comment by NonnyMus (U4509)
posted 23 minutes ago
Am I the only one who thinks he's past his peak and we're actually better off without him?
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He's probably not quite as good as he was two or three years ago but of course he would improve us.
Or are you worried that Willian or Oscar would keep him out of the first 11
Don't get carried away, he's been following me on Twitter for ages and I dismissed a facebook friend request from him last week!
He's becoming a bit of a nuisance to be honest
200 million is an absurd amount of money and of course we're not going to pay that.
However when you factor Adidas into the equation things start getting a bit more realistic.
He'd finally get to score a goal against Chelsea. In training anyway
A lot will be made with shirt sales etc as well.
That's a lot of shirts SuperF - better clear some room out in your attic!!
comment by SuperFrank (U15103)
posted 10 seconds ago
A lot will be made with shirt sales etc as well.
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I'd certainly buy a Messi shirt and I never buy Chelsea shirts.
Messi merchandise would go through the roof.
Do you think you would loan him out to Vitesse Arnhem if you get him, superb !!
Surely buting a player for 200m would effectively bar us from buting any further players.
Talk about putting all ur eggs in one basket. I dont believe we are after him, but if we are, to pay 200m on one player would be an appalling piece of risk management.
comment by GUNNERBEGOOD (U10646)
posted 7 minutes ago
Do you think you would loan him out to Vitesse Arnhem if you get him, superb !!
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I believe this has been discussed at board level GUNNER but has been rejected by the Vitesse management!
GUNNERBEGOOD (U10646)
posted 18 minutes ago
Do you think you would loan him out to Vitesse Arnhem if you get him, superb !!
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A season long loan to Vitesse seems like the obvious next step. Just to make sure he can handle the step up to Chelsea
comment by Superb (U6486)
posted 19 seconds ago
GUNNERBEGOOD (U10646)
posted 18 minutes ago
Do you think you would loan him out to Vitesse Arnhem if you get him, superb !!
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A season long loan to Vitesse seems like the obvious next step. Just to make sure he can handle the step up to Chelsea
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Then to see if he could do it on a cold wet Wednesday night in stoke!
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 23 minutes ago
That's a lot of shirts SuperF - better clear some room out in your attic!!
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They will go mad for it in the far east
comment by SWTN Biggish (U7916)
posted 12 minutes ago
Surely buting a player for 200m would effectively bar us from buting any further players.
Talk about putting all ur eggs in one basket. I dont believe we are after him, but if we are, to pay 200m on one player would be an appalling piece of risk management.
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Biggish what if Adidas are willing to finance most of the transfer fee ?
Would be a lot less risky for us and Adidas would get to nab Messi away from Nike.
The only chance Chelsea have of signing Messi is on a video/computer game.
And yeh that actually pleases me
I'd rather the club spent money on 2-3 quality players to give us a bit of depth......and the Plan B our title winning teams used to have.
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lads , lads, Jose has stated we are not in the BIG TIME for super luxury players, our FFP budget will not stretch that far.
Today we are part europes elite clubs, but we are not financially in the very top tier, all of the bravado over our spending is blxx.
Real, Barce, Bayern, Utd, City, PSG, all are buying players & paying wages in excess of ours and have been doing for sometime.
As a club we are in the tier below the super elite.
We are in a good place, we are viable,But we are not going to be buying players like Messi at 200m, or Cavani at 400k per week and so on.
Its silly season and the gutter press have there troughs full.
Barca are after Ramires in return......I can sense it.
They can do one, the comedy element and entertainment value alone, is priceless as far as I am concerned.
Rami
comment by Superb (U6486)
posted 36 minutes ago
comment by SWTN Biggish (U7916)
posted 12 minutes ago
Surely buting a player for 200m would effectively bar us from buting any further players.
Talk about putting all ur eggs in one basket. I dont believe we are after him, but if we are, to pay 200m on one player would be an appalling piece of risk management.
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Biggish what if Adidas are willing to finance most of the transfer fee ?
Would be a lot less risky for us and Adidas would get to nab Messi away from Nike.
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How would that not be 3rd party ownership
http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categories/messi-ronaldo-neymar-watch-1/lionel-messi-apologizes-for-letting-down-11000-barcelona-fans/197166
Also the Transfer Ban Barcelona have just been given surly would be an issue , ??????????????????
or is Messi a special case, and surly replacing him would be problematic ?
Got to say that I do not think Messi would be as good in the PL as he is in La Liga.
Would rather Ronaldo or Suarez.
I don't think for one minute it'll happen, but I would love it to happen.
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
Don't get carried away, he's been following me on Twitter for ages and I dismissed a facebook friend request from him last week!
He's becoming a bit of a nuisance to be honest
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posted on 6/1/15
comment by NonnyMus (U4509)
posted 23 minutes ago
Am I the only one who thinks he's past his peak and we're actually better off without him?
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He's probably not quite as good as he was two or three years ago but of course he would improve us.
Or are you worried that Willian or Oscar would keep him out of the first 11
posted on 6/1/15
Don't get carried away, he's been following me on Twitter for ages and I dismissed a facebook friend request from him last week!
