Chelsea fans, I have a question, would y’all take Jan Paul Van Hecke this summer as a new defensive option? Been seeing reports from a few outlets this morning saying we’re interested in signing him. Not surprised because we love doing business with Brighton.

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  1. Seems like a good defender if he can play how Rosenior how wants him to play. I thought we are valuing experience over potential too right?

  2. Striking_Machine2141 on

    Probably the best realistic option i can think of regardless if we get UCL or not

  3. Dutch person here, he would definitely be an interesting signing lol. Kinda see the vision here, all though we also need some older players.

  4. havenoguiltbaby on

    You mentioned targets in your title but all the pictures are of Van Hecke.

    I thought this was a joke that a Brighton player is all we’re going to get. 💀

  5. He’s a good player, at a good age, and he has the potential to keep improving. Depending on the fee, it seems a very good option.

    He also knows a fair few of the players already. Including Colwill, which could help massively. Though he reportedly fell out with J.Pedro? Depending on how bad that was, might be something to note

  6. Apparently he had a physical altercation with Joao Pedro last year, not sure if that’s a deal breaker though

  7. ArrestedSachet on

    Not gonna act as if I’ve watched many sporting games but what are the thoughts on Ignacio(?) from Sporting?
    I thought he was quite impressive in the UCL first leg

  8. aidanhardcastle on

    Would I take him ? No

    Does he improve us massively ? No

    Is he a needle mover with big experience that can marshal our backline ? Also no

    So yeah I can’t wait til we sign him

  9. TheBlackOwl2003 on

    I watched a lot of Brighton games at the start of the season and if we actually get him, he will not add much to team. He is at the same level as Chalobah who we criticize a lot.

    He makes at least 1 mistake per match and can be unfocused for 20 min straight in a match. I still have in mind that mistake he made against Man Utd. to give them their second goal in the match.

  10. Maxence Lacroix. We’ve been tracking him for 5 years and never should have let him to Palace.

  11. Visible_Pressure_404 on

    Van De Ven? Quick and liable to want to move to a Premier League club in the summer? 

  12. LowBatteryLife_ on

    Unironically will probably be the best possible option we have. He’s a decent, prem proven centerback that’s already miles clear of Fofana, Chalobah, Sarr, Tosin, and very possibly will be better than a recovering Colwill. He’s on the younger side, which makes BlueCo more likely to go for him (I honestly don’t think he’s young enough for them though) and he’ll probably only be around 30 to 40 million.

    However, BlueCo will ignore this somewhat cheap good centerback and spend a hundred million on some twelve year old.

  13. keypadwarrior on

    2 better options in prem itself: Murillo and Senesi

    But again anyone would improve our backline, even Colwill returning with a year out