Sergio Aguero joins the other Manchester club

[chrismada9 1,948]

It's a shame because Aguero is a player I really wanted to see us sign. The fact of the matter is however, is that we were prepared to pay £25m for Neymar, and then offer him the sort of wage Terry and Lampard aquire every week.

I think we should be okay with Drogba for at least another season. He may be 32, but he is still considered the best striker in the Premier League. Every Chelsea fan should realise that.

[Peace. 4,352]

I dont know why we are even discuting this...we never made an official offer to him, and he is not worth what Atletico ask for him. If not, we would have already signed him. We were going to pay 35m euros for Neymar, who is only 18, and never played in Europe. Why not pay for Aguero ?

Simple, because Carlo nor Chelsea thinks he is worth it.

I'm not sure but I believed yes.

Last summer the Athletico's president said we have made a 50m euros bid for him.

I think the problem with Aguero is more to do with his wage demands than anything else, wages is where Chelsea are looking to seriously cut back.

Agreed. He ask 200.000£ a week.

[AlexRO 1]

Drogba is a incredible striker, a complete striker... but is too old already, maybe this season and the next will be as good, but from now on in 3 - 5 years will not be the same...

We need a good striker, a young striker, maybe not Kun Aguero, but we NEED one as good as Drogba... Every team (big team) have young strikers, only Chelsea have a incredible striker but old...

Liverpool - Torres ; Arsenal - van Persie ; Real - well... here are a lot of young and good players but don't use the 110 % of them ; Manchester United - Rooney ; Manchester City - here... good players

[ZanSnake 1,211]

I honestly think if Sturridge is given the right amount of time, he could prove to the be the next big thing not only for Chelsea but for England. The guy scored a cracker against Ajax, and impressed so much already this season. He has improved already so early in the season, and don't forget he was our top goalscorer in the FA Cup.

Aguero, if he comes or not, would be a helpful addition because he can also play as a winger. For me, the only striker i can see is Lukaku who could be the person to replace Drogba. With Lukaku and Sturridge it gives the right strike force, but also with the promising talent of players like Borini and Mitrovic, you have to think what could they turn into as players.

Drogba has about another three seasons in him yet before he will start to tire out, but i don't know if he will not play any longer or so, because based on recent performances, the guy could possibly play till he is 40.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

I think the problem with Aguero is more to do with his wage demands than anything else, wages is where Chelsea are looking to seriously cut back.

Exactly..has been said several times before and will probably have to be said many times more before it sinks in for some.

with financial regulations coming into play soon..we are unable to justify spending such a large chunk of our restricted budget on one player that may never make it in England...Roman can afford to pay those wages but Chelsea cannot with Platini on their case..

say for example we managed to sign Aguero for £40 Mill..his wage demands would be about £7 Mill a year over a 5 year contract..IF he performs well for us..a new contract will be needed to be signed before that contract expires..so say after 3-4 years we have to offer him a new contract...does anyone actually believe Aguero would accept less than that £7 Mill a year when hes 26?

so say the new contract is a 5 year £8 million a year deal. for Aguero to not only become a Chelsea player but play the best years of his career with us..it would cost around £100 Mill...

folks talk about shirt sales that Aguero would bring in..but Chelsea fans buy shirts now if they are the ones inclined to buy shirts..i don`t see any big increase in sales in shirts overall..just instead of a Lampard,Essien,Drogba etc...some would spend it on Kun Aguero instead..so what do they make..an extra couple of pound per shirt due to a couple more letters being in his name..(if he chose to use Kun Aguero on his shirt..)

more football fans in Argentina would become Chelsea fans? not likely the way most Argentinians hate anything British...and for the few who don`t feel that way...how much can a fan on the other side of the world in a relatively poor country contribute financially to CFC other than buying a shirt once a year.

the sums just don`t add up for it to be feasible to spend so much on him...especially with the new financial regulations,we would probably have to sell two established players who have helped us win many trophies to get a player who looks good for a upper-middle of the road team in Spain that has helped his club win what..the Europa Cup? just to balance the books..no thanks,aint happening..until Atletico & Aguero and other clubs and players like them get real..those kind of players will not be coming.

