Demba Ba

[DDA 9,570]

7 million ... ahh the amount of latin girls and drugs i could consume with thosee kind of readies...

[zolayes 14,489]

I tried, but the number got too large...

madmax will help he has a degree in bean counting /// perhaps even in HAS BEEN counting ..ideal for nandos

[Superblue 6,333]

What I understood is that his knee could "potentially" be problematic, but till now he hasn't suffered from it. He is certainly not injury prone, only missed 17 games the last 7 years.

Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is it's not a degenerative knee condition like Ledley King's (which he was born with) which was guaranteed to worsen as he continued playing football. This is a knee condition from a botched operation and could as Choulo said be problematic in the future. But that future could be in his 40's or not at all.

This knee problem is also not like a cruciate ligament injury which we've seen ruin a number of player's careers like Essien. His Newcastle career is proof that his knee condition doesn't affect his ability to perform.

If he were to fail his medical then that is completely different, but if his medical is passed are we really going to be against this transfer because of a 'what if'? As I've said before, this is a player seemingly at his peak, with a proven pedigree for scoring goals in the Premier League and is available for £7m.

[Kostas 1,468]

If those number are true the it's definitely a non-issue or at least one that's not worth the e-ink I've seen wasted on it.

[Kinol 337]

Apperantly his failed medical for Stoke wasnt the only medical he failed. After reading about him at Wikipedia it seems like he was going to move to Stuttgart from Hoffenheim but that transfer fell through aswell as he failed the medical.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

he is only 27, he is more likely to bust his knee hanging a cuckoo clock up when he's old enough to have grandkids.

[GermanBlue 82]

Just how I feel now. We need him against Southampton.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Not the most reliable source but:

ChelsTransferGossip‏@ChelsTransfer

Demba Ba has already met with members of the Chelsea squad at Cobham today after completing his medical #CFC (Independent)

[laeth 527]

Telegraph are saying its done:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/9779496/Demba-Ba-finally-completes-7-million-Chelsea-move-after-agents-row-over-2-million-fee.html

[Billy. 2,739]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8378310/Transfer-latest-Chelsea-agree-deal-with-Newcastle-striker-Demba-Ba

[IliyaDamyanov 43]

I want to see him with the blue shirt tonight so I could go to sleep

[Atwa 78]

7 million is a steal for Ba, will surely help us loads if he gets the time, which is the crutch here really.. still he is experienced in the league and will probably score goals when its needed.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Telegraph are saying its done: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/9779496/Demba-Ba-finally-completes-7-million-Chelsea-move-after-agents-row-over-2-million-fee.html

Everyone reporting different wages lol.

[Yeboii 1,844]

Lets get straight Chelsea are paying something over 7 mills, because of agent fees. Still a pretty good deal. I hope Ba won't break his knee or whatever

[Thomas Williams 166]

The beautiful thing about Ba is that he can score very well from a well placed aerial ball, which our team is so good at delivering, we finally have someone who will have the off the ball movement to receive it and score.

[DDA 9,570]

This signing seems like a knee jerk reaction. .....

Holy fuck I'm bored.

[blu35_army 550]

New Striker,,New Hope....

:yay:

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

why are we so fixated on wages when its cheap transfers but when likes of torres and hazard come we're like "yeah it was a lot but LOOK AT WHAT WE GOT!"

damn, just be happy and stop being knit picky just because he didnt cost 40mil. his wages are his wages and lets not act like over paying him means the end if CFC as we know it. mini rant over.