Chelsea have won the race to sign Andre Kramaric as most people thought they would. Leicester apparently outbid Chelsea but the Rijeka striker has chosen them over us and heads to London for a medical on Jan 5th.
The good news however is, that apparently Chelsea are willing to loan him to Leicester for the rest of the season and discussions are taking place
I personally think that could be a pretty good deal for us, presents little risk of being bundled with an expensive flop and the fact that Chelsea and Juventus also bid for him shows what a good prospect he is.
His style of play is described (on wikipedia!) as follows;
"Kramarić has been described as versatile striker who is mobile enough to run behind defences and rather than waiting for crosses or ball to come to him, tends to run towards the ball, engulfing his opposition with an air of unpredictability about his play. Although naturally a lone striker his versatility makes him able to play well as winger or second striker.[34] His national team coach Niko Kovač compared him with Croatian legendary striker Davor Šuker."
Good news and Bad news!
posted on 29/12/14
I really hope this comes off for us as it's no risk and potentially a top striker coming to save us from the drop.
One things for sure though - he'll come up against much better goalkeepers in the prem than that video! Even I could score past them!!!
posted on 29/12/14
comment by Genius at work, his name is Thierry Henry (U18355)
posted 6 minutes ago
Oh dear. You know you are crap when you're bought and then loaned out again...
Looks like Chelsea have replaced one expensive flop with another.
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That is what the mug bitter gooners said about Costa too
posted on 29/12/14
Genius at work, I understand your board is pretty dull but there must be some subject you'd like to discuss over there rather than troll around the Chelsea board with you smarmy and pointless comments!!
posted on 29/12/14
This just makes sense for ALL involved....... No one gets shown the door at Chelsea to make room.We get him on the cheap for the rest of the season.Then his parent close can just watch how he performs in the Prem.If he can score for us, he can score for anyone!!! LOL
posted on 29/12/14
parent club... That is.
posted on 29/12/14
comment by SWTN Biggish (U7916)
posted 22 minutes ago
Brummie, that is insanity, not a sense of adventure
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That did occur to me as I sat on the terrace, on my own, with my head buried in the match program hoping not to get noticed
posted on 29/12/14
If he is even half as good as Suker we will get a quality player at Chelsea!
posted on 29/12/14
Oh dear. You know you are crap when you're bought and then loaned out again...
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Courtois was loaned straight back out for three years. Boy that 5mil just went down the drain huh?
posted on 29/12/14
That sounds like an excellent deal for us if true - If we're still in this league then the summer transfer window should be considerably easier for us to operate in. For Chelsea, it would mean that they're playing the long game with him, wanting him to get some experience of the league before throwing him into their squad next season.
posted on 30/12/14
Very happy about this. I thought we might do a Remy style deal where we buy him for say £7 million and put a clause in the contract where if a big club bid x million then we would have to sell him. This is even better I would say