VIDEO: Andre Schurrle's "brilliant" Hat-trick

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It was two halves of football apart for both Chelsea and Andre Schurrle as the German scored three beautiful goals in the second half against Fulham after a shambolic display in the first.

                                

 Jose Mourinho was impressed too

Jose: 'Schurrle's in a learning process in the PL but he's cool, he's a good finisher and that's what I expect from him.' #CFC
— Chelsea FC (@chelseafc) March 1, 2014

Well done Andre!!!

Who Will Be Jose Mourinho's #10?

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The No 10 position is a very important position for every team that plays football, it's highly coveted too by midfielders. Different teams use their No 10 position in different ways depending on what the manager wants. 

Jose Mourinho has always used a creative, intelligent and hardworking player in this position at every club he has been. Deco at FC Porto, Frank Lampard during his first reign at Chelsea, Westley Sneijder at Inter Milan and Mesut Ozil at Real Madrid. I believe Jose Mourinho would have enjoyed working with Lampard the most, especially for the number of goals he got from Lampard. 

Jose Mourinho has already suggested that 4-2-3-1 formation will be his favourite formation, there's always tactical flexibility with Mourinho and we will surely be seeing other formations for special matches. This article will focus majorly on the 4-2-3-1 formation.

"We will play 4-2-3-1 in the first game, my favourite system, though sometimes I change the triangle and play with one in front of defenders and two players up. Other times I play with double midfielders and a No10".

                                                                    -Jose Mourinho (The Guardian)

He mentioned names of players who are going to be fighting it out for the No10 role.

"No10: De Bruyne likes it, Oscar likes it, Mata likes it, Eden Hazard likes it. The 4-2-3-1 is a natural system for all these players to play".

                                                                     -Jose Mourinho (The Guardian)

Jose Mourinho was talking about Juan Mata and his plans for him yesterday.

"Of course he fits into my plans, I have my idea about him, about where he produces better and where he has more difficulty. We will try to help him perform better in those situations. I've always liked a right-sided player to be left-footed. I started with Robben and Duff, then Pandev at Inter and Di Maria and Ozil. Many clubs do it. It's more than a tendency."

                                                                   -Jose Mourinho

That leaves us with three choices for the No10, De Bruyne, Oscar and Eden Hazard. 

"I like wingers coming in on the inside for the penetrative movement, for the pass, for the shot. And Juan is the only player we have on the right. On the left, we have Hazard, Victor Moses, Kevin De Bruyne and Andre Schurrle".

                                                                      -Jose Mourinho (The Guardian)

Eden Hazard's name coming first among the names on the left is far from coincidental, he owns that spot. Hazard is going to feature most where he has been playing for Chelsea, on the left. 

We now have two names left in the No10 contention, Oscar and Kevin De Bruyne. Jose mentioned the two of them first anyway. It's good to see that Mourinho isn't considering Oscar on any of the wings. 

Oscar Dos Santos is a very talented footballer, intelligent and creative. He is a good passer of the ball, can play killer passes from the No10 position where he regularly plays for the Brazil national team. Oscar scores beautiful goals and can hit the ball with both feet with a strange technique. His 12 goals for Chelsea is last season is a good number for first season. When Chelsea fans hear his name they remember that great goal against Buffon the UCL last season. Like every player Oscar can have his off-day too but his major weakness is his lack of physicality, he can be occasionally bullied off the ball. Jose Mourinho's training sessions will surely help with Oscar's physicality.

                                     

                                           

Kevin De Bruyne spent last season on loan at Werder Bremen where he featured in many positions. He was their best player and one of the best in the whole German Bundesliga and made the team of the season. Kevin De Bruyne is a good passer of the ball (he may not be better than Oscar), his deliveries are excellent from set-pieces and he's probably the best crosser of the ball in the team. De Bruyne has great work rate (probably greater than Oscar). Those who have been watching De Bruyne since his time at Genk will know he takes pleasure in scoring screamers, we saw the excellent goal he scored on the Asia tour. He was brilliant for Chelsea during the Asia tour, fans were scared when he got injured and everyone is pleased he will be back. He scored 10 goals for Bremen last season. De Bruyne is a complete player, no physicality problems. He may not be able to do what others can do well as well as them both he can at least do all.

I believe form and opposition will determine who takes this No10 spot between Oscar and De Bruyne as both are quality players. Chelsea are in an enviable position having two young, talented players battling for this position.

Both Kevin De Bruyne and Oscar dos Santos have the potential to be great. Competition will only help to bring out the best from both of them and that can only be good for the club.

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Andre Schurrle reacts on twitter

Chelsea new boy Andre Schurrle has taken to twitter to express his joy. See his tweet.

Thank you all for your nice words!! I am so happy that they reached the agreement:) #behappy #thankyouall
— André Schürrle (@Andre_Schuerrle) June 13, 2013

Welcome to Stamford Bridge man! Good luck! Congratulations to the fans,we've got our man. 

Report: Chelsea bid €50million for Edinson Cavani

Reports all over the web and social media claim Chelsea have submitted a bid of €50 million for Napoli star striker, Edinson Cavani. Popular and reliable transfers' guru also reported the same. See for yourself.

Chelsea have placed a 50m € bid for Cavani
— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) June 13, 2013

  

Palmeri isn't quoting any reports here which implies that he's pretty sure about it. He also went on to suggest that the move smacks of desperation.

To me it seems pretty clear that Chelsea is rushing the Cavani thing before Real Madrid would be ready to jump in. Let's see Napoli reply
— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) June 13, 2013

I saw something else which makes the whole thing interesting. A tweet,this time not from Palmieri.

Napoli's star striker Edinson Cavani is in talks with Real Madrid and Manchester City, according to his mother. - #CFC #MCFC #RMCF
— TweetChelseaFC (@TweetChelseaFC) June 13, 2013

Are Manchester City and Real madrid making some tricky moves before having a bid accepted? It could also be a trick to make Chelsea move faster for him. Cavani seems desperate to move and I don't know if any Chelsea fan will hate to see him in the Chelsea blue.

And...the Andre Schurrle saga is all but over. Are we in for a big Schurrle-Cavani party? Once again being a Chelsea fan brings lot of anxiety. 

CFC and Bayer Leverkusen reach agreement for transfer of André Schürrle, subject to completion of documentation, bit.ly/175f0ms #CFC
— Chelsea FC (@chelseafc) June 13, 2013

Jose Mourinho decides De Bruyne won't go on loan

De Bruyne, the 21-year-old Belgium winger was signed during the January Transfer window 2011/12 season by Chelsea and immediately loaned back to his club Genk. He spent the just completed season at Werder Bremen where he completed his campaign with 10 goals and 9 assists.

Despite his awesome debut campaign in the Bundesliga, coupled with terrific international performances for Belgium, De Bruyne's Chelsea future has been in doubt but a quote from Bayern Leverkusen GM seems to have cleared the doubt.

Chelsea and Jose Mourinho have at a meeting where we clearly understand that Kevin for the new season to Chelsea returns. Chelsea will definitely no longer lend the player - at any club The thing is through - unfortunately.. It was no longer possible for us to be coupled to a transfer with Andre Schurrle.

-Bayer Leverkusen GM Michael Reschke. Source: Express via Sportschau

 Kevin De Bruyne is going to get his chance as Jose Mourinho has belief in him. The Special one is keeping his promise that the club won't spend unnecessary millions on transfers but improve the players available. I honestly don't know where this leaves us regarding Andre Schurrle but I personally won't mind us dropping the chase for him to strengthen other areas in the team.