[sLOVEnian Blue 74]

You are all so negative on this Aguero thing ... either you want him or don't, money has nothing to do with it. It's not like you are going to pay for him so why are you all so negative about how much money will we spend on him. We spend enormous money on Terry, Lamps and Drogba but they still didn't bring the most important trophy. If we want to stay competitive once those guys leave we have to spend because we don't have 11 young players who are ready to play in first team but maybe 2-3. Aguero will just take wages from Drogba and Malouda for example and than we have Sturridge, Kakuta and Lukaku that will take the wages from Anelka, Benayoun and some other players. You guys think that we don't need to spend much but in few years you will change your opininon because our main players will be gone and there won't be anyone to replace them. Roman spoiled us over the years and if he wants to keep a big club and keep winning trophys he must pour some money now, because in few years the new Platini rule will come in to play and we won't have much money to spend on players so we better buy some now.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

You are all so negative on this Aguero thing ... either you want him or don't,money has nothing to do with it.It's not like you are going to pay for him so why are you all so negative about how much money will we spend on him. We spend enormous money on Terry, Lamps and Drogba but they still didn't bring the most important trophy. If we want to stay competitive once those guys leave we have to spend because we don't have 11 young players who are ready to play in first team but maybe 2-3. Aguero will just take wages from Drogba and Malouda for example and than we have Sturridge, Kakuta and Lukaku that will take the wages from Anelka, Benayoun and some other players. You guys think that we don't need to spend much but in few years you will change your opininon because our main players will be gone and there won't be anyone to replace them. Roman spoiled us over the years and if he wants to keep a big club and keep winning trophys he must pour some money now, because in few years the new Platini rule will come in to play and we won't have much money to spend on players so we better buy some now.

In the early `70`s,early 80`s and just before Roman stepped in ,Chelsea Football club were in serious financial danger,even to the point of possibly becoming extinct...under Roman that is no longer a concern..now it has moved to the new financial regulations,which the people in charge at CFC had the foresight to see coming so acted accordingly or didn`t see it coming and just realised that pouring so much money into big named players was not good business sense when you have already poured a lot of money into the academy.

i don`t mind the club i have supported for 30 years becoming a globally supported team,i realise to be a top club you need as many fans as you can get ,but understand that the financial sustainability of the football club you have chosen to support is more important than any player or trophy,including the CL. without it we will be fucked in a couple of years...and if you think buying big now wont come back to bite us when the new financial regulations come in i don`t think i`ve got the energy to waste, trying to make you grasp the reasons why.

being realistic is not being negative...being blind to the pitfalls is what will end in a negative outcome.

of course we will need to spend money on players in the near future and we have needed to this summer..i understand that,that`s why i was one of the most vocal in support of the Ramires signing before it was completed..but that was because he is a great player at a reasonable price,the transfer fee was about par,but his weekly wages of around 60k a week was a bargain compared to the weekly wages that are commonly forked out for players of lesser quality than him.

Aguero may have said he would love to play for Chelsea or words to that effect...try offering him £60k a week tho and we`ll see how much he loves the club..about as little as some of our most recent fans would love us should we get booted out of the Champions Leage by Platini in the future and end up being a Yo-Yo club again.

[Madmax 9,219]

"I have told the club that I want to stay here, so they will sort out with my agent whether to renew my contract or not. I don't get involved with that,'' he said.

"But as I have always said, I'm happy and when the club needs to sell me for the money, they will do. But right now they don't want to and I'm here.''

Source - ESPN Soccernet

Time to close thread I guess.

[Kostas 1,468]

I'm sure we'll be linked with him in January.I'm honestly sick of hearing about him.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Thank god this is over... until January at least.

[Aria 19]

I used to love this player, now I hate him. He can't even make his mind about his life, just like Neymar... look when this thread started, 2008! This is absolutely pathetic what the boy is doing, his career won't be anywhere as big as he's dreaming about cause after all this fuss no club will want him, especially with these ridiculous wage demands.

[chrismada9 1,948]

It was over before it started in all honesty, and I'm glad it is over now. At least until January. As I've been saying. Drogba up front, with the French connection either side of him is all we need right now, and it's showed so far in our first two Premier League games.

[Kostas 1,468]

Remember him?

Well according to SkySports he's getting a contract extension until 2015.Bet that won't stop goal.com from linking him with us.

Source

Anyway I think we can finally say

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Really surprised by this, I thought he'd move after a while, not to Chelsea, but just a bigger team. But fair do's to him I suppose.

/Thread.

[Term-X 7,891]

Clearly he lacks ambition.

And fuck signing him when he's 28, how frustrating would that be..

We should have signed Torres when we had the chance too.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Clearly he lacks ambition.

And fuck signing him when he's 28, how frustrating would that be..

We should have signed Torres when we had the chance too.

Take into account though, no-one honours contracts anymore

[CHD 30]

This lad on the right completes the team imo. Only player I would like to see us splash out on.

[BLionheart 516]

what the fuck !!!! new contract !!!! this boy is crazy i thought he will transfer to one of the top clubs and make history for himself as one of the best players but he prefers to stay with atletico madrid !!!