50m for an average defender when they have Marquinhos makes absolutely no sense.
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PSG fans seem to think the price is too much & that Thiago Silva wanted him so their chairman went out and sorted it to keep him happy.
They don't seem too happy with it at all considering they think it'll mean Marquinhos is benched/off & that there's a bigger chance Alex could leave who's apparently been their best defender this season.
Had a quick look at some PSG boards. Some fans are more concerned about sticking two fingers up at FFP than they are about signing Luiz; and some think this deal has Thiago Silva's fingerprints all over it.
The crazy money transfer of this summer happening so early?!
French media saying its in € and not £. So just above £40m. Still astronomical.
So the two players who Chelsea swear they werent offering to United for Rooney last summer have/are being sold for as much money as possible. Thats convenient.
What a crazy deal this is
What a crazy deal this is
I still don't get how he could go for 50! even 40 i would argue.
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PSG fans seem to think the price is too much & that Thiago Silva wanted him so their chairman went out and sorted it to keep him happy.
They don't seem too happy with it at all considering they think it'll mean Marquinhos is benched/off & that there's a bigger chance Alex could leave who's apparently been their best defender this season.
Is that picture actually both of them?
I don't think anyone here is denying he is decent enough as versatile enough to be a target for certain teams if he's available. But it's that price tag... I just cannot understand it. Forget FFP.Forget everything. Just think:
1) is he better than every single defender? Better still, at 27, even remotely value for money when you think of the age and price of defenders who went for much less?
2) even if he plays DM, he still isn't worth it.
3) what makes me curious most is how it got to this? The sudden break of this story suggests PSG went in at roughly this amount. Chelsea Would have surely accepted much less.
Baffling stuff, this.
1) is he better than every single defender? Better still, at 27, even remotely value for money when you think of the age and price of defenders who went for much less?
2) even if he plays DM, he still isn't worth it.
3) what makes me curious most is how it got to this? The sudden break of this story suggests PSG went in at roughly this amount. Chelsea Would have surely accepted much less.
Baffling stuff, this.
The fact I had to ask says enough
I thought it was at first anyway, had to google to check.
To your 3rd point, the price is probably so high and came out of nowhere because there are rumored to be a couple of other big clubs after him. Maybe they got word that Barca or Bayern were poised to make their moves so PSG came in and acted quickly with a ludicrous offer to blow them out of the water.
Jesus I would have taken £30m for him, I think he's wank personally. £50m whatever you think of his ability is insane.
But even then... It's hard to fathom.
Carroll, Fellaini, Torres were all bad. But this is truly comparable to a place in transfer cock up history reserved for the Ibrahimovic deal for Barca when they traded Eto'o and ludicrous cash!
Even 30m. We are talking a price at 30m which matches Thiago silva, arguably the best CB in the world right now when he was YOUNGER. And Ferdinand who was still young.
I'm actually speechless. This is worse than £35 million for Carroll or £50 million for Torres IMO.
Can we swoop in for Marquinhos now? 
I wouldn't take the fecker for a fiver. Let alone £50 million. Awful player, awful person. What a deal Chelsea are getting here. Mourinho must be buzzing.
Can we swoop in for Marquinhos now?
One must muppet, it's the season after all.
MarquINhos!
I'm so glad you asked that!! I thought that it was, but didn't wanna make myself look silly and ask!! Uncanny picture.
What?!
He's a twat. Elbows everywhere, a bit like our own Fellaini. Comes with the hair I guess.
Disappointed it isn't to be honest. That would be epic beyond epic.
Come with the hairitory.
Exactly how I feel!
is he? does an awful lot outside of football
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...eres-sensitive-Chelsea-star--Lee-Clayton.html
Yeah you can be a prick on the pitch and a great guy off of it. Mark Van Bommel would be a great example of that.
Maybe he is alright off the pitch then.
But he is still a complete dick on the pitch though.
And Drogba I suppose.
prime example...
Alex was PSG's best defender this season, maybe they should have kept him.Luiz is a joke
This is quite possibly the most baffling transfer deal ever imagined. It's actually incredible. I'll go as far as suggesting Andy Carroll made that little bit more sense at the time. Football gone mad.
It doesn't make him an awful person though. Generally people would say Drogba and Bellamy are/were absolute arseholes on the pitch but their unsung charity work speaks volumes for their true character.
It makes that transfer involving Eto and Ibrahimovic and a whopping sum look almost sane.
£48m for a defender who the vast majority of us think Is a bit sh!T at the actual defending part. My word.
Have they done this merely to shove one up the arse of the financial fair play mob?
If that price is true then I have given up all hope in football. Disgraceful.
The mind boggles. Not the best CB at Chelsea, not one of the best CBs in the PL, not one of the best defenders in the world. £48m. I'm genuinely in shock. Absolutely mad!!
£48m
All you can do is. Then you realize that Chelsea will probably use that cash and throw it at a world class midfielder and .
All you can do is
. Then you realize that Chelsea will probably use that cash and throw it at a world class midfielder and .who cares...maybe not suited to the PL, but PSG, Barca and Bayern all want him and he does a decent job for Brazil
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