Official Chelsea FC Thread

treiz · Post #861 » by **treiz** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:12 am

AC Milan have made offers for Torres and Van Ginkel, I'd assume that both are loans.

lukekarts · Post #862 » by **lukekarts** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:34 am

treiz wrote:AC Milan have made offers for Torres and Van Ginkel, I'd assume that both are loans.

Whilst I'm all for Torres leaving (and Van Ginkel going out on loan), you'd have to assume we're not going to start the season with just Costa and Drogba. But I've no idea who comes in to replace Torres.

Post #863 » by **5DOM** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:44 am

I won't think about Torres' replacement until he leaves officially.....I won't think about Torres' replacement until he leaves officially.....I won't think about Torres' replacement until he leaves officially.....I won't think about Torres' replacement until he leaves officially.....

lukekarts · Post #864 » by **lukekarts** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:01 am

5DOM wrote:I won't think about Torres' replacement until he leaves officially.....I won't think about Torres' replacement until he leaves officially.....I won't think about Torres' replacement until he leaves officially.....I won't think about Torres' replacement until he leaves officially.....

It's a shame we loaned out Bamford. He couldn't do worse than Torres if thrust into that role. Plus he ticks a homegrown box.

treiz · Post #865 » by **treiz** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:36 am

lukekarts wrote:
5DOM wrote:I won't think about Torres' replacement until he leaves officially.....I won't think about Torres' replacement until he leaves officially.....I won't think about Torres' replacement until he leaves officially.....I won't think about Torres' replacement until he leaves officially.....

It's a shame we loaned out Bamford. He couldn't do worse than Torres if thrust into that role. Plus he ticks a homegrown box.

Was thinking the same thing with Bamford, don't think his move is official yet so let's keep our fingers crossed.

There were rumours regarding Destro, but again we need somebody homegrown to fill the quota so I don't think he's coming.

Post #866 » by **5DOM** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:44 am

Van Ginkel and you-know-who MAYBE leaving creates a spot. Then there's the situation with Cech

treiz · Post #867 » by **treiz** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:53 am

In terms of in house promotion there isn't much on the midfielder and striker front that fills the homegrown criteria. Maybe Chalobah, but I'd assume he'd want to go out on loan.

We could just buy somebody homegrown but who's out there on the market at a reasonable price? Welbeck? :lol:

0BobLobLaw0 · Post #868 » by **0BobLobLaw0** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:19 pm

2 year loan deal for Torres to Milan......there must not be any market value for him, otherwise I dont get why they wouldnt just sell him.

Post #869 » by **fatlever** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:24 pm

0BobLobLaw0 wrote:2 year loan deal for Torres to Milan......there must not be any market value for him, otherwise I dont get why they wouldnt just sell him.

this blog helps explain some

http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/ ... eal-report

After days of talk about Fernando Torres' severance pay, we've finally found out that Chelsea will not be giving the striker a single penny to leave Stamford Bridge. At least, that's if Jason Burt at Telegraph is to be believed.

No fee is involved and Chelsea are effectively ripping up final two years of his contract. Torres does not receive any kind of pay-off. It had been thought Torres was holding out for a pay-off but because he is signing a permanent deal he has accepted now that he will not receieve [sic] one.

This is a slightly weird situation, so let me do my best to explain what's happened (bearing in mind that this is guesswork). Fernando Torres has happily agreed not to make Chelsea pay any of the wages the team owes him over the next two years. In return, Chelsea aren't making AC Milan pay a fee for the wantaway striker, which allows them to give him more wages. The deal is a loan, I think, because if it was a free transfer the entire £18 million we still owe Liverpool from January 2011 (after three and a half years of amortisation) would immediately become due; on a loan I'm fairly confident that the old transfer fee remains amortised.

Long story short: right now I believe the way this deal is structured probably saves Chelsea money both this year and next. Not all of the money that was earmarked for Torres, but enough of it to be worth doing. Cool.

Post #870 » by **fatlever** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:30 pm

Roma claiming Destro is not for sale. hmm.....

Costa possibly not at full speed tomorrow, Torres gone and Drogba is 100 years old. Meanwhile Lukaku and Eto'o on the other side are perfectly healthy. Go figure...

This game will be really fun.

Post #871 » by **fatlever** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:31 pm

Dan Levene ‏@BluesChronicle 2h

Chelsea's Patrick Bamford completes Middlesbrough loan move: Deal finally done for Blues hotshot... http://bit.ly/1vuoN0p #Chelsea #CFC

Post #872 » by **fatlever** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:35 pm

rumors that we are interested buying loic remy to replace torres.

0BobLobLaw0 · Post #873 » by **0BobLobLaw0** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:07 pm

fatlever wrote:rumors that we are interested buying loic remy to replace torres.

probably the best value out there.

treiz · Post #874 » by **treiz** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:36 pm

Hallelujah! Never thought I'd see the day

Fee agreed for Remy, just gotta do the medical now. Hope he doesn't fail it this time, also Costa apparently trained today and travelled with the squad, with Drogba being as old as he is, I expect Costa to start the game

Post #875 » by **fatlever** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 11:26 pm

Should we laugh or cry if Torres goes on to score 30 goals for AC Milan this season?

Post #876 » by **5DOM** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:28 am

Honestly could not care less.

0BobLobLaw0 · Post #877 » by **0BobLobLaw0** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 3:50 am

fatlever wrote:Should we laugh or cry if Torres goes on to score 30 goals for AC Milan this season?

You'd have to laugh... It certainly wasn't going to happen in West London.

Ted Lasso · Post #878 » by **Ted Lasso** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 10:08 am

fatlever wrote:Should we laugh or cry if Torres goes on to score 30 goals for AC Milan this season?

Those Italian defences.

MountainDrew · Post #879 » by **MountainDrew** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:12 am

Vitesse kick off in 20 minutes away at PSV. Wallace gets the start, Wallace not with the team. McEachran on the bench.

Post #880 » by **5DOM** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:59 am

You can see Traore's capable of doing things other players can't do, but man his final pass/shot is garbage right now. He's just way too raw both physically and mentally.

Looks like another loss for Vitesse, although it's not the blowout loss most expected. If their owner was Roman, Bosz would have been fired at least 5 times.