Loïc Rémy

[Thendo 1,088]

Our board are flipping amazing, dump Torres and sign a great replacement in a couple of hours...!

[bababoom 4,478]

Why are people putting Ba and Remy into the same category? Is it just because they both played for Newcastle? Remy is faster, better technically and adds something different to our squad.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Amazing signing if true. Reminds me of the Anelka deal a few years ago. Makes so much sense its bloody awesome!!

[bababoom 4,478]

We've been so efficient in this window, I love it.

[Special Juan 27,424]

This all sounds perfect, too perfect.

This happens then our board have once again nailed it.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Why are you so eager to sign another top quality striker? Did you miss us signing Diego Costa or something? All I see from you is how we should sign Falcao, or Cavani etc.

I'll say it again, delighted we don't have someone with your thought trail on the board.

Because at top clubs there should be more than 1 top player for a position, especially at ST- arguably one of the most important in the team. You want us to be like Atletico, rely on him until his feet bleed dry, that is when we are gonna act?

Or maybe you want to look across Manchester to see how they got 4 top class strikers in 2 positions. What, you are afraid that Costa won't be happy because he won't be the main man if another player as good or better than him arrives?

[Polo7 3,496]

Because at top clubs there should be more than 1 top player for a position, especially at ST- arguably one of the most important in the team. You want us to be like Atletico, rely on him until his feet bleed dry, that is when we are gonna act?

Or maybe you want to look across Manchester to see how they got 4 top class strikers in 2 positions. What, you are afraid that Costa won't be happy because he won't be the main man if another player as good or better than him arrives?

City only have one world class striker. The others are just really good.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Gary Lineker @GaryLineker · 17m

Seems Remy is going to Chelsea. Thought Arsenal might have gone for him. Perhaps they did.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Because at top clubs there should be more than 1 top player for a position, especially at ST- arguably one of the most important in the team. You want us to be like Atletico, rely on him until his feet bleed dry, that is when we are gonna act?

Or maybe you want to look across Manchester to see how they got 4 top class strikers in 2 positions. What, you are afraid that Costa won't be happy because he won't be the main man if another player as good or better than him arrives?

Let's have a look at the Manchester teams then shall we...

Both play with two strikers in their system.

United: RVP and Rooney are their top quality strikers. They both play a huge amount of minutes. Hernandez and Welbeck are decent but not top quality and both get scarce minutes. So the back up they have is not top quality. 2 top class strikers, 2 decent ones. Look at the correlation. 2 top strikers for 2 positions. Not 2 top strikers for 1 position.

City: Aguero is a top quality striker, Dzeko is probably just below that. Negredo and Jovetic are also again decent but not top quality. So they have 1 top class striker, and 3 good ones. The only reason why they share minutes so efficiently between the four is because Aguero and Jovetic spend a lot of time out injured. If all 4 were fully fit for the majority of the season they would 100% not be able to sustain the certain model. One of them would almost definitely be off -- heck there are rumours Negredo might go already. Again, see the correlation, only 1 true top striker and 3 others vying out for that spot next to him (luckily none aren't truly top quality strikers, or else it would be Aguero + that other top quality striker as their number one strike force). You cannot compare our situation to this.

At Chelsea we play with one guy upfront strictly. It would completely be irrational and ineffective to have someone like Cavani/Falcao on the bench, completely useless. They need to play almost every time. Unless we start playing with two up front, which is obviously not suited to our team at all. This is why you look for someone in between, and Remy fits the bill perfectly. We won't have to play Costa all the time at all this way, someone in Remy's class is a reliable back up player who can step in if needed. Our system is different to those of City and United's; we do not play with 2 strikers at the same time for the majority of the season. You can't have a £60m Cavani sitting on the bench regularly, and you can't have a £40m Falcao sitting on the bench frequently. What we need is a good striker who can fill in when required and Remy fits the bill.

If you don't understand that you're deluded, sorry.

[robsblubot 3,502]

Nah for me if costa picks up a long term injury we are fucked.

Dzeko is twice the player than both remy and 36-drogba.

[Polo7 3,496]

Nah for me if costa picks up a long term injury we are fucked.

Dzeko is twice the player than both remy and 36-drogba.

Such optimism!

[Toli 977]

Nah for me if costa picks up a long term injury we are fucked.

Dzeko is twice the player than both remy and 36-drogba.

Dzeko is a starter for City...and did cost 35 m euros. Thats kinda the difference. Futhermore City are playing with 2 strikers.

[Alee. 182]

Absolutely baffles me how this guy is 2 years older than Costa.

[Azul 1,615]

Is this actually happening?!

[robsblubot 3,502]

Such optimism!

Some call realism, but hey whatever works for you.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Remy is good but for a club like us, title chasers, plenty of games, pressing game with players get exhausted, Costa who is potentialy injury prone, we should target better than Remy. Even if Costa remains healthy, second striker will likely play 1/3 of all games and I wouldnt trust Remy in CL, or any bigger PL game...

[iseah100 5,612]

Nah for me if costa picks up a long term injury we are fucked.

Dzeko is twice the player than both remy and 36-drogba.

Ehh, Dzeko is good, but incredibly wasteful. Remy would be a good option, obviously we don't want him to HAVE to lead our line for an extended period of time. He's not our main striker, that's why we have Costa. Remy could lead for a few weeks and we'd be fine, I think.

[robsblubot 3,502]

Dzeko is a starter for City...and did cost 35 m euros. Thats kinda the difference. Futhermore City are playing with 2 strikers.

I'm missing something here... Are we cheap now?! Are we looking for bargains only? Fact is city has dzeko and Aguero regardless of their valuation. Or do u think they care how much they costed...

Are you all so sure remy is an upgrade over Torres? Because I'm not. We got exactly what we paid for with Ba so why do people suddenly think the world missed on this 27-fantastic player?

He's ok just ok.