Loïc Rémy

[bababoom 4,478]

Schurrle-Willian-Hazard

Remy

Insane high pressing.

[Diego 433]

People do realise we only play one striker at a time right? You do realise its extremely hard to keep any player happy on the bench let alone a striker who is considered world class right? Do people honestly believe we could sign Falcao/ Cavani For £40-60m on £200k+ and sit them on the bench. I would love that to be the case but we have to be realistic.

Bony- £18-22m Expensive, Difficult deal to do in the final days of the window and im not so sure he would want to sit on our bench

Benteke £18-22m Like Bony expensive and Aston Villa would play hard ball also had some Injuries recently so it maybe risky

Destro £20m Roma would play hard ball they don't need to sell and is unproven in the Prem

Remy- £8m Cheap, Easy Deal to do, Prem experience, Very different to our current strikers and will be happy to be 2nd striker

[robsblubot 3,595]

Again... You can't really compare. Dzeko is not even a back up striker tbh, he was vital for City last year. Dzeko is pretty much a starter (he plays a lot of games even if Aguero is fully fit). He has to be a very, very good player (just under the WC mark for me) for that. Remy is a good player however, better than Drogba is right now, and in between the WC and just OK mark. He's a good striker. He's perfect for us in the sense that Costa will probably start in most of our games (75%). The fact that he's a clinical pace merchant as well means he'll get a few goals from the bench against tired legs when the game opens up more.

IMO we wouldn't even be able to bring a player of Dzeko's calibre to come sit here on the bench to be back up to Costa, so we have to go down a band where you get your Bony's/Remy's/Benteke's... And Remy is probably the best option available if you take into consideration price and the fact that Benteke is out injured for a while atm.

Remy is a massive upgrade on Torres for me.

We obviously disagree on Remy and that's fine. I truly hope you are right on this one.

All other top clubs have better sub for striker than we do. Daniel/Balotelli, giroud/Sanchez, dzeko/Aguero. Rvp/rooney. They are all better IMO.

I don't think costa is injury prone btw but he can still pickup a long term injury and ruin our chances. Just can't imagine the likes of remy and old-drogba doing anything special in the cl semis for example. The other teams have better options in the position.

[Yasser 63]

Remy for £8m is a great business by the club, sign him up!

[Whiskey 173]

Perfect option for a 2nd striker.

Well invested money.

[Mr_President 404]

Well, whoever is operating our transfer strategy deserves to be lauded for this summer (and, to be fair, the change in approach after the Torres debacle). This summer we have been fast and clinical in the transfer market. In my wildest dreams, which I must admit are quite frequent during the off season, I would never have expected a summer where we sign exactly what we needed for fantastic prices, extort ridiculous fees for players we don't need/aren't adequately suited to the team (Mata, Luiz). Then, to top it all off, we are shipping Torres off and bringing this guy in. I won't go as far as to say Torres was a 'cancer' in the club as I hate that expression but by God I thought we would be stuck with him for the remainder of his contract. The club has also been smart in loaning him to Milan instead of a free transfer because it means the loss from his transfer fee from Liverpool is spread over 2 years (in FFP terms at least. In real terms we don't really gain anything this way - expect, perhaps, in terms of improved cash flow, not that that is an issue for us anyways).

Onto Remy, I think he is probably the best option we can go for this late in the market for the kind of money we seem prepared to be putting up. There is absolutely no need for another striker that would genuinely challenge Costa for the #1 spot as in our system we could not hope to keep both happy. Remy is also different to our current striking options in that he is very pacey, whereas some of the other mooted options wouldn't give us that. On top of that, he has PL experience and a very solid record - let's just hope he can pass a medical and fill in for Costa when necessary.

Brilliant!

[The Skipper 20,609]

We obviously disagree on Remy and that's fine. I truly hope you are right on this one.

All other top clubs have better sub for striker than we do. Daniel/Balotelli, giroud/Sanchez, dzeko/Aguero. Rvp/rooney. They are all better IMO.

I don't think costa is injury prone btw but he can still pickup a long term injury and ruin our chances. Just can't imagine the likes of remy and old-drogba doing anything special in the cl semis for example. The other teams have better options in the position.

You can't call them sub strikers because Sturridge and Balotelli will play together in the majority of games. Giroud and Sanchez (who is considered more of a wing forward than a striker) will also play together more oft than not. Dzeko and Aguero the same. Rooney and RVP the same.

You can't compare any of those to our situation is what I mean... Hence why, if you put it all together, Remy is a very good option to have.

Next season when Drogba retires we'll buy another good striker, and our strike force will then consist of Costa, Remy, x, with Remy and X hopefully vying it out for that 2nd choice spot.

[DH1988 1,346]

He signed his contract!! yipee!!!!!

[1chelsea 864]

Would take this guy any day better player to lukaku. Well done Chelsea

[Diego 433]

We obviously disagree on Remy and that's fine. I truly hope you are right on this one.

All other top clubs have better sub for striker than we do. ,,. . They are all better IMO.

I don't think costa is injury prone btw but he can still pickup a long term injury and ruin our chances. Just can't imagine the likes of remy and old-drogba doing anything special in the cl semis for example. The other teams have better options in the position.

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[The Chels 2,502]

Next season when Drogba retires we'll buy another good striker, and our strike force will then consist of Costa, Remy, x, with Remy and X hopefully vying it out for that 2nd choice spot.

Costa, Destro, Remy? Sounds good.

[Diego 433]

We obviously disagree on Remy and that's fine. I truly hope you are right on this one.

All other top clubs have better sub for striker than we do. Daniel/Balotelli, giroud/Sanchez, dzeko/Aguero. Rvp/rooney. They are all better IMO.

I don't think costa is injury prone btw but he can still pickup a long term injury and ruin our chances. Just can't imagine the likes of remy and old-drogba doing anything special in the cl semis for example. The other teams have better options in the position.

Daniel/Balotelli - Liverpool Played with two striker last season so will most likely do the same this season

giroud/Sanchez- Giroud is shit and injured, Sanchez is a wide player by trade

dzeko/Aguero- Once again they play with two strikers but they do have better options. On the other hand most of the time they only have 2/3 out of the 4 fit at any one point

Rvp/rooney - Same again neither sit on the bench both start, Welbeck is there third choice at the moment

[The Skipper 20,609]

Hoping Remy can be that top, cheap, efficient signing like Azpi or Cahill.

Whatever happens though, this has been the best transfer window I've ever witnessed. Emenalo, Mourinho and the rest of the board must be commended. The squad is finally fully complete.

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

You can't call them sub strikers because Sturridge and Balotelli will play together in the majority of games. Giroud and Sanchez (who is considered more of a wing forward than a striker) will also play together more oft than not. Dzeko and Aguero the same. Rooney and RVP the same.

You can't compare any of those to our situation is what I mean... Hence why, if you put it all together, Remy is a very good option to have.

Next season when Drogba retires we'll buy another good striker, and our strike force will then consist of Costa, Remy, x, with Remy and X hopefully vying it out for that 2nd choice spot.

Exactly.

Only City are loaded in terms of strikers....everyone else is in the same situation as us.

[chelseawise 115]

We should have kept Demba Ba. I think Ba is much better then Remy.