Lancet Fluke said:I wasn't really that arsed whether we kept negredo or not just think if he was going to be allowed to leave it could have been done months ago. As it was the club kept saying he wasn't for sale when clubs showed interest but when it really came down to it we did sell but at a point where alternatives couldn't be sourced. Regardless of whether he is injured and doesn't play till October, I don't think it was handled particularly well. Other than the striker situation I think the window has been fine considering uefa's bullshit but I do think we are now ridiculously exposed if aguero continues to have problems with his muscles which I fear he will.gordondaviesmoustache said:I think the wisdom of the Negredo decision, notwithstanding his putative personal issues, can only be properly evaluated from the time he starts playing for Valencia, up to if (and when) we sign someone to 'replace' him in January.Lancet Fluke said:For me the only issue is coming out of the window with three forwards when the manager plays two up front. It just seems such an unnecessary risk and certainly has nothing to do with ffp because we were already well within the imposed transfer limit. We may well go on a spree next summer but for now, once again it feels like we have not taken the opportunity to kick on when we have won the league and have allowed rivals to catch up or possibly overtake us more than was necessary. I can only assume negredo was really unhappy but it was fairly obvious that was the case for ages and there has been interest in him all summer from various clubs so should have been sorted earlier so a replacement could be found. As it is we were left with the option of falcao's ludicrous wage demands or nothing. Chelsea must be pissing themselves.
He may not have featured for over 50% of the first half of the season, which people seem to be forgetting when evaluating this deal.
It may well also be a calculated risk, based on a revised appraisal of the Jovetic and Aguero injury situation going forward.
At the risk of sounding like an adherent to a religious cult, I think we have to trust those running our club, who are in full purview of the facts in relation to this, to make the right decision. I think they've earned that right.
waspish said:Just had someone on sky saying FFP is working with PSG and us have curbed the spending! It's like sky need to run it in even more..
crmcfc said:Looks to me like we have been sleep walking in the market as we did the summer after we first won the league.
Good luck to Negredo I wish him well I don't understand why we are forced into loans deals all we needed cash in now, I'm not sure how this obligatory purchase will pan out not convinced its the best for us. Similar for Richards and Guidetti, get the money in. Don't forget the Negredo move has been on the cards for weeks so it was no last day shock.
Underwhelmed with Cabellero and Fernando, Sagna will be solid at best and Mangala still not kicked a ball at £32 million. Aguero, Jovetic and Kompany WILL miss chunks of the season with injuries, maybe we have some lads coming through the academy?
Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal all look considerably stronger than last season, I think we would be pushing it if we said we had stayed still.
We are still the champions and a great team but we don't half make it difficult.
I listened in disbelief too when this bean counter was speaking. Sadly he is correct. It has worked exactly as intended, in the interests of the establishment.tolmie's hairdoo said:waspish said:Just had someone on sky saying FFP is working with PSG and us have curbed the spending! It's like sky need to run it in even more..
Couldn't make it up, a guy from Deloitte!
Apparently it's working because it stopped us spending, albeit transfer spending for the summer is up as a whole by £250m. He didn't have an issue with that.
Of which, United account for almost a quarter of it if you factor in United.
United's net spend this summer is £10m higher than Mourinho's entire net spend in his TWO spells at Chelsea.