Transfer Talk 2014 (General)

[Bender]

I have been quite impressed with Dwiight Gayle of Palace this season. Starting to look the part, and aside from the fact he looks like a player straight out of FIFA12 won't be surprised to see him get linked to bigger clubs this summer.

It's You and Wilfired Zaha all over again isn't it Tee

[Tee]

It's You and Wilfired Zaha all over again isn't it Tee

I like the South London Ballers lol. Seriously, Gayle has really progressed and is only 24, so the next few years he will be in his prime.

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Those figures look like they are plucked out of the air by Balague. €35m for Otamendi? Six months playing in La Liga and he is suddenly a €35m player?


20m for Gabriel is quite funny too.

Yeah, plus isn't the law in Spain that 'buyout clauses' exist and apply only to other Spanish teams?

[Bender]

I like the South London Ballers lol. Seriously, Gayle has really progressed and is only 24, so the next few years he will be in his prime.

He's got my Vote

[Tee]

He's got my Vote

Moneyball.

[Mike]

https://twitter.com/dan_bu/status/557180222421073920

35m for Otamendi is mad. I will admit though that whenever I have seen him he has been very impressive. For 35m though I'd be after Jose Jiminez at Atletico - looked fantastic so far this season with Godin. Keeping Miranda out of the team and is only 19 and a Uruguayan International.

[Pablo]

It's You and Wilfired Zaha all over again isn't it Tee

Remember you jizzing your pants abut him Tee? Better than Sterling? Oh dear

[RichC]

Was he wearing pink boots at the time

[Tee]

There is still time for him to turn it on Big Willy style. Mock all you like, he has the talent and it may yet be shown.

[Shaggy]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/chelsea-transfer-news-blues-to-bid-for-27m-juan-cuadrado-if-they-can-offload-mohamed-salah-or-andre-schurrle-9993408.html

Chelsea transfer news: Blues hope to make £27m Juan Cuadrado first January signing - if they can offload Mohamed Salah or Andre Schurrle

Chelsea are hopeful of making their first big play of the transfer window and signing Fiorentina’s £27m-rated Juan Cuadrado this month as long as they can move on Mohamed Salah to make way for the Colombia World Cup star.

The 26-year-old midfielder Cuadrado is highly-rated throughout the club’s hierarchy and is the overwhelming first choice when it comes to improving the squad in this window. Jose Mourinho has declared himself satisfied with his current squad in public, a sign that Chelsea are by no means assured of doing the deal and may have to go into the rest of the season with Salah in situ.

The other option is moving on Andre Schurrle who would fetch a much higher price than Salah, but the German is regarded as a more useful asset in the last five months of the season. He has fallen in and out of favour with Mourinho over the last two seasons but nonetheless has played a much more significant role than Salah.

Chelsea see the Cuadrado deal as the ideal way of adding fresh energy to a team that has at times looked a little jaded in games like the defeat to Tottenham Hotspur and then in the second half of Tuesday’s Capital One Cup semi-final second leg against Liverpool.

Cuadrado is rated by Fiorentina at £27m and signed a new contract at the club until 2019 in October. He fits the template for a hard-working, pacey wide player who can take some of the workload off the likes of Willian and Eden Hazard as the games come thick and fast in the latter stages of the season. He has appeared in the Europa League for Fiorentina this season and is therefore available to play Champions League football for Chelsea.

The ideal scenario is that Chelsea move on Salah, who has been a major disappointment at the club since his arrival a year earlier - although that is contingent on the player being able to agree terms with one of the clubs interested in him. Chelsea have a range of interest in the player with Roma, Besiktas and Hull City all looking at him. Schurrle is wanted by Wolfsburg.

Andre Schurrle could leave the club this month Andre Schurrle could leave the club this month There were reports that the player was a guest of Chelsea at Anfield this week which the club say are not true. He started the Coppa Italia cup tie for Fiorentina against Atalanta this afternoon, a sign that the deal remains far from done as yet. There was interest in him from Manchester United over the summer but their priorities lie elsewhere.

[rodo]

so a squad that cost a ****in fortune has about a million players on loan needs to spunk another 27 million on a player cos they look a little jaded

[McDermotX]

You've got to admire the willingness to bring talent through, and to work with what's available to the manager.

[Tee]

Cuadrado was utter **** when I signed on PES2015

[danperkins]

Would have loved LFC to go after Cuadrado.... Very good player. It's so frustrating the way clubs like Chelsea,City,United can just spunk 20 or 30 million on a player without even blinking.

[Bender]

Cuadrado was utter **** when I signed on PES2015

You'll say anything to make PES look good Tee