Madmax 9,219 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 ESPN have simply lifted that article from the Guardian.Twitter users - any ballpark figure on the wages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Hate Scouse 10,326 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 The 8 million could be used to get Van der Wievl or maybe Demba Ba.Not saying that we should be getting the latter but think you get the idea...I'd rather Hulk than Lavezzi and either of them 2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall 315 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 There's no pleasing some people! If we spent 8 million on Demba Ba you'd all be up in arms that we should've spent more and gone for someone like Hulk! All season everyone has wanted new wingers, now we have got Hazard and getting Hulk.. perfect.. if Roman wants to splash the cash then why moan about it? The more the merrier, we want the best and to get the best you have to pay premium. C'est la vie! I think 38 mil for a 25 year old who is the finished article and we'll get 5/6 years out of is a good deal, especially as he can be used a back up striker too. We could pay 15 mil for a shitter winger and 15 mil for a backup striker but I for one would rather have Hulk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky 301 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 It's a lot of money, but I'm personally glad they have finally addressed our 2-3 year problem with our lack of width. Only a RBI to go and we have one hell of a young / talented squad. Just visit a few of out competitors boards, City, United, Arsenal are all commenting on the fact our forward line us scary as hell. Come on can't wait for the season to start!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshyboy 36 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I think Hulk along with Hazard, are the signings to start a new era at the club, I honestly do, look at what happened back when we were getting Essien, Flo, Drogba, so on and so forth, a team was built, who's spine hasn't effectively changed, I think Hulk would be the corner stone of our new young and hungry squad, so any price is a bargin, especially for that left foot of his! Man's a machine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFCRazor 49 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Seriously, as the above guy has just said, there really is no pleasing some people, Schurrle is nothing like Hulk's level at the moment so getting him would have been stupid. What do you expect on prices anyway, they are INFLATING, there is no real way of getting round the prices really when you have 2 players rolled into one in the form of Hulk, but some of you would rather spend 20m on 2 players (a CF and a winger) when Torres will be the front man so there will be a 20m bench warmer and a right winger who wouldn't have a patch on Hulk, £38m is only what £14m more than what Drogba cost us way back when (and before you start, no I am not comparing Drogba to Hulk as doing so would just be ludicrous) but back then £24m was a fucking lot of money and we didn't know he was going to turn into a legend for us.... and that's just for one player.just wait for the next season to start, let the guy settle in for a while and then tell CFC whether they made a mistake or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramires7 32 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 There's no pleasing some people! If we spent 8 million on Demba Ba you'd all be up in arms that we should've spent more and gone for someone like Hulk! All season everyone has wanted new wingers, now we have got Hazard and getting Hulk.. perfect.. if Roman wants to splash the cash then why moan about it? The more the merrier, we want the best and to get the best you have to pay premium. C'est la vie! I think 38 mil for a 25 year old who is the finished article and we'll get 5/6 years out of is a good deal, especially as he can be used a back up striker too. We could pay 15 mil for a shitter winger and 15 mil for a backup striker but I for one would rather have Hulk.the problem is FFP.... if FFP wasnt around then roman can do whatever he wants with his money... i wouldnt mind so much paying 100m for hulk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall 315 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 the problem is FFP.... if FFP wasnt around then roman can do whatever he wants with his money... i wouldnt mind so much paying 100m for hulkYou really think we would spend the money without thinking about FFP? I don't know why everyone is always like "oh fuck we're going to fail the FFP regulations" -- the club is full of business men & lawyers and is a multi-million pound company as well as a football club, you really think they'd be stupid enough to have forgotten about FFP? I think they know what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFCRazor 49 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 the problem is FFP.... if FFP wasnt around then roman can do whatever he wants with his money... i wouldnt mind so much paying 100m for hulkffs, more FFP comments...Take a step back and ask yourself, whether or not you think we have a team of people, lawyers, directors so on and so forth in the board at Chelsea, doing all the stats and figures (the CORRECT stats for that matter as they WORK there...) whose job it is to do these figures correctly and should we be looking a bit hairy of the imposing FFP front would say "hold on a minute guys, we need to slow down a bit or we are going to get furked by the FFP rules"....Do you really think they are overlooking these things while we apparently seem to be on a mass spending spree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Drog 1,110 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 You really think we would spend the money without thinking about FFP? I don't know why everyone is always like "oh fuck we're going to fail the FFP regulations" -- the club is full of business men & lawyers and is a multi-million pound company as well as a football club, you really think they'd be stupid enough to have forgotten about FFP? I think they know what they're doing.I completely agree with that, I have total faith in the club. Anyway we are more likely to win things with Hulk than without him, wining things means more money, not to mention Hulk's marketability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 The Headlines in my Country:Roman Abramovich in madness: Another huge deal at Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Chelsea’s summer spending shows no signs of stopping, with the back pages reporting a deal for Porto’s Brazil striker Hulk.http://uk.eurosport....