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Ross Barkley joins Chelsea, er, Villa on loan

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Just been talking to a Chelsea fan in the office and he is of the opinion Barkley will stagnate at the club as he won't get regular first team football.

Time will tell if he made a wrong choice.
 
Boba Fret said:
Just been talking to a Chelsea fan in the office and he is of the opinion Barkley will stagnate at the club as he won't get regular first team football.

Time will tell if he made a wrong choice.
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I have been reliably informed that Ross has been signed as Chelsea need to up their quota on English players to satisfy the UEFA rules, as was drinkwater from Leicester. Sat in in the stands or benchwarmer, suppose he will be happy on his £170,000 a week.
 

Youth player leaves the club and thanks every coach and manager he has worked with along with the fans.

Ross leaves and puts an instagram post up saying he thought Chelsea was by a sea - he's happy to be there but gutted he cant go for a swim.

Nice One lid.
 

truebluejersey said:
I have been reliably informed that Ross has been signed as Chelsea need to up their quota on English players to satisfy the UEFA rules, as was drinkwater from Leicester. Sat in in the stands or benchwarmer, suppose he will be happy on his £170,000 a week.
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If you're looking for reasons why the deal is such a good one for Chelsea then look no further than their business plan which has been in operation for a decade now. The plan has little to do with getting players playing for Chelsea. It is to register them as Chelsea players, and then see a path by which they can be sold at a later date at an inflated cost to a buyer. This path may be by giving them a game or two in the first team squad (eg de Bruyne). Or it may be by farming them out on loan (eg Lukaku), see their value increase, and then selling them, without them getting even a sniff of a Chelsea place.
Barkley will fit neatly into the first path. He'll be given some game time so he remains in the PL spotlight to a degree. Then at the end of this season or next they'll sell him at a fee triple what they've just paid Everton, having in the meantime paid a fortune for a truly top class midfielder and so being able to say that Barkley is still a good player and well worth the £40m fee they'd want but is now well down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge. Cue another transfer for Barkley and another big wedge for his agent.
 
Just looked in world football for this one :)

See Conte has said today he is "Unlikely to be involved in the semi final", fully expect to hear something like that a lot more from Conte this season
 
Bob Elstone said:
He flattered to deceive.

Brain the size of a pea. His decision making was terrible along with his moral compass.

Hopefully he'll be playing for west ham or palace in 18 months.

I hope his career nose dives, he deserves it based on the lack of respect he's shown this club.
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Moral compass, my arse!
 
wow. we're still talking about Barkley?!!

I work in Chelsea, and the only silver lining here is that the Chelsea team are often spotted training and warming up outside my office by the river. I'll be able to boo the crap out of him while all my sad Chelsea loving colleagues go running over for selfies with the squad. :)
 

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