Demba Ba

[bushman 2,043]

Sky Sports sources:

BA will not join Chelsea.

It looks like the soap opera will continue its next act.

[Peppen 934]

Thought we had him already. Shame if we let him go like that.

[zolayes 14,489]

FFS we need another striker in NOW

[Wfisheruk 23]

What I've read is chelsea were offering double his wages but ba want wants more and his agents fee aswell..

[Zola kinda blue 89]

What I've read is chelsea were offering double his wages but ba want wants more and his agents fee aswell..

yep!

Last night Newcastle United striker Demba Ba’s representatives travelled to London for talks with Chelsea in a bid to secure a move to Stamford Bridge for the Senegal International. This morning’s papers are full of information suggesting the move is on and the striker will at the club by the end of the transfer window.

Whilst some reports suggest that the 27 year old is on his way to Chelsea for a scan, Sky Sports are reporting that talks last night were unproductive with Chelsea not prepared to pay what Ba is asking for.

Chelsea were prepared to double his money by offering £80,000 a week, but his agents are alleged to have pushed for more. Therefore unless he is prepared to budge on his wage demands the deal could be off.

They go further to suggest the door is now open for other clubs as they prepare to extend their options.

[The only place to be 11,313]

He's a 27 year old striker in the prime of his career, on form and this might be his last big contract - dude's looking to get paid and we aren't the pushovers we once were. Problem is I don't know if the market is as strong for him as his advisors thinks it is.

If he's seriously entertaining QPR or Liverpool, fuck him. If he's thinking about PSG then fuck knows how much they'll have to pay with their new tax laws. If it's Arsenal then that probably makes us getting Walcott a near-certainty.

I'm going to wait 48 hours before I decide to start panicking.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Well this is weird. Surely he would have only had a medical if the terms were agreed... So its very weird. Eventually we will get some news about what exactly happened. It will be a mighty shame if we don't get him an and he goes elsewhere... Obviously we shouldn't play ludicrous wage amounts but I don't know where you would find a player that good that cheap in terms of fee.

[gr123 167]

If he seriously wants more than £80k a week then fuck him.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Well this is weird. Surely he would have only had a medical if the terms were agreed... So its very weird. Eventually we will get some news about what exactly happened. It will be a mighty shame if we don't get him an and he goes elsewhere... Obviously we shouldn't play ludicrous wage amounts but I don't know where you would find a player that good that cheap in terms of fee.

The main aim for us this transfer season is to get our deals done as soon as possible.Ba with the release clause can make this happen but if this transfer is going to get dragged till the second or third week of January then there is no point getting him.

I've been saying in the other threads that we should make Lukaku reconsider his decision of staying at WBA.Lukaku would get the same opportunity that we are planning to give Ba and so there wouldn't be any issue of lack of game time.There would be no need of paying any amount for a striker we really need and the deal would be done straight away.

This according to me is the best option.

[Madmax 9,219]

You'd think people here would be used to Chelsea transfer stories by now.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

If he seriously wants more than £80k a week then fuck him.

Really? We pay Torres 170K a week. The difference between 80 and say 85K a week is 260K a year. To give up on a cheap, solid striker for that would be ridiculous especially because we'd probably have to go out and spend millions extra on transfer fees to get a similar striker.. (with the usual caveat that we don't really know what's happening).

[Zola kinda blue 89]

Apparently the difference between what we wanted to pay Ba and what Danny was getting is around 1 million

[Sovieticus 743]

This is how I imagine his agents.

[gr123 167]

Really? We pay Torres 170K a week. The difference between 80 and say 85K a week is 260K a year. To give up on a cheap, solid striker for that would be ridiculous especially because we'd probably have to go out and spend millions extra on transfer fees to get a similar striker.. (with the usual caveat that we don't really know what's happening).

Torres really shouldn't be used as a benchmark for wages though - what he's on is ridiculous.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Oh well - fuck him then, if Newcastle want Remy, lets go sign him

He obviously wants less wages than BA...

And for BA to demand more than 80k week takes the piss - fucking agents ruining the game! Here's a new deal, we pay your agent fuck all and that 2 million we would have paid them, we pay you!!!

Something needs to be done about Football Agents and fast!