Gary Cahill

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Sean_RedDevil said:
Gary Cahill has agreed personal terms with Chelsea.

But the move is still not perfect because his girlfriend can't agree personal terms with John Terry.

;)
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Source? He is supposedly holding out for £120,000 a week :eek: must be three times the amount he earned at Bolton.

Edit: Oh feck off, I hate white texts.
 
Jacob said:
Source? He is supposedly holding out for £120,000 a week :eek: must be three times the amount he earned at Bolton.

Edit: Oh feck off, I hate white texts.
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:lol:
 
I hope it will be a done deal before we play Bolton, for Fantasy Football purposes.
 
If true this means Knight and Wheater against us tomorrow :drool:
 
Sky Sports sources understand Bolton defender Gary Cahill is set to conclude his move to Chelsea after travelling to the capital on Friday evening.

Bolton agreed a fee with the Blues for the England international before this month's transfer window opened but negotiations have run on throughout the beginning of January.

It appears Cahill has finally reached a deal with the Londoners, which will reportedly keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2017.

The centre-back is thought to have travelled to Chelsea on Friday evening to undergo a medical, with the deal expected to be confirmed by the end of the weekend.

Should Cahill complete the move, it would mean Premier League strugglers the Trotters will be without their star man for Saturday's trip to Manchester United.

Owen Coyle is thought to be closing on USA international Tim Ream as a replacement for Cahill, with the New York Red Bulls man thought to have been at the Trotters' training ground on Friday.
 
BBC saying he's in london and as agreed personal terms.Due for a medical on Saturday.
 
It will be interesting to see how Chelsea fans take to Cahill. This is a guy who has known for over a week that he was going to Chelsea but dug his heels in for wages; I know all players would do the same but the fact that he has been very public in his personal terms demands for so long might make Chelsea fans less willing to give him the benefit of the doubt if/when he goes through tough form. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but you'd be entitled to think Cahill would have jumped at the move.
 
Gazza said:
It will be interesting to see how Chelsea fans take to Cahill. This is a guy who has known for over a week that he was going to Chelsea but dug his heels in for wages; I know all players would do the same but the fact that he has been very public in his personal terms demands for so long might make Chelsea fans less willing to give him the benefit of the doubt if/when he goes through tough form. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but you'd be entitled to think Cahill would have jumped at the move.
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Considering Chelsea fans support Abramovich's ownership structure, I don't think they can really complain. Their entire team is built on the mercenary culture. Barring the odd one or two.
 
Ole's_toe_poke said:
Considering Chelsea fans support Abramovich's ownership structure, I don't think they can really complain. Their entire team is built on the mercenary culture. Barring the odd one or two.
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Yeah, they have no right to complain maybe, but it's natural as a football fan to hope a player making a big career move to your club would be excited enough by the prospect to not spend over a week haggling over personal terms. If I was a United fan I'd be thinking "Either our club are offering him a ridiculous salary that he is right to question" or "Does this dickhead really want to play here?"
 
Gazza said:
It will be interesting to see how Chelsea fans take to Cahill. This is a guy who has known for over a week that he was going to Chelsea but dug his heels in for wages; I know all players would do the same but the fact that he has been very public in his personal terms demands for so long might make Chelsea fans less willing to give him the benefit of the doubt if/when he goes through tough form. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but you'd be entitled to think Cahill would have jumped at the move.
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Him wanting the best contract he can get won't have any dertrimental effect on how he is percieved. He could have waited 6 months and moved on a free transfer and earned a lot more (in wages and a fat signing on fee, costing Bolton 7 million quid in the process).
 
duffer said:
Him wanting the best contract he can get won't have any dertrimental effect on how he is percieved. He could have waited 6 months and moved on a free transfer and earned a lot more (in wages and a fat signing on fee, costing Bolton 7 million quid in the process).
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He could have, but it's been public knowledge that he's going now, in this transfer window, and he's now dragging his heels in over wages. It's taking a bit longer than I would like if it was a Untied target, is all I'm saying. I would even wonder if he's hoping another club (we heard he wants to stay in the North West) jumps in.
 
Gazza said:
He could have, but it's been public knowledge that he's going now, in this transfer window, and he's now dragging his heels in over wages. It's taking a bit longer than I would like if it was a Untied target, is all I'm saying. I would even wonder if he's hoping another club (we heard he wants to stay in the North West) jumps in.
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Maybe he was. I can see why he would prefer to sign for City or United ahead of us. I don't need our players to pretend to have been boyhood fans so long as they perform. That's what i'll judge Cahill on, not on how quickly he agreed personal terms.
 
Sewelly The Geordie said:
Are some of these teams trying their level best to close the gap to mid-table for the likes of ourselves?

I certainly don't fear Chelsea signing people like Gary Cahill.
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Perhaps not but it's a very good, sensible signing IMO. Cheap (relatively speaking), English, Young and lots of Premier League experience. He's not a bad player either.
 
Wonder how much the going price for him was in the summer. It seems Bolton were desperate to sell in August, yet were happy to slam Arsenal's 'derisory' offer of £7m if truth be told. Probably thought it would start a bidding war.
 
Chelsea have completed the signing of England defender Gary Cahill from Bolton. Fee is believed to be £7m. Story to follow.
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Finally official! :rolleyes: Hopefully this will spark a few more moves and get the transfer window going!
 
I really think he isn't the answer for Chelsea. I think he's a very limited defender and won't improve them much, if at all. £7m is a good price for him though.
 
Cahill and Terry will probably be England's first choice in the Summer. Not sure what to make of that..
 
Have to agree with you on that one, plenty of other potential defenders they could have got for around the £7M mark IMO who are much better than Cahill. But for a English player (& a potential England international player) these days, that isn't a bad price.
 
gaz1185 said:
Have to agree with you on that one, plenty of other potential defenders they could have got for around the £7M mark IMO who are much better than Cahill. But for a English player (& a potential England international player) these days, that isn't a bad price.
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Really? Who?
£7m is a bargain for Cahill - although I am assuming his is making up for it on the wages
 
Alex didn't look the same player after his spell of injuries and is getting even slower. The type of football AVB wants to implement, pairing him and Terry in the center would not work since neither has enough pace to make up for the lack of speed of the other.

Plus Cahill is younger, English international and doesn't need to adapt. For the fee quoted it was a no-brainer.
 
I think Bolton did well to get £7 million for a player out of contract in the summer.
 
Think he's a very good player, good buy for Chelsea.
 
Don't know what Chelsea see in Cahill. Just another England B team player. Had an awful game against us during the 5-0 thrashing.
 
Neo_Mufc said:
Don't know what Chelsea see in Cahill. Just another England B team player. Had an awful game against us during the 5-0 thrashing.
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When you play with shit team mates in a shit system, even good players look bad. He is not as bad as what people tout him out to be. He will be a decent player for Chelsea and when partnered with Terry, he will improve. He is a good header of the ball and has a little pace in him.
 
Leg-End said:
I think Bolton did well to get £7 million for a player out of contract in the summer.
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I think they should have sold him in the summer and they would have easily got double. Or they could have given him to Chelsea for like £12m and gotten Alex in return.
 
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