Chelsea Legend 11

I didn't have to know about his degenerative knees thats the job of our medical staff! I didn't want him because he looked slow and wasn't banging in goals. I'm not talking about 2-3 years before we bought him, I'm talking about the summer before we got him the the subsequent season that followed... HE WAS BRUTAL. Certainly not world class! What sense did it make to buy a striker who is coming off major knee surgery who isn't scoring at all? and for £50M at that???! It made no sense! Falcao is an entirely different beast all together he's scoring at a pace that rivals Messi and Ronaldo RIGHT NOW! He is singlehandedly lifting Atleti into a position where they could supplant a world beater in Real Madrid!

ya... sort of. Drogba was a house on fire that year though.

community shield... He didn't score again for like 8 or 9 games

Had sheva hit the ground running he would've had more time to find his legs. I really didn't think he was all that bad we all just expected more and at the time Didier was the best striker in the world

You should do your homework on Torres. The medical staff were quoted when they said "when he left for his physical at Chelsea we were certain he was coming back" He has degenerative knees... And no at the time of the purchase I was irate! it was as plain as day that he lost a half a yard of pace. Shevy WAS one of the best strikers in the world but when we got him he was he was 30? not exactly a sound purchase point is it? But again Roman bought him because at the time he didn't care if he could only get two years out of him, he deemed it worth it... He would just go back in the window and buy again if it flopped which he did. I don't believe in curses... If you believe in things that you don't understand you will suffer - Stevie Wonder

If I didn't have such bad luck with jersey's with names on the back I'd would DEF buy a Falcao jersey... After he prove(s)d he's proper Chelsea of course

Shevchenko was NOT a better player than Falcao at the time of purchase. Torres WAS absolutely useless before we bought him and injured! That is the only reason he was sold. Yes he looked good against us but he was extremely poor when he played for Spain and was largely a shadow of himself when he played for Liverpool. One game in 19 doesn't make him a solid player... He was extremely poor for most of his 2010-11 campaign. And I don't understand why people always look to Shevy (past it) and Torres (damaged goods) when they look at buying big for a striker? What about Didier? Anelka? Vialli? Hasselbaink? You see it doesn't always go sour. And why focus so heavily on the negative, about what if it doesn't work? WHAT IF IT DOES??? we will have one of the most IN FORM, CLINICAL STRIKERS IN THE WORLD! A match winner and an offensive dynamo! You want Villa???? He's so past it! And coming off a major injury. That is precisely what you don't want with FFP its exactly why the Torres purchase was so poor! he's 31 for fuck sakes. Ba has terrible knees and Holt??? good lord what are you smoking son? If you're looking to give the youth a go you clearly haven't examined what's happening at the other big clubs in the world. WE NEED IN FORM STRIKERS TO COMPETE THERE IS NO ONE BETTER THAN FALCAO RIGHT NOW! Players like him don't become available, this is a rare opportunity to grab elite talent we need to take it and I know we will! Its a perfect marriage. Chelsea is in the business of winning things not looking to cut corners with cheap, damaged goods. When Falcao is banging them in with regularly you'll look back at this and wonder what the hell were you thinking. BOOK IT!

He's in his prime year for a striker. Great time to buy him

I'm not even sure Atletico own him. When they sold Aguero to City the transfer fee went to the tax man. Falcao has third party ownership I would bet they are the one's driving the deal through, his agent get apart of the deal too

One can only hope! If the Sturridge rumours to Liverpool are true then this is just more wood on the fire

Sadly I think Danny is gone. If we sign Falcao he'll be getting the lion share of the games with Torres backing him until he whines his way onto another team. We can then look to bringing in someone like Bony or Remy

For what its worth SKY BET have us as the odds on favourite. 1/1 odds

I'm not going to go back and forth over this. I'm not 100% it will happen, it just feels more likely than in the past. We don't know what our financial situation is like in actuality so we could be in a better position than we actually think... Time will time until then CAREFREE! I want him though

I hear that. I'm not convinced we can't fit him in. There's just too much speculation for it not to be on... Perhaps Torres goes out too?

