I reckon he might well flop if he goes to Madrid. Doesn't seem to have that almost unique mentality needed to succeed as a first-choice forward at Madrid and if he's in and out of the team a lot I think he'll revert back into workhorse mode (in other words Palermo and Uruguay form).
Edinson Cavani
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Its not his fault that Uruguay played him in a Kuyt-esque role, their main weapon was the Suarez-Forlan partnership, both who were better players than him that season.
Cavani was the better player (not over Forlan of course) he just had less of a profile and had the workrate to play up and down the right. I think he'd make it in Madrid but its hard to put a number on goals if Ronaldo is there as he'll have less shots for Madrid and players like Ronaldo to poach a few goals he might take at Napoli
Agreed , he would suit us a lot more. I think he'dd be a hit with us, and we need him a lot more than Madrid and City do.
Would you be happy with buying Rooney, Rob?
Probably yeah, hes more adapted to the EPL and should be able to hit the ground running. We need one of them anyway, if we start next season with Torres as a main striker again I think i'll give up. You guys dont seem to be too bothered if he comes to us anymore anyway, most seem to want him to go to promote Kagawa.
Not a bad shout to be fair. I was left distinctly underwhelmed by his performances for Uruguay... granted he was not fed the ball an awful lot but I reckon Lewandowski is a cheaper and better alternative as he's more dynamic and proven at the very highest level i.e. business end of CL. But like you said he has scored against English teams in the CL and alot of strikers can look poor in international football but still think the prices associated with him are abit much.
Rooney?
You think so? I think you'l struggle to find posters willing to see Rooney at Chelsea. Abroad is a different matter, selling to a club in the prem is a big No. It'll be the same with the club, doubt we'll sell to you.
Forgot about him. Though whether he genuinely is available for Chelsea or City to buy is debatable.
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Agreed.
Second that he might just flop. I don't watch much of him but I think his style of football would be incompatible with Real's. Ever since Ruud left and with Ronaldo's arrival, Real hasn't had a forward of Cavani's mould. Both Higuain and Benzema are of the withdrawn forward DNA, even Adebayor who was there for a short period of time played deeper than usual. They need someone who is extremely mobile, good on the ground and capable of working the channels for their midfielders to exploit the space. Benzema is the ideal type but he is inconsistent, buying Cavani will not solve the problem.
Higuain is not at all withdrawn. He averaged 19 passes last season
I'd argue that Cavani is not of the Ruud mould at all and is very similar to Benzema in playing style. He's much more capable (and willing) in the build-up than Higuaín anyway. He's got a target-man's frame and he can be that traditional #9 if need be but I don't think that's his natural game. He's not extremely mobile in terms of speed/agility but he covers a tremendous amount of ground and works the channels all day long. I just don't think he's got the kind of swagger and confidence needed at Madrid. You obviously have to have a tremendous amount of self-belief to make it as a top-level footballer and you have to have that bit extra to move to Madrid in the first place, but I'm not sure Cavani's got that extra 1% to really thrive in Madrid. I agree with Rob that he's much better suited to Chelsea but then I agree with Raees too that the money being talked about for him is absurd. I think he'd score a bucketload of goals over here but £56m? Jesus.
He started his career as a second striker. He himself has also stated that his best position is behind another forward.
Granted that he had a shite season, Higuain is still a withdrawn forward by nature.
It is a huge amount, but its because Napoli "would never sell him". So if you want him you pay the release clause which like most others, is over the top. Reports of Falcao's move to Monaco have a top end of 60 million euros. Thats not significantly lower than Cavani's release clause. I also disagree completely that Cavani or any striker at Madrid would need swagger. They'd only need that if they werent consistantly scoring bucketloads of goals and most significantly, doing it in the big games against Barcelona and firing Madrid through to a champions league triumph. If he was doing that I dont think the Madrid fans would care if he only scores from 5 yards and cant do more than 10 kick ups.
He leads the line and he's rubbish in the buildup. He scores more goals now because he leads the line
I just meant I think you need that extra bit of confidence/self-belief/whatever to thrive (or in other words to score bucketloads of goals) at Madrid. I didn't mean you need to be this stylish, glamorous footballer.
Edinson Cavani again hinted at leaving Napoli. “Who could say no to Chelsea or Real Madrid?” From Eurosport. Just wish he would put us out of our misery and join us. Him and Rooney with Mata, Oscar Hazard and Schrulle feeding them 
Edinson Cavani again hinted at leaving Napoli. “Who could say no to Chelsea or Real Madrid?” From Eurosport. Just wish he would put us out of our misery and join us. Him and Rooney with Mata, Oscar Hazard and Schrulle feeding them
I think he'd be amazing for you lot. Would lead the line perfectly and let your creative trio shine. However, there is no chance of Rooney joining you. None whatsoever; and it's Schurrle not Schrulle.
All of Jose's recent crowing suggests Chelsea are looking to try to comply with FFP and use their youngsters etc. Will they spend the £54m to trigger the release clause? We all know Madrid will and can (without worrying about FFP) especially as its looking unlikely that they will get Bale.
Thanks to this shirt deal we have some extra cash, we could, but doesn;t mean we will.
How rich are Napoli? Can they afford to turn down the supposedly 45m for what city offered for him?
the money being mentioned for this lad is staggering. He's not worth half off it.
That's an exaggeration if I've ever seen one.
He has been brilliant in Serie A for the past few seasons, definitely the best striker and one of the best (if not the best) players there. For Uruguay he is generally shit, but for Napoli he's something else (similar to Rooney's form for United and England). 60m are probably too much but he's easily worth 40m.
who is going to pay the release clause of 63million euro?
It looks that no-one. If City and Chelsea can't afford it, I doubt that there are many teams that can. Probably only Madrid, considering that PSG have Ibra and Monaco have Falcao. He'll either stay at Napoli or De Laurentis will sell him for less (40-50m region).
Benitez would love to keep him, with a bit more quality added as they have little quality outside the starting 11 they can make a title push. His performances for Uruguay really make him look bad though was trying to tell a mate how good he was with those performances it is hard to do.
The only club that would pay that much for him is probably some Russian club and there's no guarantees he would even want to go there. De Laurentis suggested that he'd be willing to lower the price a bit in player plus cash deal, but neither City or Chelsea will offer players (like Dzeko and Torres) that will bring the price tag down to even reasonable. Real Madrid need another striker, but they could quite easily get Suarez and probably Rooney for almost half of what Cavani costs.
Why are his performances for Uruguay so flat? His hidden versatility stat on FM must be crap.
Cocks out time FFS
What a disappointment Moyes has been. Goes on a holiday during the Thiago deal, and comes back to sign a striker. Fergie lite indeed.
I really don't see us signing a striker this summer, it's strange to see the media constantly linking us with centre forwards.
It wouldn't be a muppet summer if we weren't linked to every available player under the sun. The mirror really have gone in for a doozy with that one 
. Not a chance in hell of this happening.
. Not a chance in hell of this happening.£50 fecking million? I don't know who's worse, the people who write this or the people who lap it up.
That's the fact his release clause is that much or round about. The funny part is they think we would pay that much for a player we don't need.
Just waiting for Balague to confirm our downpayment now.
I've read somewhere that this 54m release clause expires in August?
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