Rumoured Douglas Costa

[Reddish-Blue 2,347]

I hope it's BS. A few of my coworkers who watch the Ukrainian league told me that he's a very frustrating, inconsistent player: can have one brilliant game and be shit for a month.

I even checked out the biggest Russian sports site(there are lots of football fans from Ukraine there too) and pretty much everyone agreed this guy was worse than Willian (my Russian isn't that good, but that was pretty clear).

The worst thing is...Arsenal rejected the chance to sign Douglas Costa on loan because they felt they had enough lightweight attacking midfield options

I just don't understand this potential transfer....he's not better than Schurrle and based on his records, he doesn't score many goals

[Pizy 18,368]

Now watch us seriously regret settling for this kid when one of our direct rivals like City or United sign Cuadrado in the summer.

Replacing a player we had with a lesser player. Obviously I'll support him if we sign him and hope for the best but this would be the least excited I'll be for a signing in as long as I can remember.

I'd rather just keep André honestly.

[dee25 1,044]

Let's just hope this is just like the Guarin rumors that popped up last January window. All signs were pointing to us signing him and then out of nowhere we snatched Matic. I can only pray a similar thing happens again.

[special Eden 78]

If Schurrle goes - then were getting Cuadrado and NOT Costa.

If Salah goes - then were getting one of them.

This is due to Champions League. Cuadrado can play, but Costa not.

But i REALLY hope Schurrle and Salah goes and we buy Cuadrado AND Costa(for the right price of course) If we must pay Cuadrados clause its not the worse.. But if Shaktar want more than 20£m for Costa, its a no go.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Chelsea are maintaining negotiations with #Shakhtar for Douglas Costa & have offered £18.7m. Enner Valencia is a back-up option. (Mail) #CFC

Schurrle is expected to join #Wolfsburg this week, while #ASRoma hope to agreed Mohamed Salah's loan ahead of Real Sociedad. #CFC (Mail)

[Waterfall 893]

The worst thing is...Arsenal rejected the chance to sign Douglas Costa on loan because they felt they had enough lightweight attacking midfield options

I just don't understand this potential transfer....he's not better than Schurrle and based on his records, he doesn't score many goals

Listening to Wenger, it sounds as if they rejected all world-class players at one time or another. What they thought is irrelevant.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

We will be ''negotiating'' with Shakhtar until Fiorentina drops their price for Cuadrado

[MuzzaFuzza 4]

Another terrible signing by Mourinho. we desperately need another defender not another Willian. we will be fine with willian and Schurrle for the rest of season, there is no need to buy this crap and sell him next year just like Salah. I'm tired of Mourinho.

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

Chelsea are maintaining negotiations with #Shakhtar for Douglas Costa & have offered £18.7m. Enner Valencia is a back-up option. (Mail) #CFC

Schurrle is expected to join #Wolfsburg this week, while #ASRoma hope to agreed Mohamed Salah's loan ahead of Real Sociedad. #CFC (Mail)

If they both go, itll be Costa and Cuadrado (or another in)

[nyikolajevics 2,576]

Chelsea are maintaining negotiations with #Shakhtar for Douglas Costa & have offered £18.7m. Enner Valencia is a back-up option. (Mail) #CFC

Schurrle is expected to join #Wolfsburg this week, while #ASRoma hope to agreed Mohamed Salah's loan ahead of Real Sociedad. #CFC (Mail)

WHU just bought Valencia for 15 million Euros, he would be expensive as hell. Decent player though.

I don't really know this Costa guy but I hope we won't miss out on Cuadrado.

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

WHU just bought Valencia for 15 million Euros, he would be expensive as hell. Decent player though.

I don't really know this Costa guy but I hope we won't miss out on Cuadrado.

Think West Ham would accept a bid for the amount they paid. They've no funds this window, hence going for Fletcher on loan. Undecided on Valencia, looks good at WHU, but that's a different animal altogether

[Jase 43,479]

Think West Ham would accept a bid for the amount they paid. They've no funds this window, hence going for Fletcher on loan. Undecided on Valencia, looks good at WHU, but that's a different animal altogether

Fletcher's contract with United is expiring this summer. So, West Ham will be getting him without having to pay anything - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/west-ham/11367946/Man-Utd-transfer-news-Darren-Fletcher-expected-to-leave-Old-Trafford-and-sign-for-West-Ham-United.html

[killer1257 3,282]

I would rather haver Enner Valencia than him^^

[WNDS 502]

I've seen quite a few posters express their view (out of desperation? ) that our interest in Douglas Costa is not genuine, and that we are using these rumours to gain some potential leverage with Fiorentina regarding Cuadrado. Well, bad news: http://isport.ua/football/ukraine/318207-palkin-podtverdil-peregovory-s-chelsi-po-duglasu-koste.html (Shakhtar's CEO supposedly confirms that we are in negotiations with his club regarding the player).

Interestingly though, Di Marzio is now reporting that Roma have pulled out of the Salah deal so that they may focus upon their efforts to sign....... Shakhtar's Luiz Adriano. Meanwhile, he is also reporting that our good friends Fiorentina are now expressing a more concrete interest in Salah themselves .

If Shakhtar sell Adriano to Roma, then surely they will not also sell us Costa? As for the business of Salah-to-Fiorentina, maybe it could yet help us land Cuadrado....

Transfer windows .

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

Well, he didn't say that they're in talks with Chelsea: "We're negotiating about Douglas' transfer, but I won't disclose details. We'll make statement if we agree the deal. If not then not. It's too early to talk about amounts (moneys)".

[WNDS 502]

Well, he didn't say that they're in talks with Chelsea: "We're negotiating about Douglas' transfer, but I won't disclose details. We'll make statement if we agree the deal. If not then not. It's too early to talk about amounts (moneys)".

Maybe so, but when you combine that statement with the one that the player himself has made regarding our possible attempt to sign him, it now looks extremely likely that that is exactly what is currently happening.

[Daniel1980 1,425]

Maybe so, but when you combine that statement with the one that the player himself has made regarding our possible attempt to sign him, it now looks extremely likely that that is exactly what is currently happening.

It looks like Chelsea at least contacted Shakhtar and really inquired about Costa, but nothing concrete yet. Shachtar's CEO was vague.

"I don't want to go into details, much less to talk about money. We're negotiating. If the negotiations are successful, then we'll announce it. It's too early and incorrect to talk about money at this point."

He doesn't sound like a man who's certain of the deal going through.

[WNDS 502]

It looks like Chelsea at least contacted Shacktar and really inquired about Costa, but nothing concrete yet. Shachtar's CEO was vague and it doesn't sound like the talks are very advanced.

"I don't want to go into details, much less to talk about money. We're negotiating. If the negotiations are successful, then we'll announce it. It's too early to say anything concrete and it would be incorrect to talk about money at this point."

He doesn't sound like a man who's certain of the deal going through.

Well indeed, but my initial post was made to clear up any lingering doubts that some posters still seem to have as to whether we are actually at least somewhat serious about this transfer. I've seen quite a few posts in the last few days that were along the lines of 'bullshit, it's a smokescreen' and 'the player is only saying we're interested to alert other clubs that he wants to leave'. To me, this latest piece of news appears to remove most of the remaining ambiguity from the situation; the player has claimed that we are trying to sign him, and the CEO of Shakhtar has confirmed that his club are negotiating the player's sale. I'm still far from certain that this transfer will happen in the end, but it's certainly no longer a mere 'rumour' either.