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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...
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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.
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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.