Cavani & Falcao

[SuperSilva]

Firstly, Cavani would be the "worst sigining possible"???
Maybe I will be accused of taking that comment to literal, but how can Cavani be classed as the "worst sigining possible"???
If I can find the time I'll write you off a list of hundreds of players that are, or could be described as the "worst signing possible", far more so than Cavani.

I happen to agree with you on the midfield concerns, and it is something I expect the club to address this summer, along with the striker situation. Balotelli still hasn't been replaced and one, possibly two more forwards could be leaving, so it isn't something to be ignored.

if he was for a more reasonable price 20-25 mill (even that is to much for him) i would say thats an Ok purchase since we have money to give that new striker the support (since he likes to play with pace which is something we dont have at all). but spending the reported 60 mill or what ever stupid figure that is being touted would not only hamstring us this summer but would not solve our most immediate and number 1 issue the lack of pace and width and we will have no money to rectify that problem. so the smarter thing would be to invest that 60 mill if where actually going to be spending it on a revamped midfield and width and then what ever is left purchase a benteke,lukaku, heguine for the 15-20 mill mark. its called sensible purchasing

As you say the £60million is only "touted", its speculation pure and simple.
That is way too much for Cavani, I agree, the media have a few quotes from his current club stating thats what he'll cost.
Napoli's owner is doing his job, trying to get the most for the player.
It doesnt mean we or any other club will actually pay that figure (infact I expect City and nearly every other intrested party would walk away from that figure).
Silly season is on its way, were going to hear numerous ridiculous stories about players and fee's for a few months now.

Like Ive already stated I think we'll see new additions in midfield as well as attack, as for saying how many will come in, we just dont know.
We dont know our budget this summer, let alone how many we are looking to get rid of.

well said sir...

Napoli's el presidento is simply playing an aggressive negotiation tactic of giving a high price (which seems to be going higher as we get closer to the Summer Transfer window) as well as saying "we want to keep Cavani", when they know well and truly he is a goner. Its bluff and the higher price he maintains till summer, the better the final payout he thinks he will get. I'd be surprised if we or anyone pays more than 40M for him.

Yes, think it will be only 1 marquee signing (Falcao or Cavani) and others will be future potential world class and right now they are top players like Henrikh, Jovetic, Icardi etc...

 

[ono]

If Mancini stay I can see City definitely going out for Cavani. I guess he is his first target.

They are barely deadly target at Uruguay as that article says though, Uruguay scored 17 goals in 10 games in qualifiers, Cavani didn't even started yesterday but Forlan. He scored 5 goals in his last 2000 minutes for Uruguay and that doesn't look good at all and leaves the space for questions how he would cope outside of Napoli system.

worst signing possible and he dosent even suit are play

Are the people saying this just basing it on the fact that Napoli play on the counter attack? Because Cavani scores all types of goals. He has very similar strengths to Falcao.

 

[Benarbia]

Re: Cavani & Falcao

Any talk of falcao is stupid. We'd be at least third on his list and all the signs point towards a Torres and cash swap. Lets move on

 

[Jim Tolmie's Underpants]

Any talk of falcao is stupid. We'd be at least third on his list and all the signs point towards a Torres and cash swap. Lets move on

What "signs"? The one where Falcao said that he does not want to join Chelsea?

 

[adrianr]

Any talk of falcao is stupid. We'd be at least third on his list and all the signs point towards a Torres and cash swap. Lets move on

What "signs"? The one where Falcao said that he does not want to join Chelsea?

Or the one where big name player swaps are rarer than rocking horse shit?

 

[MaineRoadM14]

Any talk of falcao is stupid. We'd be at least third on his list and all the signs point towards a Torres and cash swap. Lets move on

What "signs"? The one where Falcao said that he does not want to join Chelsea?

Well, that's the most logical move at this point considering the connections with Torres and even Courtois on loan and of course their necessity for a striker. Unless people here are being buffaloed into believing the Mirror's "sources in Spain", which was their only reference for those alleged quotes...

I think Chelsea and even Real both have the edge over us at this point, unfortunately.

 

[NQCitizen]

Re: Cavani & Falcao

Anyone who thinks we should sign Cavani for the ridiculous fee that had been set, rather than Falcao for the reasonable price (considering how good he is) that's been set hasn't put much thought into this.
Aguero is better than Cavani.
Falcao is better than Aguero.
So why would we pay more for Cavani than we would for Falcao.

After watching Cavani in the World Cup qualifiers, I agree with the assessment that he is inferior to both Aguero and Falcao. In addition it would be crazy to try and negotiate a sensible fee with De Lorentiis, who is clearly one of the most egotistical people involved in Italian football. At the best of times Italian clubs are terribly difficult to deal with, and De Lorentiis sits at the apex of those with overblown egos.

Besides, Cavani isn't worth anywhere near 60 mil. I actually think we would be much better off with someone like Higuain, who would be half the price.

But to me the game breaker is Falcao. If we use the funds from the sale of Mario, possibly Edin and Tevez, then Falcao becomes realistically affordable.

If you want to replace the work rate of tevez but the finishing of dzeko then Cavani is the perfect choice.

 

[Goo]

Falcao > Cavani

 

[NoahCity]

I understand that people think the midfield needs improvement, but it seems like that will happen as well, perhaps 2 additions there so one of Falcao/Cavani would be fantastic. Both are extremely consistent and have great goal totals over the past few seasons. tbh, i feel the striker problem didn't quite start this season but was a problem last season to a certain extent. We missed quite a few chances last season as well but created SO much that it wasn't noticed quite as much.

 

[MihaiCity]

Any talk of falcao is stupid. We'd be at least third on his list and all the signs point towards a Torres and cash swap. Lets move on

What "signs"? The one where Falcao said that he does not want to join Chelsea?

Well, that's the most logical move at this point considering the connections with Torres and even Courtois on loan and of course their necessity for a striker. Unless people here are being buffaloed into believing the Mirror's "sources in Spain", which was their only reference for those alleged quotes...

I think Chelsea and even Real both have the edge over us at this point, unfortunately.

If i'm remember very well some weeks ago in the Sun and others english newspapers i read when Courtois said that he want to fight Cech for nr1 Gk at chelsea next season and then that chelsea put a 17M price-tag for him.....and 2) why on earth will want madrid torres back???? if people who run atletico think they CAN MAKE from him the player he was 4-5 years ago when he was one of the best striker in the world are , in my opinion, deluded...his collapse started some 3 years ago and he never come back from that on......in conclusion if i was atletico chefs i will take dzeko over torres any day of the week(like rest of us too)