Seydou Doumbia

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Drogba's replacement?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2148993/Seydou-Doumbia-wanted-Chelsea.html

[capriccioso 2,545]

Drogba, Kalou and Gervinho between them kept him out of the starting XI at the AFCON.

[themightyblue 443]

No quotes, just the daily fail. Doubt its true for the time being

[Blue Traveler 256]

But what about Lukaku?! after all the main reason we bought him is because they said he is the new Drogba! simply there can't be that many Drogbas out there!

[Term-X 7,891]

No.

Clearly bullshit anyway.

[Leif 6,006]

Nah, this is just rubbish. Only being linked with us because of his nationality and ethnicity being the same as Drogba's.

He's most likely going to be joining AS Roma in Serie A for around £17mil.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Yeh I doubt the story myself. I think though, IIRC, in the past he's said he would like to play for Chelsea

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Rather have his teammate, Dzagoev.

[Badboy 1,526]

We need to sign better players then him to compete. He would be a good goalscorer for a club like Lyon or Roma.

[Kieran. 6,317]

Guess I'm the only one who likes this guy..

[Jype 6,398]

Guess I'm the only one who likes this guy..

I like him too but I have to admit I've only seen him play in the Champions League and that's not enough to say if he's good enough to be Drogba's replacement and if he's worth anywhere near that £24m mentioned. From what I've seen he looks to be a good finisher with explosive pace and likes to receive through balls from the midfielders. Kind of reminds me of Torres when he was at his best.

I have to say it would be fitting if Drogba's own countryman came in and took his old #11 shirt.

[Melanicus 5,208]

Guess I'm the only one who likes this guy..

Nope.

[Waterfall 893]

If we are looking for Torres' backup, why don't we just pay 7M for Demba Ba?

[Leif 6,006]

Yeh I doubt the story myself. I think though, IIRC, in the past he's said he would like to play for Chelsea

Yeah, he's actually said many times he's supported us since he was young.

[Jype 6,398]

If we are looking for Torres' backup, why don't we just pay 7M for Demba Ba?

Because we need to prepare ourselves to the fact Torres may fail badly again next season and we need a viable option if that were to be the case. Someone like Doumbia or Jovetic would be great.

As for Demba Ba, he only scored one goal since the arrival of his fellow countryman Papiss Cisse in January so he clearly doesn't play well if he's not the main man. Of course Ba was forced to play at LW sometimes but that's not an excuse for playing very badly and he should have scored more. Also Ba's knees are a problem and he was lucky to go through last season without injuring himself. If we bought Ba and he turned out to be shit when forced to be Torres' backup or he got injured, what would we do then? For £7m I know there's not much risk but still... And who says he would only cost £7m?

[Waterfall 893]

Because we need to prepare ourselves to the fact Torres may fail badly again next season and we need a viable option if that were to be the case. Someone like Doumbia or Jovetic would be great.

As for Demba Ba, he only scored one goal since the arrival of his fellow countryman Papiss Cisse in January so he clearly doesn't play well if he's not the main man. Of course Ba was forced to play at LW sometimes but that's not an excuse for playing very badly and he should have scored more. Also Ba's knees are a problem and he was lucky to go through last season without injuring himself. If we bought Ba and he turned out to be shit when forced to be Torres' backup or he got injured, what would we do then? For £7m I know there's not much risk but still... And who says he would only cost £7m?

7M is reportedly his release clause amount. I think the rotation of Torres, Ba, Lukaku and Sturridge should be more than sufficient. Doumbia at 25M seems like too much of a risk both finance-wise and football-wise.

[termninja 5,290]

He supports Chelsea. I remember I read some time ago that he would like to join us. He is a good player, but I don't think he is at the world class level we really need atm, though I don't follow CSKA regularly.

Do I want him as a backup? No. We already have 2 Lukaku and Sturridge there.

[Invasion 13]

Last year he was tremendous and it looked like nothing would prevent him from going to the top club, but since African Cup of Nations Doumbia has been pretty average and sometimes even downright awful, so I am not sure that he is the right player for Chelsea. Also, CSKA has huge problems with strikers and unless they sign someone equal I doubt that they will let him go.