Demba Ba

[HNKS 508]

Get off your high horses people. If we were in his position we would do the exact same thing. When you start a new job you want to get the most you can. I think people are forgetting how much Torres is being paid.

[TacticalBlues 2,817]

Agents are a poison, Ba always seems like such a humble guy and I'm sure it isn't the player causing the fuss.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Get off your high horses people. If we were in his position we would do the exact same thing. When you start a new job you want to get the most you can. I think people are forgetting how much Torres is being paid.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with him asking for more money, but for Chelsea, i'm not sure it makes sense to pay him that.

[didierforever 7,349]

Get off your high horses people. If we were in his position we would do the exact same thing. When you start a new job you want to get the most you can. I think people are forgetting how much Torres is being paid.

i totally agree with u but torres is no bench mark dude. the next thing we ll hear is "people are forgeting how torres plays". and that would probably be the day i ll kill myself...

[Pizy 18,852]

Just give the man what he wants!

It isn't often you can bring in a beast of a player like Ba for this cheap. He'd be a £20m transfer were it not for the knee which hasn't been a problem in quite a while now.

By the end of the week, please!

[zinctek 469]

Dont you guys remember its chelsea, nothing happens quick. this will go on til the end of the month and on deadline day something will happen with someone, its how we work. Our agents or who ever buys wants to make it looks like it he worth getting paid so much money for.

i hope we get him but cheap wage, and not much to the agent.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

As long as his contract is appearance based I honestly dont give a fuck about what his wages will be.

[Muzchap 8,966]

As long as his contract is appearance based I honestly dont give a fuck about what his wages will be.

No way he will go with that

His current contract is 40k week basic with 20k game fee, so normally 60k week.

We offered 80k - he wants more

20k week increase, over £1 million a year pay-rise! Like WTF - what 'sane' person wouldn't snap that up!!!

If he's too stupid to see the benefit and to be in a team challenging for trophies, then perhaps he ain't CFC material after all.

That's not me on my high horse - just flabbergasted at some people's greed and idiocy, on top of the £1 million per year, he's also getting £2 million cash from Newcastle and no doubt a decent signing on bonus and millions in fees to his 'agents/family' - now if that ain't taking the piss don't know what is?

Also, we need to remember, every professional player is insured, if he's uninsurable, then it's a massive, massive risk. As somebody else said this guy is one tackle away from a wheelchair...

Can anyone hand on heart honestly say that isn't a possibility with Chelsea's history of strikers :(

[AndersonBLUE 819]

He's looking for the best contract and future for himself, all footballers do it, so nothing against Ba really is it.

[Damo810 5]

Theres asking for a pay rise and theres being ridiculous. The rumours of 120K per week are crazy if true. 85-95K would be the limit for me, although he's second highest scorer in the league those wonky knees could go at any time. If he went 50:50 on an appearance based wage of 90K I'd take him.

He could be quality for us, but theres also the very real chance everything goes tit's up in his first training session of a four year contract.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Theres asking for a pay rise and theres being ridiculous. The rumours of 120K per week are crazy if true. 85-95K would be the limit for me, although he's second highest scorer in the league those wonky knees could go at any time. If he went 50:50 on an appearance based wage of 90K I'd take him.

He could be quality for us, but theres also the very real chance everything goes tit's up in his first training session of a four year contract.

Why would he go 50-50 on an appearance based wage when he could easily go 100-0 on an appearance based wage at any club that wants him? His knee hasn't fucked up yet but as I've said in the David Villa thread if it were between Ba and Villa, Villa would be a better option because the knee thing isn't there. Who says his knee will fuck up though?

[Damo810 5]

Why would he go 50-50 on an appearance based wage when he could easily go 100-0 on an appearance based wage at any club that wants him? His knee hasn't fucked up yet but as I've said in the David Villa thread if it were between Ba and Villa, Villa would be a better option because the knee thing isn't there. Who says his knee will fuck up though?

100% as in he'll only get payed when he appears? Why would he agree to that? If his knee goes he'll have no weekly wage coming in?

If it's 100% as in he gets no appearance recognition, well why on earth would we agree to that? If his knee goes we're paying 100K+ per week to a useless player.

A 50-50 or similar split gives both parties the best of both worlds. The club isn't giving huge amounts (when you look at player wages as a whole) to a useless player and Ba keep a weekly income.

Theres no certainty with his knee, thats why we're having this discussion, he had a botched surgery and know has structural problems within his knee, why do you think he failed two medicals and Newcastle got him on a pay as you play deal in the same way City did with Hargreaves.

Would only take Villa on loan, declining player coming back from injury, sound familiar? Like a cross between Sheva and Torres maybe? His recent stats are worse than Torres'. Far better players about for similar money.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

100% as in he'll only get payed when he appears? Why would he agree to that? If his knee goes he'll have no weekly wage coming in?

If it's 100% as in he gets no appearance recognition, well why on earth would we agree to that? If his knee goes we're paying 100K+ per week to a useless player.

A 50-50 or similar split gives both parties the best of both worlds. The club isn't giving huge amounts (when you look at player wages as a whole) to a useless player and Ba keep a weekly income.

Theres no certainty with his knee, thats why we're having this discussion, he had a botched surgery and know has structural problems within his knee, why do you think he failed two medicals and Newcastle got him on a pay as you play deal in the same way City did with Hargreaves.

Would only take Villa on loan, declining player coming back from injury, sound familiar? Like a cross between Sheva and Torres maybe? His recent stats are worse than Torres'. Far better players about for similar money.

His recent stats are worse than Torres? That's not right because in the first 7 games after his leg break, he'd scored 5 times. Thats not worse than Torres. Thats him also playing on the wing too. Villa = still one of the best CFs around just lost time with being played on the wing and being injured.

[Damo810 5]

His recent stats are worse than Torres? That's not right because in the first 7 games after his leg break, he'd scored 5 times. Thats not worse than Torres. Thats him also playing on the wing too. Villa = still one of the best CFs around just lost time with being played on the wing and being injured.

These are from another forum..

17 goals & 2 assists in his last 44 games.

Hardly inspiring. Like I said, buying a declining player just returning from injury sounds stupid given our history, and the fact we won't give Ash or Frank certain contracts because they are over 30. I love our board.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

These are from another forum..

17 goals & 2 assists in his last 44 games.

Hardly inspiring. Like I said, buying a declining player just returning from injury sounds stupid given our history, and the fact we won't give Ash or Frank certain contracts because they are over 30. I love our board.

Hes barely a declining player, what gives any sign hes a declining player?

He just needs to be used in his proper position, same with Zlatan at Barca. Zlatan left and flourished because he was played in his proper position, would be the same with Villa. To say Villa's a declining player because he suffered a leg break is a ridiculous thing to say.