He's becoming a bit of a nuisance to be honest
posted on 6/1/15
200 million is an absurd amount of money and of course we're not going to pay that.
However when you factor Adidas into the equation things start getting a bit more realistic.
posted on 6/1/15
He'd finally get to score a goal against Chelsea. In training anyway
posted on 6/1/15
A lot will be made with shirt sales etc as well.
posted on 6/1/15
That's a lot of shirts SuperF - better clear some room out in your attic!!
posted on 6/1/15
comment by SuperFrank (U15103)
posted 10 seconds ago
A lot will be made with shirt sales etc as well.
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I'd certainly buy a Messi shirt and I never buy Chelsea shirts.
Messi merchandise would go through the roof.
posted on 6/1/15
Do you think you would loan him out to Vitesse Arnhem if you get him, superb !!
posted on 6/1/15
Surely buting a player for 200m would effectively bar us from buting any further players.
Talk about putting all ur eggs in one basket. I dont believe we are after him, but if we are, to pay 200m on one player would be an appalling piece of risk management.
posted on 6/1/15
comment by GUNNERBEGOOD (U10646)
posted 7 minutes ago
Do you think you would loan him out to Vitesse Arnhem if you get him, superb !!
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I believe this has been discussed at board level GUNNER but has been rejected by the Vitesse management!
posted on 6/1/15
GUNNERBEGOOD (U10646)
posted 18 minutes ago
Do you think you would loan him out to Vitesse Arnhem if you get him, superb !!
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A season long loan to Vitesse seems like the obvious next step. Just to make sure he can handle the step up to Chelsea
posted on 6/1/15
comment by Superb (U6486)
posted 19 seconds ago
GUNNERBEGOOD (U10646)
posted 18 minutes ago
Do you think you would loan him out to Vitesse Arnhem if you get him, superb !!
------------------------------------------------------------
A season long loan to Vitesse seems like the obvious next step. Just to make sure he can handle the step up to Chelsea
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Then to see if he could do it on a cold wet Wednesday night in stoke!
posted on 6/1/15
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 23 minutes ago
That's a lot of shirts SuperF - better clear some room out in your attic!!
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They will go mad for it in the far east
posted on 6/1/15
comment by SWTN Biggish (U7916)
posted 12 minutes ago
Surely buting a player for 200m would effectively bar us from buting any further players.
Talk about putting all ur eggs in one basket. I dont believe we are after him, but if we are, to pay 200m on one player would be an appalling piece of risk management.
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Biggish what if Adidas are willing to finance most of the transfer fee ?
Would be a lot less risky for us and Adidas would get to nab Messi away from Nike.
posted on 6/1/15
The only chance Chelsea have of signing Messi is on a video/computer game.
And yeh that actually pleases me
I'd rather the club spent money on 2-3 quality players to give us a bit of depth......and the Plan B our title winning teams used to have.
posted on 6/1/15
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 6/1/15
lads , lads, Jose has stated we are not in the BIG TIME for super luxury players, our FFP budget will not stretch that far.
Today we are part europes elite clubs, but we are not financially in the very top tier, all of the bravado over our spending is blxx.
Real, Barce, Bayern, Utd, City, PSG, all are buying players & paying wages in excess of ours and have been doing for sometime.
As a club we are in the tier below the super elite.
We are in a good place, we are viable,But we are not going to be buying players like Messi at 200m, or Cavani at 400k per week and so on.
Its silly season and the gutter press have there troughs full.
posted on 6/1/15
Barca are after Ramires in return......I can sense it.
They can do one, the comedy element and entertainment value alone, is priceless as far as I am concerned.
Rami
posted on 6/1/15
comment by Superb (U6486)
posted 36 minutes ago
comment by SWTN Biggish (U7916)
posted 12 minutes ago
Surely buting a player for 200m would effectively bar us from buting any further players.
Talk about putting all ur eggs in one basket. I dont believe we are after him, but if we are, to pay 200m on one player would be an appalling piece of risk management.
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Biggish what if Adidas are willing to finance most of the transfer fee ?
Would be a lot less risky for us and Adidas would get to nab Messi away from Nike.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
How would that not be 3rd party ownership
posted on 6/1/15
http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categories/messi-ronaldo-neymar-watch-1/lionel-messi-apologizes-for-letting-down-11000-barcelona-fans/197166
posted on 6/1/15
Also the Transfer Ban Barcelona have just been given surly would be an issue , ??????????????????
or is Messi a special case, and surly replacing him would be problematic ?
posted on 6/1/15
Got to say that I do not think Messi would be as good in the PL as he is in La Liga.
Would rather Ronaldo or Suarez.
posted on 6/1/15
We can dream!
posted on 6/1/15
I don't think for one minute it'll happen, but I would love it to happen.
posted on 6/1/15
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
Don't get carried away, he's been following me on Twitter for ages and I dismissed a facebook friend request from him last week!
He's becoming a bit of a nuisance to be honest
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