Radamel Falcao

[Hutcho 8,443]

Cavani was sold to Napoli for around 15m pounds. Falcao was sold to Atletico for 40m euros. Aguero was sold to Man city for 35m pounds.

This is how it normally is. All the top teams bought their strikers from somewhere, but the fees are always around 35m or lower.

Depends on what you call formidable, it doesn't have to be a massive name, but they're many players out there with a reputation of scoring loads of goals, and will probably do the same in the PL. And won't cost 50m.

Demba ba is great but i wouldn't call him formidable.. Any proven player we buy will cost us more than they are worth because we are chelsea. Which is the annoying fact of the matter. Cavani will cost a lot more, aguero would cost us a lot more. etc. It doesn't have to be a massive name, but we are always forced to pay more.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Demba ba is great but i wouldn't call him formidable.. Any proven player we buy will cost us more than they are worth because we are chelsea. Which is the annoying fact of the matter. Cavani will cost a lot more, aguero would cost us a lot more. etc. It doesn't have to be a massive name, but we are always forced to pay more.

Aguero would have cost us exactly what Man city paid. I believe he had a release clause also.

And you're right people ask for more from Chelsea, but it's not like all of a sudden a 10m player would become 30m.

Cavani for example can be bought for 35m, but it depends on whether he wants to leave Napoli.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Cavani was sold to Napoli for around 15m pounds. Falcao was sold to Atletico for 40m euros. Aguero was sold to Man city for 35m pounds.

This is how it normally is. All the top teams bought their strikers from somewhere, but the fees are always around 35m or lower.

Depends on what you call formidable, it doesn't have to be a massive name, but they're many players out there with a reputation of scoring loads of goals, and will probably do the same in the PL. And won't cost 50m.

Oh boy... Was Cavani world class before he went to Napoli? Falcao went for about as much as he was worth after two great seasons at Porto, has he done anything to diminish his value in La Liga? See Falcao for Aguero. A players value is dependent on their history and form...

Its really quite simple we're meeting Falcao's buyout so we can get him now. If we wait till the summer there will be a bidding war for his services between City, PSG, Real... If we miss out on CL there is every reason to believe he will go somewhere else.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Cavani for example can be bought for 35m, but it depends on whether he wants to leave Napoli.

I realy dont think so. Napoli said he will leave for more, dont remmember how much, and i think he have a release clause for around 50m euros.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Oh boy... Was Cavani world class before he went to Napoli? Falcao went for about as much as he was worth after two great seasons at Porto, has he done anything to diminish his value in La Liga? See Falcao for Aguero. A players value is dependent on their history and form...

Its really quite simple we're meeting Falcao's buyout so we can get him now. If we wait till the summer there will be a bidding war for his services between City, PSG, Real... If we miss out on CL there is every reason to believe he will go somewhere else.

We've been linked with Cavani before he went to Napoli. He's made huge strides at Napoli. How can there be a bidding war on Falcao when he has a buy out clause...

[Hutcho 8,443]

Aguero would have cost us exactly what Man city paid. I believe he had a release clause also.

And you're right people ask for more from Chelsea, but it's not like all of a sudden a 10m player would become 30m.

Cavani for example can be bought for 35m, but it depends on whether he wants to leave Napoli.

Yeah but now you are talking about chelsea gambling on a player who we believe will be good. Which is something we very rarely do. Michu cost just 2 mil, hernandex was very cheap as well etc the list goes on and you never see us going in for the young unproven player on a gamble so we go for proven youngsters who have already been bought for cheap and proven themselves meaning their original 10 mil transfer has just rocketed up. Michu would probably cost 15 mil now, 7.5 times what they paid for him.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

Here's my 2 cents for what its worth. Falcao is one of the top strikers in world football and we NEED a top striker. There's every chance he could fail but there's every chance any player could fail so what odds. Yes he's pricey but that's the joys of buying top quality players. If we buy him its because we can afford him, I never can wrap my head around people complaining about our funds and how much we can't afford to spend, its been said by some of the more level headed people on here already, there are very educated people at the top of their fields whos job it is to make sure we stay within the ffp financial restraints so let's not get bogged down with this anymore. I think he'd be a superb signing and I really hope we get him.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

We've been linked with Cavani before he went to Napoli. He's made huge strides at Napoli. How can there be a bidding war on Falcao when he has a buy out clause...

Easy the wages he's on performance incentives. Similar to Hazard.

If it comes down to that we won't get him, particularly if we miss out on top 4

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Here's my 2 cents for what its worth. Falcao is one of the top strikers in world football and we NEED a top striker. There's every chance he could fail but there's every chance any player could fail so what odds. Yes he's pricey but that's the joys of buying top quality players. If we buy him its because we can afford him, I never can wrap my head around people complaining about our funds and how much we can't afford to spend, its been said by some of the more level headed people on here already, there are very educated people at the top of their fields whos job it is to make sure we stay within the ffp financial restraints so let's not get bogged down with this anymore. I think he'd be a superb signing and I really hope we get him.

Hear, hear my sentiments exactly!

