Radamel Falcao

[Hutcho 8,443]

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

Signing Falcao is so mindblowingly stupid.

Hardly, mindblowingly stupid...

[CHOULO19 24,332]

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.

Obviously very few numbers are known for sure, it's all estimates. By that same logic, how can you want Falcao here when his cost could be 10 billion pounds?

But what we do know is that we made less than 1m profit last year despite the huge CL money and despite spending much much less on transfers than we already have this season, which would make it a fairly logical conclusion to say with some certainty that can't afford Falcao unless one of the numbers involved turned out to be far from from the logical estimate such as the Gazprom deal being for hundreds of million of pounds or the actual price of Falcao being something like 5m instead of 50.

And the success we had, as amazing as it has been, does not mean that the board has done everything perfectly. Would you say that it was a good job to pay 50m and 175k/wk for Torres because we managed to win the CL eve though he contributed next to nothing to that achievement?

Point is there are countless variables to our success and it does not mean that we got every one of the right. There are some decisions, especially financially and in transfers, that have been terrible, at least in my opinion.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

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?

Yes I did, you can go back to the threads and check. And what do those deals have to do with this? Are you saying that because we over-paid and were ripped off for many deals in the past we should allow ourselves to be ripped off and pay over the top for Falcao as well?!

[Hutcho 8,443]

I'll elaborate, with a question...

How is signing arguably the second best finisher in the world mindblowingly stupid?

Now you will say, we need a DM, etc, but a striker has got to be the number one priority. We can be more solid at the back but we will still miss a lot of chances and have trouble in attack, or we can convert those chances, and be more like the man u clubs... yes we all hate them and they concede, but they are both several points ahead of us mainly due to world class strikers. I would rather win games 4-2 than draw some 0-0, with the occasional win 1-0.

We have conceded 17 that is only higher than man city who have concede 2 less goals than us... Man utd have conceded 7 more goals than us... But man u have scored 15 more goals than us.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

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

Signing Falcao is so mindblowingly stupid.

Match winner is the most glaring of all and truly there aren't that many out there that are available. Goals win games not Modric.... Look at Utd, they had Rooney, Chica, Welbeck, Berba and they still ignored their concerns in the midfield and grabbed one of the worlds best strikers.

I believe Falcao will have more of an affect on our ability to win games than a CM, LB and cheap CF.

Also you don't know what our financial situation is, as I've said before Gourlay said a couple months ago that there is a big sponsorship deal int he works that will be announced in Feb. With that and the new TV deal we probably won't even have to worry about FFP... We could easily sell the naming rights to the Bridge too(not ideal but definitely an option if we're ever in a pickle)

Signing Falcao is an unbelievably excellent move for a big club! He is without a doubt the worlds best finisher. Remember when Drogba was winning everything for us singlehandedly? ya that!

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

I'll elaborate, with a question...

How is signing arguably the second best finisher in the world mindblowingly stupid?

Now you will say, we need a DM, etc, but a striker has got to be the number one priority. We can be more solid at the back but we will still miss a lot of chances and have trouble in attack, or we can convert those chances, and be more like the man u clubs... yes we all hate them and they concede, but they are both several points ahead of us mainly due to world class strikers. I would rather win games 4-2 than draw some 0-0, with the occasional win 1-0.

We have conceded 17 that is only higher than man city who have concede 2 less goals than us... Man utd have conceded 7 more goals than us... But man u have scored 15 more goals than us.

Exactly! GOALS WIN GAMES not Modric or Moutinho... We need goals our Defense only looks leaky because we don't have enough goals up top

[Hutcho 8,443]

Yes I did, you can go back to the threads and check. And what do those deals have to do with this? Are you saying that because we over-paid and were ripped off for many deals in the past we should allow ourselves to be ripped off and pay over the top for Falcao as well?!

48 mil isn't getting ripped off for falcao really... It seems a pretty fair price based upon how good he is... We also are CFC and we very rarely grab a bargain as people see us coming and no we will pay more. Anyone else we buy will probably envolve us getting ripped off in some way, except someone like demba ba for 7 mil but he is probably going arsenal.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Yes I did, you can go back to the threads and check. And what do those deals have to do with this? Are you saying that because we over-paid and were ripped off for many deals in the past we should allow ourselves to be ripped off and pay over the top for Falcao as well?!

Who said 60m euros for the best striker in the world is over the top? those are the prices today. 32m pound for Hazard wasnt over the top as well, they could have asked for more. If you want Chelsea to be one of best teams, we need to spend.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Who said 60m euros for the best striker in the world is over the top? those are the prices today. 32m pound for Hazard wasnt over the top as well, they could have asked for more. If you want Chelsea to be one of best teams, we need to spend.

its more like Sturridge and £36M for Falcao

[Hutcho 8,443]

Get Falcao, get JT fit, and we will have our solid defence, experience and leader back, whilst having a match winner, then we have a young team for the future meaning we shouldn't have to break the bank for a couple of seasons and in the summer we can think about cheaper options to strengthen at CM etc, but a striker, especially when you only play 1 up front when we do has to be one of the most critical positions and we need goals. We also only have 1 striker with danny already all but gone to liverpool. Put torres on the bench for a few games, make him see that he isn't just gonna be the man whatever happens and get him to try to impress coming off the bench.

