:lol:
Printable View
:lol:
:good:
Having someone like Cazorla would be good in the tight games, where chances are limited. I felt we lacked a bit of spark at times last season, especially without Cesc and his ability to pass.
Have we not signed this twat yet?
Would be funny if we didnt get him
I've been wondering about Mata last year. Could we have missed out on Mata because Cazorla was our first option? We dithered a long time with Mata but maybe we were waiting to get Cazorla so never pushed for Mata. By the time the Cazorla thing fell through Chelsea was all over Mata like stink on shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
No idea if that's right but seems like a possibility.
Chelsea just outbid us. Simple as that.
I was thinking the same thingQuote:
Originally Posted by Jam Persie
I don't think it's true, with no offence to Santi Cazorla who i like as a player, Mata is a better player than him, it annoys me every time I see Juan Mata in a chelsea shirt....because he's such a good player and should have come to us!
It was well documented that Mata was available for around 20m because of the release clause he had, however for one reason or another we never stumped up the cash in time. Then his contract was renewed, the release clause trebled and we were priced out.
I think we were too wrapped up in the Cesc and Nasri sagas. If we had just told them to fuck off earlier in the window we might have landed Mata.
Oh well.
Didn't Chelsea buy him for £18m though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Can't remember, I thought it was closer to the 30m mark?
Either way we had a decent chance to get him but I doubt our intentions were strong enough at the time.
£23.5 million I believe.
Yeah so his release clause didn't treble cos then it would have been £60m
Either way we missed out but I'm not sure he's all that tbh. He's not a regular at Chelsea is he?
Bottom line is we cannot sign players if Chelsea want the same player and that's the same for all but 3 clubs in the world.
He was very much a regular at Chelsea last season, he played 53 times last season and I don't believe many of those were as a sub. However they've gone creative crazy now so it's possible it will all get a bit messy there. Hope so, think he's brilliant tbf.
Hazard, Romeu, Mata, Lampard, Ramires, Merieles, Benayoun, Malouda, Mikel, Essien, McEachran, little Hazard, Sturridge, Marin and now Oscar.
:lol:
Granted little Hazard and McEachran will be mostly reserves, and possibly Meireles, Yossi and Malouda will be sold, but even so...
Marin, Oscar, Water Hazard and Fire Hazard all in one window. :lol:
Mad.
I guess that plan for being "self sufficient" has gone out the window as well...
Has Roman just gone off on one after people renaming "parking the bus" to be "doing a Chelsea"?
and moses shall return to rule them all...Quote:
Originally Posted by Suarez Is Boss
let's not forget that they also had bids for schuerrle and willian turned down. for now.
http://i.qkme.me/35g930.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
cant wait til FFP kicks in. if it actually works then clubs like chelsea are fucked. once the current crop of players they've bought grow old and retire, they'll have fuck all to fall back on because their academy is shite. they've already tried investing millions to improve their academy but it hasn't worked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suarez Is Boss
so they've gone for one last splash in the ocean before FFP comes in but in 10 years time they'll be back to square one again. only problem is, theoretically, they wouldn't be able to spunk £100m+ in one transfer window to regenerate an ageing squad. and as their academy's crap they'll be screwed.
There was an interview with one of our younguns a few days ago (Olsson?) who said before he joined us, a scout arranged a trial for him with Chelsea, but when he got there they turned him away because Abramovich had cancelled all youth team activities permanently :lol:
not surprised mate.
frank arnesen was portrayed as some sort of saviour for chelsea's academy but he gave up and left for hamburg last summer. what's the point in trying to build an academy when you have an owner with zero patience? he saw light and packed his bags. fair play to him.
their academy's all over the place and it isn't looking good. from what ive seen that mceachran is a decent little player and if i was them id have bedded him into the team by now. but he's been getting no game time and will probably be off next year.
I seem to remember he was used as sub most of the time. I must be wrong!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiltord's Winner
So just another 10 yrs to wait thenQuote:
Originally Posted by Wiltord's Winner
:lol:
Didn't winning the champions league give them millions of prize money?
Dont forget they had 2 pay Leeds £12mil in damages for poaching Tom Taiwo and Michael Woods. Where are they now? Taiwo plays for Yevil and Woods plays for CarlisleQuote:
Originally Posted by Wiltord's Winner
I've left my signature on few throughout the years tbfQuote:
Originally Posted by LDG
Not with permanent marker?....the humanity!Quote:
Originally Posted by Flavs
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Really hope he turns out to be mentally weak.
Then I can call him Choking Hazard.
Ahahaha. Sorry.
FFS.
Harsh, but ***tish.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
I may have chuckled though tbf.
He pretty much turned their season around..scored a few, got a lot of assists and even made Torres look good again...no easy feat. He's a great player and we were slack not to sign him up before chelsea caught wind of a deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
Here's some stats...12 goals in your debut season from midfield isn't bad really...more than Walcott...and probably more assists too. Some stats.
http://www.soccerbase.com/players/pl...layer_id=47417
http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...n-t-come-cheap
First comment from Malaga was no way he's being sold. Now it's £15m transfer fee would be giving him away and need more money.
Interesting.
Is this another one of these pipedream deals we pursue for ages, deals we have no hope of completing?
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Proof is invariably in the pudding.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe
Yup we'll see I guess, I don't like those comments from Malaga though, thought it was looking promising before those.
The quote below was from Malaga a day or so ago... then the ones above came after. So their stance seems less adamant about selling him.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe
Going from 'not for sale' and 'not to even negotiate', to 'will take more than £15m to buy him, and we're not really keen to sell'Quote:
Some reports in England have even claimed that the Gunners have held talks with the player.
But Malaga have told Sky Sports that they are not in the market to sell their star man.
"Cazorla is not for sale, we do not talk about rumours in the press and our plans are not to even negotiate his exit," a source confirmed to Sky Sports.
I think they probably would sell, it's the money thing though, they sound like they want top whack for him, I can't see us paying that.
16 million was feasible, not sure more than that it for us.