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Spiller86 said:
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/11606400/8216chelsea-recruitment-policy-confusing8217

Dom Fifield hitting nails on the head on Sunday Supplement.

Our transfer policy is a mess and we desperately need a technical director and a plan for what we want the squad to look like long term, not for the eccentricities of a particular tactical approach.
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Exactly. If the club has one priority now it is not to sign any more players but to hire a technical director of football. Managers will come and go but we need a football person to make decisions over hiring of players and coaches, and to make sure we follow a consistent strategy. Over the last few years most of the hiring decisions have been made by business people and it shows.

 
Absolutely. We've 

forbzy said:
Exactly. If the club has one priority now it is not to sign any more players but to hire a technical director of football. Managers will come and go but we need a football person to make decisions over hiring of players and coaches, and to make sure we follow a consistent strategy. Over the last few years most of the hiring decisions have been made by business people and it shows.
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Absolutely we're making profits on player sales which is helping the bottom line but our squad is a shadow of what it was in Jose MK II's first year.

 
enigma said:
We don't have much choice, but to rely on Higuain. The jokers on the board apparently wanting Callum f**king Wilson over a proven, elite striker like Higuain is illogical if true. We need a striker, the board need to support Sarri in the market.

Higuain has played under Sarri and still has goals left in him. Let's not forget Drogba had his best season with us at the same age as Higuain is now. Higuain is certainly not over the hill, and the boards reluctance to sign him in favour of a striker of Wilson's calibre is dumb. 

I am surprised Roman trusts these people tbh. These are supposed to be business people, business people! Considering the money he board has wasted on average talent, you wouldn't think they were intelligent business people. 
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I don't think it's a case of Higuain or Wilson. 

They're two very different profiles of player and we'd be signing them for very different reasons. 

We're short on homegrown players with the departure of Fabregas and with Luiz and Cahill also likely to leave too. So we're going to be looking to sign one or two homegrown players where we can. 

Sarri clearly isn't sold on Giroud, he's very reluctant to give him minutes so we're probably looking to replace him as well as Morata. 

Not sure we'd bring in both Wilson and Higuain in the same window but if we signed Wilson for arguments sake, I think we'll still be in the market for a first choice striker in the summer. 

Same if Higuain does sign, I think we're likely to sign another forward in the summer too, even if we don't go for Wilson. 

 
Get Higuain on loan then go all out in the summer when players are available. That’s our best option.

 
I’ve got a feeling it will be Higuain and Paredes, since Sarri said need two signings.

I’ll definitely take that, can Higuain really be any worse than Morata?

Jorginho desperately needs a back up, he can’t play every game.

 
enigma said:
We don't have much choice, but to rely on Higuain. The jokers on the board apparently wanting Callum f**king Wilson over a proven, elite striker like Higuain is illogical if true. We need a striker, the board need to support Sarri in the market.

Higuain has played under Sarri and still has goals left in him. Let's not forget Drogba had his best season with us at the same age as Higuain is now. Higuain is certainly not over the hill, and the boards reluctance to sign him in favour of a striker of Wilson's calibre is dumb. 

I am surprised Roman trusts these people tbh. These are supposed to be business people, business people! Considering the money he board has wasted on average talent, you wouldn't think they were intelligent business people. 
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Thats because the likes of Marina is indeed a business people......we need footballing people with the experience and knowledge to plan ahead, to see when is it time to sell/buy and all that comes with it. A good DOF badly needed.

Argo said:
On the contary, Eto'o's link up and movement for us was top class, he just lost the pace and power that made him so good at Mallorca, Barcelona and Inter. 

If we had even that Eto'o in this team we would be in next seasons CL already.
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He could do that cuz we played with rapid pace and movements.....we didnt stop like a truck in the final third looking to pass the ball in the net. But yes I even take that Eto above the ones we have now........cuz we aint got a strike force.

 
According to the Evening Standard Juve have rejected our offer to take Higuain on loan. They are only interested in a permanent deal.

 
atomis said:
Thats because the likes of Marina is indeed a business people......we need footballing people with the experience and knowledge to plan ahead, to see when is it time to sell/buy and all that comes with it. A good DOF badly needed.

He could do that cuz we played with rapid pace and movements.....we didnt stop like a truck in the final third looking to pass the ball in the net. But yes I even take that Eto above the ones we have now........cuz we aint got a strike force.
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Did we? We were dropping numerous points to sh*t opponents that season, the only time we were fully consistent was when Eto'o was fully fit and up to speed.

Any half decent version of Eto'o would do well in this team, his type of tactical intelligence and link up is what we are missing up top.

 
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Argo said:
Did we? We were dropping numerous points to sh*t opponents that season, the only time we were fully consistent was when Eto'o was fully fit and up to speed.

Any half decent version of Eto'o would do well in this team, his type of tactical intelligence and link up is what we are missing up top.
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and playing at stamford bridge.

 
forbzy said:
According to the Evening Standard Juve have rejected our offer to take Higuain on loan. They are only interested in a permanent deal.
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That's honestly a shame. I was one of those in support of a loan move, but if they want us to break his buy out clause then I guess its best we ride out the season with what we have.

 
Argo said:
Did we? We were dropping numerous points to sh*t opponents that season, the only time we were fully consistent was when Eto'o was fully fit and up to speed.

Any half decent version of Eto'o would do well in this team, his type of tactical intelligence and link up is what we are missing up top.
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Yeah but many of them were due to the refs f**king us over......who could forget the Villa game but yes we did drop silly pts otherwise cahmpions we would have been. I agree a decent Eto would do us good, far superior to what we have, cuz we aint got any. And yes imo we did play fast rapid footy with a iron-fist defence.......remember how we utterly dismantled Arsenal at the Bridge? Fast direct and devastating footy.

 
No-one including Higuain thinks he would be a long term solution. 18 months is the most so the value will have to reflect that. Equally we clearly need a few more goals to make sure of a champions league spot . Making the the last 16 of the champions league is worth 20 m euro.  If he helped win a cup or two that is also worth money. So that for me sets the minimum he could be worth on an 18 month deal. He will have no significant value after that. Wages are what they are and will be high for anyone.

We have to have someone or the team is at risk of falling apart if, as is likely, either Willian or Pedro get injuries in the back half of the season. Never mind Hazard. So this is the cost of a bad decision on Morata. Just have to live with it. 

No long term striker around who you can build your front line for a team that wants to regularly make the champions league quarters is available today. So there is no point whinging about it.

Higuain is not the greatest, goes missing in the biggest matches but is a proven goal scorer used to playing at a high level. Vardy is similar situation,  might be as good but is less available. 

 
Nibs said:
.........then they can f**k off.
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I agree nibs, problem is we are desperate, how the club got into this situation I will never know, miss management of the highest order, Stevie Wonder could of told board in the summer that we couldn't go into season with Morata and Giroud, utter f**king madness

 
18 month loan deal sounds excellent. I'm in! 

 
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