If the comp is only €4m and his wages make up the rest of that figure it isnt bad at all I don't think.

I'm pretty much 100% that he will come in now and I look forward to some signings being announced. We know that the players love him which is a good start.

Been told that Arsenal will confirm the signing of Gervinho on Wednesday.

Chelsea have completed the negotiations for Lukaku and are expected to pay a fee of 21M plus add ons.

A few Real Time results popping up for Lukaku deal to Chelsea which usually means there's something true in it....

Gervinho is a good player, He'll fit in at Arsenal very well, Don't see him making them any better than they are now tho.

I'll be delighted with Lukaku coming in, a good signal of intent with regards to to signing the best young players around

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Been told as well that the Neymar deal is still on.

But nothing to happen until atleast the end of the month.

Yeah Neymar will want to finish the libertadores first. the final is 21st of june or something?

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KDL - Yeah the final is the 22 June.

A bit like David Luiz i suppose. Don't think we wanted to pay as much as we did for him but we did in the end as time was getting on. Still, i think it was a relatively good price for him, likewise with Ramires.

Well if we don't get Hiddink, it won't be Deschamps as manager. Club official at Marseille has confirmed he will be staying.

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Merchandise sales will go through the roof with these new players.

Only two that i'm confident about atm are Lukaku and Van Der Wiel.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1394853/Romelu-Lukaku-reveals-Chelsea-dream--EXCLUSIVE.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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I'm not that confident that we will get Hiddink to be honest.

It was on Sky sports earlier that the Turkish F.A aren't happy with Chelsea and will refer the matter to FIFA.

Article in The Sun now,

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3621162/The-Turkish-Football-Federation-insist-Guus-Hiddink-has-NOT-agreed-terms-with-Chelsea.html

Basically everything that was said on Sky Sports.

If we end up with neymar, Lukaku and Pastore this summer I would be absolutely overjoyed! our 4-2-3-1 would be fantastic. supplemented with a couple of youngsters (right winger and AM for cover/rotation).

I feel that Lukaku is the only stick on but I can hope for the rest. I;m not overly keen on VDW. I watched the brazil game to get a look at Neymar again and VDW was rotten!

Ramires had a bad game for Brazil, but he's had a brilliant season with us, likewise VDW has had a very good season with Ajax.

Ramires didnt have a bad game at all. he played very well but unfortunately got 2 silly bookings. he had a super strike from distance and a goal chalked off

Yeah i seen his shot at goal which was unlucky. But he still had a bad game in my opinion in terms of his tackles etc.

Your only remembered for the bad things if you get sent off lol, Ramires had one of the lowest ratings after the match just for his tackles.

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I don't think his tackling was any different to when he plays for chelsea. he mistimed a few which he often does. I;ve not seen any ratings mind you so maybe I was giving him more benefit than he deserved. generally a red card will take a couple ofm points off a rating in papers/on websites etc.

Think the match for VDW was more confirming my thoughts than him just having a bad game. Looks like he will defo sign tho so looking at the positives he is young and gets forward well. I wouldnt fancy him against any of the top teams tho

No no, i don't mean it like that. I'm sure that we can get the deal sorted etc, but if Turkey put the case over to FIFA it could drag on even until pre-season which is seen as the main thing that could stop the deal.

The reporter on Sky in Istanbul said that even if the deal could be arranged Turkey aren't happy with the way Chelsea have gone about conducting it which could take an age if it heads over to FIFA.

I seen most of the Brazil match apart from the last 15 minutes or so, but i think he had a good game, only thing in my opinion that he did was his tackling, which unfortunately for him went against him in terms of his overall performance.

As for VDW he might just need time to adjust, just as Ramires did. Think it would only be fair to see how he does first in the Premiership. Could be a case of Ivan moving to RB for the bigger games.

Be back in a bit everyone

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