TennesseeBlue
Player Valuation: £750k
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When did they do this. Pulisic was signed in January and kovacic was signed after a loan spell .
Rollo Tomassi
Player Valuation: £15m
No they didn't those players joined before Hazard left,let's see where Chelsea are at the end of this season
bluebud
Player Valuation: £35m
The club having spoken to him must be optimistic enough to make him a priority signing.
We are going with Lewis Gibson lads
In terms of time lines that is so but it was an open secret that Hazard was leaving indeed it has been reported that at the end of the 2017/18 season that he would be allowed to leave after one more season.
Indeed I always remember seeing on Sky an interview when Pulisic signed in a January and he talked about joining Chelsea and when he talked about players he mentioned was looking forward to playing with but what struck me then was not once did he mention Hazard as one of those players.
Good deal if true, which probably means it isn't.
Rudiger, luiz, Christensen, zouma, tomori and ampadu. So that means that if they sell zouma they still have 4 cb's till rudiger comes back fit.
The bigger question isn't why would they sell him it's why would they keep him? A 3rd or 4th choice cb that a team is happy to pay 30m for. Who is going to be upset sitting on the bench and loosing his spot in the national team with the euros coming up. While they have a ready made replacement for the 4th spot cb in the team with tomori (who lampard loves from derby) which would in turn raise his value and help him become a more valuable asset.
Also selling zouma would help with the home grown limit issue that they currently face.
toffeejack
Player Valuation: £100m
Probably best not to come on here and patronise our fans. I get what you're saying, but saying our fans are delusional on this is a bit OTT.
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havrey0123
Player Valuation: £25m
Rudiger is injured
Luiz is old and only got a new contract due to the ban
Christensen is awful and would of gone if they had no ban
Ampadu is 18 and not good enough yet.
Tomori again unproven and untested in the league.
Rudiger is on a similar level to zouma after that there's a massive drop in quality. The fact you added 2 kids in there that rarley play says it all.
Really struggling with your material these days Hav.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
I'm not sure what context I said "no chance". What you say is right, that Lampard may take a huge leap and view Zouma as his number 1. In such a circumstance then it becomes more difficult for us to convince Zouma, of that I have no doubt.
I can't offer any confirmation of what Lampard thinks, that much is true. Objectively though I'd say it's unlikely. Rudiger is a lot better than him. He's a similar level to Christensen and Luiz, but they are both familiar to the team so they have that advantage. I think Azpilucueta is also at a similar level as him as a CB. Thats not to say he doesn't fit our system as well or better than the above, but at Chelsea that's more his level.
You also have to factor in, there are other factors than Lampard, particularly at Chelsea. Take Rooney and Everton. Even if Silva wanted to keep him, I sense the lad was gone. Brands had made his mind up. I think sections at Chelsea will have a similar view of Zouma. Consecutive managers have placed him well below the other 4 lads mentioned above. In their eyes, he would be interchangeable with Kalas or even Hector. You can't discount that process.
As for the younger players, I believe Clarke Salter and Tomori are both cb's. They also have an American international to come back. Reece James can also play centre back. Lampard is likely to want to promote younger players, so I'd be surprised if Zouma featured that high in his thoughts.
The wider point I'd make, is Chelsea are extremely well covered in the area and can easily afford to lose Zouma. There will also be sections of the club very keen on this. Lampard would have to make a big call to reverse this process.
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