shit just got mental. 
50 fecking million for a defender who can't even defend.
50 fecking million for a defender who can't even defend.
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Chelsea aren't in that category. Only Man City in England.
PSG are totally on crack with this one.
Agreed. Maybe we will see a smaller bid being accepted for Hazard to avoid having to share any profits with Hazard's previous club?
This has to be the worst way to spend 50 million ever.
Someone change the tittle to "David Luiz - the world's most expensive clown".
Someone change the tittle to "David Luiz - the world's most expensive clown".
PSG seem to be obsessed with exploiting the Brazilian market and football fans
I'm genuinely shocked. I read about the rumours and thought it was just the usual media bullshit but wow.
What the hell is wrong with you PSG?
What the hell is wrong with you PSG?
One that Mourinho hasn't favoured in his midfield even though he showed he can play the position well the season before Mourinho arrived.
He's a fairly good CB with the huge downside that he's rash and wants to attack every ball, making mistakes often and therefore ending up a dodgy CB.
He is a good DM but not even Chelsea's first choice one. And the player thats favoured over him cost £21 million, half of what PSG are paying
He's nowhere near as bad as some of you are making out. He is a good defender who is occasionally brilliant, but he also occasionally suffers from poor concentration and discipline. That won't matter a lot to PSG because they have such little competition in the league. He'll come into question in the Champions League and those are the kind of games where I'd expect him to actually concentrate and do really well, especially given that he'll be paired with arguably the best defender in the world. It's crazy money certainly but they've got a good player. Probably suits Mourinho as well, Luiz always seemed too fancy and reckless for Jose's tastes to me, I always see him preferring a no nonsense hard bastard in defence
Something is very fishy about this deal.....
Chelsea's struggles with FFP were far overstated I believe. This certainly helps them spend comfortably though.
£50m
PSG basically handing Chelsea the money to buy a couple of world class players in exchange for a player Mourinho hardly rates. If this happens Jose will be laughing himself to sleep all summer.
It's the Daily Mail, though so pinch of salt.
What magic does Mou use? Money + Eto' for Ibra. 37 million for a top player but one he hardly played and didn't rate. Now this.
Meanwhile we bought Fellaini for 27m and I don't think we'd be able to sell him for anything more than 15m. We bought Young for 18 and we'd be lucky to get 10m. We bought Berba for 31m and sold him for 5.
It's not entirely the same situation but Ronaldo apart, we don't seem to ever get good money for the players we sell (and some argue Ronaldo should've cost more...)
No doubt about that, feels like money laundering if not overt skirting of FFP. I fully expect Chelsea to overpay for someone this summer, in return. Even odder still are rumours that Hazard will be heading to PSG after the WC
They can buy Cavani for his valuation+ the difference in valuation of Luiz and then fix the payment schedule in a way that suits the fiscal years and the FFP criteria for both clubs. So if Chelsea really wanted 30m for Luiz and PSG wanted 50 for Cavani, PSG would pay 48m for Luiz and Chelsea 68m for Cavani.
If the 2014 year is non-compliant for PSG and compliant for Chelsea (for FFP purposes), the bulk of Cavani's payment will be in 2014 and then the bulk of Luiz's payment will be in 2015. This way both clubs will be alright although it could limit what PSG can spend in 2015.
I'm obviously speculating here but even the wildest of speculations are more believable than PSG just paying 48m for Luiz because that is what they value him at.
If the 2014 year is non-compliant for PSG and compliant for Chelsea (for FFP purposes), the bulk of Cavani's payment will be in 2014 and then the bulk of Luiz's payment will be in 2015. This way both clubs will be alright although it could limit what PSG can spend in 2015.
I'm obviously speculating here but even the wildest of speculations are more believable than PSG just paying 48m for Luiz because that is what they value him at.
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Have the oil clubs formed a consortium to help each other out and give a big feck you to FFP? I don't think there is only something fishy about the deal, the whole deal is tainted. Joke!
What now UEFA?
What now UEFA?
He's not bad, but he's nowhere near a world class defender. He's excellent on the ball for a central defender, and his on-the-ball ability coupled with his passing and aggressive defending style makes him a good defensive midfield option, one that I thought Mourinho would have gone for regardless of the fact that he got Matic.
