Erling Haaland

[Silva Is Magic]

I can't do it. I've had my heart broken by Leo enough times now. More or less he's dead to me unless I wake up one day and he's holding up a City shirt on mancity.com haha.

Same mate. But imagine if, after all this PR storm created by Barca, we get Messi and they, none of ours (except Kun and Eric).

 

[sir baconface]

Cant help but feel the same to be honest, while Haaland is young it really wouldnt surprise me if he only played at his next club for 2-3 years and moved again where as Kane would be far less of a gamble in that respect.

On the plus side, that gives his next club a potential big sell-on fee, provided he hasn‘t run his contract down.

Thats why he is worth more than an older player, all other things being equal. (Which they never are!)

 

[Homar]

I keep coming back to the fact that we released Sergio Aguero in March.

I simply don't believe that the club would do that with nothing lined up and no knowledge of whether Spurs or Dortmund would sell at a particular price that the club was OK with spending.

I don't think Pep or the club would genuinely think it was acceptable to release Aguero with a 5% possibility that no one came in to replace him.

I’m not so sure. We have a history for this sort of thing. Remember when we released all our fullbacks at the end of the season?

 

[Centurions]

I do agree..I suspect Sergio wanted out and made his intentions clear and Pep stood his ground..rightly or wrongly.. what I can not comprehend is we kept playing Garcia when it was clear he wanted out too.

There's no rightly or wrongly about it, the club has to move on and there was no doubt, open and frank discussions with him.

Sergio (despite his injuries and Covid related problems) played more games and minutes than Garcia in the PL. Garcia had more minutes overall but that was largely down to LC & FAC games.

 

[Stoned Rose]

If the report is accurate Erling is indeed happy speaking to Chelsea/Tuchel, it would also suggest Erling hasn't made City his absolute priority.

That would be a shifting of his position from just a few months back.

It does however, indicate he is still for sale this summer.

Sadly, these are the type of deals Chelsea have form for getting over the line.

They leave their principles at the door.

They'd be a rum team if they got him.

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

Chelsea's track record of signing strikers since their takeover has been atrocious. They spent ~£450M on the following:

Hernan Crespo
Adrian Mutu
Didier Drogba
Mateja Kezman
Andriy Shevchenko
Nicolas Anelka
Franco Di Santo
Daniel Sturridge
Fernando Torres
Romelu Lukaku
Patrick Bamford
Demba Ba
Diego Costa
Loic Remy
Falcao
Michy Batshuayi
Alvaro Morata
Olivier Giroud
Gonzalo Higuain
Timo Werner

Lots of those players looked like very safe bets at the time, and lots of them have scored goals elsewhere. But how many scored more than about 20 goals for Chelsea?

 

[Roy Munson]

Pound to a pinch of shit we get neither of um,the reality is we are as tight as 2 coats of paint when the we are given the fee by the selling club

If we are to be regarded as one of the biggest clubs we need to put our money where our mouth is at times

I suppose we could vastly overspend on fees and wages and then win loads of trophies like that 'massive' club down the road.

Oh, wait...

 

[manimanc]

Chelsea's track record of signing strikers since their takeover has been atrocious. They spent ~£450M on the following:

Hernan Crespo
Adrian Mutu
Didier Drogba
Mateja Kezman
Andriy Shevchenko
Nicolas Anelka
Franco Di Santo
Daniel Sturridge
Fernando Torres
Romelu Lukaku
Patrick Bamford
Demba Ba
Diego Costa
Loic Remy
Falcao
Michy Batshuayi
Alvaro Morata
Olivier Giroud
Gonzalo Higuain
Timo Werner

Lots of those players looked like very safe bets at the time, and lots of them have scored goals elsewhere. But how many scored more than about 20 goals for Chelsea?

And to think the press took the piss with us signing 200m worth of full backs.
Telling you the cockney press will butter Chelsea's spending up all day long.

