On the one hand, being publicly praised and drawn onto by a player is a good thing. It shows desire to join, an attraction to the club, a clear-thinking mind to make the move and ultimately the ambition to change teams.
On the other hand though, is it a good thing to be so public? To be so honest? Football fans ask for honesty but to an extremely specific extent; it's a delicate balancing act.
Chelsea have witnessed both of these aspects, and in the same deal. Last summer Romelu Lukaku was very honest about a move back to Inter, and it cost him a relationship with the Chelsea fans that would go someway to defining his £97.5million as the one of the worst transfers in club history. His words of dreaming to return to Stamford Bridge previously had everyone falling head over heels, though.