I still can't believe Luiz would go for so much money, though. Even after their punishment, PSG's still spending big and not even caring about what'll happen to them. Either they have some way to make tons of money legally, or they actually want to see themselves get tougher sanctions on them.
Oh well. Mourinho's a winner once again. He got rid of his 4th choice central defender for tons of money which he can easily spend on a new, great central defender, a world class forward if he doesn't prefer Lukaku, or a replacement for Hazard if he goes to PSG.
I like Luiz, he gets a hard time on here. That said, 50mil is fecking ridiculous.
Mourinho has played an absolute blinder bringing in around 90mil for 2 players he doesn't fancy by the way. He's moved on Luiz and Mata and brought in Matic and Costa so significantly improved his squad in weak areas and done it with about 20-30mil to spare.
Mourinho has played an absolute blinder bringing in around 90mil for 2 players he doesn't fancy by the way. He's moved on Luiz and Mata and brought in Matic and Costa so significantly improved his squad in weak areas and done it with about 20-30mil to spare.
Courtois & Lukaku still to go. They already signed that kid from St. Étienne for their central defense.
What Chelsea are doing is scornful and brilliant at the same time.
What Chelsea are doing is scornful and brilliant at the same time.
This deal is a big "feck you" to FFP. They don't even need Luiz tbh, they just have too much money and they like to spend it.
Did Marquinhos feature for them much last season? How was his partnership with Silva?
He's better than most people give him credit for. 50 million is absurd though, something needs to change within football because this kind of thing can't continue.
He didn't play that much at CB as Alex was a rock all season. Alex was PSG best CB this season, yes even better than Thiago Silva.Marquinhos spent a lot of time on the bench and often played at the RB too. As a CB he was ok but there weren't enough matches to gauge him.
PSG could have extended Alex's contract but maybe he's too old for their "project" of world domination.
Thanks.
Why would they want to sell Alex than? They seem like the biggest idiots amongst all the oil clubs.
He's too old for them.
Off topic but they surely won't sell Courtois. Cech won't go on for ever.
Who knows what they are going to do, mate. Cech is 32, which is young for a goal keeper. Chelsea are generally short-termist and don't care about anything beyond the immediate future with regards to players. UEFA/FA needs to come up with some guidelines on the loan system before things go out of hand.
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Whilst it's a stupid sum, it's not money laundering. Why would the Qatar Investment Authority be laundering money at this level? They're worth hundreds of billions. It would be like me setting up a shell firm to launder a tenner.
If Hazard moves for a relatively small sum as you say, then there obviously some shenanigans going on to avoid sell on clause payments.
Bbc say it is 40 million.
Just because we're an oil rich club we must be struggling with FFP?
As things go we are extremely comfortable so far and these sales and deals only help matters. Our situation is nowhere near that of PSG or Citys.
I don't think he'll be used as a defender. A defensive midfielder I think. He is a very decent cover for the back 4. A bit like Mikel but unlike him, he can score goals. He's not that good as a centre-back in my opinion.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/27553042
£40m, idiotic decision. Thats a straight up middle finger to FFP and recent punishment.
Silva ( £36m), Marquinhos (£27m) and Luiz better set a clean sheet world record for that kind of spending.
£40m, idiotic decision. Thats a straight up middle finger to FFP and recent punishment.
Silva ( £36m), Marquinhos (£27m) and Luiz better set a clean sheet world record for that kind of spending.
93m for De Bruyne, Mata and Luiz then.
Nicely done by Chelsea's hierarchy.
Nicely done by Chelsea's hierarchy.
Talk of Marquinhos leaving for Barcelona. Definitely the centre back option, given the partnership for Brazil.
Didn't the UEFA FFP "punishment" allow PSG to spend at max €60m this summer? The implementation of FFP is just ridiculous.
If PSG get another high priced player without falling foul of the FFP, City may feel right in going against the FFP ruling.
I think he will redeem himself there.
I believe they can spend €60m before they need to compensate their spending by selling players.
Thanks! I can't believe PSG spends only on Luiz this summer; would be interesting whom they'll sell. Ibra to Chelsea would be fun but I don't see it happening.
Which is about 40 million more than they paid for those players! So after they bought back Matic after sending him the other way in the Luiz move, they've made about 20 million more from buying young players and selling them later. Is that really that impressive?
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