Edinson Cavani

[Kezza 1,965]

Hahahahahahaahahaha! L O Fuckin L

[Amin Sarmadi 24]

Napoli President on Chelsea interest for Cavani: "Marina, Marina, Marina (Granovskaia) I have not heard from yet"

marina ? what marina ?

read this...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/10121949/Forget-Jose-Mourinho.-Is-Marina-Granovskaia-the-real-Special-One-at-Chelsea.html

[Strike 7,474]

well.. you had a good run Tancredi. Now you are back to being one of those shit transfer accounts on twitter

[gary gordon 1,777]

I'd love to be the one that rings Napoli and tells them to shove there overrated striker up there arse. There is no way in the world this guy is worth anywhere near what they want. Let Citeh have him and we'll take Dzeko for a quarter of the price.

At this point I'd be more excited about signing Rooney or Dzeko.

[haranr 485]

Does he still have those 3 options mate?

Yes

[CHOULO19 24,332]

So we were never trying to pay 63m for one striker even though we already have a 50m striker in our team and even though we just bought a striker in Jan and even though Jose said we won't be spending big in the market and even though he went on to talk about how you need to be careful how you spend with FFP rules?!

Shocking!

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

This new Adidas deal worth £300m will now more than likely see us more willing to activate this clause. I would not be shocked to see our spending this summer be higher than first planned now this deal is signed.

What i did notice from ADL when asked about chelsea was "marina marina marina" he said. = Marina Granovskaia. My guess? She is the one who will be doing the talking on our part for this deal. Unless we walk away

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Yes

omg

[haranr 485]

omg

wow man u are something special.

[Leif 6,006]

He won't fit in a 4-2-3-1 system too well. He's not worth the money for this system. Despite his amount of goals this season his all-round play hasn't been as good since Napoli switched from a 3-4-3 last season to a 3-4-1-2 this season.

Having a player right behind him (Hamsik; Mata) creates confusion for him it seems when tracking back. He prefer to have a big wide space behind him (like in a 4-3-3) for him to run deep into when his team don't have possession. In a 4-2-3-1 he'd be isolated. That formation is pretty much built to get goals out of a striker; hence why there's 3 direct support options; meaning the focus of the striker should be to simply score (anything else is a bonus). Cavani is like Ramires in a way - he runs runs runs, often when he shouldn't. If he runs away from his position in a 4-2-3-1 we've only got our very short support players in attack and none of them are exactly incredible finishers. We'd also have 2 defensive midfielders already deployed in a packed midfield so I could just see constant crashing into eachother.

If we go back to a 4-3-3 (after hearing Jose is a big fan of Ramires I get the feeling we may well do) then Cavani probably is the best fit. In a 4-2-3-1 though the likes of Rooney, even Jovetic and Lukaku should probably be ahead of him when it comes to priorities.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Dosent fit well to 4-2-3-1 and Jovetic is a better option... we started the "we dont need him anyway..." crap pretty quickly i see. with - as allways - so many harsh assumptions. Few pages back i remember you Leif saying why we should buy him. Ridiculous.

[Tomo 21,751]

There something with us and wanting someone we can't have?

When it looked for the world that Falcao was going to be signing for us, it was he's too one dimensional i would rather get an all round player like Cavani for that money.

Now it looks like we are going to get Cavani, it's that's too much, he's shit for Uraguay, i would rather get a PL proven forward like Rooney.

If the momentum changes and it all off a sudden looks like were getting Rooney, it would be he hasn't performed well for a year, United wouldn't be prepared to sell him to us if he still has "it", for that money i would rather go for Jovetic.

[Leif 6,006]

Few pages back i remember you Leif saying why we should buy him. Ridiculous.

I gave pro's and cons as to why we should/shouldn't buy him. I also haven't said we shouldn't buy him now. Read properly and don't be a rude cunt.

[Leif 6,006]

we started the "we dont need him anyway..." crap pretty quickly i see.

Can you actually quote a single person saying we don't need him?

If you're going to insult anyone on the forum, especially myself, don't throw around your insults without backing them up.

[Sheva. 5,373]

During the season people here said it's more likely for Falcao to flop than him, and i replied along the lines of - any player can flop etc etc. Cavani has shown for Uruguay he's not a 54m player (not just in the confederations cup), he lacks confidence, and misses chances a player of his calibre should be putting away.

Now this is very very different from how he is at Napoli. So maybe it is the Serie A, or Napoli's system that suit him so well. Because he doesn't even play solely on the wings anymore, and still doesn't perform.

I would love it if he came here and scored every week, but i just cringe at the thought of yet another big money striker failing here, it would simply be fucking disgusting. Hopefully Jose knows who's right for the team, and we actually have some luck signing a player in that position again.