Summer Buys?

not too far off from my team but i'd have a couple of changes in midfield and attack. Defence - same as yours Midfield - same except for Tiote, Marin, Moutinho & Willain ( instead i'd have Fellaini, Isco, Benat & De Bruyne) Strikers - Same except for Torres, (Torres leaves in summer & i'd replace him with Jovetic)

i like bony

Need 1 world class strikers along with Ba and lukaku (Falcow) .... if we need to complete with the likes of Mancs !!!! need a proper winger along with moses (some one with pace to burn, KDB) !!! need a good backup keeper (butland) along with a proper manager (mourihno) who will be given time !!!! Outs: torres, marin, lamps, mikel,

Not sure how to respond on this one. I appreciate that you didn't include a bunch of ridiculous and unlikely names, though if you had written this a year ago I'd have said the same of our signings this past summer. With Roman, you truly can never know. Personally, I think it would be crazy not to recall some of our loaned players. I want De Bruyne at the club, and we'll have a gap to fill assuming that Lamps goes. This is an important time for Josh--will he ever make it at CFC? We've got to find out soon enough. What about Bruma? The list could go on and on.

@B2k420 loooool so who do chelsea get? Scott Sinclair back from City? honestly lmao

@Radio...: 1) I am sorry to tell you but IMO, Josh will never make it at Chelsea, he might play against week oppositions when we are winning 3-0 and same goes for Berty. 2) De Bruyne: His first touch was so bad in the preseason, I said to my mates that he should be loaned out in EPL but Chelsea board had some agreement with Bremen as they didn't sell Marin to Spurs and so he ended up at Bremen. IMO Chelsea will sell De Bruyne & Bruma.>>>Only players who will or can make at Chelsea are who force their way into the first team straight away, going on loan is a dead end.

Hmmm, Everton are set to sign Leroy Fer, a Dutch midfielder nicknamed "The Bouncer" because of his size and strength. Sound like a Fellani replacement at all?!

B2K420 - seeing how as you mentioned FFP, how the Hell are Galatasaray going to meet that if they go splashing the cash on wages for the likes of Sneijder and Drogba?!

Manager? Mourinho? Or perhaps laudrup?

Spot on , but moutihno? I have him in my fifa career mode chelsea squad but I think considering how porto sell for , he won't join us. Good squad , doesn't seem to lack depth either.

and does that mean nobody is truly coming this january?.....hmmm....siiiiiiiigh!!!!

one more thing i observed our midfield will seriously lack height with that squad..Mikel will be the tallest!....but the squad is pretty strong i must say...with Mou we will just be good

next season torres will be out along with lamps essien ferrera malouda hilario benayoun....and players who will come will be at chelsea kdb lukaku schrulle benat

We don't need so many additions. If it was up to me I would sell Ferreira, Malouda (wait until his contract expires), Torres, Essien (sad to see him leave though) and Turnbull (Hilario is better than him). Then recall De Bruyne, Lukaku and buy Fernandinho from Shaktar and a back-up goalkeeper until Courtois returns.

If we still have Turnbull next season I will do an impersonation of Hazard and the ballboy on him lol

Whatever manager comes in I would think that the first thing that they would say is Torres needs to be sold in the summer, mourinho would shout it from the rooftops. This is the key to getting any manager listen too their ideas for the squad. I do think Willian will be our jan deadline day signing.

Look this teams 1st and single greatest priority is a passer/playmaker for the pivot...We need a starter and I would still give Josh a chance..If he proves to be a reasonable back-up squad player then he creates value as an asset that could be sold. Otherwise, he will get loaned out until the end of his contract and he will leave for free. Poor business. Everyone believes that Benat is the answer as the passer/playmaker. I would sell Romeu, Essien and Marin ASAP...I would want Nate Chaloubah on the 1st team with KDB..Chelsea has to see what they have with these younger players...I would break the bank and get Fellaini for the DM position. While I like Mikel in the DM role he lacks versatility and distributes the ball too slow...It was a mistake signing him for a contract extension. Again, Mikel is ok...but he has limitations and is not world class. Fellaini strikes fear in the opposition as he is a destroyer...Mikel can't match that...If everyone thinks our CF position is weak...well our midfield/pivot is even worse. Moutinho??? not another lampard box to box...LETS GET THIS STRAIGHT...if you want to play box to box midfielders then 4-2-3-1 is NOT the right formation...Why purchase another box to box player when he doesn't fit the formation...Chelsea needs creating passing and speed of play in the pivot...WHO does not see this...WE have been talking about this for over a year now...I would sell Torres this summer and if I couldn't sell him, I would loan him out for a year...While Ba is a short term solution Chelsea needs an elite CF that can start. Loan out Lukaku for another year. Courtios and Cech to split the games next year..time for Courtios to make the transition...

Well guys the list which Saber has put, is a list which CFC are likely to end up with rather than what we all think we actually need. It looks to me as Falcao ain't coming to Chelsea. Fellaini is also unlikely. But I also think Moutinho, Tiote are far from likely. We'd probably go for Paulinho, Jovetic. Fellaini is a big possibility due to his versatility to play in atleast 3 positions comfortably. Its highly possibly that we'll recall KDB as well.

I may not agree with @lamarochs but he puts his case forward very well...heck i'm almost convinced lol but i think Mikel has earned his place in this squad and is a champions league winner...atm Fellaini can only dream of this but i rate him very highly and he will be my first purchase if it was down to me...Very versatile player...Mou would love him!

anyways my greatest take from saber's list is that we are just a couple of players from being extremely competitive provided we have a good coach in place as we as a structure that encourages overall stability...this summer will be very important period for the club...I do hope we get things right.

http://www.chelseadaft.org/2013/01/loan-mistakes-four-players-who-should.html Not that i totally agree with the choice of players,but i think this articles is on point!

Johnny,it is really baffling how much we have been wasting in managing our players,really horrible decisions i must say.

things are not great sir atm and the board will be looking at themselves i'm...much could have been done better this season! This Rafa appointment was a proper balls up...hopefully they will have learned from this...I can only hope

And yes,Lukaku and Bruma may well not be Chelsea standard yet and are better of on loan to get their developments fast tracked as it is now,but i also believe that a well rotated team,regardless of the calibre of players they compete against, will guarantee some degree squad depth and ensure the growth of the youngsters at once.

I hope so too, let them make amends asap.

knock Michael Essien off the list and its not as bad as it sounded...phew :)

If jose becomes the manager then Lampard will stay! Lampard is Mourinhos favourite players

Not Mourinho plz....LoL...he'll insult the club's players early into his 3rd season (as he did Madrid) and he'll start talking about winning in another league

Come back home JM...:) We need you old chap This Tubbster dude is wrecking shop...