GRADING CHELSEA TRANSFER TARGETS - Their need and Probablity of Getting Them

Transfer window time. Probably the most enjoyable time for us after, say, winning a trophy.
We being European Champions have been linked with almost every football player on the transfer market in recent days.
So lets look at a few of the names, see how much we NEED them and what's the probability of getting them.





GOALKEEPERS

A field that god has blessed us with tremendous depth and quality, this is the last position we want to make an addition in.

With Petr 'Batman' Cech showing no signs of slowing down, An Europa Cup Winner, 19 year old successor in Thibaut Courtois and one of the best young goalies in Jamal Blackman, an addition is the goalkeeping department will make us look like dorks really.

Anyways, with media upto it's usual tricks, we've been linked with Newcastle United's Tim Krul.
A pretty good goalkeeper, good height, easily amonsgt one of the best goalies in the EPL last season. BUT we don't need him. Neither are the Toons mad enough to sell him.

Need : -5/10
Probability : Have a Laugh.

DEFENDERS

Again a field that we are stacked up pretty nicely, defense is Chelsea's forte. With Cahill, JT, Luiz, Ivanovic as Center Backs, we don't need any more central defenders.

However, we are thin on the fullback department. With Cole and Bertand to fill up the left slot, that position is secure. But with nobody for the right (Ivanovic can play of course), we could certainly do with a right fullback.

We've been linked with all sorts of RB's in recent days. Debuchy, Piszczek, Da Silva, Azpilicueta, Van Der Weil - we've got a nice bunch of guys to choose from. According to requirements, Ivanovic is doing a great job, so we need just one RB. Of all these targets, Debuchy is the most logical and economical choice.
However, if we don't get him, Azpilicueta is the next best option. Van Der Weil should be avoided. He's just another Bosingwa.

1. DEBUCHY
Need : 10/10
Probability : 7/10

2. DA SILVA
Need : 1/10 (Who wants a Man Utd Defender in our team ?)
Probability : 0/10

3. AZPILICEUTA
Need : 8/10
Probability : 7/10

4. VAN DER WEIL
Need : 5/10
Probability : 8/10


MIDFIELDERS

We shouldn't be adding any more fire-power in the ATTACKING core. Mata, Hazard, Marin, Ramires, KDB are a very good bunch. What we need is to add in the DEEP-HOLDING role.

We don't need a Defensive Mid because Mikel is doing great and Romeu is an awesome back-up.
But we are thin in that Deep-lying role, we need someone to support Lampard, someone who can pull the strings from the back.
The most perfect guy for that role would be Modric. Other than that we've been linked to Hulk, Joevtic, Moses, Ben Arfa and Schurrle.

While Hulk is a must-need for the right wing, Jovetic would be a disaster. He's injury plagued and 25 million is his cost. We paid 24 million for that gem, Juan Mata, so nowhere in hell are we playing 25 million for Joevtic. 10-15 million is okay.

Rather than Jovetic, I would prefer Ben Arfa, Moses or Schurrle. They are cheap, great dribblers and will compliment the expensive signings of Hazard and Hulk(hopefully) perfectly.

Another guy we were linked with was Fellani from Everton. Great player. But we don't need him now, Since Mikel is playing good. However if Mikel goes off the boil this season, then next season Fellani should be a must buy.

1. HULK
Need : 10/10
Probability : 9/10

2. JOVETIC
Need : 3/10
Probability : 6/10

3. MOSES
Need : 8/10
Probability : 8/10

4. SCHURRLE
Need : 7/10
Probability : 6/10

5. BEN ARFA
Need : 6/10
Probability : 6/10

6. FELLANI
Need : 6/10
Probability : 4/10

7. MODRIC
Need : 9/10
Probability : 6/10

STRIKERS

One department which we seriously need to beef up, beacuse the current resources that we have are not that convincing.

Torres, Sturridge and Lukaku comprise the entire strike force. Not a very impressive reading for the Defending Champions of Europe. Torres is still recovering, You can't expect Studge to pass and Lukaku will probably go on loan. That leaves us with just two strikers and there is no Drogba to save us this time around.

We've been linked with Falcao, Pato, Higuain, Cavani, Rondon and Huntelaar. Don't be surprised, but I actually think that HUNTELAAR might be the perfect signing of all these.

With Fernando destined to be our top striker, we need someone who would be willing to accept the side-kick role. I can't see Falcao, Higuain or Cavani acccepting that. Pato is likely to spend half the season in a hospital and Rondon seems to be a risky buy. He's had a great season.

But ONE good season shouldn't be enough to pay 20million for a guy. We don't want a Andy Caroll now, do we ?

15-17 million is Huntelaar's buyout clause. Affordable.
We can negotiate further because of Dutch's pathetic EURO campaign.

1. FALCAO
Need : 6/10
Probability : 5/10

2. HIGUAIN
Need: 5/10
Probability : 3/10

3. CAVANI
Need : 5/10
Probability : 4/10

4. RONDON
Need : 2/10
Probability : 7/10

5. HUNTELAAR
Need : 8/10
Probability : 7/10

Well, that ends our transfer round-up.
Hope it was informative enough. Let me know your thoughts.

PS : It's good to be back.

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- RR2(Chelsea360)


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