Why does every post have to allude to a player in the current squad that you don't like? EVERY POST!
Again with this "not liking" business. When did I ever say I don't "like" Mignolet? I do like him. Seems like a nice lad. Was very articulate in his interviews Sunday. But in my opinion he's not good enough. Surely you're intelligent enough to discern between the two. I also "like" Brad Jones. But he's not good enough either. In fact I "loved" Fabio Aurelio but he, while more than good enough, was never consistently fit and so we needed to get rid. And we did do.
In any event in this case bringing up the player in our squad is actually directly relevant, since there would be no need to move for Cech or indeed any other top keeper if Mignolet had been consistently commanding last season and had been the keeper we had hoped he'd be.
We need a keeper who at the very least can challenge Mignolet, and more likely take his place; Cech is most likely going to be available. He knows the league. He knows how to distribute and be commanding in the area. Seems like a no-brainer to me.
As for whether Chelsea would sell him to us---why not? they sold us Sturridge. We gave them Torres who (allegedly) was still in his prime. There's a history of us exchanging top players.
In any event it won't just be them selling him it would also be him pushing for a move away, there's no chance he wants so sit the bench all season.
Let's just hope Ancelotti doesn't decide to bring him to Madrid to replace Casillas.
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