Edinson Cavani

[DanishBlue 426]

I'm so sad that we missed out on Cavani. A lot of us have been following this thread multible times each day for news about this guy coming to us, and now he goes to PSG. And I actually believed that he would come to us. This is Robinho, Neymar and Hulk all over again.

I should be old enough not to get my hopes up when we've seen this happen so many times before. Fuck. We won't win anything with our current strikeforce.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

I dont think we missed out on Cavani, I honestly think we didnt want him that bad. If we did, he'd be ours now.

The board simply doesnt do business like that anymore. Sad not to get Cavani, but Im really proud and enthustiastic about the way the board is now thinking.

[Severinb 309]

And the Palermo president praised the Partenopei for holding firm during negotiations and commanding a colossal fee for the Uruguay international, while revealing specific details regarding transfer negotiations.

"I have texted De Laurentiis to congratulate him on doing even better than I did [while dealing with PSG]. He has outdone the €43 million that we got for Javier Pastore when we sold him to PSG," the Palermo president told Radio Radio.

"De Laurentiis had to make this deal. He did well to say that he wanted a transfer fee like this.

"Cavani is a unique player. He couldn't stay at Napoli because he has to think about his career and PSG are offering him €8m per year."

Its over thank fuck

[We Hate Scouse 10,261]

Quite happy we didn't cave in to their demands. Good player, ridiculous price. Now give me that Rooney.

[gary gordon 1,777]

Quite happy we didn't cave in to their demands. Good player, ridiculous price. Now give me that Rooney.

Couldn't agree more. Giving into those fuck wits would have set a precedent that would have ended with clubs putting 80+ million release clauses on any half decent player. They can sell him to PSG and ruin his career. Just goes to show how clubs couldn't give a fuck about a players best interests.

[Leif 6,006]

Wanted him more than any striker but at the same time I've been wanting the board to start being more sensible even more. It's not that we 'can't compete with PSG' - that's untrue - we can pay the fee for anyone in the world I believe; but we seem to have shrugged of a lot of our naivety. (By 'our' I mean those who work for the club when it comes to transfer dealings. Further proven with the buy-back clause now inserted into Bruma's contract just incase.)

Very happy for Lukaku also. Much easier to get a chance to prove your worth when you don't have a newly bought player with a colossal transfer fee starting ahead of you.

My main attraction when it came to Cavani was the fact that he's like a Drogba blueprint - only with a few of his traits actually being better than Drogba's. However, I seemed to forget that there was never and still isn't a guarantee that Jose will revert us to similar tactics he used whilst he was here his first time round. Maybe an all-in-one striker like the Cavani's, Drogba's etc. isn't what's needed for us now.

PS: I think the fact that we didn't cave into Napoli's demands is a sign that this talk of a proper 'project' isn't just hot air this time. A potential project could be ruined if too much money is spent on 1 player and they don't quite work out.

[mediator 2,026]

Great post Leif, i agree with everything you said

[Styles 9,790]

Thank you Zone, I hope you'll get Suarez, in my opinion, he's the last very good striker on the market.

No thanks

[The Rising Sun 696]

Depends what you define giving a chance?

If you think giving him a chance is giving him an undisputed number 1 role that he didn't even get at West Brom then no you will have to wait a while for that but Lukaku will get 20-30 (maybe 35-40 depending on how far our cup run goes) appearances at the age of 20 at one of the top clubs in world football, cannot speak for every one else but in my book that is more than getting a chance.

By 'chance', i mean - not giving someone else the undisputed No. 1 role

That is specifically why i did not want a Cavani to come in, as that pretty much makes him the undisputed no. 1 , while Lukaku gets 20 mins here and there in the PL and starts some cup games. Even if he does splendidly, Cavani will still be No. 1.

I want us to sign someone who is a top striker, but at the level where he will accept having to fight for a starting spot with the rest of our striking pool week in week out.

That in my view is giving Lukaku a fair chance and for us to make fair judgements.

[OneMoSalah 8,616]

While others are still in holidays, this guy is already training hard to impress Mou during the preseason. I wish him the best this guy has the right attitude to succeed. I hope he will improve his ball control and first touch with hazard, could be his technical personal trainer :-)

Exactly what Benzema did that season under Jose where he scored a lot of goals. It worked. Great to see a young player though raring to get going and doing training. Great to see.

[edenhazard17 281]

This saga nowhere near a conclusion soon. Expected to last until the end of August.

[DanishBlue 426]

It pretty much seems done with all the quotes from the Palermo boss and Blanc plus the reliable news from SkySports and so on.

[Diego Kwsta 96]

I hope it is over soon.Too tired of Cavani rumors.

[Ankit 3,176]

PSG and Napoli agree a fee of €64million, including bonuses for Cavani. expect an announcement by tuesday.

http://www.football-espana.net/32377/psg-complete-cavani-deal-tuesday

[De_ChrapQaa 192]

Our board is finally starting to act like they are leading top european club, and i like it a lot! no more of that rumour that "chelsea will pay anything" and now lets make lukaku best striker in PL

[different level 1,056]

I will not lie, I'm really sad that it appears that we're going to miss out on Cavani as he is one of the best strikers in the world IMO. But who knows it might be for the better, I admit a part of me was relieved we didn't splash so much cash on a single player and our board is acting more rationally now and we didn't bow down to the ridiculous demands of that cunt ADL.

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

I will not lie, I'm really sad that it appears that we're going to miss out on Cavani as he is one of the best strikers in the world IMO. But who knows it might be for the better, I admit a part of me was relieved we didn't splash so much cash on a single player and our board is acting more rationally now and we didn't bow down to the ridiculous demands of that cunt ADL.

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[LayZ 201]

I will not lie, I'm really sad that it appears that we're going to miss out on Cavani as he is one of the best strikers in the world IMO. But who knows it might be for the better, I admit a part of me was relieved we didn't splash so much cash on a single player and our board is acting more rationally now and we didn't bow down to the ridiculous demands of that cunt ADL.

The confidence I have gained in our board for the restraint they have displayed in not bowing to ADL's insane demands may be shattered when we buy John Ruddy for 10m pounds.