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I hate to be the pessimistic one here, but he's 26, any potential he may have must have been realized already because he is supposed to be at the peak of his career at the moment.

Napoli officially sign Vargas in a reported 12m deal. http://www.supersport.com/football/italy/news/111223/Napoli_sign_Chile_striker_Vargas Great signing for 12m, though why he chose to go to Napoli over Chelsea and Inter beats me. Now that they signed Vargas, does that mean that one of their forwards is leaving the club? ( *cough**Cavani to CFC**cough* )

Thanks Jim

It depends on how you view it. It gives almost any club the possibility of signing any player (if they can afford his transfer fee of course). I don't see that as a disadvantage. Besides I'm not saying they should put the players on minimum wages. I just think we need a something to keep the player wages under control for the sake of the clubs and all of football. Me and RZA were discussing today (in the Gary Cahil thread I think) how the fact that Chelsea gives some players ridiculous wages makes those players more powerful than the manager himself sometimes.

Every team, no matter who the coach is, gets a bad result every once in a while. The team also gets amazing results like the ones against City and Valencia.

Sadly, I don't think even a Christmas miracle can help us there.

I'm not always getting a notification when someone quotes me. Anyone else having this problem guys?

Superb article. Thank you for sharing.

So true...I just hope the club starts to realize that, especially with FFP rules coming to action soon.

I love System Of A Down. But then again I love to eat uncooked potatoes!

I agree that Cahil is not worth more than 5m, in fact I've been saying all along that he is being hyped by the media. By my point was: when was the last time (before this summer) that we did not over-pay for a signing?

That's New Castle. The mere fact that Chelsea are interested in a player makes him worth at least £7m.....unfortunately.

Yeah read that once. I remember 'Arry mentioning him once too.

The more you watch it, the more amazing it gets.

I don't care who starts, this is a must win game. We can't let spuds gain any more ground on us.

That's a very good point. Him leaving Juve in Jan is a given, if we don't get him, I have a feeling he'll end up at Arsenal or Tottenham.

Ekotto couldn't have moved his hand either, the ball bounced right in front of him. That was never a pen. Not that I didn't think we deserved to win it.

I like to watch and follow the Italian Serie A and it is much more fun and interesting to support a team in the league. If they meet in the CL I wouldn't mind what the result is. I also support Bayern Munich for that matter.

Easy there, tiger . Let's not jinx it.

I'm not complaining, I'm learning new words I can show off to my English teacher!

I like this guy, but he NEEDS to work on his finishing FFS.

Not unless we get a striker. If we have to start Lukaku against Napoli I'll cry.

Actually I don't like Kroos ! But I agree, with a bit more pace, he'd be a much more effective player.

Then maybe the EUFA should enforce a salary cap for all the players in Europe. I do think this has reached a ridiculous stage.

Someone just learned a new vocab word.