Breaking News Anelka Has Signed

[EskWeston 696]

omg this is awesome, thank fuck its finally been done. i'm so looking forward to the yid match now. Would never have imagined seeing Anelka in a Chelsea kit 10 years ago. Bolton to go down now

Would never have imagined Anelka in a Chelsea shirt 6 months ago...

[Ollie 4,400]

true, but when he was wearing an Arsenal shirt.....

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Brilliant. I assume he'll take number 39?

[misschief 24]

Have to say Im well happy with this. He's already settled in the prem, in good goalscoring form and all things considered the price wasnt so bad in the end. Never really been one of favourite players attitude-wise but he's a Chelsea man now so I'm loving him already.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Yeah, and that's the way He's called Le Sulk for a reason, but he'll be happy as long as he keeps banging in goals and getting his pay cheque.

[pippin 0]

well i cant say i am thriled we have le sulk but lets hope hes not another sutton in waiting!

[SuperSheva7 0]

yays!! finaly...

[Stamford 3]

About time too. He will be an asset to us. He may well be a stroppy git, but he hasn't failed at any club he has been at and is a proven Premiership scorer. Chuck him straight in tomorrow and let him smash a hatrick past the Yids.

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

Well done chels... taken the piss out of yet again... by a club like bolton... £15mil.. no way!! ¬.¬

This is the only reason clubs piss us about with transfers.

[Mungii 3]

That's the way aaa I like it!!!

yeah we have hinm...great ..!!

[misschief 24]

Well done chels... taken the piss out of yet again... by a club like bolton... £15mil.. no way!! ¬.¬

This is the only reason clubs piss us about with transfers.

How have they taken the piss? Anelka's been in good form for them, he was on a fairly lengthy contract I think and without a doubt they'll be buggered without him, so of course they wanted a good price for him. We snapped him up quick, leaving them with the unenviable task of finding a replacement, plus they knew we were pretty keen to sign him, so that's also reflected in the price tag.

All things considered I think we got him for a fairly reasonable price in the end and Im optimistic this could very well turn into the best bit of transfer business we've done in a while.

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

I really hope i'm proved wrong. But given all the hype.. the £15m we forked out for him... I just think he's gona be shit for us.

Hope i'm proved wrong and think "i'm a prat, 15mil was a BARGAIN!" but I just cant see it.

Who knows, my mind might change saturday or not...

[Elliott 7]

I really hope i'm proved wrong. But given all the hype.. the £15m we forked out for him... I just think he's gona be shit for us.

Hope i'm proved wrong and think "i'm a prat, 15mil was a BARGAIN!" but I just cant see it.

Who knows, my mind might change saturday or not...

Of course he's not going to be a bargain. He was never going to be a bargain. Bolton signed him for a club record £8million. They have got a £7m profit within a year and a half which is pretty good, they have gotten more than he was worth because he still had a long contract to fulfill and he was an important player.

The real point is, we have signed a capable player who is hopefully going to score plenty of goals for us and who is available for all competitions too.

[misschief 24]

I really hope i'm proved wrong. But given all the hype.. the £15m we forked out for him... I just think he's gona be shit for us.

Hope i'm proved wrong and think "i'm a prat, 15mil was a BARGAIN!" but I just cant see it.

Who knows, my mind might change saturday or not...

Might take a bit longer than just Saturday to earn £15m but I think its a really good deal for us, certainly a better deal than most clubs could hope for in the January window - he's not even cup tied - it just sounds better and better.

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

I take back what I said a bit actually...

Tbh thinking about it he is the cheapest most able striker we could get in the jan window.