I think he'll flop. He's definitely a Mourinho type player though.
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Wouldn't worry. The Shaw deal is a sure thing - shades of how the Mata deal unfolded. Sometimes you can just tell from the tone of reports.
feckin class signing. Bastards. Would've given my right arm to have him here.
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Great player who's having his first real top season at Atletico. Thought Mourinho would've gone for Dzeko, who is a bit better than Costa imo, but with City perhaps not willing to sell, Falcao being older and heavily injured it seems logical. Cavani would perhaps be a good option for Chelsea too, but in terms of playing style Diego Costa is pretty close to Drogba, which has suited them very well in the past.
Still is a bit of a gamble though, although they're not overpaying if you look at the Schevchenko/Torres feckup and also at Soldado (which was laughable anyway since he was pretty average too good at Valencia, nothing more).
He'll have to raise his game a little before he's on RVP, Zlatan, Aguero, Suarez level, and like I said, I'd take Dzeko over Diego Costa too.
Still is a bit of a gamble though, although they're not overpaying if you look at the Schevchenko/Torres feckup and also at Soldado (which was laughable anyway since he was pretty average too good at Valencia, nothing more).
He'll have to raise his game a little before he's on RVP, Zlatan, Aguero, Suarez level, and like I said, I'd take Dzeko over Diego Costa too.
We have Rooney and RvP, not to mention Welbeck and Hernandez. He is a good striker but you can't have them all.
I don't think we'd get either for £32 million. Atletico need the money, Monaco and PSG are richer than most nations.
He's not world class. His touch is hit and miss, I think he'll get about 15-20 goals, but he's not the 35 goal man they are looking for. He'll also be despised because he's such a stupendous thundercnut.
RVP and Hernandez would have gone if it were up to me.
He's not as good as the top strikers (Lewandowski, RVP, Suarez, Cavani etc) but he'll score goals for them.
It is.
I'd say Rooney and Van Persie are both better strikers, not even close. In terms of age and experience, but also in terms of raw talent. So if they were injured, he'd be perfect imo, but since if they are not, makes me curious, would you still want him here? You'd take him over Rooney or RVP perhaps? Really like him that much?
Considering the transfer fees nowadays, 32m is not bad for a striker, like Costa. World class or not, he's certainly a serious improvement on Ba, Torres and Eto'o.
I have a feeling, we'll buy another striker in the summer.
I have a feeling, we'll buy another striker in the summer.
Chelsea might go for dzeko too. Costa has 36 goals in 50 games this year and that is with him missing lots of penalties, he could get more if he improved in that regard. He is quite similar to drogba and I definitely think he will succeed at Chelsea. Maybe they have gone off falcao because he got injured and they are afraid of another torres situation where the player doesn't reach his highest level after getting injured.
I'm actually quite pleased as this means the likes of Falcao or Cavani won't be pitching up there next season.
So what's with people praising Chelsea for getting a deal agreed so quickly in comparison to us with Shaw?
How much do you think Falcao would cost?
Yeah rather they get him over the top strikers but he's a huge improvement on anyone there just now.
If Atletico take Torres back to replace him then they're fecked.
I'd think about what Monaco themselves paid. He's not happy there and off a long-term injury it would be a risk to sign him but he'd be worth it if he got back to his best.
He'll be as good as Suarez I think. If Suarez wasn't a cnut and never played for Liverpool I'd take him over RVP and Rooney all day long. This guy is just an absolute beast in my opinion. He'll be like Drogba in terms of the effect he has on Chelsea.
I thought that when Maureen batted his eyes at him. Don't think City would sell him to the chavs though.
Maybe 50 to 60 million. I remember reading Chelsea were interested in him but backed off when he got injured. He shares the same agent as mourinho.
Not only that, his wages I'm sure, are astronomical.
You make it sound like you've signed Benteke or something. Have you not seen him play?
That's a steal. Suarez vs Costa. 
He's better than Cavani and Atletico fans apparently rate him higher than Falcao now. I think it's close between those two but Diego Costa just seems to be a complete nutjob and it makes him such a handful for defenders. La Liga defenders will be glad to see the back of him.
That's a steal. Suarez vs Costa.
The ultimate cnut-off.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...lion-Atletico-Madrid-striker-Diego-Costa.html
Seems like the transfer has been in the works for a while now and they've simply activated his release clause.
Seems like the transfer has been in the works for a while now and they've simply activated his release clause.
I see, and agree about the Drogba effect for sure, his stats at Chelsea aren't even that impressive, but his overall style of play, well it won them the Champions League for instance.
Having seen Suarez play a lot at Ajax, it never really surprised me how brilliant he has become. But I've also seen a lot of Van Persie, as a youngster up until now, and I can assure you Suarez is nowhere near van Persie's level. Well that's not true, but both in their absolute prime on their best days, I'd say Van Persie get's at least a 5% edge, which is a lot. Suarez having two more season like this and scoring against the top teams too that time and I'd probably still take RVP over him, but that's just how I feel.
Same goes for Rooney vs. Suarez probably, although they are eerily similar players if you really look at them closely, but Rooney has been showing it at one of the biggest clubs in the world since age 18 and never really let us down. I was actually gutted we didn't go for Suarez when Liverpool bought him, would have made the RVP transfer unnecessary and would've prevented City winning the league on goal difference.
Thank god it's not up to you then.
Dzeko only has a year left on his contract and Mourinho is a huge admirer of his.
If Jovetic is fit next year then they could afford to sell Dzeko.
If Jovetic is fit next year then they could afford to sell Dzeko.
Hernandez isn't good enough and RVP is a complete crock. Even if he wasn't I'd take Costa over him. Let's see at the end of next season.
It's not a byword for a contradiction.
It's when the brain adjusts it's interpretation of what it believed to be true in light of new information. The famous example being a cult who believed that the world would end, when this didn't happen instead of ditching their beliefs they deemed themselves not worthy. The brain coped by reducing dissonance between these two concepts.
If he said he was perfect for the premiership and Chelsea, then he flopped, then he blamed mourinhos tactics that'd be closer. Seeing as he is just predicting future events it doesn't apply.
I'm not sure that £32m is a bargain or a steal by any stretch of the imagination. I think it's pretty much a fair price.
Perfect player for Mourinho really in that he comes across as a combative prick that will do pretty much anything to win. Good price too.
Chelsea are gonna be more hateable with this guy up front.
Chelsea are gonna be more hateable with this guy up front.
In terms of 'ifs' that one is about as big as they get.
This is seriously frightening.
I'd take Dzeko over Diego Costa anyday probably. But Costa is great, so Chelsea buying them both is a really worst case scenario. Seriously, this can not happen. What if they would start the season with Dzeko, Diego Costa and Lukaku as their strike force?
Man for some reason I think its going to happen *sigh*
Mourinhos getting sacked. SS is in the know.
Well maybe Lukaku doesn't want to play second or third fiddle. But then, they would probably leave one of Dzeko or Costa and get Drogba back or Adebayor or something, so they'd have Diego Costa, Lukaku, Drogba/Adebayor on top of the already excellent team they have. Man this is not good indeed.
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