Eden Hazard

[Kaiketsu_Zorro]

This is fecking hilarious. After all the transfer sagas like Benzema, Sneijder or Oezil, we now end up with nothing on the Hazard front. Anyone still insisting we can attract top players is either deluded or stupid, Gill included.

Oh and by the way, these FFP rules matter feck all and they will change nothing.

 

[MikeUpNorth]

Olly is a genius.

 

[Edmeiste]

Thank feck this is over

I'll wait to see how genuinely we were in for him, but as it appears we were, I'm obviously disappointed that they're signing a top player with great potential to be even better and we're not, but I'm not disappointed in the slightest to not be signing the attention-seeking prick we've seen the last week or so

We were genuinely in for him. He just chose chelsea. Why is it that when we lose out on a player people peddle this line?

 

[NoLogo]

Face it we won't get any major talents as long as City, Real, Barca and Chelsea are in for the same players.

 

[Dion]

Olly posted this in the General but I think it's wasted there

Vidic and Jones genius

 

[Orton]

Yep, because its Cafites fault that a footballer chose London over Manchester

because that was clearly meant to be taken seriously

 

[NoLogo]

Olly posted this in the General but I think it's wasted there

Lol Jones in the back cracks me up.

 

[Bryan_Munich]

Face it we won't get any major talents as long as City, Real, Barca and Chelsea are in for the same players.

That depends if their primary consideration is money.

 

[Name Changed]

I thought he'd join Chelsea once they were in. Logically it's the best move for him.

He will be guaranteed to play whereas he would have been rotated at the other two. He will most likely play in the position he wants. He will earn big money. He immediately becomes their best player. And they recently won the CL and FA cup.

 

[Cheesy]

Money and more likely to be a regular starter. Sensible move I guess for him.

 

[GE]

Olly posted this in the General but I think it's wasted there

That's brilliant!

 

[buckooo1978]

Not as good as Nani/Valencia

Not what we really need

 

[NoLogo]

That depends if their primary consideration is money.

I doubt there is a player these days that isn't coming through our own ranks that hasn't got the primary objective to get some good money.

On top of that Chelsea has probably told him they want to build a new team and he would be a major part of it and so on and so forth.

The thing is we aren't the only team with good perspectives to win trophies and if other clubs pay more then we do it's a no-brainer to chose those clubs.

Let alone that agents will push their client to move to the team that pays them the bigger bonus.

We need to face it there are at least 4-6 clubs in the world that can offer a great perspective of winning trophies and are all willing to pay more then we do.

 

[I'm always right]

Bang on NoLogo.

 

[Nani Nana]

Olly. what a man

who cares about hazard we've got Olly

 

[Bryan_Munich]

I doubt there is a player these days that isn't coming through our own ranks that hasn't got the primary objective to get some good money.

On top of that Chelsea has probably told him they want to build a new team and he would be a major part of it and so on and so forth.

The thing is we aren't the only team with good perspectives to win trophies and if other clubs pay more then we do it's a no-brainer to chose those clubs.

Let alone that agents will push their client to move to the team that pays them the bigger bonus.

We need to face it there are at least 4-6 clubs in the world that can offer a great perspective of winning trophies and are all willing to pay more then we do.

That's not what you said though.

I don't think it's a no-brainer for every player to choose the team that pays the most.

 

[Sparky_Hughes]

Meh, we missed out on david hirst and alan shearer, and signed King Eric

We missed out on dogger collymore and signed andy cole

We missed out on patrick kluivert and signed dwight yorke

We missed out on ronaldinho and signed ronaldo

Seen it all before and It usually turns out alright. In Saf we trust.

 

[Kraftwerker]

Ironically if Chelsea were in better shape, he'd have probably joined us.

 

[R.N7]

He was never going to go sign for us with Belgians playing for the other two alternatives.

There is no need to be upset!

 

[I'm always right]

Ironically if Chelsea were in better shape, he'd have probably joined us.

Why's that? They'd have still offered him and his agent more cash.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

Why's that? They'd have still offered him and his agent more cash.

And still be European champions.
And also, still be located in London.

 

[Ole's_toe_poke]

Olly deserves a knighthood.

 

[GE]

It begs the question, why the feck hasn't an Oil Tycoon bought us yet?

It's not something I wanted, but it seems like the only way we can compete nowadays. We only lost the title on GD, but I fear us eventually slipping away because we can't afford to flash the cash at world class players.

 

[Sparky_Hughes]

And still be European champions.
And also, still be located in London.

London is a hole.

 

[I'm always right]

And still be European champions.
And also, still be located in London.

Yup, we've already covered that above.

No-one is saying money is the only factor.

 

[Cina]

Olly posted this in the General but I think it's wasted there

feck sake, Olly never ceases to amaze me.

 

[Kraftwerker]

Why's that? They'd have still offered him and his agent more cash.

I read he'd agreed terms with all parties and it came down to a decision on his part.

He chose where he's likely to play which is Chelsea.

Of course they couldn't afford him without being financially doped by Roman, but that's another matter.

 

[I'm always right]

I read he'd agreed terms with all parties and it came down to a decision.

Based on what? All the press seem to think Chelsea offered a fair whack more than us or City, are you itk?

 

[Kraftwerker]

Oh yeah, Kensington and Chelsea is a real hole alright...

Some of it actually is...

I can walk 5 mins and take some photographic evidence if you want.

 

[MikeUpNorth]

Some of it actually is...

I can walk 5 mins and take some photographic evidence if you want.

Yeah, London is kind of street to street. As far as city living goes, it's pretty great.

 

[Kraftwerker]

Based on what? All the press seem to think Chelsea offered a fair whack more than us or City, are you itk?

Really? I was sure I read that his agent said terms had been agreed with the 3 clubs.

Not that I can be arsed finding the quotes.

 

[Sir Matt]

Chelsea will pay a fee of around €40 million (£35.3 million) to Lille, with Hazard having demanded wages of £4.6 million a year net of tax, so around £9  million a year for his new employer. That averages out at £170,000 a week.

In addition his agent, John Bico, who has conducted an aggressive auction has made it clear that he wants a fee of £6 million.

He's not worth close to that.

Edit: Here's the link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...lding-grows-with-78m-Eden-Hazard-signing.html

 

[Sewelly The Geordie]

Sigh.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

If them fees are real...

 

[Cina]

Surely that's not accurate? fecking hell, that really is astounding, even by Chelsea standards.

 

[Kraftwerker]

Yeah, London is kind of street to street. As far as city living goes, it's pretty great.

It is. But it has huge swathes of shitholes and is only really nice in parts.

Which is much like many big cities.

 

[MikeUpNorth]

Surely that's not accurate? fecking hell, that really is astounding, even by Chelsea standards.

Is it? Seems almost par for the course now for these 'name' players.

 

[ghaliboy]

Lol, ok.

 

[I'm always right]

Really? I was sure I read that his agent said terms had been agreed with the 3 clubs.

Not that I can be arsed finding the quotes.

See above.

I think what was reported was that he'd received his final offers from all clubs, zero chance he agreed them all and they were all the same. As I said, all the press reported/are reporting that Chelsea offered the most, by a sizeable chunk.

We simply don't beat Chelsea or City to a transfer target.

 

[MikeUpNorth]

It is. But it has huge swathes of shitholes and is only really nice in parts.

Which is much like many big cities.

I've lived in both Manchester and London, and there really is no comparison. At all. London is a much better place to live, especially if you have a lot of money.