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atomis said:
Maybe.....maybe not. But I think Sandro will offer more in a die hard match.
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how so? apparently juve want £60m for him. a player who many are saying has declined this season and is 27. porto fans say telles is the most underrated player in the league and he does everything well. i don't watch either players tbh, so i can't comment, but if chelsea are reluctant to pay a huge fee for sandro can you blame them? alonso is playing well and yes he could be replaced, but sandro is a lot of money for essentially a player who is having an inconsistent season and the wrong side of 25. 

 
Alakshendra said:
But that was old time , the best team known to do that was United in era of Alex ferguson , now even they splash cash bringing Pogba , lukaku , i dont want to see us losing again like this , if liverpool able to land lemar and keita than we are so doomed
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They were spending 30million on CB's before Roman bought CFC, even in old time & having the greatest manager alive, you had to spend to dominate.

Edit: We really should just stop buying players and invest in cloning.  We'll be crap in 3-5 years and stay that way for for another 10-15 years, but when we have 4 Azpiliqueta's, 2 Kante's, 3 Hazard's, and a Drogba then who'll be laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, be nice to get Sando but I still remember not having a clue who Dave was prior to him joining so if we can do another like that even better.

 
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enigma said:
how so? apparently juve want £60m for him. a player who many are saying has declined this season and is 27. porto fans say telles is the most underrated player in the league and he does everything well. i don't watch either players tbh, so i can't comment, but if chelsea are reluctant to pay a huge fee for sandro can you blame them? alonso is playing well and yes he could be replaced, but sandro is a lot of money for essentially a player who is having an inconsistent season and the wrong side of 25. 
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If someone was after Azpi.....lets say barca, would you accept 50-60 for him? No facking way we would. Yeah im sure Telles would do fine here....I hope anyway, but Sandro is another animal alltogether. More experience....playing in a better League.....played in tough CL matches and only 26. Yeah he has not been his usual self lately but I think thats Down to him wanting away.....I really believe he would instantly make us better and give us a greater depth. If VVD goes for 75 then Sandro is a steal......if kyle Walker is 54 then 60 for sandro is not that bad. You cant just Count on being Lucky and grab yourself an Azpi Kante etc for cheap prices every season......

 
I've been thinking about this a lot...

Sure Sandro is an upgrade to Alonso.  I'm willing to concede that even though he hasn't played in the PL and is in a slump.  

But is he worth double the price?  His production on field has to match the price tag.  Right now Alonso is exceeding his price tag I would say.  Sandro would have to come in and perform twice as well to be worth the money.  I just don't think it's worth 60m when you really think about it, pragmatically.  If you can save that 60m and in the summer bring in someone who drastically outperforms someone in our starting xi, like say, a world class midfielder to go along with Kante and Fabregas, I'd rather spend the money there.  Or a top top striker to slot into our starting xi.  

60m for a wingback is so much money, especially when Marcos is performing well.  We need competition there for sure, I'm just not sure it's the right place to splash the cash.  I'd love Sandro here, but I like that we are being careful with how we spend our money.  If Sandro continues his poor form his price tag will only be lower in the summer...

 
I think differently and think we have the chance to sign a world class player and that chance does not come along very often.

I like Alonso a lot and would hope he could be found another role either LCB or left attack yet still buy Sandro.

By getting Sandro we have a better chance of retaining quality players and recruiting replacements when the time comes.

 
Wonder how many people on here would be pining for us to drop 60 mill on alonso if he wasn't already ours?

A Defensively solid, intelligent, and goal scoring lwb, who has one of the best free kicks in the league.... 

 
nonotnowjim said:
Wonder how many people on here would be pining for us to drop 60 mill on alonso if he wasn't already ours?

A Defensively solid, intelligent, and goal scoring lwb, who has one of the best free kicks in the league.... 
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Agree! You buy a £60m LB & he becomes 2nd choice. At the same time you are losing an aerial threat, a set piece specialist and our joint 2nd highest goal scorer.

 
60mil got Sandro seems like a poor investment of money. You spend that on strikers who score goals. 

Just get someone who’s pacey and can put a decent cross in, who also won’t mind rotating with Alonso. 

 
Theafonis said:
60mil got Sandro seems like a poor investment of money. You spend that on strikers who score goals. 

Just get someone who’s pacey and can put a decent cross in, who also won’t mind rotating with Alonso. 
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Exactly my thoughts mate. I get it, Sandro on his day is possibly the best LB in the world...(possibly).  But it's so much money when we already have a good player available to us in his position.  There are more glaring needs, spend those big bucks on a big time attacker or stout midfielder.  Those areas would impact us more, I think.

Again, won't be sad if Sandro comes but the club are clearly on a budget...spending a large portion of that budget on LWB when we already have one of the tops in the league doesn't seem worth it to me.  

 
Strider6003 said:
If Thibo and Hazard leave at the end of the season, we will have no word class players left.
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I don’t think it matters much. Chelsea will survive and continue on without them. Just have to go find the next gems and nurture them right. 

 
Theafonis said:
I don’t think it matters much. Chelsea will survive and continue on without them. Just have to go find the next gems and nurture them right. 
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I think the difference is when we went for Hazard we still had Lampard, Cole, Terry and Cech. If those 2 were to leave it would be a very different scenario. 

Lets hope they stay a while 

 
Theafonis said:
60mil got Sandro seems like a poor investment of money. You spend that on strikers who score goals. 

Just get someone who’s pacey and can put a decent cross in, who also won’t mind rotating with Alonso. 
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You've literally just described Alex Sandro. Price is irrelevant now. We need to buy players who improve our first 11 and he will improve our first 11.

 
Theafonis said:
60mil got Sandro seems like a poor investment of money. You spend that on strikers who score goals. 

Just get someone who’s pacey and can put a decent cross in, who also won’t mind rotating with Alonso. 
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that's true and i don't particularly like the idea of spending so much on a lwb, especially considering alonso is probably too good to be a back up. however, wing backs are one of the most important positions on the field and help the team function. real madrid have been poor this season, and i read a stat which stated that many of the goals conceded have come from marcelo's side. if your wing back is having a poor game, it's more likely the team is going to concede. remember how poor we were a couple seasons ago with ivanovic on that right side? he got exploited constantly.

 
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enigma said:
that's true and i don't particularly like the idea of spending so much on a lwb, especially considering alonso is probably too good to be a back up. however, wing backs are one of the most important positions on the field and help the team function. real madrid have been poor this season, and i read a stat which stated that many of the goals conceded have come from marcelo's side. if your wing back is having a poor game, it's more likely the team is going to concede. remember how poor we were a couple seasons ago with ivanovic on that right side? he got exploited constantly.
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Even more so when you play 3 at the back. Fullback or wingback are extremely important. I dont think it's a coincidence Pep has spent so much on them and Spurs seem to be less effective after losing theirs. I dont like it but if we're committing to Conte, we need an upgrade or at least depth there. 

 
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£££. They could just buy A.Telles as a replacement and pocket about £40m from someone having a mediocre season and doesn't want to be there.

 
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