MrBlueGuy

No not the posts where people just outright telling us not to sign Costa but my post Actually how would they be able to tell with Costa considering no one knows how serious he has been injured? Yes it looks like a grade 1 hamstring atm but then again he hasn't been fully fit for nearly 2 months(since that game against Barca in CL 1st leg) so it is clearly taking more than normal time to heal for him.

Also you need to take into account contract length, demand...etc. It is not like Barcelona, Bayern, Real, MU, City...etc all line up for Courtois or something. He also only got 2 years left, Neuer costs 25m 3 years ago, Courtois should be the same because Neuer is still a better GK atm. For Luiz Barva and Bayern was willing to pay 30-35m so PSG upping it by 10m is really not that extraordinary as people are making out to be. If we get any where over 30m for Courtois we would be laughing all the way to the bank.

Actually if you bothered to read past posts you would find the link where I show Torres admitting his form was ruined not by the knee but the hamstring. But whatever, we are ''stupid'' for not wanting the club to announce the signing of this guy tomorrow.

Even PSG won't pay that

:clown: :clown: :clown: :clown: :clown: Costa alone is worth more than Courtois.

You want Cavani for 70m? The thing is that why so many are ignorant to the fact that we just conned PSG into 50m for Luiz, they are not mugs they know Cavani is a 40-50m striker so they will do what we did with Mata and Luiz.

Yes, the thing is HOW do we know this isn't a start of Costa hamstring issue? he has really been injured since that game against Barca in CL in April and now nearly 2 months he still hasn't fully recovered. How do we know it won't happen again in 3 weeks at WC for him?(if he does go). Torres was so similar with Costa at Atletico this season is that he was over reliance on and as a result overplayed, exactly like Costa is atm. No one is saying we should not sign him, we are simply suggesting it would be better to play safe and do the deal after the WC especially with his clause not going anywhere. Or is that too long and we must have that bright shiny announcement of a expensive player this week? The context is similar so people are being paranoid, considering we signed 2 messed up expensive strikers before this.

Tbf I have always found black players(African primarily) being strong. The likes of Drogba...etc compared to the likes of Rooney which is no where near the level. Then there are players like Essien(in his prime), they just always have that strength for some reason. Btw it is not really racist to refer people as black or white, what is racist is the way they are used and the context. So for example if you say he is shit because he is black then that is racist.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/30-fernando-torres-very-much-202539061.html Actually Torres admitted in his autobiography that it was his hamstring at WC 2010 which effectively made him lose his pace. The knee is just the icing on the cake, basically ending his level as a top class striker. It is so similar with Costa now it is not even funny except Costa hasn't picked up that knee injury yet. His exact words are: "It was a real hammer blow,” Torres wrote in his autobiography. “…in my case, because it was my hamstring that was causing me problems – the muscle I live by, the one that gives you acceleration and speed."

It is possible and that is what we should do. Just that most of the people on here want to get excited by us announcing a big name signing, even though he might not turn out well. Always play it safe after the Torres incident imo, never rush again no matter if you are signing Hilario or Ronaldo.

The awkward moment when people voted for 'new signing' hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahaha, just too funny.

DailyMail running a story that the club have made up their mind, telling Courtois to sign a new contract and promised he will be starter in 2015-16 season. I hope not as this means he will sign with Atletico for another year, then he will get too attached to them emotionally. He has already show signs of that by saying things like he got 'no emotional attachment to Chelsea', 'will not be benched for Cech'...etc. I hope PSG come in and bid 15-20m for Cech as that would be the perfect scenario.

Yes http://www.skybet.com/football/transfer-specials, they have removed it so looks like it is true.

You think a dude who fucked up his hamstring one week and willing to play the next-knowing that it is not helping his team or might ruin his long term future is going to miss the WC? Good luck with that, the way I see it even if he has a broken arm like Drogba 4 years ago he would still do everything possible to go. That is why it is better to delay the deal until after the WC, who knows what else this guy might do to his body or injuries that he might pick up on the way. It is not like we got lot of teams in for him either. Arsenal, Spurs, maybe Monaco, Dortmund, AC Milan(if Balotelli left), Inter are in for him. The rest of the top teams already got top class strikers in each and everyone of them. Now who might he choose out of these over us? Maybe Monaco but even then they got Falcao back so they might not be interested. Arsenal/Dortmund and Inter are really realistic opponents but he will choose us over Arsenal/Inter all day everyday. For Dortmund we can offer much bigger wages to him than them, apparently they can't even afford to offer Lewandowski £100k per week. So no harm in delaying the deal, cancel if necessary too.

Transition in term of becoming the best team in the world so yes it is one. We will be transitioning into England champion or European champion.

Just play it safe, why the rush anyway? The only top team that need a striker is Arsenal and if it come down to us vs them we will win all day long. The like of PSG, Man City will not steal him because most of the top teams already got top strikers.

Nothing, he passed the ball to him and I think Diego thought he was mocking him. Basically it is a case of Simeone being a dick.

Could be another Torres with the way his injury is going atm. I really hope the club don't announce it until after the WC and cancel the deal if needed. Remember we can always pay that clause so nothing to worry about Atletico changing their mind. Yes.

Even a 60m offer would likely be rejected now for this guy, because we just sold Luiz for 50m.

Koke is worth 25m max, LOL at 50m. Modric 100m? Vidal 150m?

Not sure if serious or not

Heard rumors recently that Falcao might be available for 45m euros. Cavani is a no go because we basically just conned PSG into paying 50m for Luiz, Cavani is at least 60-70m now according to them. Ibra is unattainable. Best chance is probably Balotelli and Mandzukic

Hopefully not, lets wait until after the WC and if he pick up a serious injury we can cancel the deal seeing as it is not official yet.

Agreed, from the outside it looks like bad goalkeeping but the truth is the power was just way too much.

To think this guy was available for around 25m last summer and we fucking went for Willian at 30m. Just WOW.