[Pizy 18,415]

Teams like United and City go against teams like Villa and other mid to bottom table sides and say "we should smash them," while we go into a game like this weekend weary and hopeful that Torres will actually do something.

If we had Falcao we'd be burying teams like this.

Like others have said, teams like United, Madrid, and Barca don't have good defenses at all right ow but have world class strikers and goal scorers.

[Hutcho 8,443]

its more like Sturridge and £36M for Falcao

That sounds better i suppose.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Obviously very few numbers are known for sure, it's all estimates. By that same logic, how can you want Falcao here when his cost could be 10 billion pounds?

But what we do know is that we made less than 1m profit last year despite the huge CL money and despite spending much much less on transfers than we already have this season, which would make it a fairly logical conclusion to say with some certainty that can't afford Falcao unless one of the numbers involved turned out to be far from from the logical estimate such as the Gazprom deal being for hundreds of million of pounds or the actual price of Falcao being something like 5m instead of 50.

And the success we had, as amazing as it has been, does not mean that the board has done everything perfectly. Would you say that it was a good job to pay 50m and 175k/wk for Torres because we managed to win the CL eve though he contributed next to nothing to that achievement?

Point is there are countless variables to our success and it does not mean that we got every one of the right. There are some decisions, especially financially and in transfers, that have been terrible, at least in my opinion.

Really dude? 10 billion pounds? why not go for eleventy seventy chillion billion!

If we're in for Falcao its because WE CAN AFFORD IT! the Board have said millions of time that they are in favour of FFP and have been making every effort to comply, what makes you think they all of a sudden about to say "fuck that lets just sign Falcao"? About all they can do is count beans! They know are finances much, MUCH, MUCH better than any of us. If they deem it doable to get Falcao then it has to be because we can!

[Hutcho 8,443]

Teams like United and City go against teams like Villa and other mid to bottom table sides and say "we should smash them," while we go into a game like this weekend weary and hopeful that Torres will actually do something.

If we had Falcao we'd be burying teams like this.

Like others have said, teams like United, Madrid, and Barca don't have good defenses at all right ow but have world class strikers and goal scorers.

Exactly, perfect example was in the pre match vs leeds. Majority were saying 1-0 here, 2-1, will be close, i think we will lose. Now these views are fair enough because we cannot say we are firing on all cyclinders but its leeds ffs, we should be smashing them 5-1. Home vs villa we should be ploughing through and moving on. Now we shouldn't underestimate teams but you imagine our lineup with falcao up front and see what he did to lower league opposition in la liga and you see the difference.

I hope this move goes through as i think it would be a great signing for us, and give us a formidable strike force, feared by all...

[Hutcho 8,443]

Really dude? 10 billion pounds? why not go for eleventy seventy chillion billion!

If we're in for Falcao its because WE CAN AFFORD IT! the Board have said millions of time that they are in favour of FFP and have been making every effort to comply, what makes you think they all of a sudden about to say "fuck that lets just sign Falcao"? About all they can do is count beans! They know are finances much, MUCH, MUCH better than any of us. If they deem it doable to get Falcao then it has to be because we can!

Exactly, obviously the board think we can afford it meaning i don't see what the problem is and we as pure fans don't know the exact situation but if they want to buy him then we are not the ones to say we can't... For me you can either want to sign falcao because he is quality, or don't want us to sign him because you think he is not good enough or worth the money. Saying we shouldn't because of FFP doesn't make sense as i am sure roman has a team as big as our first team sorting that out and making it clear how much money we have to spend... Also apparently TV rights are going to be going up soon so that should go a long way towards it if we can get top 4 this season.

[Rmpr 8,977]

I am saving all those quotes for when Falcao comes here (hopefully) and starting scoring for fun!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

48 mil isn't getting ripped off for falcao really... It seems a pretty fair price based upon how good he is... We also are CFC and we very rarely grab a bargain as people see us coming and no we will pay more. Anyone else we buy will probably envolve us getting ripped off in some way, except someone like demba ba for 7 mil but he is probably going arsenal.

Who said 60m euros for the best striker in the world is over the top? those are the prices today. 32m pound for Hazard wasnt over the top as well, they could have asked for more. If you want Chelsea to be one of best teams, we need to spend.

Best striker in the world? Matter of opinion.

It's still A LOT of money on one player which makes it a massive risk.

If we're in for Falcao its because WE CAN AFFORD IT! the Board have said millions of time that they are in favour of FFP and have been making every effort to comply, what makes you think they all of a sudden about to say "fuck that lets just sign Falcao"? About all they can do is count beans! They know are finances much, MUCH, MUCH better than any of us. If they deem it doable to get Falcao then it has to be because we can!

Exactly what I'm saying. We won't sign him because we can't afford to. All the rumors are probably media bullshit, so don't get your hopes up.

[Pizy 18,415]

eleventy seventy chillion billion!

This may be the single greatest number I've seen on these forums.

LOL