At 21 you will have at least another 2 seasons with him I guess. If he keeps this up the usual suspects will come sniffing round him (United, Madrid etc). You are not that far off the CL spots right now tbh.
Instead of transfer fees we should have started taking payment in the form of Real Madrid shares for payment a few years ago. After selling Harry they could be our feeder club.
Have they even finished paying for Modric and Bale yet? They didnt give you all the cash up front did they? I thought some of it was in installments?
They must have paid for Modders by now surely. I doubt they've paid fully for Bale. Its ok though because they did us loads of favours in return and because of the special relationship we have/had. Oh no, hang on, that was in made-up land
Oh there's no question of that. I fully expect some enquiries from El Classico in the summer RE: Hazard.
Depends on Hazard really. Jose has said that he doesn't keep players who don't want to be there. If Hazard wants to leave then ultimately yes, we probably would, for the right place. Depends on whether Hazard wants to leave though I suppose.
Hazard's so crucial for you though, he's been carrying you recently. If you were to sell, there are very few players who could replace him.
He signed a new 5 year deal last month though, so I dont think he is going to go anywhere this summer.
Not sure about Modric but given how they dragged out the negotiations they probably had quite a protracted payment scheme. I'd be surprised if their CL win last season didn't trigger some money going to us though. As for Bale, I think I heard/read a few weeks ago that the difference in the value of the transfer that both clubs announced(think it was £8mill) was because Real get him for less if they pay it quickly. I think most transfers are done with a significant amount paid over a few years though, I remember when we took Defoe back off Portsmouth and part of that was simply us cancelling out the remaining balance on his sale and Kaboul's.
That'll be to get the highest fee. Reus signed a new contract recently too, but I expect him to move in the summer.
We'll just have to see I guess. Suarez did a similar thing last season I remember, signed a new contract in January, so its possible, but I think he will most likely be a Chelsea player next season, unless we get an offer too good to refuse and Hazard decides he wants out.
Benteke's been injured for most of the season and hampered by Lambert being utter ****. Villa just weren't scoring at all for months. As for Chelsea selling Hazard, they already have: please log in to view this image By the way, the amount of deletions actually reduced the page count on this thread. Keep it civil, please. No insults or abuse to other forum users, please.
Dont even get me started on the Chelsea Academy.....anyone who has seen my rants on the Chelsea board about it will know my feelings about that.
Is it though? It's not like he rotted on our bench. We sent the lad out on loan, he got exposure and has ultimately moved on to secure regular football at a decent club. We've made a profit and everyone's a winner.
