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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
They would both represent quite sizeable gambles given their transfer fees but I would prefer Balotelli if given the choice.
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This.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
They would both represent quite sizeable gambles given their transfer fees but I would prefer Balotelli if given the choice.
Yes, however Costa has only been on this shore for one and the half year. Balotelli is raised in Italy at a big Italian club, it is only natural that he gets a lot of attention off the pitch.Quote:
Originally Posted by JonasTC
Its just a little egging of the pie, but seriously if you had to list the 20 best strikers in the world right now, 18 or 19 of them would be unobtainable for varied reasons. Balotelli is definitely in the top 20 and also unobtainable except, if the rumours are true Milan might want to sell. thats the reason for the statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
The only real target will be Berbatov ,hes within out price range just.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
Where have the rumours come from re: Balotelli…obviously I have missed something there! His talent is undeniable…wanted him when he played at Inter…but Man City came up with the money…I think the ship has sailed for a while at least…he's playing for the club he loves and supports and is doing brilliantly for them…the fans love him…don't see him giving that up for anything. Not many clubs 'bigger' than AC Milan and not sure anything can top playing for the club you support!! So as much as I would love to see Balotelli play for us…(really quite an outrageous talent at times) I don't think it will happen in the next couple of years at least…(unless flamini could have a word).
Same place most rumours come from, which some agent stirring up shitQuote:
Originally Posted by Bergkampwonderland10
I don't think Balotelli wants to leave per se, but Milan are absolutely dogshit right now, and quite broke , plus Silvio will likely get 10 years in the knick soon and there is a love hate relationship going on with the current leadership in Milan and Mario. Berlusconi put his daughter in charge and she is making a tits nest of the place from what's being reported.
https://www.facebook.com/berbatov.bg
Scroll slightly down, look what he's put on his own official page :lol:
Not bad for £2m I guess, he really wants to come here :haha:
It's a done deal tbh. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
That's pretty cheeky if it's his own personal account! The page could be run by his people though.
Always thought highly of Berbatov, the guy has some serious ability. New lease of life playing for a big club again could do him good.
Yeah, didn't think the Fulham move was particularly that good at the time, when he was still a decent player at United albeit frozen out.
Liverpool are close to signing Salah from Basel for £9m also, more or less a done deal. From what I saw of him in the Europa League, he was pretty good.
What are we looking at on the facebook page?
From this guy: @SamuelRhodes_?Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
Cause he's yet another fake, even though we probably will sign him. Know sod all about him..... Maccy?!
Is that Berbatov's official Facebook? If so then done deal.
He's put a vid of how , if he joined, he could help Arsenal win the titleQuote:
Originally Posted by 'Coca Cola presents GP'
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Al Jazeera are going with the Salah deal , think he was watching a recent game of yours ?
Basel is still in CL, why would Salah go to Liverpool now? Make no sense imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
Because they're in the Europa League.Quote:
Originally Posted by milla
Then why would he go to a club that will playing in the very same league next season? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Coutinho Is Boss
This :haha:Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
Because he'd rather play in the BLitW rather than the Toblerone Championship.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
Also, money.
I only know what has been seen from the Champions League and Europa League. He's fast and he has pace. Motd will love him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coutinho Is Boss
And he's the destroyer of Chelsea. :bow:
I'll see if Federer can provide any insight.
Sounds nice, but its simply not true.Quote:
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btw what happend to Lewandowski? Wasnt he gonna tell the world he is going to Bayern on Jan. 1st?.... Szscesny and Poldi make some magic :bow:
Read the comments under the video on his facebook page.
Someone says that his account was hacked and that vid/article was posted.
Still I find it odd that it hasn't been removed if that is the case :shrug:
Berbatov...really? Can't imagine us ending slagging him off for being a lazy c%#t. :blink:
signing Henry back on loan would be better then signing Berbatov. he's lazy, selfish and not what the team needs.
I don't know. For £2m as stop gap till we can land a permanent target in the summer, its not too bad.
He would probably be more motivated if he were to play for us.
You can tell he fucking hates being at Fulham
Yeah but Henry is shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ollie the Optimist
Chelsea bid £50m for Higuain (telegraph)
FFP :haha:
If that's true it's just a sign of how prepostorous Chelsea have become. What was the point in Eto'o then? And what about Lukaku when he returns?
Ba is definitely out and quite possible Schurle as I think Mourinho quite fancies Torres. Most likely outside any realistic possiblity but if they're going to cast them of, I wouldn't mind taking a punt of Schurle. I think he'll be quite good in our setup and would fit in with our German contingent.
50 million is ridicolous though for Higuain ... good player but he's worth about half of that at tops.
It's pointless even considering any Chelsea players coming to us.
Arsenal prepare to match Diego Costas release clause (daily star)
Is Balotelli any more likelier to come?Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
According to Fakeyank, who got alot of inside knowledge, thats is impossible and laughable!!!11one. His inside knowledge were laughing off the rumours of Özil joining us aswell... Very credible!Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
This is crazy. Why didnt they just go for him in the summer? He has 9 in 16 league games. Its not like hes pulled up trees.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
Anyway I dont mind if they get him, for £50m they could do better.
What? 25 million for De Bruyne? Ok im done. Whew, nearly forgot all these were fairytalesQuote:
The Blues have reportedly already had a £50million bid turned down by Napoli but are lining up an even bigger offer, according to The Telegraph.
Napoli clearly have no desire to sell the Argentina striker, who has nine goals in 16 Serie A games this season after his switch to Italy in the summer.
But Chelsea look set to test their resolve and could part-fund a huge bid – in excess of the £50m they paid for Fernando Torres – by selling Kevin De Bruyne who could fetch £25m from Wolfsburg.
i'm not sure the striker we need is going to ba available in Jan, if they are it will be for silly money. Rather than the lacklustre Berbatov, I like the look of Jay Rodrigez at Saints, young, good feet, pacy, very good in the air & at least he sounds Spanish.
Meh, Now Sanogo is back in training again, he's like a new striker :ilt:
Yeah I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Coca Cola presents GP'
It's just frustrating seeing these young talented strikers suffer there whilst we're desperately looking for one. Imagine how good we would be with Lukaku and Schurle reinforcing Giroud. League would be ours. :cloud9:
I can understand the likes of Eto'o and Higuain going there but it still baffles me that young talented players like those two, Van Ginkel, De Bruyne etc all decide to opt for that place ahead of clubs like ours.
I think it depends on who we see as our target. If our target has a release clause which we are willing to meet, he's not going to be any easier to get this summer.
If it is someone else and he costs up to 5 million more (for example) because we signed him in January rather than June, then that is probably a risk worth taking if said player is going to;
a) Significantly increase our chances of winning the league or finishing higher up the table (and technically speaking you earn more money with each ascending position, ie 2nd place earns more than 3rd place)
b) Give us a better chance of going further in the FA Cup and/or CL and allow us to generally not play certain players into the ground.
Paying over the odds is a very real concern in January but it is relative and different for each player, naturally. I do like the idea of a player actually getting a pre season before his first full season too, albeit truncated.