Increased Costa Living - The Transfer Thread

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  1. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    I suspect your fee for higuain was tied to the Pogba fee, to be fair.
     
  2. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    With agent fees, Hazard was more than that. Also, we're getting ready to pay more for Alex Sandro - we see how the market has moved.
     
  3. scirea6

    scirea6 Member+

    Sep 20, 2007
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    I think the board was preparing to sanction a cash injection to fund Higuain's transfer if Pogba had decided to stay, but the point was moot when he pushed for the move to Man U.

    Either way, all of it was batshit crazy.
     
  4. StamfordBridgeLions

    Chelsea FC
    Sep 4, 2016
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    So. Is Andrea Belotti in our future then?
    Is Belotti the new Vialli?
     
  5. Wrath

    Wrath Member+

    May 4, 2007
    New York
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    We will start the season with Llorente and Michy. Conte will quit in October.
     
  6. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    And Costa. If we really wanted Lukaku, we'd have paid the fee.
     
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  7. Miguel Alvarez

    May 12, 2006
    My thoughts as well. We might have been interested in Lukaku, but only for a certain amount and not the fee Everton wanted. We'll never know for sure of course.
     
  8. Wrath

    Wrath Member+

    May 4, 2007
    New York
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Hope you are right on that one
     
  9. StamfordBridgeLions

    Chelsea FC
    Sep 4, 2016
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Jose gets Lukaku and Pep looks like getting Sanchez. As managers they have opted for known quantities and low risk and high cost purchases. Both decent players and proven in the Prem. Manchester is playing it safe. Says a lot really. Conte has ideas and I am not always sure what they are, but he has them and they seem to be working out quite well for us. Conte is at the poker table and as a club we do have money. We do need to bring the players in though. hopefully the Costa vs. Conte situation can be resolved - at least for another season. And Why would we pay 70mil+ for Lukaku when we have Michy? Batsman is faster and more skillful and has greater potential imho.
     
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  10. Wrath

    Wrath Member+

    May 4, 2007
    New York
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    We have been penny pinching the past few years. I will believe we have money when we actually spend it. We keep talking big fees for players but nothing materializes.
     
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  11. Dtrip77

    Dtrip77 Member+

    Jun 10, 2009
    N NJ!!!
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Probably has something to do with funding the stadium build.

    Also Conte has said that he doesn't believe in paying the fees being asked for certain players. There is always an alternative, just a matter how much of a drop off is that alternative. (Moses & Alonso)
     
  12. cr7torossi

    cr7torossi Member+

    May 10, 2007
    Some interesting revisionist history in this post.
     
  13. Blueallthru

    Blueallthru Member+

    Chelsea
    United States
    May 15, 2012
    The Interwebz
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Is there though? The prices today are nothing compared to 10 years ago. I'm not opposed to paying them, but Lukaku isn't worth £75m. Morata isn't worth £80m. Torres wasn't worth £50m. We don't have the financial clout you guys have. Roman does, but he isn't even close to as rich as he was a decade ago so he can't afford to pump his funds in anymore.

    Chelsea started this mess. We've been priced out as it currently looks. That could very well change if we spend money on Morata being suggested or Sandro. I doubt we will though. It just doesn't fit our current MO. I am also willing to bet you lot went in for Lukaku because we were in for him and Jose gazumped us for obvious reasons.

    I liked his post for the Michy comment because I really believe in him and think he has a higher ceiling than Lukaku. Likaku might score more goals, but I feel Batshuayi will be a far more polished all around forward.
     
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  14. cr7torossi

    cr7torossi Member+

    May 10, 2007
    It is fair to believe in Michy but Chelsea publicly did match the Lukaku bid.

    I read the "agent fees" comment the same way I read it when United used to leak it in the past for Hazard/Benzema.
     
  15. Blueallthru

    Blueallthru Member+

    Chelsea
    United States
    May 15, 2012
    The Interwebz
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Fair point on agent fees. I don't have the slightest inkling of how they work. I also think our stadium project is a major hindrance.
     
  16. StamfordBridgeLions

    Chelsea FC
    Sep 4, 2016
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Jose sold Lukaku to Everton and he clearly did not rate him at the time. Also, in his heart of hearts [that is if Jose does indeed have a heart] Jose would prefer to have Costa than Lukaku. We all know it.
     
  17. cr7torossi

    cr7torossi Member+

    May 10, 2007
  18. Yahtzee

    Yahtzee Member+

    Nov 4, 2013
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Kinda shocked. Not torn up but a bit mind blown we could lose out to United on Lukaku of all players.

    I joked about it a month ago but there is an enormous chance this Costa shit is a bunch of hot air and he will be our starting striker again. Not ideal but... who really knows.
     
  19. cr7torossi

    cr7torossi Member+

    May 10, 2007
    #1494 cr7torossi, Jul 8, 2017
    Last edited: Jul 8, 2017
    Costa staying and motivated is the best case scenario for Chelsea, he is a level above Lukaku and Morata.
     
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  20. Blueallthru

    Blueallthru Member+

    Chelsea
    United States
    May 15, 2012
    The Interwebz
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Thus is true. But he'll want out again in January and next summer. Not ideal.
     
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  21. Wrath

    Wrath Member+

    May 4, 2007
    New York
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Costa is a mercenary. Hope we throw 250k at him and ask him to shut up.
     
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  22. truefan420

    truefan420 Member+

    May 30, 2010
    oakland
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Problem with mercenaries isnthey always want more
     
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  23. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    Meanwhile, Juve have raised their price again for Alex Sandro supposedly. When will we learn with Italian clubs?

    We have a frustrating tendency to stay pat after winning seasons. It's weird.
     
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  24. 352klr

    352klr Member+

    Jan 29, 2001
    The Burgh of Edin
    Time to put in a bid for David Alaba then.
     
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  25. Sarcasm Bot

    Sarcasm Bot Member+

    Nov 4, 2014
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    heh
     

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