[Sheva. 5,373]

Yeah but now you are talking about chelsea gambling on a player who we believe will be good. Which is something we very rarely do. Michu cost just 2 mil, hernandex was very cheap as well etc the list goes on and you never see us going in for the young unproven player on a gamble so we go for proven youngsters who have already been bought for cheap and proven themselves meaning their original 10 mil transfer has just rocketed up. Michu would probably cost 15 mil now, 7.5 times what they paid for him.

Maybe it is something we should do more often, given how the cheap players we've signed recently have turned out

Oh boy... Was Cavani world class before he went to Napoli? Falcao went for about as much as he was worth after two great seasons at Porto, has he done anything to diminish his value in La Liga? See Falcao for Aguero. A players value is dependent on their history and form...

Its really quite simple we're meeting Falcao's buyout so we can get him now. If we wait till the summer there will be a bidding war for his services between City, PSG, Real... If we miss out on CL there is every reason to believe he will go somewhere else.

I only gave 3 examples, but like you said every top team have a top striker. This is a fact. But, none of them ever cost this much, also another fact.

You don't think even for a second spending 98m on just two players is ridiculous? Shakhtar dominated us in CL and i'm sure their entire team did not cost as much.

Or will a top striker also change the fact that our double pivot collapses under any kind of pressure?

[The Skipper 20,593]

Easy the wages he's on performance incentives. Similar to Hazard.

If it comes down to that we won't get him, particularly if we miss out on top 4

It won't purely go on wages - all teams in the mix will offer him high wages. What's stopping Real, City or whoever bidding from Falcao in January if we do as well? For all we know, Falcao could reject us in January because he'll be holding out for a move to Real Madrid. It mostly comes down to which club sells their vision the best.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Maybe it is something we should do more often, given how the cheap players we've signed recently have turned out

I only gave 3 examples, but like you said every top team have a top striker. This is a fact. But, none of them ever cost this much, also another fact.

You don't think even for a second spending 98m on just two players is ridiculous? Shakhtar dominated us in CL and i'm sure their entire team did not cost as much.

Or will a top striker also change the fact that our double pivot collapses under any kind of pressure?

I do think 98M on two strikers is ridiculous but we can't let the mistake that Torres was hinder the club's ambitions. It was a mistake, move on...

Shakhtar beat us at home, they only have to worry about CL because they are in a poor league.

No not necessarily, it could take loads of pressure off the pivot since we'll be banging in goals!

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

It won't purely go on wages - all teams in the mix will offer him high wages. What's stopping Real, City or whoever bidding from Falcao in January if we do as well? For all we know, Falcao could reject us in January because he'll be holding out for a move to Real Madrid. It mostly comes down to which club sells their vision the best.

That could be the case but that's no reason not to bid.

[Ankit 3,176]

Some people here said that Gourlay will announce a major deal in February! Whats that all about? I never heard anything about it!!

[Joker10 946]

We paid 50 mil, for torres... It didn't exactly slow roman down on his spending... Falcao is a bargain in comparison to that at 48 mil. If torres was worth 50 mil then falcao should be 100. We have a proper striker and we get top 4... yes there are no guarentees, but i am 100% confident it won't make us worse than now, and would definitely be an improvement. Top 4 is a must and then next season we can go from there... As for FFP, i'll let the boys at the top worry about that.

I really hate this logic. "If Torres is worth 50m then player x is definitely worth (insert amount)."

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

I realy dont think so. Napoli said he will leave for more, dont remmember how much, and i think he have a release clause for around 50m euros.

His release clause is exactly the same as Falcao's actually

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Some people here said that Gourlay will announce a major deal in February! Whats that all about? I never heard anything about it!!

http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/chelsea-chief-gourlay-reveals-bumper-sponsor-lined-thanks-sauber-partnership-3632721#.UNSg_onjkSg

[laura90 556]

Didier Drogba. That is 50 mil striker.

- you don't buy pure goal scorer for that money unless you really have no other option. Because they are not worth that much. Top all around strikers are, however, worth that much. Drogba scored bunch of goals, especially in the finals. But he was also excellent all around player, able to defend, assist, motivate, make the right moves, keep defenders busy, carry whole team on his back when things got tough. Even when he didn't score, he was often very usefull and contributed massively. And that makes striker worth 50 mil

- even though we have perfect attacking midfielders able to supply any striker (especially Falcao), they are still talented players who will improve at some point. When they do, they will try to score as well, not only to assist. Meaning, despite our creators, we are not going to play around striker, like they did in Porto and Atletico for Falcao. He will have to adapt his game in the team that doesn't play to his strenghts and completely around him. We have too much quality in the attack for any striker to enjoy that kind of luxury.

- I know it sounds strange, but being striker in Chelsea is hard. Partly because of price tag, and partly because of press who just wait opportunity to crucify you. That is why I have an impression we need striker with strong mentality, whose self - confidence comes from his capabilities rather than his past achievments (ok. preferably both). I really fear those strikers who are called greatest for long time, because in tough times ( potential crisis) that doesn't make them stronger, rather more vulnerable.

- I'm sure there is a striker who complements and fits our game perfectly that doesn't cost that much, but it would be too much for our board to find him. In that case, Falcao makes sense, even though i prefer Cavani. I would also splash much cash on a central/defensive midfielder able to retain ball properly, because it's central midfield where we have been outplayed against strong teams, especially in CL.