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Instead of Aguero we spent £50m on Torres. Hardly a case of us trying to negotiate the price lower, we simply decided it's better to invest more money on the ladyboy because he was "more proven in the PL". For David Silva, we got Juan Mata a year later. You not happy? For Falcao, we might still get Cavani if we play things right. Not wise just going all "Shut up and take my money" on them when it's looking likely that the other potential suitors are starting to look elsewhere. It's only June ffs. And then there's Eden Hazard, Oscar, David Luiz And countless of others for who we outspent our rivals. Some people are never happy, it seems.

How was he worth only 30-35m? Atletico paid more than that for him and since moving there he went on to prove himself as one of the best players in a league much better than the Portuguese one. We may not have been willing to pay the full price but that doesn't mean he was worth a penny less than the 60m Monaco paid for him. Crazy amount of money but that's 2013 transfer market for you.

Most likely the typical media bullshit as they clearly haven't got a clue what Mourinho does or does not want but I for one really wouldn't mind Moses leaving. We already have Hazard, Mata and Oscar who are miles ahead of him and also looking likely we're signing Schürrle as well as get De Bruyne back and they too would be way ahead of Victor in the pecking order. Hazard, Mata, Oscar, KdB, Schürrle would be more than enough depth and quality for these positions and we might as well use a youngster or a player like Ramires or Bertrand to cover for the wings if absolutely necessary but that shouldn't happen too often. Ten million is a lot of money for someone who's not going to play much and we should take the money and run if such an offer were to appear on the table. That money could then be invested in more important areas of the squad. If we now keep him as sixth choice and he doesn't play much next season his value will plummet but now he still has the reputation of a player who played the majority of games for a team like Chelsea and even has a trophy to show for it.

This is hilarious. One day the deal is as good as done and the next day it's not looking likely. Fully expect it to happen though, KdB not going there on loan won't be a problem for Leverkusen as they're getting Son.

Unfortunately this still doesn't confirm he's staying, only that he won't be going to Leverkusen. The worst case scenario of him being sold to Dortmund is still very much a possibility. Hope Jose sorts this out asap.

Yep, that means exactly what I wrote. You're the one who's reading it wrong. 25(4) means 25 starts and four sub appereances, not 25 total with four of them off the bench. If you'd played FM, you would kow this.

Also both named Kevin so it's not really helping.

Actually 29 in the Serie A with 4 of them as a sub. One start in the Coppa Italia and 6 starts in the CL as well as one substitute appereance.Total for 12/13 is 32 starts and five sub appereances. From Soccerway.com, can't see why they would be wrong. WhoScored and ESPN agree with me and The Skipper.

@tancredipalmeri: Milan released official pic of season ticket campaign.Balotelli,Boateng and El Shaarawy in it.But wait for what is written in the disclaimer @tancredipalmeri: Disclaimer:"Not guaranteed that players in the image will stay at the club".Balotelli,El Shaarawy and Boateng in Milan season ticket image Interesting. Earlier today Palmeri was talking about Manchester City being interested in SES too. Could be something concrete in both stories? Milan are a selling club these days, sad to see how the mighty have fallen (except Liverpool ). Edit: Fuck you, BluesMaster.

Gloryhunting cunts, I supported them before it was mainstream. Seriously speaking though, it's no surprise more and more people are starting to notice just how good your squad is. A couple of years ago there was only potential but as a team you weren't much better than Finland and we even beat you in a friendly once at home and drew a few months later at your stadium. Now that potential is starting to become a reality and there aren't many better teams out there. With a bit of luck who knows how far you guys can go at the World Cup next year.

Me too, definitely cheering for them next year at the WC. My own Finnish national team has never even qualified so I always have to jump on someone's bandwagon for the major international tournaments and for years now my second favorite at international level has been Belgium. Too bad they haven't been any good either but things are about to change and I can honestly see them reaching at least the semis next year!

They were just having a bit of laugh on your so called ITK information on our transfer dealings. If you come here and tell us something which most of us have a hard time believing, you have to give some people the right to be sceptical. That doesn't mean you can call them peasants and monkeys for not agreeing with you, that's not how a forum works. Fair enough, won't be talking to you anymore because as of right now you got the honor of being the first person ever on my ignore list. So there.

