Radamel Falcao

[Frank Tung 3]

Falcao is exactly what chelsea needs to finish the moves of mata, hazard, oscar

[The only place to be 11,313]

I made a the comparison of our expected income and expenses a few pages back but I can't find it now. Bottom line is, taking into consideration everything, the most important factor being the departure from the CL, there is no way we can afford this unless that Gazprom deal is worth at least 40m/yr which is not possible because that's barely what we get from Samsung.

LOL seriously? We have a bunch of a few of the most overpaid athlete's in the world, that is

So you don't know what our Gazprom deal is worth then? Can we assume that you don't know what our other commercial deals are worth, besides the Samsung and Adidas ones? I'm starting to think that you might not have seen the books in quite some time.

But it's good that despite the complete lack of knowledge of our income you're prepared to say that there is 'no way we can afford this'. Most people would've simply said they don't know, but you've really put your cock on the block and come out with a definitive answer. Congratulations on having the confidence levels of a far more knowledgeable person.

Oh, and we've gone from making heavy losses to actually being in profit whilst amassing a rather impressive pool of young talent, improving our training facilities and also winning the biggest trophy in our club's history. So yeah, I do think they've done a good job.

[Rmpr 8,977]

Some people are completely underestimating the difference a very top striker makes...

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

A great Striker can win games single handedly, regardless of the qualiy of the rest of the team. We need one. The building for next season should start with someone like Falcao.

[Pizy 18,415]

Some people are completely underestimating the difference a very top striker makes...

Arsenal last year is the perfect example. Absolutely CARRIED them to 3rd.

Our squad is infinitely better than that squad and Falcao is as good or better than RvP. I don't get why people think he'd flop here or not improve us greatly. He certainly would.

[Sheva. 5,373]

I'm struggling to find who we'll sign if we don't get Falcao.

According to Dutch Telegraph, Emenalo has doubts about Bony.

Huntelaar is linked with Arsenal, and they're also rumours of him signing a new deal.

Llorente is heavily linked with a move to Juve.

Lewandowski the same but to Man utd - i don't know why they need him, but there's been "Lewy to Man utd" talk since the summer.

Remy is apparently on his way to Newcastle.

Falcao is like the only striker we're linked with.

[Pizy 18,415]

I'm struggling to find who we'll sign if we don't get Falcao.

According to Dutch Telegraph, Emenalo has doubts about Bony.

Huntelaar is linked with Arsenal, and they're also rumours of him signing a new deal.

Llorente is heavily linked with a move to Juve.

Lewandowski the same but to Man utd - i don't know why they need him, but there's been "Lewy to Man utd" talk since the summer.

Remy is apparently on his way to Newcastle.

Falcao is like the only striker we're linked with.

I just hope it's not a major letdown like last January where we had a bunch of top tier targets and ended up settling for Meireles at the last second.

[Sheva. 5,373]

I just hope it's not a major letdown like last January where we had a bunch of top tier targets and ended up settling for Meireles at the last second.

I'm confident it will be a letdown, but it wouldn't matter if the player can put the ball in the net.

[Hutcho 8,443]

This is every player who is thought to be possibly leaving in jan is being linked to. David Beckham's Next Club

Next Permanent Club Others available upon request. AS Monaco 6/4 Q.P.R. 15/8 PSG 7/2 Any Middle Eastern Club 14/1 Arsenal 18/1 Melbourne Heart 20/1 New York Cosmos 20/1 West Ham 20/1 New York Red Bulls 22/1 Shanghai Shenhua 22/1 AC Milan 25/1 Tottenham 28/1 Celtic 33/1 Manchester United 33/1 Perth Glory 33/1 Central Coast Mariners 40/1 Anzhi Machackala 50/1 Everton 50/1 Southampton 50/1 Newcastle Jets 66/1 Preston 100/1 Reading 150/1

Falcao to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Chelsea 1/1 Manchester City 7/1 PSG 10/1 Barcelona 12/1 Real Madrid 12/1 Manchester United 25/1 Tottenham 28/1 Liverpool 33/1

Mario Balotelli to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers AC Milan 9/4 PSG 6/1 Inter Milan 7/1 Juventus 8/1 Barcelona 14/1 Real Madrid 16/1 Atletico Madrid 25/1 Bayern Munich 33/1

Demba Ba to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Arsenal 1/2 Liverpool 6/1 Chelsea 9/1 PSG 10/1 Tottenham 18/1 AC Milan 50/1 Bayern Munich 50/1 Galatasaray 50/1

Theo Walcott to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Chelsea 5/4 Liverpool 11/4 Manchester Utd 3/1 PSG 10/1 Manchester City 16/1 Juventus 20/1 Tottenham 25/1 Southampton 33/1

Stewart Downing to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Middlesbrough 7/4 Arsenal 2/1 Everton 9/2 Newcastle 14/1 QPR 14/1 Aston Villa 16/1 Sunderland 16/1 Celtic 18/1 Stoke City 18/1 Southampton 20/1 Lille 33/1

