Azul 1,615 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Chelsea are set to move ahead of Arsenal in the race for William Carvalho by making a £35million offer for the Sporting Lisbon midfielder.The Blues have ramped up their interest in Carvalho in the last few days and despite Jose Mourinho insisting that his shopping is finished, he is readying an offer for the player.According to Abola newspaper, the bid will be about £35million – £2million short of his release clause – but Sporting could be open to selling at that price.http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/19/chelsea-set-to-make-35million-offer-for-arsenal-transfer-target-william-carvalho-4837938/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroey 2,525 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 No William Carvalho bid, claim Sporting http://www.givemesport.com/496137-no-william-carvalho-bid-claim-sporting?autoplay=on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 You can see in that article "Relatos na Imprensa inglesa indicam". This means "according to the English media", so this isn't a ABola rumour, they are just following what the Express or other bollocks newspaper wrote the other day.Not happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer1257 3,282 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Very similar player to Matic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 He's an option for next year imo. While we have other B2B players on the bench, reserves and youth teams, we don't really have a Matic replacement at all except Mikel. Along with Costa, Matic is also another player that would be very hard to replace if he gets injured. Dude does the work of 2 players almost, he's a destroyer and an anchor man combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherry33 234 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Rather sell Ramires next year and get Pogba than this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Term-X 7,891 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 He's an option for next year imo. While we have other B2B players on the bench, reserves and youth teams, we don't really have a Matic replacement at all except Mikel. Along with Costa, Matic is also another player that would be very hard to replace if he gets injured. Dude does the work of 2 players almost, he's a destroyer and an anchor man combined.Matic is 26 years old, we don't need to spend £35m on a bench player, not even a future injury to Matic could justify that; it would be superfluous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dy-lan 142 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 This move just doesn't make sense as long as Mikel is here...35M is a ton of money to spend on a "back up" for Matic. Neither can play as a true "8" so I just can't see this happening. That being said, I'd LOVE to keep him away from Arsenal as I feel he's exactly what they need, but at 35M it just doesn't make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself 793 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 lol, the transfer market is well and truly fucked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azul 1,615 Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 It's a very strange move if it's true. I would rather have us buy a back-up striker than a midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Would be insane. 35M for a defensive midfielder with almost no experience? Matic was the player of the year in Portugal with European experience and he was 21M pounds. And why? Matic and Fabergas are going to be starters and probably for years to come. 35M pounds for an unproven backup defensive midfielder? I remain highly skeptical but if this happens, it will be like the Willian situation where we deliberately overpay by a wide margin just so a rival can't get a player it wants which I think is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculatingInfinity 1,478 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Carvalho got the best agent in the world. He's somehow linked to every single top club in the world, every week. But he's not coming, not for the prices being thrown around, not even close to quality enough for that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 That is way too much money for him considering that we have 2 players named Nemanja and Francesc that would walk straight into any starting 11 in the world. Crazy, 35m while we payed around that much for Fabregas and we all know how good is he xDJust agent giving his client advertising and a future new contract... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Apparently Sporting are ready to accept a bid for Carvalho. The club is unknown for now. Could be United or Chelsea. Arsenal's €25m bid was rejected last night, but they are not out of the equation yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Mario 74 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Source ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HD3D 1,038 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Nonsense. He is barely worth 15m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,342 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 http://noticias.sapo.pt/banca/nacional/4085Chelsea avança com 40M€ por William Carvalho.-//-Chelsea advances with 40M€ for Carvalho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself 793 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 lol, we're not united, we would never pay that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Harriott 2,732 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Nonsense. He is barely worth 15m.Lmao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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