Chelsea FC: Petr Cech’s Magic Hat And Other Friday Ramblings

Chelsea have signed three more young kids to their infamous loan army; a pair of Brazilians and a Swede. 2 more and Chelsea get a free hat!

Speaking of hats, Arsenal fans will be singing “Petr Cech is magic, he wears a magic hat…” all of next season. Seeing as how Chelsea fans have had ample opportunities to dwell in Gunner pain over the last decade, this only seems fair. Hell, we should even join in and sing along. There’s nothing they’ll hate more.

And to all the Chelsea fans out there, we are about to embark on a new season which means one thing; Diego Costa will cause havoc once again. Please keep in mind that what makes him so great is also what makes him do the crazy things that get him carded and suspended. So don’t complain when he gets into trouble and say dumb things like “I wish he would calm down” – No, that’s not the player we want. Trust me on this, you want him to be the sociopath that made Mourinho fall in love with him at Atleti. It’s worth the occasional reprimand.

Asking Diego Costa to produce all the goals and none of the mischief is like asking a delicious fatty desert to taste just as good but have zero calories and not require any exercise to burn off.

By the way, am I the only one who thinks Chelsea’s new kits will be horrendous?

I hate transfer rumors, but let’s delve in shall we.

I watched the Netherlands’ last Euro qualifier against Latvia. The Oranje, managed by former Chelsea gaffer Guus Hiddink, have really put their hope in Memphis Depay to become their next generation Arjen Robben, and perhaps so to has United to become their next CR7. It will be intriguing to see how he develops as he’s about to be thrust upon the limelight. But his arrival at Old Trafford has left some surplus.

Angel Di Maria is heading to PSG. I think the Blues should swoop in and steal him. That way Chelsea can have 2 Man United flops in next season’s Premier League XI.

If the Argentine does go to PSG, than out of Lucas Moura, Pastore and Lavezzi someone will get burried on the bench much like Yohan Cabaye, who thankfully has escaped purgatory and is now back in the Premier League. Good for the lad, I think he’s great.

By CFCUnofficial (Chelsea Debs) (Chelsea 3 Sporting Lisbon 1) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Speaking of back in the premier league, Marco Van Ginkel, Chelsea’s Justin Bieber doppelganger will be going to Stoke on loan. Hooray! I desperately wanted him to make the Chelsea first team. But first he tore his ACL, then Chelsea signed Cesc Fabregas and now I want Ruben Loftus-Cheek to be a first team mainstay. I’ll settle for MVG to just make it through one season without injury.

It’s a shame when injuries keep a young career from getting off the ground – yes Luke Shaw, I’m looking at you.

Stoke in return for the Dutchman and £8m have sent the reigning EPL Champions Asmir Begovic, an amazing player to have as your back up net minder. Also his first name sounds like that of a Wizard.

Didier Drogba is the most interesting man on the planet. Way more so than the Dos Equis guy.

Izzy Brown, Nathan Ake and Andreas Christensen are headed out on loan. It would have been nice to see them be the platoon for the first team this year. The more you send kids out on loan the less likely it feels like they’ll ever make the senior team, but what do I know.

Speaking of platoon, Charles Aranguiz, should he sign, will be exactly that. I’ve only seen him play for his national side Chile. Chile play high octane, frantic football which is pure entertainment. They don’t have a set formation, it’s just like 10 swiss army knives out there. So signing a player like Aranguiz means you have at your disposal someone who can hopefully do many things well – in Chelsea’s case most likely protecting leads in the second half.

Raheem Sterling is a 20 year old who doesn’t want to go to work. I know the feeling buddy.

Jordan Ibe looks scary good.

Sevilla, the best team nobody knew last season, just lost 2 very good players in Aleix Vidal and Carlos Bacca. It will be interesting to see if they can keep churning out winning football despite this ala Benfica.

David Silva is the most underrated player in the world. But I look at Man City and see him, Aguero and then a bunch of deficiencies after that. James Milner covered up a lot of their shortcomings last season and now he’s a Liverpool player.

Have you noticed how ever since Rafa Benitez took over Real Madrid that every bid for a player by United or Chelsea gets rejected…but that’s none of my business.

Inter Milan might be Juventus’ major competition for Serie A next season. They’ve added solid pieces and Juve are having a bit of an exodus.

Inter may even be targeting Mo Salah. Speaking of which, I just had a crazy thought Jose. Since Salah is still a Chelsea player, how about he plays for Chelsea…

Next: Chelsea FC Transfer Rumour Round-Up, July 10th 2015

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