mediator 2,026 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 There is a 35 M pound buyout clause in his contract. Atletico could do whatever they want, if we(or any other team) pays them that fee we can negotiate with Costa. They can try to extend his contract, but if he wants to leave he will be available for 35 M.May be there are some 3th party ownership involved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,710 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 May be there are some 3th party ownership involvedI haven't heard of it. According to his wiki page he played in an amateur Brazilian club before he joined Braga, then Atleti bought him. When did this 3rd party buy his rights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Since when are Chelsea struggling with money? We went - 60 mil each year in the summer and we will continue to do that for succes.As some other people around here said if Lukaku leaves he will leave because Mourinho doesn't rate him high.I would love to sell Lukaku and get Balloteli and Costa in. Maybe even send Lukaku at Milan for a swap deal+ money or somthing.Since ffp was introduced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Agreed. I think he's definitely off this summer and I'm not sure Moyes and United would see him as a player who they'd be scared to sell to us like they were with Rooney.I think they'd do it if we offered. Costa/Lukaku/Chicharito looks nice to me.The big difference is, Utd play with 2 strikers, sometimes even 3 which makes chicharito's playing chances much better than of he joined a team that plays with only 1 striker as a third option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esam 60 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 any news about A.Cole if leaving or not and if then who's replacing him?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeboii 1,844 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Also worth mentioning is that Alen Halilovic has signed with Barcelona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I would kill myself if we sign that clown Benzema. Such a waster, poor mentality, he will always miss the most important chances if he can. he literally annoys me when i see him even when i dont like RM.Hahahaha.Go to the costa thread. I wrote almost the sane thing that u did. "KILL MYSELF" Esam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Partridge 1,124 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I can still see Higuain coming here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Hate Scouse 10,332 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 any news about A.Cole if leaving or not and if then who's replacing him?!Certainly seems like he has played his last game for Chelsea. Real Madrid being the probable choice.I really hope we sign Luke Shaw and move Azpi to right back. Pizy and Fernando 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esam 60 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Certainly seems like he has played his last game for Chelsea. Real Madrid being the probable choice.I really hope we sign Luke Shaw and move Azpi to right back.I'd love to see Alaba here but Shaw is decent .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,528 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Midfield still needs reworkingImo, Replace Mikel with a first-choice partner for Matic and if Lampard leaves, promote one of Chalobah, McEachran or Romeu to the 4th/5th choice spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane 2,275 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 What I imagine will happen.Shaw - He'll sign and become our first choice left back with Azpilicueta moving to the right hand side. Would be a great signing and give us very good young attacking wing backs for years.I think we'll buy a centre midfielder but I really don't know who, but we'll buy one.World Class striker is a must, At this moment in time if I was to bet my money would be on Diego Costa, especially with that reported release clause of £32m. Lets bid £33m and Torres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 If we dont get Shaw, there are Rodriguez and Alex Sandro who have similar ceiling as Shaw (maybe even higher), but are obviously not english and bit older. Rodriguez was better than Alba this year in buli and Sandro was amazing in CL. Whoever of the three we get, we will have world class full back, I want Shaw ahead of other two just because he is english, talent-wise all three can do it here. For biggest CL games, Mou might not trust Shaw next year, while Sandro and Rodriguez are both capable of doing it. Certainly Shaw has lot of interest from many clubs and we shouldnt pay 35/40mio for him IMO. We need striker and CM too. Sandro and Rodriguez would be cheaper, not by much but still. Mufassir08 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Jay Rodriguez is realy on fire these days...scoring for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 What about Bony? He actualy plays very well and reminds me of Suarez in his first two seasons in PL. Suarez scored only 11 goals in his second season, Bony scored 11 goals so far. I think he has room to improve and could be our great striker with little risk