Ramires

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

He thrives in a midfield diamond where he can play box to box.  Unfortunately, his play is limited when we ask him to do 1 particular job.  not good enough defensively to be a pure holding midfielder.  Passing not good enough to be a deep play maker.  

Though, I'll always admire him for being able to do whatever job we ask.  We had him at RM for a while.  That goal against Barca was after we went down a man.  He made that run from RB.

[MihaiM24 156]

keep him i need him in my beast team next year in fifa 17

[mccg 1,528]

We better get a better midfielder in than Ramires or its pointless,leaving CFC short in a area were, we are already weak imho,it will give Ruben more game time but we need a wc cm !

[Starman60 1,343]

Always felt he was just one step away from being sent off or commiting an horrendous tackle to cost us a penalty. Therefore I would think now is the time for him to leave and at £25 million ? well, take it and run

[Tomo 21,685]

Ramires at 28 its only a matter of time before his pace and athleticsm head south, and then when that does, he will be horrenously bad, Essien was ba enough when he lost his main assests

Great servant all in all over five and a halfyear, but to get £25m for a 28 year old who's just losing pace and athleticm away from not even being PL level Is fantastic business.

[TheIceMan 596]

Me right now!!!

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

The expression more money then sense springs to mind. Scored some useful goals but all in all a very frustrating player consistently inconsistent !

[The Power 147]

Dang, I'll really miss Ramires. Scored some beautiful goals and has been with us for a long while. £25 mil is too much to turn down though, just like David Luiz.

[Billy. 2,739]

well this come out of nowhere, If true good luck to him a very decent servant for the club 

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Will play a few months in the Chinese league and then will probably leave and join one of the big Italian clubs.

25m is just an insane offer not to turn down. Thank you for everything and good luck to him! 

[The Mak 4,459]

Never a massive fan since his big dip in performance since the 12/13 season, but was a true servant to the club. Believed he was finding use again since last January or so when the pairing of Fabregas-Matic was turning sour. Sad to see him go, but £25m is a fantastic price.

 

And, once again, somehow Mikel survives yet another cull. Like my tag line used to say "Mikel - the turd that won't flush". Better than Houdini that man is.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

4 hours ago, Jason said:

But we'll one less player in the squad. That's the point.

Ramires' and RLC's minutes this season combined can very easily be filled by a single player.

That said, I do believe we will actually go for a replacement, but probably in the summer given that it's already the 25/26th. 

[Essien19 1,415]

When he's back to his best and Chelsea are still miserable, this thread will be on fire, some guys are going to moan, thats for sure. ?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

1 minute ago, Essien19 said:

When he's back to his best and Chelsea are still miserable, this thread will be on fire, some guys are going to moan, thats for sure. ?

Yeah, I'm sure this thread will be flooded by all those people who watch the Chinese league on a weekly basis!  

[robsblubot 3,263]

Wished to see Mikel go before Ramires, esp because Ramires is more useful in rotation/backup because he can fill in in a number of positions and roles.

However, reports say Ramires is unhappy... unhappy about the lack of minutes, his form, or not starting? If for not starting, well, he should not be routinely starting games for us, which btw also applies to others who have been starting for us anyway...

A bit torn on this one: happy that we are going to (potentially) improve on him, esp technically, but also unhappy that Ramires' career is pretty much over.

[Stats 6,989]

4 hours ago, manpe said:

China though? He's only 28, he would easily play in many top European teams. Not top top teams, but the Liverpools and AC Milans of this world. Where is his ambition? Doubt he'll be getting anywhere near the Brazilian squad playing in China.

Nevertheless, for all his faults, overall he has been a success and has left a lot of heart and sweat on Stamford Bridge. Good luck to him wherever he goes.

Money. To put in perspective, Asamoah Gyan moved to some Chinese team last summer and is reportedly earning over £200k p/w. So imagine a more valuable and bigger name like Ramires will be earning considering that will be the highest amount a Chinese team has ever payed for player. Probably more. Ridiculous amounts of money being thrown at players now and that is why so many players are moving there now. People will say he was on a lot at Chelsea but he probably will triple his wages in China.

[Kieran. 6,317]

4 minutes ago, Stats said:

Money. To put in perspective, Asamoah Gyan moved to some Chinese last summer and is reportedly earning over £200k p/w. So imagine a more valuable and bigger name like Ramires will be earning considering that will be the highest amount a Chinese team has ever payed for player. Probably more. Ridiculous amounts of money being thrown at players now and that is why so many players are moving there now. People will say he was on a lot at Chelsea but he probably will triple his wages in China.

And let's not forget...he's won it all at Chelsea. So he obviously has a lot to be happy about in his career so far, why not a ridiculous payday?

[We Hate Scouse 10,261]

25 minutes ago, CHOULO19 said:

Yeah, I'm sure this thread will be flooded by all those people who watch the Chinese league on a weekly basis!  

I wouldn't put it past people to bump this thread each time he scores saying how much we need him now