Abusing other people, especially a moderator, won't help your cause and will only get you struck by Alex's banhammer. Bye bye haranr, have to admit I'm not gonna miss you.

Apparently local media in Naples saying this player offered in p/x is Marko Marin, not Courtois.

Thanks a lot, finally something that works on the iPad as well.

Even if the reports were true, I can't see us confirming a deal before July as Uruguay are playing in the Confederations Cup. This saga will go on for at least another month, I feel. Or it will be confirmed before the Conf Cup and the player revealed in Mou's first PC on Monday.

Should chip in a few extra million just to wipe Fernando Torres off the history books as our most expensive signing.

He can't leave without scoring at least one league goal.

So to replace one of the best strikers in the world they want a winger who scored one goal last season? Makes perfect sense. Then again this is Rafael Benitez we're talking about, who knows what goes on in that big head of his. Biabiany was at Inter under Rafa and he might rate him enough to buy him to his Napoli side but no way would he be a direct replacement for Cavani.

Where did you apply to?

That's not true, no way he's earning only £45k a week at Manchester City when he already had a good contract at Shakhtar. £22m and a contract worth £100k a week (roughly £25m for the whole contract length) is what most sources agree on for Fernandinho.

£17m and no KdB involved is actually a great deal in my opinion. Hope it means De Bruyne will be recalled and not sold to Dortmund. Can't see him going on another loan so there are only these two options left. Sure it's a lot of money but that's simply what the market is like these days, even average players go for over 10m all the time and to get a young player who's already very good with potential to be even better you just have to pay a lot. When a player is already world class at such an early age, he will go for double the amount Schürrle will cost, unless there are exceptional circumstances like a release clause negotiated when the player wasn't yet as good or if his contract is about to expire. Now tell me, which players tick those boxes this summer? Those moaning we should have gone for the likes of Di Maria, Sanchez etc. should think about the big picture. Those guys come with a much bigger reputation and would be much more likely to demand a guaranteed place in the starting lineup as well as costing a good £10m more and having double the wages Schürrle will get. For the good of squad harmony, it's better to buy a player who's ego isn't yet as big as some Real Madrid or Barcelona first team regular's is because we already have amazing players at the club and new signings for the AM positions are needed for depth more than anything. If they're already good and capable of being maybe even world class someday, why not take a chance? In Mourinho I trust, he seems to fancy this deal and so do I.

Have to watch this if I can find a decent stream. Great to see some former Chelsea men play together for maybe the last time ever, coached by Mourinho. He's injured, I believe.

Malouda £80k, Benayoun £70k, Ferreira £40k, Hilario £20k all released. That's £10m a year saved on players who didn't even play 15 games combined this season. If only we managed to get rid of Torres, it would save £80-100k a week from our current wage bill even if we had to compensate for some of his salary for the remainder of his contract upon joining a club who wouldn't pay him what we pay him. Marin should go for around £5m and would also take £40k off the wage bill. Essien is a tough one, Mourinho likes the guy but that doesn't mean he's incapable of thinking straight. His wages of around £80-100k a week are too high for someone who won't be a regular starter and if Mourinho could replace him with someone better, I'm fairly sure he would. A transfer fee of around £5m for Essien sounds fair. I know the youngsters Bruma and Kakuta wouldn't go for much but that's still something. Bruma has been rumoured to be on PSV Eindhoven's radar with the reported fee being somewhere between £4-5m and I suspect Kakuta would go for something similar. Their wages are another £40k off the wage bill. If we managed to sell all these players, together with the ones being released, it would mean around £450k off the wage bill and maybe £15m in transfer fees excluding Torres, who I'm assuming here could be heading the other way in a part-exchange deal for Cavani if only Napoli are dumb enough to take him. You saying that getting all those players off the wage bill wouldn't cover the wages of three new first team players? I say they would cover them all and more. FFP means fuck all for us. They exclude all the exceptional items such as youth development etc. which amount to quite a lot for Chelsea so even if we were to post a loss instead of the profit we made last year, we would still be in a position to pass the FFP regulations. Can easily have a net spend of £60m if the total wage bill stays roughly the same and it wouldn't affect our chances of staying clear of problems with the FFP. Also there's a fairly high chance the whole concept of FFP will go down the drain sooner rather than later.

Nah, first Hazard rumours were a few days ago already. Apparently he's going to Monaco for £40m.