Tbf, he doesn't play for anyone anymore.
Ross Barkley joins Chelsea, er, Villa on loan
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FC sexy xxx
Player Valuation: £35m
Chelsea?
summerisle
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Is anyone really surprised that he has gone to Chelsea and disappeared. I'm not. Might be a good buy for West Ham or Brighton come next January
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witchdoc187
Player Valuation: £60m
I suspect he could have played before January but there was an agreement for him not to. It's odd he was ok immediately as the window opened. But he was obviously injured for most of the period beforehand. That's my absolute stab in the dark anyway
Conte/Chelsea are now overplaying the injury excuse.
It went from "He'll need time to fit in" to "he needs to understand our style" to "er, yeah, he's in full training but 'injured'..."
He hasn't been in squads when he'd been in full training.
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...urprise-for-coach-antonio-conte-a3753756.html
And Conte believes he is ahead of schedule, saying: "In my mind I thought that his physical condition was worse than the situation I found (when he came).
I thought I'd find a player who was not in good physical condition. Instead, I was surprised to find a player in good physical condition.
"It is a positive surprise. You saw that during the Arsenal game he played. He was my first substitution after the Willian injury.
"My worry is not about his physical condition, but only to go into our idea of football, to understand the movement without the ball and with the ball. For this, he needs a bit of period to go into our idea of football.”
It went from "He'll need time to fit in" to "he needs to understand our style" to "er, yeah, he's in full training but 'injured'..."
He hasn't been in squads when he'd been in full training.
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...urprise-for-coach-antonio-conte-a3753756.html
And Conte believes he is ahead of schedule, saying: "In my mind I thought that his physical condition was worse than the situation I found (when he came).
I thought I'd find a player who was not in good physical condition. Instead, I was surprised to find a player in good physical condition.
"It is a positive surprise. You saw that during the Arsenal game he played. He was my first substitution after the Willian injury.
"My worry is not about his physical condition, but only to go into our idea of football, to understand the movement without the ball and with the ball. For this, he needs a bit of period to go into our idea of football.”
polish
Player Valuation: £35m
Not a surprise, I'm saying for years his off the ball movement and football inteligence is nowhere near the top level.
His positioning and movement off the ball was rightfully often brought up when he was here; quite simply, he had a tendency to amble around.
Rightly or wrongly, the expectations of a player at Chelsea are however much higher and that is what Conte is alluding to in his comment.
If you look at the work the likes of Willian, Pedro or even Hazard put in off the ball (pressin and movement) then he's a few steps below.
Blues Harp
Player Valuation: £60m
But...but....but....fathead ruined him and forced him out and der fans booed him and he got dead sad and people said wait till a decent manager has him at a club like er Conte for instance ....he will blossom and make us sorry we sold him....enjoy the u23s rosslollollollollollol
Toast
Player Valuation: £80m
IllinoisBlue
Player Valuation: £10m
We got good money for Lukaku and Stones whereas Barkley engineered a situation where we got nowhere near what we should.
roydo
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That requires him to remember 4 numbers, in the right order. Not convinced me.
Toast
Player Valuation: £80m
His pin is 1234 or 1878 ?
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