-deal-hulk.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFCRazor 49 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I for one am really looking forward to next season having seen the players we have already got in, and what's more- BEFORE the transfer window is even open, couldn't be any better, they'll be training with the club from the word go!----------------------TORRES----------------------HAZARD------------MATA----------------HULK--------LAMPARD-----------MIKEL--------------A.COLE-------JT--------LUIZ-------IVANOVIC------------------------CECH-----------------------OH My days!!!!Not only is the starting 11 (possibly) fucking awesome, we have Ramires, Sturridge, Cahill to be switched with JT, Bertrand, Meireles, Marin and a handful of others to call upon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 It's not your money, so what's the problem?Financial fair play. This is one of the most expensive transfers in football history for a player with no success in Europe or Internationally. For this kind of money, you should be getting an established star from a top level league. What bothers me (and I think other people here) is that this move was born out of RA's obsession with Hulk. Like Torres or Shevchenko, RA just wanted Hulk and was willing to over-pay for him. Does Hulk fit in with the team? I'm not sure. In Porto, he's their go-to guy. In Chelsea he's not going to touch the ball nearly as often. He doesn't fit in a 4-2-3-1 well. He's a 4-3-3 winger. He's going to play against much much tougher opposition. There are a while bunch of strikers and wingers available and instead of going out and finding the best value, he went after the player he was obsessed with. Last season, ManU got Antonion Valencia for £16 million and he had a fabulous season. It seems like there is almost no attempt by Chelsea to ever look for value. What happens now if Torres continues to falter? Well, we have no established central strikers and no money to go get one. Hulk replaces Sturridge or Ramires in the lineup depending on the system who were two of our better players. It's a signing that may turn out well, but doesn't really make any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterchelsea 3,221 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 You really think we would spend the money without thinking about FFP? I don't know why everyone is always like "oh fuck we're going to fail the FFP regulations" -- the club is full of business men & lawyers and is a multi-million pound company as well as a football club, you really think they'd be stupid enough to have forgotten about FFP? I think they know what they're doing. Exactly mate. Ive said this so many times its painful. These people are not in the positions they are in because they dont know how to run a business. Let the professionals worry about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Hate Scouse 10,326 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Financial fair play. This is one of the most expensive transfers in football history for a player with no success in Europe or Internationally.I stopped reading there....No success in Europe? Check out his honours.He has far more than Hazard, don't see people complaining about his fee.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFCRazor 49 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Financial fair play. This is one of the most expensive transfers in football history for a player with no success in Europe or Internationally. For this kind of money, you should be getting an established star from a top level league. What bothers me (and I think other people here) is that this move was born out of RA's obsession with Hulk. Like Torres or Shevchenko, RA just wanted Hulk and was willing to over-pay for him. Does Hulk fit in with the team? I'm not sure. In Porto, he's their go-to guy. In Chelsea he's not going to touch the ball nearly as often. He doesn't fit in a 4-2-3-1 well. He's a 4-3-3 winger. He's going to play against much much tougher opposition. There are a while bunch of strikers and wingers available and instead of going out and finding the best value, he went after the player he was obsessed with. Last season, ManU got Antonion Valencia for £16 million and he had a fabulous season. It seems like there is almost no attempt by Chelsea to ever look for value. What happens now if Torres continues to falter? Well, we have no established central strikers and no money to go get one. Hulk replaces Sturridge or Ramires in the lineup depending on the system who were two of our better players. It's a signing that may turn out well, but doesn't really make any sense.Are you taking the piss? Honestly? Or is this serious post?As for Torres, he has played well for a while now, he needs consistency and by that I mean, playing games... and with him being our main striker, that's exactly what he will get. Besides, there wont be as much flak for him now that he has this huge 3 behind him, the goals will be more widely spread as each of them seem to fancy their chances for goal from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 There is nothing more annoying than when people talk about FFP.Yeh, because you know more about FFP than the people at the club, smh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Don't really care how much he costs as long as the record transfer of a certain blonde striker is fresh in memory - those kinds of deals are responsible for price inflation. We, City and Real are main culprits and we're literally paying the price now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Ruud Gullit @GullitRGood news that hulk goes to #Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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