Rumoured Luke Shaw

[Ledg 639]

We are paying for his nationality. If he was Bulgarian, he would cost 10-15m max!

I'm happy that you are pricing our footballers so highly but they would cost little more than 5m only because Chelsea want them.

[mannyfreshh 164]

Filipe Luis ruled out a move today buddy, says he has 3 more years left on his contract and no intention to quit. guess its Ricardo Rodriguez / Moreno unless we plan to do a willian or salah on united lol

Would be great to have an English future star in shaw, however he is too expensive.. Moreno or Rodriguez would be other options

[mannyfreshh 164]

Was over on the Man U board and they are worried that shaw will sign for us.. They feel the longer this deal takes to become official, that shaw will sign with us.. I have a feeling shaw will be a united player next year because they are willing to pay 27+ for him.

[The Rising Sun 696]

We should sign him, even if it is for 25 million.

He is english, and he is a fantastic ball player as well as a defender.

he CAN cross the ball really well.

We need a player like him, as a successor to Ashley cole.

25 million for a 7-8 year stint is worth the money.

He isnt even at his peak yet. And when he plays with the WC players we have, i can imagine him becoming that much better instantly.

[bushman 2,043]

We are paying for his nationality. If he was Bulgarian, he would cost 10-15m max!

Sorry, but if he was Bulgarian, Jose would not want him? Lol.

[LAM09 6,548]

I'm happy that you are pricing our footballers so highly but they would cost little more than 5m only because Chelsea want them.

Yes and no. Chelsea got Salah for a bargain IMO. If he was English, he would have cost £30m + for a fact!

[LAM09 6,548]

Sorry, but if he was Bulgarian, Jose would not want him? Lol.

LOL!

I thought we were after a LB, and not an English player.

[The only place to be 11,313]

People are overblowing the English thing. Yes it's a factor in his price but don't forget that he's an 18 year old starting every week in the Premier League, and doing a damn good job at it too. He'd be expensive if he was Bulgarian or British.

[Special Juan 27,103]

If we really are in for him along with United then I have no doubt we match or even outbid United and he comes here.

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

No left back in the world is worth £25m + if FFP wasn't something we were held back by, I'd say let's do it. The money is better spent elsewhere though.

[The only place to be 11,313]

No left back in the world is worth £25m + if FFP wasn't something we were held back by, I'd say let's do it. The money is better spent elsewhere though.

£25 million is a lot but it's not too bad. If he's the full-back we all hope he can be for the next 12 years then it's actually a bargain. The problematic part is probably the wages to be honest. £100k p/w is a crazy amount and it sets him up to be earning 200-250k p/w by the time he's 27 with the way wages are going.

With the money we've got from transfers and the wages we're saving then it's very doable, and it's not like we need to spend massively elsewhere (beyond Costa).

[Reddish-Blue 2,223]

£25 million is a lot but it's not too bad. If he's the full-back we all hope he can be for the next 12 years then it's actually a bargain. The problematic part is probably the wages to be honest. £100k p/w is a crazy amount and it sets him up to be earning 200-250k p/w by the time he's 27 with the way wages are going.

With the money we've got from transfers and the wages we're saving then it's very doable, and it's not like we need to spend massively elsewhere (beyond Costa).

We still need to sign a partner for Matic....which will probably cost 30-40 million depending on the player

[The Skipper 20,593]

We still need to sign a partner for Matic....which will probably cost 30-40 million depending on the player

And we have more than enough in the coffers to afford that. Let's say we get Shaw for around £25m, we still have £15m~£25m left from Luiz's transfer alone. Add in the money we saved from January, plus wages saved from not renewing a few contracts, plus the impending sales from the likes of Ba, Mikel, Bertrand, Romeu etc; and not to forget the rest of our actual summer budget (minus the Costa transfer)... It's more than affordable.

[The only place to be 11,313]

We still need to sign a partner for Matic....which will probably cost 30-40 million depending on the player

We should still have a fair amount of money leftover after the Costa purchase to do both, but unless the Pogba move is actually on then I'd be surprised if we spent that much on a midfielder.

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

I reckon [may have said it in previous post] we have close to £100m-ish to spend. £50m off Luiz, the remaining sum from January roughly £24m plus any revenue from TV and competitions entered.

[Rekin 835]

I do not really think that the fee is the big issue with Shaw. The money remaining from January in combination with the Luiz fee can basically cover Shaw and Costa by itself. I am also quite certain that players like Moses, Marin, Romeu and one of Torres/Ba will leave, they will propably add £15-20m between them.
Chelsea also have a transfer budget that is unrelated to sales that is not exactly unsubstantial.

The team could propably see additions like Shaw (£30m), Costa (£32m) & Pogba/Vidal (£50m) without having more than a ~£35m net spend, and would still see an overall decline in wages.

The issue is whether it is worth paying £30m and £100k/week for an 18-year old who while good does in no way yet warrant such money. The issue becomes more complicated when we add cheaper options (that include better players) such as Moreno and Rodriguez (and possibly Sandro).
I would not be sad if we ended up with Shaw, but I would propably feel more Confident about the upcoming season with RR in leftback.
I also consider that Mou played Ivanovic as right back because of his aerial ability, and I know which one of Shaw and RR is better in the air.
If Cesar is going to displace Ivanovic then we would have two players on the flanks who are weak aerially.

[The Skipper 20,593]

I also consider that Mou played Ivanovic as right back because of his aerial ability, and I know which one of Shaw and RR is better in the air. If Cesar is going to displace Ivanovic then we would have two players on the flanks who are weak aerially.

I wouldn't say Shaw is "weak" aerially or that RR is superior in the air. Shaw is 6 ft 1 after all and is just a pure athlete...

Shaw wins 55% of his aerial duels, so does RR, so I don't think you should be worried about that.

[The only place to be 11,313]

I wouldn't say Shaw is "weak" aerially or that RR is superior in the air. Shaw is 6 ft 1 after all and is just a pure athlete...

Shaw wins 55% of his aerial duels, so does RR, so I don't think you should be worried about that.

But whoscored.com says that Rodriguez is strong at aerial duels but Luke Shaw isn't. That's a concern.

I've also had a look on whoscored.com but can't see any mention of Luke Shaw having two legs. Until they verify this I think we should proceed with caution.