Leonardo Bonucci

[the wes 7,212]

Chelsea are willing to offer 25-year-old Belgium forward Eden Hazard plus cash for Juventus and Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci, 29. (Sun)

Where's the sun newspaper get this bs from? 

[the wes 7,212]

Juventus have no intention of selling defender Leonardo Bonucci, according to Turin-based sports daily Tuttosport.

[milka 3,390]

Abramovich is willing to bid more than £60m to try to take Bonucci to Chelsea in January transfer window. (Telegraph) #CFC

 

[Mceachran 109]

You all think this big of a sale at age 29 is worth it when he'll be 30 by the next time he's leading our line in a CL game??

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Just now, Mceachran said:

You all think this big of a sale at age 29 is worth it when he'll be 30 by the next time he's leading our line in a CL game??

I really don't know. It is a lot of money for a soon to be 30 year old. You have to look at the market and then assess how badly we need a World Class defender and how soon do we need one. Taking those factors into considerationand lets not forget that we are still fighting to get a CL spot... then I would say, pay whatever it takes. 

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60m today was like 25-30m in 2010. John Terry was turned 30 during the 2010-11 season. Would you had paid 25m for John Terry in the summer of 2010? 

And, it's not like the club doesn't have an armada of players around Europe ready to be sold. Plus there are plenty of players in the first team that will be sold in the following transfer windows as well so that 60m could be made with other transfers literally overnight. 

Also, is there a better central defender in world football at the moment than Bonucci? I'd say no.

I've said it before and i'll say it again. The club needs world class players. So we need to buy world class players. And like we saw during the summer, there ain't many world-class centre-backs out there. When one becomes (rumours) available, you take your shot. 

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36 minutes ago, !Hazard! said:

60m today was like 25-30m in 2010. John Terry was turned 30 during the 2010-11 season. Would you had paid 25m for John Terry in the summer of 2010? 

And, it's not like the club doesn't have an armada of players around Europe ready to be sold. Plus there are plenty of players in the first team that will be sold in the following transfer windows as well so that 60m could be made with other transfers literally overnight. 

Also, is there a better central defender in world football at the moment than Bonucci? I'd say no.

I've said it before and i'll say it again. The club needs world class players. So we need to buy world class players. And like we saw during the summer, there ain't many world-class centre-backs out there. When one becomes (rumours) available, you take your shot. 

I agree with the last bit about needing to acquire WC talent once again, but we need to be wise. £60m for a 30 yr old is only good business for Juve.

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1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

I agree with the last bit about needing to acquire WC talent once again, but we need to be wise. £60m for a 30 yr old is only good business for Juve.

second that.

Also, the team isn't almost ready, in which case a world class playing in a specific position, would take us to the next level. The team is being rebuilt, so the money has to be used wisely.

My personal opinion has been that this club has always lacked in strength in depth; even at times when we have good performing starting XI, we don't have a starting XV: we don't have cover of the same caliber and that shows esp in the PL.

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1 hour ago, Robguima said:

second that.

Also, the team isn't almost ready, in which case a world class playing in a specific position, would take us to the next level. The team is being rebuilt, so the money has to be used wisely.

My personal opinion has been that this club has always lacked in strength in depth; even at times when we have good performing starting XI, we don't have a starting XV: we don't have cover of the same caliber and that shows esp in the PL.

Been the case for a while. 2nd string players in most positions are close to first team quality.

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Rather take Silva on a free than Bonucci for 60m. It wouldn't make sense at his age, and there would be other top defenders out there for us to acquire in the near future. 

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

People forget that Italians start their career at the age of 33. Give me Bonucci for 60m any day of the week. He is world class.

[the wes 7,212]

My point view I would put Bonucci has the best centre back in the world Atm but £60m for a 29 year old is alot of money tho