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[Jon@AAMComp]

Originally Posted by phelan

zarate went to inter. that one should be interesting. with eto'o gone, now it's forlan and zarate up top?

Wow I didn't hear about that Forlan signing! He could be a great signing, but I think he might be past his best. Zarate coming from Lazio could develop into a good replacement for Eto'o. I'm still a little confused by him actually. I'm happy he's the highest paid African striker of all time, deservedly, but he's quoted as saying he wanted a 'new and exciting adventure', when he left Inter. Honestly, from winning a historic treble with one of the biggest clubs in the world, a beautiful, cosmopolitan and cultured Western European city like Milan to some spec of a city in Persia? Had I been in his shoes, I would want to stay at Inter for the rest of my career. I guess €20.5 million a season is hard to turn down...

Originally Posted by Red370

BTW, Fcuk Nasri, i've never seen a more disrespectful player towards their former club, have yall seen some of the crap he's said? I'm embarrassed that I even own his shirt. "I've always wanted to go to City", yeah bullshyt, you seen dollar signs and your allegiance went to shyte. Looks like Jacky W. will be the next one I purchase, the only player on the squad that actually loves the club and that will probably be there longer than a year.

Remember when Torres left Liverpool to come play for us? He said he was exciting at playing at a 'big club'. I'm Chelsea through and through, but even I know the history Liverpool has in England. Hard to argue 18 League titles and 5 European Cups. Granted, Chelsea have been more successful in recent years than Liverpool, but doesn't make us bigger than them. There's really no loyalty in modern football, which is unfortunate. Players go where the glory is, and unfortunately for you guys, Nasri felt City were closer to raising the Premier League trophy than Arsenal.


You guys need to hurry up and sign Götze before we do. We both need a young, creative, attacking midfielder now. Still puzzled as to why we are willing to throw £40 million at Spurs for Modric, when there is better and younger talent out there. Götze, Christian Eriksen, and Marko Marin comes to mind. We did manage a decent bargain signing Raul Miereles from Liverpool though, at £12 million.


Chelsea complete £12 million swoop for Raul Meireles | FootballFanCast.com

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Originally Posted by Red370

BTW, Fcuk Nasri, i've never seen a more disrespectful player towards their former club, have yall seen some of the crap he's said? I'm embarrassed that I even own his shirt. "I've always wanted to go to City", yeah bullshyt, you seen dollar signs and your allegiance went to shyte. Looks like Jacky W. will be the next one I purchase, the only player on the squad that actually loves the club and that will probably be there longer than a year.

Donate the shirt to a poor African kid. It'll probably make his year.

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[phelan]

Originally Posted by Jon@AAMComp

Wow I didn't hear about that Forlan signing! He could be a great signing, but I think he might be past his best. Zarate coming from Lazio could develop into a good replacement for Eto'o. I'm still a little confused by him actually. I'm happy he's the highest paid African striker of all time, deservedly, but he's quoted as saying he wanted a 'new and exciting adventure', when he left Inter. Honestly, from winning a historic treble with one of the biggest clubs in the world, a beautiful, cosmopolitan and cultured Western European city like Milan to some spec of a city in Persia? Had I been in his shoes, I would want to stay at Inter for the rest of my career. I guess €20.5 million a season is hard to turn down...

Forlan's got some good left in him. If anything...he can be the dead ball specialist to Zarate's firepower
Forlan takes the No. 9

Would you have turned it down? My loyalties run deep, but that is a LOT of money. I mean...DAMN. If I were good enough to wear an Arsenal shirt, I'd be very hard pressed not to accept if Anzhi came calling.

With that said, f*ck Man City. I'd never play for a rival club in the same league.

Originally Posted by Jon@AAMComp

Remember when Torres left Liverpool to come play for us? He said he was exciting at playing at a 'big club'. I'm Chelsea through and through, but even I know the history Liverpool has in England. Hard to argue 18 League titles and 5 European Cups. Granted, Chelsea have been more successful in recent years than Liverpool, but doesn't make us bigger than them. There's really no loyalty in modern football, which is unfortunate. Players go where the glory is, and unfortunately for you guys, Nasri felt City were closer to raising the Premier League trophy than Arsenal.


You guys need to hurry up and sign Götze before we do. We both need a young, creative, attacking midfielder now. Still puzzled as to why we are willing to throw £40 million at Spurs for Modric, when there is better and younger talent out there. Götze, Christian Eriksen, and Marko Marin comes to mind. We did manage a decent bargain signing Raul Miereles from Liverpool though, at £12 million.


Chelsea complete £12 million swoop for Raul Meireles | FootballFanCast.com

Meireles will come good if AvB plays him. I don't get it though, wasn't AvB the one that tossed him OUT of his club the last time they were together?

I actually think CFC will be okay this year now that Juan Mata has joined. Look at the stagnant play before he came onto the pitch. Very narrow, methodical in buildup, and with Torres misfiring as usual, and Drogba...eesh, let's not go there - most teams have figured out how to stop the Chelsea attack. AvB has work to do, but it starts with Mata providing that little extra width to the attack. His goal was well deserved, in my opinion.

I was confused why 'Arry didn't take the 40 million! That's WAAAAY overvaluing the player.

Originally Posted by Jon@AAMComp

You guys need to hurry up and sign Götze before we do.

Not gonna happen.

[phelan]

Originally Posted by blue660r01

Not gonna happen.

Gonna go to Bayern?

Originally Posted by phelan

Gonna go to Bayern?

He just won the league with Dortmund and its a very good team currently. Why in the world would he leave? lol.

[Jon@AAMComp]

Originally Posted by blue660r01

He just won the league with Dortmund and its a very good team currently. Why in the world would he leave? lol.

Why did Karim Benzema leave Olympique Lyon for Madrid when they won Ligue 1? Why did Manuel Neuer leave Schalke after they were runners up in the Bundesliga and managed to make it to the Champions League semi-final? Don't get me wrong, I love Dortmund; love their playing style, love their manager, love their youth system, love the supporters, I even love their home ground. But like I wrote a few pages back, most footballers(especially of his quality), want to play at the absolute top. I don't want to diminish Dortmund or start some banter about which club is bigger than the other, but if Real Madrid, Milan, Bayern, Inter or United come calling, you have to say someone like Götze is going to be interested. I'm willing to bet if he shines the way we know he can during the early stages of the Champions League this fall, someone will make a very reasonable offer for him during the January transfer window. And Dortmund just might sell.

[Red370]

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