Arda Turan

[lucio 5,418]

And that means a player is shit? Going by your logic, we should only buy players who are better than Hazard to give us squad depth. Not many players like that available...

Hasn't exactly lived up to expectations after moving away from Galatasaray, remember us being linked to him back then and I wanted him but we ended up with Mata, which was more than a fair deal when looking back now. I still rate him but not sure whether he would be a good fit for us, especially if we're getting Schürrle who can mainly plays on the left. Can Arda play well on the right wing? If so, I wouldn't mind having him if the price was right. Good shooting, dribbling and especially crossing, which something our current wingers don't do anywhere near enough and we're going to need someone who can cross the ball well if we're getting a striker like Cavani, Falcao or even Lukaku back. Also good work rate, always tracks back when possession is lost, the same can't be said for some of our current AM's.

if you want to pay £20m for a bog standard depth player then fine

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Very good player but he isn't good enough for a title contender.

Hazard and Mata are already better players and Oscar will surpass him as well this time next year.

[Special Juan 28,100]

Might as well keep Malouda.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Very good player but he isn't good enough for a title contender.

Hazard and Mata are already better players and Oscar will surpass him as well this time next year.

We're going to need more than 11 players in our squad.

He's a bit more of a traditional winger so he can give an extra option, especially against teams that defend deep. I'd take him for under 15m.

[Severinb 309]

All swiss football fans just dont like players from turkey.. The beat up a couple of swiss players so I wont start talking about what I think about him...

But i have to say i just dont think he is chelsea material!

[HNKS 508]

All swiss football fans just dont like players from turkey.. The beat up a couple of swiss players so I wont start talking about what I think about him...

But i have to say i just dont think he is chelsea material!

Yea brilliant, judge every footballer from a nation because of one incident. Good on ya gov.

[Severinb 309]

Yea brilliant, judge every footballer from a nation because of one incident. Good on ya gov.

I was a joke mate chill and good on ya gov for you for not understanding sarcasm!

[Jype 6,398]

if you want to pay £20m for a bog standard depth player then fine

Please point out where I said I want him for £20m cause I sure as hell don't see it. Atleti paid €12m for him based on his good form for Galatasaray and while he has been good for them, his value sure hasn't doubled in the two seasons. Less than €15m and I'd say he would be a good signing.

[lucio 5,418]

Please point out where I said I want him for £20m cause I sure as hell don't see it. Atleti paid €12m for him based on his good form for Galatasaray and while he has been good for them, his value sure hasn't doubled in the two seasons. Less than €15m and I'd say he would be a good signing.

thats his release clause which is what they would accept. he wont come cheap

[Jype 6,398]

thats his release clause which is what they would accept. he wont come cheap

And for that price I wouldn't sign him, which you would've realized if you had read my earlier post. Better options out there for that price but if he came cheap I wouldn't say no.

[yuvala 2,167]

Daily mail reporting it aswell..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2329916/Chelsea-join-race-sign-Atletico-Madrid-winger-Arda-Turan.html

[Charlie C 19]

no he aint the most important player after falcao?! diego costa this season was much better. also their DMs are really important (mario suarez for example). arda turan is decent, but nowhere near "most important" player.

also his statistics are average at best. decent player, but surely no starter. same goes for burak. seems to be, that turkish people are overrating their national players.

Seems more like Turkish players are underrated, because people won't recognize how good the individual players are. I don't know if you're saying that cause you're ignorant, or whatever.

But Simeone mentioned some days ago that Arda is not for sale, however he has a buy out clause, so if somebody wants him, they have to pay 24 M €.

Burak rocked the CL, the Turkish league, and he keeps scoring and scoring, I think he still has to stay at Galatasaray. He can learn so much from King Didier. But today Fiorentina has shown interest on Burak and they're ready to pay 15 Million Euro. Overrated my ass.

[Leif 6,006]

Look. We're rich as fuck as a club. He'd be a luxury signing but so what? The amount of money we'll gain and save from possible and definite departures of Marin, Malouda, Benayoun, Ferreira will help.

Also, Turks are crazy. They love their national team players regardless where they play. Obviously it's a bit of a joke to mention this now, but I think we'd make a lot of kit sales with his name on the back from Turkish fans and he'd end it's all end up paying for itself. In fact no, from fans all over the globe. In January 2011, according to Wikipedia, he was voted the 3rd most popular player in Europe.

[Toli 977]

Seems more like Turkish players are underrated, because people won't recognize how good the individual players are. I don't know if you're saying that cause you're ignorant, or whatever.

But Simeone mentioned some days ago that Arda is not for sale, however he has a buy out clause, so if somebody wants him, they have to pay 24 M €.

Burak rocked the CL, the Turkish league, and he keeps scoring and scoring, I think he still has to stay at Galatasaray. He can learn so much from King Didier. But today Fiorentina has shown interest on Burak and they're ready to pay 15 Million Euro. Overrated my ass.

didnt know that fiorentina are a top club

burak played a good cl season yes...but thats it. rocking the turkish league, nobody cares about it. turkish league is mostly awful, beside a few teams. burak is a good player, but no chelsea material at all. also for trabzonspor he was awful in CL.

arda is a good player, but also no top-club material. he would be a squad player, nothing more.

@Leif so just because we are rich, we should buy players for the sake of it?! arda wont help us in the CM (as he isnt one). and als he wont help us on the wing, because he lacks pace and speed. schürrle is the much better option for our play than arda.

[Milan 17,955]

Winger Arda Turan has moved to quell speculation about his future by insisting he plans to stay at Atletico Madrid.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8756133/

A number of other European clubs had also been linked with the 26-year-old, but he has dismissed reports that he could be set to leave.

"I am going to stay with Atletico," Turan told reporters.

Stick to your words Arda!!