Quote Originally Posted by Özim View Post
Other than not wanting the hassle of shifting his life to another country or place (woulnd't need to do that if he want to Chelsea though), I can't think why he would want to stay, no CL, he wasn't played up front in the latter stages of the season despite his success there, he showed his discontent and we've been going backwards and don't seem willing to compete for the top players.

His age and the fact he's in the prime of his career will no doubt play a part too. You could argue he might wait till next summer when he's free of course.
Which is why we should already be in the final stages of signing a marquee striker. One, to send the message to our top players that we are finally getting into the game and bringing in the players we'll need to seriously compete. Two, because if Alexis fucks off then we take a huge step backwards and what a terrible signal that sends to the rest of the players, potential new signings and everyone connected to the club (except Kroenke who doesn't care).

What we'll do though is fuck it all up and wait for Alexis to leave before we make a move for anyone else.