You should read it. We'll make money simply by removing the big contracts we have. Also I'm pretty sure Sturridge will be sold... Gourlay said two months ago there is a massive sponsorship deal that will be announced in Feb. Its not impossible its just gonna leave us thin

1) pretty much every team that is up against FFP will opt for amortized contracts and every player in their prime is signing 5 year deals. 2) Its pretty safe to say both Frank and Ash are close to gone. Currently we have Ramires, Mikel, Oscar, McEachran, Romeu, Essien and perhaps DeBruyne? competing for 2 positions if we stay with 4-2-3-1. More than enough cover. At LB we have Bertrand and Cesar who could play there admittedly we are thin there but might be able to find a little more wiggle room if we sell(Sturridge) or buy a cheap solution. 3) yes our team is thin at LB not really anywhere else but we're massively thin at striker. 4) Yes we've spent a lot but we also made a lot of money too. Our winnings pretty much funded those signings. And if I recall correctly a couple months ago Gourlay came out publicly to say there is a big sponsorship deal in place that will be announced in Feb. If true it could put a lot of this talk to bed. Still I doubt our Board(as dumb as they seem) would be looking at Falcao if we couldn't afford to fund it. 5) We could get a larger share of the TV money if Arsenal and Man U get knocked out early. We got the large share of the TV deal because we were the only English club left in the competition. Again its not a certainty but I wouldn't bet against it since there is a need.

Hoping its true mainly because The thing to consider about waiting till the summer is more teams will be bidding for the services of big starsIf we go big in January we stand a better chance of getting the jump on the competition. I really think we need to address this now because teams like City, PSG Real, etc. will be looking for upgrades and on top of that we might not look like the best destination if we continue to look poor heading into the summer

Read this. Its pretty good... http://www.weaintgotnohistory.com/2012/12/14/3767290/can-chelsea-fc-afford-to-sign-radamel-falcao

Actually yes we can.

Hoping this is true not holding my breath. Those thinking this is Shevy or Torres or even Fleck need to relax. This one of three of the worlds most in form strikers with 128 goals in 150 games across all competitions. Not saying it couldn't go sour but its not a bad buy considering our need and the form he is currently on

I would love to have him for this amount here. He scores with both feet clinically, does it in the CL and has oodles of passion and desire to score

I wouldn't buy him for 20M either but to say that he's not Chelsea level is silly... He's scoring goals for fun right now. I think he's a good stop gap if you still are hedging your bet on Torres and/or Lukaku.

I really like this guy! Apparently Chelsea sent scouts today to watch him. He possesses great finishing ability with his left, right or head, loads of composure and that never say die spirit that every striker needs. He's also on a ridiculous run of form where he's scoring goals for fun in all competitions. I wouldn't entertain it if its for more than £20m but he looks like he could be a decent solution to our eyesore of a striker conundrum.

Go find another club to support loser.

Found this on another site agree 100% with every word Torres.... he's been piss poor for close to two years now and most people gave him undying loyalty. He is on the highest wages on the club and has returned it with missed sitter after missed sitter… He complains that his teammates don’t know how to get him the ball, we go out and get Mata,who led the league in assists and opportunities created. When that wasn’t enough we went out and bought Oscar and Hazard to help Mata help Torres, still no difference… We fired three coaches in large part due to his poor performances…. No change. Beyond that the guy comes out and publicly admits that while he was slumping he didn’t care if the team won or lost… still backed him. After winning the biggest trophy a club can win he says he wants to reassess his future with the club because its not what he thought it was gonna be like…. Honestly the biggest mistake wasn’t not buy another striker in the summer, it was not paying attention to the rather large elephant in the room that kept yelling at a room full of board of directors “I DON’T BELONG HERE! I DON’T WEAR THIS BADGE WITH PRIDE! I’M HERE ONLY FOR THE MONEY, WINNING MEANS NOTHING!” And NOT trying to offload him for a bag of adidas size 5 footballs. What an ungrateful sack of shit, he comes here and wins his first important club trophy then questions the club’s direction because he wasn’t playing well…. The only good the comes of this is it makes what the priority in is January irrefutable… We need some sort of a striker, I don’t care who it is anymore just give the gutless chicken a permanent seat on the bench… I’m not only over it(I was before he even started) I’m sick of seeing him whine and complain on the pitch when he’s been piss poor, I’m sick of knowing he needs to be subbed and knowing he won’t be, I’m sick of the myriad of excuses, I’m sick of the lack of understanding… Whatever it takes BRING IN A FUCKING STRIKER PLEASE