milo
Jack L. Jones
Lure them in with false promises and ridiculous wages, then send them out on loan somewhere.
I think that they are doing it to stop their competitors signing them as much as anything.
Lure them in with false promises and ridiculous wages, then send them out on loan somewhere.
Problem is, two or three £8m squad players and then we can't afford real next level first team players in the £20m bracket. It's Siggy and Dempsey instead of Moutinho scenario again.
Pav in AVB's team would be a horror show, he doesn't have the application to do what AVB expects of his strikers
may as well forget about this one too ...........
CHELSEA are planning to hijack West Ham’s £12million move for goal-ace Wilfried Bony.
The Ivory Coast international is top scorer in Holland, with 26 goals in 24 league games for shock title contenders Vitesse Arnhem.
The Hammers thought they were close to agreeing a record-breaking deal to nab him in the summer.
Co-chairman David Sullivan met one of the player’s agents, London-based Francis Kacou, on Monday.
But Chelsea see the free-scoring forward as a potential replacement for £50m flop Fernando Torres — and made their move later that day.
Jose Mourinho, touted to return to Chelsea from Real Madrid in the summer, was at Stamford Bridge that night for the friendly between Brazil and Russia.
Also present were Vitesse owner Merab Jordania, who has close links with Blues supremo Roman Abramovich, and Erwin Kasakowski, managing director of the Dutch club.
The main topic of conversation between the four was 24-year-old Bony, a player similar in style to his fellow countryman and ex-Chelsea favourite Didier Drogba.
Bony, who scored for Ivory Coast in the 3-0 win over Gambia at the weekend, is under contract until 2015 — but is desperate to move to the Premier League.
And Chelsea are now in pole position to seal a four-year deal for him worth £80,000 a week.
The Blues have a good relationship with Vitesse, with seven Chelsea youngsters having gone there on loan in the past two seasons.
Vitesse are resigned to letting Bony go in the summer.
But first they hope the goals from a player who cost £4m from Sparta Prague in January 2011 will help them clinch a place in the Champions League for the first time.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...ied-Bony-on-Chelseas-radar.html#ixzz2Oq9LKGpC
If this happens we need to be in Lukaku's ear.
Lukaku said: 'I don’t really look at him and wonder what he is thinking. He’s in a new job now and hopefully he can do well, but the only thing I care about is trying to get three points for West Brom.
'What happened last year is very much gone. There’s not a player in the world who hasn’t had ups and downs.
'In the Premier League there’s big pressure and the fans are screaming at you. That makes it so special.
'But this is West Brom versus Tottenham, not me versus Andre Villas-Boas.'
Said that back in August, sort of sounds like he's not forgiven him but understands the decision. I'm sure after this loan, AVB would PROMISE him first team football.
That would not be good news.
Though in my mind it does not make sense for him to make up his mind when Champions League qualification hangs in the balance.
http://football-italia.net/32415/viola-deny-jovetic-arsenal-deal
'A FIFA agent claims Stevan Jovetic “has already given the go-ahead to move to Arsenal,” but Fiorentina assured “there has been no offer.”'
‘He seems fascinated by their project.’
yeah but Wenger has probably told the lad that in his time at the Arse they have qualified for the CL every season and will do again at the end of this one. Hard to argue against isnt it :-k
It's pretty easy to argue against. Every season is different and they currently sit outside the top four.
As a professional footballer it would still be far safer to wait and see, even with Arsenal's record. If he signs now he risks it, if he doesn't then there is no risk.
It's pretty easy to argue against. Every season is different and they currently sit outside the top four.
As a professional footballer it would still be far safer to wait and see, even with Arsenal's record. If he signs now he risks it, if he doesn't then there is no risk.
Some players just feel right about a certain club. Like with Vertonghen. He could have joined a CL team im sure, but everything about what Spurs proposed seemed to sway him more and he felt right that Spurs were for him, CL or not.