Wishlist Daniele de Rossi

[bluesman2610 1,341]

guys its 7m euro annually which is 6m pounds that does not equal 135K/wk is breaks down to approx 115-120K/wk

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

By that mentality we should also stop discussing anything about Chelsea and just stick to reporting news because of course the club knows more than us. But they can make mistakes and I think this would be one of them. BTW, the only reason we broke even last season is because we got 67m from the CL win. No we're not in great shape financially.

It matters to me because, don't we currently have a striker problem because we can't replace Torres because no one would pay the wages we decided to give him? Didn't we pay Malouda a few millions last season just so he can train with reserves because again no one would pay him the wages we were giving him?

I'm sure Ballack probably arrived at a similar age and on similar wages, and i'd say that was an excellent signing.

I didn't say we're in great shape financially either. We're in good stead to comply with FFP, and if Mourinho and the board think that signing De Rossi is necessary to achieve more success which in turns brings in more money, so be it.

We weren't/aren't looking to replace Torres this year as far as i'm aware, so I don't know where you've got that from. We were looking to add to our strikers with either Falcao or Cavani, who would've also been on similar wages to Fernando anyway.

Before, you were complaining about the club's desire to go into last season with a thin squad, and now you're complaining that moving for one of the top CMs in the world is a mistake. It's all well and good buying young talent like van Ginkel, but every team needs some experience and steel (as Lampard showed us last year). Speaking of Frank, he'll likely be off next summer, so theres a cool £100K+ a week to take off the bill.

Fair enough if you think this move would be a mistake, that's your opinion. My opinion is that fans talking about the money involved in wages is pretty much redundant, as all we have to go on is the media. I'd like De Rossi to join, and frankly i'm not fussed about how much he earns. If it's an extra £20-30k then so be it.

[The Skipper 20,593]

It's 7m euros not pounds which comes down to £115,000 a week which is a fair wage for a top player.

[mtowle182 79]

I don't understand why everyone is suddenly so tries to act all conscious about wages. We have a superfluous amount of money and ffp isn't too much of an issue (see clubs like psg etc).

[bluesman2610 1,341]

It's 7m euros not pounds which comes down to £115,000 a week which is a fair wage for a top player.

finally someone with some sense I have been saying that all morning

[yuvala 2,167]

just sell Torres and be done with it

[Billy. 2,742]

Fuck me we still aint signed him yet

[Mouri_Matic 560]

It's 7m euros not pounds which comes down to £115,000 a week which is a fair wage for a top player.

It got to a point where any player who is getting over £100k or cost more than £20m is a bad buy. Everyone is trying to act as if something has changed dramatically from the way we used to do things and that top players would still come to us on reduced wages/lower fees for their club.

You all forgot Hazard costs £32m and on £170k per week, David Luiz wasn't cheap either, Mata cost £20-£25m, Schurrle who is just potential COSTS £17M and probably on like £50-£60k per week. Yet a proven world class player like De Rossi at his peak we wouldn't be able to get for £40-£50m now is suddenly not even worth £20m and doesn't deserve £100-£120k per week.

[Tomo 21,733]

It matters to me because, don't we currently have a striker problem because we can't replace Torres because no one would pay the wages we decided to give him? Didn't we pay Malouda a few millions last season just so he can train with reserves because again no one would pay him the wages we were giving him?

Torres left his boyhood club to sign for Liverpool, taking a pay cut in the process. At Liverpool (mentioned a couple of years back) he turned down an offer from Man.City that would have paid him higher than what he is getting now.

Luckily for us Torres value's football over money, he will want to play in next year's world cup and if we tell him he won't get much game time here he will go.

Torres may be many things but a mercenary is not one of them.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Torres left his boyhood club to sign for Liverpool, taking a pay cut in the process. At Liverpool (mentioned a couple of years back) he turned down an offer from Man.City that would have paid him higher than what he is getting now.

Luckily for us Torres value's football over money, he will want to play in next year's world cup and if we tell him he won't get much game time here he will go.

Torres may be many things but a mercenary is not one of them.

Why is he still here then?

[Tomo 21,733]

Why is he still here then?

Because he sulked after the CL final last year meaning we gave him a silly guarantee he would be number 1 forward, im not 100% because it was a year ago and i have slept since then, but i think he said he was comptemplating leaving before that happened.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Why is he still here then?

Because he's winning trophies.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Because he sulked after the CL final last year meaning we gave him a silly guarantee he would be number 1 forward, im not 100% because it was a year ago and i have slept since then, but i think he said he was comptemplating leaving before that happened.

You don't think we would have tried to sell him if it weren't for his wages? He had the worst season and a half I've ever seen a player have. You don't think the club wanted to get rid of him if they could?!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Because he's winning trophies.

No I meant why are we keeping him?

[Tricky 301]

Sign this guy up ASAP, perfect compliment to our squad, great age, personality and capability.

[GoldChelsea 7]

I Hope that he will come by us so that player can help us to midfield with duo - lampard rossi's can be not bad ?

[wj818 25]

I think that he can.He is tall and strong so he can bully the other midfielders.Just watch the last match of everton against city and see how Fellaini overpowered Toure to get the ball.

Makelele wasnt and he did just fine. Fellaini plays best when he is further up the field, im not sure about him giving the CDM positon, de Rossi on the otherhand has proven both in international and club level. He also happens to be the right age 29 (previously I thought he was older). IMO, older players are best suited in the CDM position. U really don't need to be bulky if you can anticipate, and older players usually have have gained enough experience to do just tht. And with young players coming up I see him as a more of a short term solution.

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

I believe that's more complicated than you make it sounds, mate.

First off, Cavani is one of, if not the best striker in the world right now. Napoli is to small for him right now ; and I do believe that Cavani knows that. He has seen all that has to be seen at Napoli, and now has to move on to a bigger step. It's the right time for him ; he is at his peak and is still "young". If he waits one more year, it could be a case where nobody's longer interested in him, or at least willing to pay over the odds for him.

Moreover, to me it appeared that de Laurentis was willing, very willing to sell. Despite what that fan from Napoli was saying again and again (that Napoli didn't want to sell), into my eyes de Laurentis has just acted like he was trying his best to sell Cavani. It's a lifetime chance to sell a player for 70 millions d'euros.

So while Cavani has put one foot out of the club on his own ; the Club put his other foot out of the club. And because of this situation (all the stuff I aforementioned), Cavani had to find another club.

Unfortunately for him — or not —, the only club willing to meet his buyout-clause is Paris. Like it or not, PSG is a bigger club than Napoli. A bigger club because they have higer ambitions and they have the money and the players to back-up these ambitions. On the one hand, they will offer him way more money. On the second hand, they will offer him a bigger challenge on the sportive aspect. PSG has way more chance to win La Ligue 1 than Napoli to win El Calico — even if La Serie has an higher reputation than the French league, if the arab money keeps pouring in, then the Ligue 1 could be more competitive and attractive than La Seria A in a few years of time. In the Champions League, PSG is also bound to have more success than Napoli ; they have better players and they don't have the fat waiter. Though I am absolutly not convinced by Blanc, but he isn't there to last anyway.

So you see, Cavani has to leave, and the only option is PSG.

One of. Not the best. RVP, Falcao I'd have over him. I genuinely do not think Cavani "wants" to go to PSG. He just has no other options, correct.