Radamel Falcao Zarate

The cookie monster said:
MSP said:
johnny on the spot said:
Chelsea signing Falcao would be the equivalent for force-feeding the rest of the league a massive rubber cock. Pray it doesn't happen.
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they would piss the league with him
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Just like they were going to piss it when they bought torres for £50 million.
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Not deserving the answer tbh but let me remind you that they signed certain Mr. Mata, Mr. Hazard and Mr. Oscar in the meantime.

They are top striker away from being absolute favorites for PL, just like we were last season.

And what's even worst those 3 could carry on them for next 10 seasons if they stay fit.
 
Torres was already quite rubbish when they splashed that out on him, remember he had forgotten how to score at Liverpool too and the signs of deterioration were there.

Falcao on the other hand just gets better and better, whoever buys him is guaranteed goals galore just like Messi, Ronaldo, and Van Persie. Some players just guarantee lots of goals and Falcao is one of them as he doesn't need 5 or 10 chances to score like so many big name strikers out there.
 
Very small print but back page of tomorrow's Telegraph.

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Not yet, they don't go online until about 10pm. Through squinting I made out that Mancini personally flew to Madrid to speak with his agent Jorge Mendes.

I'd LOVE Falcao here, I've fawned over him throughout this thread, but right now I think even he would struggle to match his goal scoring rate from Atletico and Porto as the service is the biggest problem in the team. We need to create more chances. If we played like we did first half of last season and last six games with Falcao in the team he could break goal scoring records. Even more clinical than Van Persie.
 
50 Million Pound on another striker !

I would rather spend this amount on world class attacking midfielder instead.
 
Tevez City said:
Feed-The-Goat said:
Tevez City said:
50 Million Pound on another striker !

I would rather spend this amount on world class attacking midfielder instead.
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Like Ben Arfa?
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How much do you think Hazard worths now :) ?
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Not 50 mil that's for sure.

I still think Chelsea will get him in the summer by offering them back Torres + cash.
 
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini makes move for Atlético Madrid's Colombian striker Radamel Falcao
Roberto Mancini is understood to have met with representatives of Radomel Falcao to persuade the £45 million striker to join Manchester City.

The City manager flew to Madrid to speak to Jorge Mendes. Falcao, the 26-year-old Colombian, is expected to leave Atlético Madrid at the end of this season. More than one meeting has taken place, which suggests City are pushing hard to outmanoeuvre Chelsea and Real Madrid.

It appears that Mancini is driving the deal and he has also revived his interest in Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi.

Falcao wants a $6 million (£5 million) salary after tax, which means around double that in gross terms, so the full cost would be around £85 million.

Mendes also represents Real coach Jose Mourinho, which has made that club favourite to sign the striker, while he has also kept strong links with Chelsea. However, Chelsea could only acquire Falcao should they sell Fernando Torres and may concentrate on signing younger attacking players such as Bayer Leverkusen’s André Schürrle.

City would also have to sell if Falcao was signed with the futures of Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko most in doubt.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/9669242/Manchester-City-manager-Roberto-Mancini-makes-move-for-Atletico-Madrids-Colombian-striker-Radomel-Falcao.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... alcao.html</a>
 
Thanks for the link LoveCity (and also for everything else you contribute with to this forum, - you really are a top poster!)

As much as I want this to happen, I doubt it. Are we talking about next summer or in January already? I'm afraid the appeal of London and Chelsea's habit to pay the seller what they want will see him end up at the Bridge.

I do hope this means we have plans to offload Balotelli to begin with, and maybe even Edin as well.
 
Matt the Giant said:
As much as I want this to happen, I doubt it. Are we talking about next summer or in January already? I'm afraid the appeal of London and Chelsea's habit to pay the seller what they want will see him end up at the Bridge.
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As if City doesn't do this as well. As with Hazard, you (the collective you) are overlooking the fact that at Chelsea he would literally star the show. Our talisman in Drogba has bowed out, and Torres isn't stepping up to the plate. How often is there an opportunity for a striker to move into a top European club and become top dog from the word go - especially considering he hasn't played at an "Elite" club before. At Madrid he'd be competing with Benzima and Higuain in a system which only plays one centre forward. At City he's up against the likes of Tevez and Aguero with Balotelli and Dzeko's futures still unresolved. At Chelsea, he's competing with Fernando fucking Torres at worst.

Staple the other factors on and its a pretty attractive prospect for him. But I think the fact that we need him more than he needs us is much more attractive to him than being just another striker at City or Madrid. Even if he came to the prem and scored a double hattrick in his first game for you, he'd still be subject to eventual rotation because thats how Mancini operates. If he didn't operate like that he'd end up pissing off Tevez (again) or worse, Aguero. At Chelsea he's first name on the team sheet in every game outside of the league cup, injury permitting.
 
I think Balague said PSG offered 50M and 300k p/w. But doubt he'll leave in January. Same with Jovetic or Isco. I'm sure thede big players will want to finish their seasons where they are.
 
Castiel said:
Matt the Giant said:
As much as I want this to happen, I doubt it. Are we talking about next summer or in January already? I'm afraid the appeal of London and Chelsea's habit to pay the seller what they want will see him end up at the Bridge.
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As if City doesn't do this as well. As with Hazard, you (the collective you) are overlooking the fact that at Chelsea he would literally star the show. Our talisman in Drogba has bowed out, and Torres isn't stepping up to the plate. How often is there an opportunity for a striker to move into a top European club and become top dog from the word go - especially considering he hasn't played at an "Elite" club before. At Madrid he'd be competing with Benzima and Higuain in a system which only plays one centre forward. At City he's up against the likes of Tevez and Aguero with Balotelli and Dzeko's futures still unresolved. At Chelsea, he's competing with Fernando fucking Torres at worst.

Staple the other factors on and its a pretty attractive prospect for him. But I think the fact that we need him more than he needs us is much more attractive to him than being just another striker at City or Madrid. Even if he came to the prem and scored a double hattrick in his first game for you, he'd still be subject to eventual rotation because thats how Mancini operates. If he didn't operate like that he'd end up pissing off Tevez (again) or worse, Aguero. At Chelsea he's first name on the team sheet in every game outside of the league cup, injury permitting.
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I agree with everything you said there mate, except for the very first part. Last summer proved we will not pay more than we think is reasonable, which meant we lost out on Hazard for example.
I would love for us to be more like you in that aspect, targeting a player, making a move and finalizing it quickly. But unfortunately we seem to take great pride in being the masters of loooong negotiations who in the end turns out sour. This goes all the way back to the Kaka situation. Of course there has been exceptions to this.

If you guys manage to land Falcao, then I'd say your team is pretty close to perfect and you will be the definite favourites for the title. It's very admirable also I think, the way you have tied up some of the world's best young players.
 
It's well and good having a goal machine but when Silva gets injured like now we have nobody to supply him
 
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