Rumoured Luke Shaw

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

The Champions league isn't that much of a step up especially since he's already performing week in week out in one of the best leagues.

lol...

Let's not get carried away here, I know you have a Shaw hard on but come on... 30m for a serviceable LB who hasn't played in one big game is a gross overpayment. If he flops it'll be of Andy Carroll-like proportions. If he does well, well then they got what they paid for I suppose. I don't have faith Luke Shaw will ever be a £30m player

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

'Although' he would have gone for a premium anyway, United being in the position they are in.. the only chance they had was to blow up the transfer fee, taking us out of the race.

Make up your mind dude!

Now you're saying they drove up the price to keep us away? I thought a club this size can afford to pay that amount?

Face it, in the eyes of our Board and Jose, Luke Shaw is not the answer at LB. And for those saying Filipe isn't a bargain at 20m I would beg to differ because if Filipe allows Hazard to become a Ballon D'or candidate in the next 2-3 yrs his value will be considered a bargain.

[Tomo 21,733]

Should go all out for Stones and a British back up keeper now, a homegrown core is important in any walk of life.

[bababoom 4,478]

lol...

Let's not get carried away here, I know you have a Shaw hard on but come on... 30m for a serviceable LB who hasn't played in one big game is a gross overpayment. If he flops it'll be of Andy Carroll-like proportions. If he does well, well then they got what they paid for I suppose. I don't have faith Luke Shaw will ever be a £30m player

The CL isn't a massive step up, when he's playing the likes of City, Chelsea, United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Everton and doing well at his age than he is something special.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

The CL isn't a massive step up, when he's playing the likes of City, Chelsea, United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Everton and doing well at his age than he is something special.

Dude you're embarrassing yourself. Stop now... The Champions League is the most prestigious club tournament in the World, the pressure to perform well is magnified 10X than it is to have a game a WHL... Having said that of the English teams you've mentioned which of them was Shaw a standout player?

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

If all goes well,United have secured a player for at least 10 year now and at a premium price of 30m. The price is massively high but the investment makes sense as its for the long term.

They won't need to spend on that position once or twice again (which could have been at least spending 20m.who knows it could be less or even more)

So, it may look like a bad deal now but if you consider all factors,it's not a terrible deal.

[Muzchap 8,966]

If all goes well,United have secured a player for at least 10 year now and at a premium price of 30m. The price is massively high but the investment makes sense as its for the long term.

They won't need to spend on that position once or twice again (which could have been at least spending 20m.who knows it could be less or even more)

So, it may look like a bad deal now but if you consider all factors,it's not a terrible deal.

Are we sure it's done? Could be another Herrera deal

Edit: FFS last time I read the Evening Standard and believe it!!!

SSN showing Herrera as signed...

Fucking journo's....

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Just imagine the peril in the world of football if it were us paying those fee and wages. The media would have field day month year!

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Who's buying the league now huh? Hypocrite.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

If all goes well,United have secured a player for at least 10 year now and at a premium price of 30m. The price is massively high but the investment makes sense as its for the long term.

They won't need to spend on that position once or twice again (which could have been at least spending 20m.who knows it could be less or even more)

So, it may look like a bad deal now but if you consider all factors,it's not a terrible deal.

And if it goes wrong? and I mean it could definitely go wrong. He's not tearing it up as an 18yr old.

[Daniel1980 1,425]

A desperate but pretty good investment for United if he doesn't flop. But because of his price, the expectations and pressure on him will be huge. He's just a teenager.

I wouldn't have minded if we got him, but I don't care that United did. He's good, but I'm not convinced that he's something special.

[bababoom 4,478]

Dude you're embarrassing yourself. Stop now... The Champions League is the most prestigious club tournament in the World, the pressure to perform well is magnified 10X than it is to have a game a WHL... Having said that of the English teams you've mentioned which of them was Shaw a standout player?

I'm embarrassing myself?

I know the CL is a step up but it's not a massive one like you're suggesting, at the age of 18/19 he's been playing against the big boys and performing well, in a few years time he will only improve. Chelsea, City and United were all seriously interested in him, he's a massive talent and to suddenly downplay his ability because he hasn't played in the CL is laughable.

[bababoom 4,478]

Also lets not forget we did spend £30 million on Willian when we were already stacked in that position...

[Term-X 7,891]

Make up your mind dude!

Now you're saying they drove up the price to keep us away? I thought a club this size can afford to pay that amount?

Face it, in the eyes of our Board and Jose, Luke Shaw is not the answer at LB. And for those saying Filipe isn't a bargain at 20m I would beg to differ because if Filipe allows Hazard to become a Ballon D'or candidate in the next 2-3 yrs his value will be considered a bargain.

It's not a case of 'making your mind up'..

I said we should be willing to roll the dice, the club can get it wrong sometimes though.. scared away by the pressure a fee like that puts on a player.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

I'm embarrassing myself?

I know the CL is a step up but it's not a massive one like you're suggesting, at the age of 18/19 he's been playing against the big boys and performing well, in a few years time he will only improve. Chelsea, City and United were all seriously interested in him, he's a massive talent and to suddenly downplay his ability because he hasn't played in the CL is laughable.

Good lord... It is a MASSIVE step up when you consider a team like Chelsea are positioning themselves to win it! Its not like he's playing on Steaua... you have 6 group games, each one is MASSIVE. You could have a stinker against Spurs, City, Pool and still win the league; you do that in CL and you're out.

Was Chelsea seriously interested? Are you sure? We usually get are man if we are serious. And I'm still waiting for you to tell me a game against the big clubs where Shaw did more than just hold his own. For 30m you best believe he needs to have an impact!

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Also lets not forget we did spend £30 million on Willian when we were already stacked in that position...

YES BECAUSE WILLIAN IS WORTH IT!

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

It's not a case of 'making your mind up'..

I said we should be willing to roll the dice, the club can get it wrong sometimes though.. scared away by the pressure a fee like that puts on a player.

I think its more likely you're wrong.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

And if it goes wrong? and I mean it could definitely go wrong. He's not tearing it up as an 18yr old.

Yes it could go wrong as well but he's done exceptionally well as an 18 year old and experience will only make him better. We could go on about how United have overpaid but the truth is they've signed a young player and thus have secured a position for at least a decade.(if we focus on the positive)

I am pretty sure he would have relished the chance to play for us but 30m is just way too much to spend now, considering we're going for a top striker and spent 27m on Fabregas. Or maybe Jose does not rate him.who knows really but I still think we chose the financial reason instead.

Also can't blame him for joining United as the offer(financially and for his career) was too good to reject for both Southampton and himself. Anyways, if we really rated him before this move then let's not simply ride the Shaw won't succeed cycle just because he moved to those shit sippers.