Michy Batshuayi

[Strike 7,474]

14 minutes ago, It's too big said:

If Costa leaves, then there's Higuain or Morata for us to go after, or even Lukaku. 

All very very expensive and none really an upgrade. Keep Costa

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Looks done with the medical happening right now.

Know little of the guy, but if what I'm reading that he is a striker who can hold up play is true, then I'm all for it. 

 

PS: If this thread calls him the 'New Drogba' one more time he will most certainly flop, just like the new Kaka, the new Lampard and our answer to Messi...

PS2: Someone come up with a nickname for him because I can't pronounce his last name. 

[Chelsea4 1,521]

 

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

4 minutes ago, CHOULO19 said:

Looks done with the medical happening right now.

Know little of the guy, but if what I'm reading that he is a striker who can hold up play is true, then I'm all for it. 

 

PS: If this thread calls him the 'New Drogba' one more time he will most certainly flop, just like the new Kaka, the new Lampard and our answer to Messi...

PS2: Someone come up with a nickname for him because I can't pronounce his last name. 

Batshuayi has acquired the nickname Batsman.

[Melanicus 5,208]

17 minutes ago, pHaRaOn said:

It's official!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

10 minutes ago, pHaRaOn said:

Batshuayi has acquired the nickname Batsman.

That'll do! 

[milka 3,390]

We  buy   Michy ,  but  Alvaro Morata ???  Maybe  Madrid keep him 

[Hamilton 2,120]

Batsman coming?

???

[Special Juan 28,096]

Sounds like it's done come the end of the day, fast moving.

[gdlk 286]

does this mean we wont sign Morata ?? 

[Special Juan 28,096]

1 minute ago, gdlk said:

does this mean we wont sign Morata ?? 

All depends what happens with Costa.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

54 minutes ago, Strike said:

I disagree. Replacing Costa with an unproven Batshuayi (and maybe a new striker) doesn't make sense. Costa, at 27, is naturally to be the senior striker in the team. He is in his prime, playing well and with two years of experience in the Premier League. He's said nothing that suggests he wants to leave and is by all accounts happy at Chelsea. 

I actually think Costa and Conte will be a perfect match. 

 

Diego may indeed be very happy, we don't know. Being happy is not the same as preferring to be here rather than somewhere else, but we don't know his feelings on that either. What we do know is that many accounts have been published claiming that Diego is unhappy in London, unhappy with his treatment by The FA, and yearning for a return to Madrid. Indeed Atleti's president has stated openly that Diego wants to return. It therefore can't be correct to say that by all accounts he is happy at Chelsea. By some maybe, but definitely not all.

[Special Juan 28,096]

Apparently he's passed his medical.

[Strike 7,474]

4 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Diego may indeed be very happy, we don't know. Being happy is not the same as preferring to be here rather than somewhere else, but we don't know his feelings on that either. What we do know is that many accounts have been published claiming that Diego is unhappy in London, unhappy with his treatment by The FA, and yearning for a return to Madrid. Indeed Atleti's president has stated openly that Diego wants to return. It therefore can't be correct to say that by all accounts he is happy at Chelsea. By some maybe, but definitely not all.

Atletico wants him doesn't mean he is unhappy here. Yet to find a reliable outlet reporting that he wants out.
 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

21 minutes ago, Strike said:

Atletico wants him doesn't mean he is unhappy here. Yet to find a reliable outlet reporting that he wants out.
 

You said all accounts claim that he is happy. That patently is not true.

Reliable? What on Earth is that in the land of the transfer rumour? If you ask me, a quote attributed to Atlet's president seems as close as we can hope to come to such a thing. It's very unlikely that the head of a major football club is going to outright lie about about the intentions of another team's player. Maybe he is lying or perhaps the quotes have been misreported or maybe my memory is failing me and the stories only reported the president to have said it rather than actually claiming to be quoting him. Any, or all, of those situations are possible. It is not possible however to sustain the idea that all accounts say Diego is happy. They simply do not and you know it.

Edit: Just checked and Enrique Cerezo is quoted as saying Costa wants to return. Major news outlets don't put things in quotes willy-nilly because they know doing so leaves them open to legal action. Further, as far as is publically known, Atleti have not sued any of the organisations which reported those quotes and nor has Diego issued a statement denying that he told Cerezo that he wants to return to Atletico.