 

[Claytop]

Chelsea's track record of signing strikers since their takeover has been atrocious. They spent ~£450M on the following:

Hernan Crespo
Adrian Mutu
Didier Drogba
Mateja Kezman
Andriy Shevchenko
Nicolas Anelka
Franco Di Santo
Daniel Sturridge
Fernando Torres
Romelu Lukaku
Patrick Bamford
Demba Ba
Diego Costa
Loic Remy
Falcao
Michy Batshuayi
Alvaro Morata
Olivier Giroud
Gonzalo Higuain
Timo Werner

Lots of those players looked like very safe bets at the time, and lots of them have scored goals elsewhere. But how many scored more than about 20 goals for Chelsea?

He was worth the £400m alone...

 

[VOOMER]

Chelsea's track record of signing strikers since their takeover has been atrocious. They spent ~£450M on the following:

Hernan Crespo
Adrian Mutu
Didier Drogba
Mateja Kezman
Andriy Shevchenko
Nicolas Anelka
Franco Di Santo
Daniel Sturridge
Fernando Torres
Romelu Lukaku
Patrick Bamford
Demba Ba
Diego Costa
Loic Remy
Falcao
Michy Batshuayi
Alvaro Morata
Olivier Giroud
Gonzalo Higuain
Timo Werner

Lots of those players looked like very safe bets at the time, and lots of them have scored goals elsewhere. But how many scored more than about 20 goals for Chelsea?

If they get Haaland they will win the league.

 

[VOOMER]

And to think the press took the piss with us signing 200m worth of full backs.
Telling you the cockney press will butter Chelsea's spending up all day long.

It works at just £22.5 million per player and how much did they recoup in transfers?

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

If they get Haaland they will win the league.

That's what people said when they signed Shevchenko and Ballack in 2006 after winning the previous two titles. They didn't win it again until 2010

Dortmund have some of the highest rated players in the world and barely scraped into the Champions League this season

 

[chaddblue]

If they get Haaland they will win the league.

What if we get Kane and Grealish?

 

[whipper]

What if we get Kane and Grealish?

Checkmate :)

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

It works at just £22.5 million per player and how much did they recoup in transfers?

They recouped about £180M in sales and loan fees from that lot

 

[nmc]

The way we operate in transfers is very solid. We had our fingers burnt in the Cook era and we have been far more professional since. We don't offer silly money we are in line with the other top clubs and we walk away when we need to. There is a long list of players that we have been close to signing and we drew a line in the sand and the deal fell away, many of those players are now playing badly for other PL clubs.

We will go about this in the same way - even if we have to miss out on a top target this summer and get a stop gap in. My guess is the strategy is as follows:

Haaland is the top target - we will have a massive deal ready to go but there will be a limit to it and it will be linked to his buy out next year. I think we wait to get Haaland next year if we get a solid commitment.

Kane is option 2. If Haaland goes some elsewhere or there is significant doubt over a deal next summer then we go for Kane. But there is a limit on what we pay and just because we might go for him does not mean we pay whatever Spurs want - its just as difficult as option 1.

Option 3 - If the first 2 dont come of then any number of other strikers could come into play. Anyone from Messi to Danny Ings.

Love the way you drop in Messi or Ings at the end there…. Lol.

 

[nmc]

This is from two days ago.

Yesterday I read a story that his PSG deal would be for 5 years, making €12M per year (60M total).

Well well Barca linked with another player they can’t afford

 

[nmc]

IMO Levy has always wanted £150m and Haaland won’t change that.
The price has been and always will be £150m (IMO)

Levy might want £150m but let’s face it he’s a sheep in sheep’s clothing… a complete arse who’s got Spurs up to the neck in debt and he needs to sell… City will know the score and Levy will do a deal - like any con artist on the back foot.

 

[nmc]

It works at just £22.5 million per player and how much did they recoup in transfers?

Hardly a fair question given the number of dodgy player sales Chelsea have been involved in… Luiz £50m to PSG stunk to high heaven.

 

[I'm Blue]

Levy might want £150m but let’s face it he’s a sheep in sheep’s clothing… a complete arse who’s got Spurs up to the neck in debt and he needs to sell… City will know the score and Levy will do a deal - like any con artist on the back foot.

He’s known for being a very hard negotiator.
I doubt that’ll change that much.
Regardless of their situation.