair, and don't think it affects our season much given he'll likely start half a dozen games outside the domestic cups.
Nicholas van Whatsisface
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I'm pretty ambivalent about it to be honest. I don't think we'll ever get offered that kind of money for him again, don't think he'll ever be part of a first choice pair, and don't think it affects our season much given he'll likely start half a dozen games outside the domestic cups.
I get your point mate, but the kind of money we were actually offered (not whatever guesswork was plastered allover Twitter) clearly didn’t meet our valuation - which is why the deal didn’t happen.
None of us knows the exact figures, but they clearly weren’t all that great!
Tricky_Trev
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Whether this is good or bad news depends on how sad Ake is that it didn’t go through. If he’s not that arsed then great, I’m glad he’s staying. It is quite rare though to be offered £40m-45m (or whatever they offered) for a 4th choice CB. So I don’t know if it would have been better to sell and get someone cheaper in. I don’t know. I think there were positives to either outcome. Not really sure what to think.
Brewster's millions
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Fair enough from our perspective, as he’s a decent player even if he’s unlikely to become anything more than a back-up. Hopefully he can stay fit next season, particularly around the more important periods.
From Chelsea’s perspective, this looks pretty embarrassing, it’s got to be said. They’ve just wasted a good few weeks negotiating with a key rival for a player who it transpires was never really that keen on joining, and for whom they didn’t want to stump up the cash. All while they have a series of signings to make given how many defenders they’ve lost this summer.
From Chelsea’s perspective, this looks pretty embarrassing, it’s got to be said. They’ve just wasted a good few weeks negotiating with a key rival for a player who it transpires was never really that keen on joining, and for whom they didn’t want to stump up the cash. All while they have a series of signings to make given how many defenders they’ve lost this summer.
walker_is_faster
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Great news that he is staying.