Radamel Falcao

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I would say that is still acceptable for 50m, considering that prices have gone insane like Bale for 100m or Illaramendi for 40m, Marquinhos for 35m etc. I know that Psg, Monaco, Real or City have endless amounts of money, but we will have to spend big eventualy or we will lose on all top available players.

The question is not if we should spend 50mio on another striker, but who will that striker be. As long as he will be success, 50m is affordable, should he be flop and we are fucked.

[Rmpr 8,977]

He's not even the best striker in France. Ibrahimovic and Cavani both have far more to their game than Falcao.

And Ronaldo isnt even the best player in Spain...

[The Skipper 20,609]

And Ronaldo isnt even the best player in Spain...

That doesn't make my point invalid. Some people think Ronaldo is better than Messi, so that's just your opinion - however I sincerely doubt that many think Falcao is better than Cavani and Ibrahimovic. Also, Spain > France.

Aguero, Suarez, Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Benzema. 5 strikers whom I personally think are better than Falcao. You can't say the same about Ronaldo.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

That doesn't make my point invalid. Some people think Ronaldo is better than Messi, so that's just your opinion - however I sincerely doubt that many think Falcao is better than Cavani and Ibrahimovic. Also, Spain > France.

Aguero, Suarez, Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Benzema. 5 strikers whom I personally think are better than Falcao. You can't say the same about Ronaldo.

I doubt there are players who are better finishers than Falcao. But when talking about versatility and suitability, then we have plenty of strikers better than Falcao.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Cavani was always the man for us .. but Falcao will do.

Torres, Eto'o and Falcao would be enough striking power to win the title!

Another graduate of the Kevin Keegan school of coaching?

Lukaku, Torres and Ba would've been enough striking power to win the title if the midfield was better. Buying Falcao is only slightly more sensible than buying another AM.

[Las7 951]

Aguero, Suarez, Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Benzema. 5 strikers whom I personally think are better than Falcao.

Yep Aguero Suarez would be sold to us by Liverpool and City for less than 52 million;

Cavani and Ibra will want to leave PSG and their massive contracts there

Benzema is shit tier compared to the rest of the players you mentioned.

[Rmpr 8,977]

That doesn't make my point invalid. Some people think Ronaldo is better than Messi, so that's just your opinion - however I sincerely doubt that many think Falcao is better than Cavani and Ibrahimovic. Also, Spain > France.

Aguero, Suarez, Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Benzema. 5 strikers whom I personally think are better than Falcao. You can't say the same about Ronaldo.

So what? I think Falcao is better than all the strikers you listed there, bar the two PSG stars!

It is hilarious how you treat my statement as only my opinion and yours as a pure fact. There are a lot of people out there who think Falcao is the best striker in the world right now.

It absolutely makes your point invalid because saying he isnt even the best striker in France means fuck all. Just like saying Ronaldo isnt even the best player in Spain means fuck all...

[DDA 9,925]

Another graduate of the Kevin Keegan school of coaching?

Lukaku, Torres and Ba would've been enough striking power to win the title if the midfield was better. Buying Falcao is only slightly more sensible than buying another AM.

Well Sherlock, Lukaku isn't here is he!

So what's your point involving him in this discussion????

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

You are basically on reiterating The Skipper's point earlier about using those reasons to justify Falcao's price tag. It's not exactly very justifiable. Regardless of what it is, 52m is still A LOT for a player, especially when you're not Ronaldo or Messi. That money, if and when used wisely, can be spent to get arguably 2 quality players and moreover, if we are already so reluctant to dish out 60m+ for Cavani previously - if reports are to be believed - then it's unlikely to see us spend 50m+ on Falcao, even if the amount is less.

Not so sure if it goes down it'll be a straight money for player swap. Torres could be used as a makeweight and also Mata may be sold...

Falcao is a killer, this talk of not being the 'right' striker for Chelsea is silly. If this goes through we will have one of the more fluid striker partnerships in the world. Lukaku comes back coupled with Falcao and a third striker like Ba or Eto'o? Nasty.

Falcao to Chelsea would be heavenly not sure what the debate is.

[Jase 43,479]

Not so sure if it goes down it'll be a straight money for player swap. Torres could be used as a makeweight and also Mata may be sold...

Even then, it doesn't really justify Falcao's huge price tag and need to pay for it.

Falcao is a killer, this talk of not being the 'right' striker for Chelsea is silly. If this goes through we will have one of the more fluid striker partnerships in the world. Lukaku comes back coupled with Falcao and a third striker like Ba or Eto'o? Nasty.

Falcao to Chelsea would be heavenly not sure what the debate is.

I'm not sure what's wrong with talking about the 'right' striker considering the kind of players we have and type Mourinho possibly wants given his team setup and style of play. Falcao is a great goalscorer but has his limitations and it can affect the way the team setup overall if you suddenly have a player that doesn't suit the system and between the two, I would rather have Lukaku starting when arguably, he's more of an all rounder than Falcao.

And speaking of the two, I'm surprised nobody has brought up the argument of 'buying player A will mean player B gets less game time than he should. we shouldn't buy player A!'...

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Even then, it doesn't really justify Falcao's huge price tag.

I'm not sure what's wrong with talking about the 'right' striker considering the kind of players we have and type Mourinho possibly wants given his team setup and style of play. Falcao is a great goalscorer but has his limitations and it can affect the way the team setup overall and between the two, I would rather have Lukaku starting when arguably, he's more of an all rounder than Falcao.

And speaking of the two, I'm surprised nobody has brought up the argument of 'buying player A will mean player B gets less game time than he should. we shouldn't buy player A!'...

Falcao is DEF worth 50M look at what he's done throughout his career? The main reason we didn't sign him was because of his 3rd party ownership not because of him being overvalued.

That is of little concern, we need two capable scorers and one is in his prime the other very early into his career. No need to rush him into being our everyday striker particularly when our aspirations are to win the CL and Prem that's a lot of pressure.

[Jase 43,479]

Falcao is DEF worth 50M look at what he's done throughout his career? The main reason we didn't sign him was because of his 3rd party ownership not because of him being overvalued.

And yet despite that with just an additional 10m+, we did not sign Cavani last summer. Even if Falcao's price is slightly cheaper, I'm not sure we will be inclined to spend that much still for him.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

And yet despite that with just an additional 10m+, we did not sign Cavani last summer. Even if Falcao's price is slightly cheaper, I'm not sure we will be inclined to spend that much still for him.

We didn't sign Cavani because their owner overvalued him.

Why do you think we wouldn't pay that sort of money for Falcao? if it means replacing Torres with Falcao the difference on the pitch will outweigh the difference in price. Also, with Torres as makeweight we're not actually paying 52M

[Jase 43,479]

We didn't sign Cavani because their owner overvalued him.

Why do you think we wouldn't pay that sort of money for Falcao? if it means replacing Torres with Falcao the difference on the pitch will outweigh the difference in price. Also, with Torres as makeweight we're not actually paying 52M

You are talking as if it's a given that a team will take Torres right now. We'll be lucky to even get rid of him as early as January or even next summer for that matter.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

You are talking as if it's a given that a team will take Torres right now. We'll be lucky to even get rid of him as early as January or even next summer for that matter.

Its not impossible. And even without moving Torres we have options to lighten the weight of the transfer fee. Mata, DeBruyne, Ba... The point is we have makeweights to lessen the transfer fee.