Antonio Rudiger

[Fernando 6,585]

23 minutes ago, Jype said:

Nope, it's done already. Everything agreed in principle, player just needs to have a medical and sign the contract.

A Roma supporter told me their club needed €30M income by the end of June to comply with FFP, so that's where the Rüdiger sale comes in and that's why the deal was agreed out of the blue in less than 24 hours. It all happened because their sale of Kostas Manolas to Zenit fell through at the last minute and they needed to complete another deal fast. If (or rather when) the sale to Chelsea goes through, Roma will get the transfer fee income included in their financial books for year 16/17 because it was already agreed before the end of last month and they're in clear waters with UEFA.

However if a club like Man City now hijacked the deal and records show that the transfer was only agreed in July, Roma would be fucked with FFP sanctions because the income would appear on their books for 17/18 and for last year they'd be €30M short of complying with the rules. Any reports linking the player to Man City are just tabloids writing shit and trying desperately to sell papers. 

They had to sell two players and they did. 

Why didn't we just go early to buy radja? 

Before they sold Salah and rudgier. 

[Georgy 439]

27 minutes ago, the wes said:

Looking good in blue needs to be said.

[manpe 10,861]

32 minutes ago, the wes said:

Impressive photoshop work.

[Dazzy_Vance 454]

The German Mangala

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18 minutes ago, Dazzy_Vance said:

The German Mangala

Mangala had the potential to be world class if he was coached by a manager like Mourinho.

[the wes 7,212]

We are in for long summer of transfer deals

[zekinjo 449]

Obviously he already signed for Chelsea. I hope he is Conte's signing and will make great progress in his game under Antonio.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

6 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Gaz & Dave were signed in 2012. The transfer fee in each case was reported to be £7m.

In 2012 CFC turnover was £227.3m. In 2016 it was £329.1m. That is roughly a 45% increase.

Our turnover will be higher again in 2017. Let's be aggressively ambitious and estimate it at £400m. Roughly speaking that would represent a 76% increase over the 2012 figure.

If we add together the two fees paid for Gaz & Dave, then inflate that figure by 76% it comes to much less than £25m. Football finances have changed drastically over the past 5 years, but not as drastically as transfer fees.

To be fair you said 'economics', not 'finances' and that is a different thing but I suggest that economics has gone right out of the window and madness has set in.

 

And as another caveat to what you are saying here, Cahill told Bolton he wasn't re-signing so they had no leverage. Its rare that a club lets a players contract run down to the final months nowadays.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

1 hour ago, the wes said:

We are in for long summer of transfer deals

That's as far as they go. Trying.

[manpe 10,861]

1 hour ago, the wes said:

We are in for long summer of transfer deals

Nice fear mongering by Mirror and Chelsea HQ for spreading it. Rüdiger is ours, we were never going to get Bonucci and we've known for a month now that Sandro has been offered a new contract. Recycling old stories for clicks/retweets. Yawn 

[the wes 7,212]

42 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said:

That's as far as they go. Trying.

To be far I wouldn't lost sleep if Rüdiger  goes to city I want KK or VVD 

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

17 minutes ago, the wes said:

To be far I wouldn't lost sleep if Rüdiger  goes to city I want KK or VVD 

Looks like Conte already lost interest in KK. VVD will cost doubled than we pay for Rudiger. Rudiger for 29m sounds like a bargain at the moment. Dude has just won the CC.

[Chelsea? 892]

10 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said:

Looks like Conte already lost interest in KK. VVD will cost doubled than we pay for Rudiger. Rudiger for 29m sounds like a bargain at the moment. Dude has just won the CC.

Hope this frees up 20m for other targets. 

[Leif 6,006]

How is it a bargain getting a player who can't proceed past Germany's B/C teams? Why on earth aren't we targeting elite players?

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

8 minutes ago, Leif said:

How is it a bargain getting a player who can't proceed past Germany's B/C teams? Why on earth aren't we targeting elite players?

Rüdiger is no Boateng or Hummels but I'd have him around the level if Höwedes which is why my feeling is that Jogi Löw will stick him at the right side of our back 3 in the world cup next year if he progresses as expected. In today's market 30m for such a player seem sabout right, even though surely no bargain. The money is not the problem. The question is rather if it strategically sensible to buy a CB who is no upgrade to any of our starters and when Zouma, Christensen and an unlikely wildcard from our loan army such as Miazga, Hector or Omeruo add more than enough deptha already.