Fernando Torres to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Atletico Madrid 6/1 Liverpool 16/1 PSG 20/1 Barcelona 25/1 Real Madrid 25/1

Thomas Ince to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Liverpool 1/7 Q.P.R. 16/1 Arsenal 18/1 Everton 18/1 Newcastle 18/1 Southampton 18/1 Swansea 20/1 Norwich 25/1 Reading 25/1

David Villa to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Swansea 1/1 Arsenal 5/1 Manchester City 7/1 Liverpool 10/1 Chelsea 12/1 Juventus 14/1 PSG 18/1 Valencia 18/1 Alteico Madrid 20/1 AC Milan 25/1 Anzhi Makhachkala 25/1

Marouane Chamakh to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers West Ham 2/7 QPR 13/2 Bordeaux 9/1 Inter 11/1 Norwich 12/1 Fenerbahce 14/1

Nani to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Arsenal 5/1 PSG 7/1 Roma 8/1 Juventus 14/1 Anzhi Makhachkala 16/1 Real Madrid 20/1 Zenit St Petersburg 20/1 Barcelona 25/1 Chelsea 25/1 Liverpool 25/1 Manchester City 25/1 Inter Milan 28/1 AC Milan 33/1 Atletico Madrid 33/1

Marouane Fellaini to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers P.S.G. 2/1 Manchester Utd 6/1 Arsenal 8/1 Chelsea 8/1 Tottenham 16/1 Newcastle 25/1 Liverpool 33/1

Luis Suarez to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count. Manchester City 4/1 Barcelona 10/1 Real Madrid 10/1 Chelsea 12/1 AC Milan 16/1 PSG 16/1 Manchester Utd 20/1

Fernando Llorente to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Liverpool 4/6 Arsenal 4/1 Juventus 6/1 Chelsea 12/1 Tottenham 14/1 Real Madrid 16/1 Barcelona 22/1

Wesley Sneijder to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers PSG 2/1 Manchester Utd 9/4 Manchester City 9/1 Anzhi Makhachkala 16/1 Bayern Munich 20/1 Zenit St. Petersburg 20/1 Tottenham 22/1 Chelsea 25/1 Liverpool 28/1

Kaka to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers LA Galaxy 2/1 AC Milan 8/1 Santos 10/1 Manchester Utd 11/1 PSG 11/1 Tottenham 11/1 Arsenal 12/1 Chelsea 14/1 Liverpool 14/1 Manchester City 14/1 Gremio 16/1

Darren Bent to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Fulham 9/4 Sunderland 4/1 Q.P.R. 11/2 Liverpool 7/1 West Ham 7/1 Newcastle 25/1 Norwich 40/1

Cristiano Ronaldo to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Manchester City 5/1 PSG 12/1 Chelsea 16/1 AC Milan 20/1 Barcelona 25/1 Inter Milan 25/1 Manchester United 25/1

Charlie Austin to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Everton 6/4 Aston Villa 7/1 Celtic 10/1 Newcastle 14/1 Liverpool 16/1 Norwich 16/1 Reading 16/1 Sunderland 16/1 Arsenal 20/1 Southampton 20/1 Stoke 20/1

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Arsenal 2/1 Liverpool 2/1 Tottenham 6/1 Bayern Munich 12/1 Chelsea 14/1 Manchester City 14/1 Manchester Utd 20/1 PSG 20/1

Yohan Cabaye to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Arsenal 4/1 Manchester Utd 4/1 Tottenham 9/1 AC Milan 16/1 Manchester City 16/1 PSG 16/1 Real Madrid 16/1

Gareth Bale to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Real Madrid 5/2 Barcelona 7/1 Manchester City 12/1 Manchester Utd 14/1 PSG 16/1 Inter Milan 20/1 AC Milan 25/1 Bayern Munich 25/1 Arsenal 28/1 Anzhi Makhachkala 33/1 Liverpool 33/1 Southampton 40/1

Joao Moutinho to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Tottenham 8/11 PSG 100/30 Zenit St Petersburg 7/2 Chelsea 12/1 Manchester City 16/1 Real Madrid 16/1 Anzhi 20/1 Barcelona 20/1 Arsenal 33/1 Manchester Utd 40/1 Bayern Munich 50/1

Neymar to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Barcelona 6/1 Chelsea 10/1 PSG 10/1 Real Madrid 10/1 AC Milan 16/1 Manchester City 16/1 Inter Milan 20/1 Juventus 20/1 Manchester Utd 20/1 Zenit St Petersburg 40/1

Wilfried Zaha to sign for before 1st February 2013

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Shane Long to sign for before 1st February 2013

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James Milner to sign for before 1st February 2013

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Ashley Young to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Arsenal 6/1 Liverpool 12/1 Newcastle 12/1 Aston Villa 14/1 QPR 14/1 Tottenham 14/1 Everton 18/1 Stoke 20/1

