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i don't know for sure but in my head that seems the most likely reason why we have lost interest in him, especially when players like Rooney and Lewandowski could be available for alot cheaper, i feel the board are also scared of another Torres situation!

Which top teams can actually sign him though? PSG - Have Ibra so don't need him Man City - Have Aguero and Tevez so don't need him Real Madrid - Are not able to sign him even if they want to Chelsea - Not wiling to pay the asking price Bayern Munich - Dont seem interested (maybe because they feel they will get Lewandowski) Barcelona - would never spend £50+ million on one player and dont really need him Dortmund - Cant afford him Man United - Have RVP so don't need him Italian teams - Cant afford him Where else is there to go for him? Monaco seems the best option to me.

the fact that the club have said they are still waiting to hear if Terry and Hazard are fit must mean Hazard has a chance to play! if it was a hamstring tear they would have known ages ago that he would be out, so there must be a chance.

if true that is brilliant news!!!

As soon as Porto Qualify for the CL he leaves, as soon as Atleti qualify for the CL he leaves!!! Such a shame he wont get the chance once again to prove himself in the CL! A world class striker who no top team can afford or are willing to pay for! such a shame!

Why say that and get peoples hopes up!?

What?

Qpr and Spurs for me

I agree! I think he gets that from his dad, and that is the main reason why he will be a huge success at Chelsea. In terms of Rooney's will to win though i just haven't seen that from him much at all this season it makes me wonder if he still has it in him.

Benteke is someone who can bully defenders and can be unplayable on his day, Lukaku's hold up play is still very raw when he gets the ball with his back to goal he likes to lay if off as soon as he can so he spin and run in behind, Benteke is much more of a presence up front, when he gets the ball he can hold it up very comfortably and is much better at linking play, Lukaku to me will never be 'Drogba like', i like how Lukaku plays though because he has power and pace and is difficult to stop when he gets going but Benteke for me has so much more potential than any other player to be the next Drogba. I see them as different types of players both are still developing though and me personally i would love to have both in our squad!

He refereed the Dortmund vs Madrid game where Lewandowski scored 4 goals!

no they are not, just because they are big guys doesnt mean they are the same, Benteke is more Drogba like and Lukaku likes to play on the shoulder of the last defender more and is always looking to make runs in behind.

Just realised Lampard is the 4th highest scorer in Premier League history! 1 Alan Shearer - 260 2 Andrew Cole - 1873 Thierry Henry - 1754 Frank Lampard - 165He is only ten behind Henry!!! if Lamps stays next season it really would be incredible if Lampard could move above Henry! 11 PL goals away hopefully he gets 1 or 2 past Everton then carries that on for next season!

getting him for £25 million would be less embarrassing when he flops but i cant see them selling to us for that price! They know Mourinho wants him so they will try to squeeze as much as possible from us!

Haha! good try.

United will try to talk him around first, Neville will also during the international break, if that fails they wont let him leave for cheap certainly not for £25 million.

If you think utd would sell him to us for £25 million then your bonkers!!! £40 million at the very least seems more likely.

Ronaldo would be incredible of course it wont happen but if it was possible i wouldnt be overly happy about it as it would probably halt the development of Hazard having Ronaldo being the star man who everyone would have to give the ball to all the time. I dont like the image of Hazard playing second fiddle to Ronaldo

People keep saying its unfair to talk about Rooney's goals as he hasn't played as the main striker this season then people should stop bringing up his goal tally for this season as a way of arguing why we should sign him.

of course not unimportant! but not as impressive as it would have been had he got that brace against Spurs or United! still impressive though as Lamps is a CM.

I hope its true! Cavani would be one heck of a statement of intent and a great signing! and it would make people finally forget about Rooney as well!

no he hasnt but its not like he isnt always in and around the box and in positions where he can score, If you completely ignore who Rooney has scored against this season you can say his stats are pretty decent but when you see where his goals have come from you can see its not all that impressive at all. Top teams Man City Chelsea Average Teams Fulham West Ham Braga Crap teams Reading Norwich Southampton Sunderland Stoke Not very impressive to me, plus when you factor in how many great performances he has actually put in this season against top teams! it really makes me wonder why people are so desperate for us to sign him!

yeah i was making the point that people on here are overrating Rooney with his stats this season, if i say Torres has 21 goals this season you will say yeah he has played like 60 games and almost all his goals were against pub teams, but with Rooney he also has score almost all his goals against 'pub teams' but because its Rooney that doesn't matter apparently.

again please show where i compared Torres ability to Rooney?

so? whats your point? is anyone comparing Torres ability to Rooney?