given. He is not the best option, but Drogba was questionable back then, as was Milito when he arrived to Inter. There are plenty of strikers available, Jose just needs to pick the right one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 What about Bony? He actualy plays very well and reminds me of Suarez in his first two seasons in PL. Suarez scored only 11 goals in his second season, Bony scored 11 goals so far. I think he has room to improve and could be our great striker with little risk given. He is not the best option, but Drogba was questionable back then, as was Milito when he arrived to Inter. There are plenty of strikers available, Jose just needs to pick the right one.If Jose does not want Lukaku around then I would really like somebody like Bony or Rodrigo to become the and choice striker.However I really want us to go in next season with the strikeforce of Costa,Lukaku an Eto'o. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I can see Jose shaking it up quite a bit in the summer. I understand the situation with FFP but with regards to transfer fees they are amortised over the length of a contract, whilst selling a player the full value can be realised up front. Having raised about £55m selling Mata and De Bruyne and likely to raise at least another £30-40m selling some of the deadwood in the squad (maybe more if the likes of David Luiz, Lukaku and Courtois are sold), there's no reason why we couldn't easily go out and spend £100m on three or four world class players to improve the team.The biggest impact from FFP is wages but some of the players who could well move on this summer are amongst the highest earners (Torres, Lampard, Cole, Eto'o) and therefore this will clear significant wage space for new signings too.We aren't that far away, the fact we have managed to challenge this long this season without an excellent first choice striker says it all about the quality of the rest of the team. Also the policy of buying younger players over the last 3-4 years is now putting us in good stead because even those struggling to make an impact on the team, such as De Bruyne, are still valuable to sell on.IMO we'll clear the decks up front for sure. The only exception may be if Eto'o signs another year as he would be a very solid backup to a world class striker, particularly as he seems to have settled well in the second half of the season. However Ba and Torres are almost sure to go, and it seems Lukaku will go too. I would try to use Lukaku as a bargaining chip to buying someone. Reports in some papers today speculate we will let Everton keep Lukaku in some sort of deal involving Ross Barkley - I wouldn't complain at this. The reality is though that we need one world class striker and probably at least one other good striker - it might well be worth looking at bumping up our home grown quota with a second choice, someone like Rodriguez at Southampton perhaps?We also either need another midfielder, particularly if Lampard and Mikel leave as is looking likely. However, I would be quite happy for Jose to use Luiz predominantly as a central midfielder, alongside Matic, Ramires and Van Ginkel. Also if we were to get someone like Barkley he gives you an additional option to pack the midfield and play with three.If this happens we would need to look at buying instead a new centre back to replace Luiz and look to compete with Zouma for the long term replacement of Terry. A left back is also likely although I am less inclined to spend big money now on Shaw, when IMO Azpilicueta is just about the best LB in the league this season. I understand having a natural LB amongst the ranks but they have to be better than Azpi for it to be justified. Otherwise we might as well bring Bertrand back to play backup to Azpi. Blue-in-me-Veins, Strike, The only place to be and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediator 2,026 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Suarez is worth £100m! Rodgers insists star striker is on the same level as Ronaldo and MessiRead more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2592634/Luis-Suarez-worth-100m-Brendan-Rodgers-insists-star-striker-level-Cristiano-Ronaldo-Lionel-Messi.html#ixzz2xTbCxloz Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eligius 121 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Suarez is worth £100m! Rodgers insists star striker is on the same level as Ronaldo and MessiRead more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2592634/Luis-Suarez-worth-100m-Brendan-Rodgers-insists-star-striker-level-Cristiano-Ronaldo-Lionel-Messi.html#ixzz2xTbCxloz Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on FacebookNot Messi, but same level or better than Cristiano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Suarez is worth £100m! Rodgers insists star striker is on the same level as Ronaldo and MessiRead more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2592634/Luis-Suarez-worth-100m-Brendan-Rodgers-insists-star-striker-level-Cristiano-Ronaldo-Lionel-Messi.html#ixzz2xTbCxloz Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on FacebookYes. Yes he is. Suarez, in current form, is THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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