Joey Barton to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February If player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers Stoke 8/1 West Ham 9/1 Southampton 10/1 Blackburn 12/1 Cardiff 12/1 Leeds 12/1 Huddersfield 14/1 Reading 14/1 Norwich 16/1 Sheffield Wednesday 16/1 Wolves 16/1 Crawley 20/1 Fulham 20/1 West Brom 20/1 Everton 25/1 Wigan 25/1 Liverpool 33/1 Newcastle 33/1 Swansea 33/1

Willian to sign for before 1st February 2013

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic to sign for before 1st February 2013

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Yann M'Vila to sign for before 1st February 2013

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Salomon Kalou to sign for before 1st February 2013

Sign For Before 1st February Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers QPR 7/2 West Ham 11/2 Wigan 8/1 Fulham 10/1 Aston Villa 14/1 Sunderland 14/1

Frank Lampard to sign for before 1st September 2013

Sign For Before 1st September Loan deals do count if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers. Includes any deal done in January 2013. Any MLS Club 5/2 Monaco 4/1 QPR 5/1 Arsenal 7/1 Tottenham 7/1 Any Australian Club 10/1 Any Chinese Club 10/1 PSG 14/1 AC Milan 20/1 Inter Milan 20/1 Juventus 25/1 Real Madrid 25/1 Liverpool 33/1 West Ham 33/1

Ashley Cole to sign for before 1st September 2013

Sign For Before 1st September Loan deals do count, if player does not move clubs all bets are settled as losers. Includes any deal done in January 2013 PSG 10/11 Real Madrid 5/1 Any MLS Team 14/1 Manchester Utd 14/1 Manchester City 18/1 Anzhi Makhachkala 20/1 Barcelona 20/1 Juventus 25/1 Any Chinese Team 33/1 Liverpool 33/1

We are strongly linked to falcao and theo walcott and that is all, at the moment... Players many people want us to get, i.e. demba ba, fellaini, david villa are incredibly unlikely to come to us... Ba is 1/2 to go to arsenal, that would be an amazing signing.

[Pizy 18,415]

I just remember us all being so excited last year because we were strongly linked with Modric, Moutinho, Hulk ect.

We ended up loaning out 2 of the players we bought and sold Meireles off.

I'd say the summer buys more than made up for that window, though.

PLEASE get Falcao!

[Henrique 9,133]

Hazard was 32m, and everyone here were saying it was great. So now Falcao, who is way better than Hazard and is trully great footballer is nit worth 48m? What this CHOULO guy is talking about financial fair play? Did he say the same thing when we paid 18m for Lukaku and 32m for Hazard, who was even more expensive than Juan Mata?

Time to stop this talk,

[Hutcho 8,443]

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.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Having a world class forward in top form won't solve all our problems, but they will make them seem less.

I remember Carlo's first season, i thought for a fair chunk of the season their was clear signs the team was on the way down, what covered up that fact? Didier Drogba's form and goals.

United's team are not great, what's covering that fact?

There are no perfect teams, everyone is wanting in some area on the pitch. Match winners are without a doubt the most important aspect in deciding games, goals win games.

[Hutcho 8,443]

A great Striker can win games single handedly, regardless of the qualiy of the rest of the team. We need one. The building for next season should start with someone like Falcao.

Exactly... uniteds defence has been pretty poor, their midfield is no where near as formidable as it has been, but they have pure quality up front. When we have a striker who can create things for himself, and convert the chances created then it can get the team out of so much trouble... Look at uniteds 3rd choice striker. He is always putting away those chances when his team needs them. Same with Citys' third choice. We don't even have one of those. That is the big difference, and can mean winning those games were you don't play well as a team.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Take Cole, Terry and Lampard out and we haven't got much in terms of Premier ship experience.

also, remember our start to the season? 1 loss to Clattenburg's ManUre and we never recovered. this side needs leaders on the pitch. enough with the under-23 revolution and go out and sign players in the 24-28 year old bracket

What's the solution to that?

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

do you know what FFP even is? owner's money is quite immaterial. we need to break even without roman's backpocket

Football clubs wishing to take part in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League must balance their football-related expenditure over a three-year period up to the 2014–15 season

I'm 100% sure the club is aware of this, if we are indeed in for Falcao its because we can afford it! Gourlay mentioned two months ago that there is a huge Sponsorship deal that will be announced in February, I feeling is that coupled with the new TV deal will put FFP concerns to bed

[nadavTKL 1,787]

I just hope it's not a major letdown like last January where we had a bunch of top tier targets and ended up settling for Meireles at the last second.

We got Meireles in the summer. In January we got Cahill, De Bruyne and Piazon.

[Kieran. 6,317]

I'm 100% sure the club is aware of this, if we are indeed in for Falcao its because we can afford it! Gourlay mentioned two months ago that there is a huge Sponsorship deal that will be announced in February, I feeling is that coupled with the new TV deal will put FFP concerns to bed

Yeah, we can afford it if we ignore all of our other glaring needs.

Signing Falcao is so mindblowingly stupid.