Good luck getting Silva. 
Isco
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Aye, don't think they had much hope of that one by the sounds of it, but Isco was the other option and also the option that some of the top guys preferred anyway.
If Balague says it, must be true
Wasn't so much Balague, they were just saying what the news in Spain was. You must live in Spain, have you not heard anything?
EDIT: Just seen your location.
EDIT: Just seen your location.
Actually, it was only Balague who said it - Falcao, Isco, Götze & Silva
Didn't hear the Gotze bit but did hear Balague saying that Chelsea are trying to tie up the Falcao deal right now. I thought they were just repeating the Isco bit later on from what had been said in the news.
Not saying it won't happen but Balague is a terrible source for these sorts of possibilities
Silva has ruled out RM before and City won't be easy to pry him away from. Isco is a definite possibility but his father manages his career very carefully and you'd have to imagine that a circus like the capital club would be of great concern for his son's career. Falcao would get shanked in the Calderon showers were he to make the crosstown switch.
Mario couldn't be ruled out either I suppose but if RM sell off players and have money to play with then there are many possibilities out there
Silva has ruled out RM before and City won't be easy to pry him away from. Isco is a definite possibility but his father manages his career very carefully and you'd have to imagine that a circus like the capital club would be of great concern for his son's career. Falcao would get shanked in the Calderon showers were he to make the crosstown switch.
Mario couldn't be ruled out either I suppose but if RM sell off players and have money to play with then there are many possibilities out there
Of course Madrid are interested in these players, you don't need to have an in insider source to know that. They've probably enquired about all four of them. There's a lot of naivety when it comes to things like this in my view, you get so many people saying "hopefully the club's keeping an eye on him" when they probably had an eye on him when he was just 15. Sir Alex said just a couple of years ago that the club gets 100s of agents every day putting their client's name forth - stars and starlets.
Falcao to Madrid? I wasn't really paying attention so didn't hear that one. I could have sworn they said Chelsea were trying to finalise a move for him.
I wasn't really paying attention so didn't hear that one. I could have sworn they said Chelsea were trying to finalise a move for him.I remember him saying that. Though you do wonder how many of them they actually look into.
I'd given up hoping we might get him so hopefully he goes to Madrid not City.
Some of the papers have him on the verge of signing for Chelsea... cos they need another attacking midfielder. 
But you do wonder why he is still at Malaga
"Still" at Málaga? It's only his 2nd full season at top flight level and his team are 4th in the league and in the knock-out stages of the CL... honestly, I don't even know what to say to that.
Just the player chelsea need!
'First refusal' is absolutely worthless today anyway.
I've never really understood 'first refusal' clauses in the modern game. It's not as if they can force him to go to a club he doesn't want to and if his agent is like most agents he'll be touting him around if and when a bid goes in anyway, so they'll know his price. What does it achieve? A guarantee that they'll sell at the price they've agreed elsewhere? Going to Chelsea first if they decide to sell?
It achieves nothing, in reality. Only signing an actual pre-contract offers any sort of guarantee. In this era of player power, the player himself always has the 'first refusal' on his career. Not some random club who he doesn't even play for!
It works for young players who haven't established themselves as much as someone like Isco.
Pretty sure to get first refusal the player must have shown interest in going to the club.
He's 20 years old.
Isn't this the type of clause where if X Club makes a certain bid, Malaga will have to accept the same offer from Chelsea if they accept X Clubs. Has an advantage in that sense for Chelsea in that they don't get involved in a bidding war if it's the right clause of course.
Yeah basically Chelsea have to match the offers Malaga receive for Isco. And if they match it, then the other clubs automatically drop out because Chelsea have first option.
Malaga are in the CL and la Liga is a pretty decent league.
Whats wrong with being at Malaga?
Whats wrong with being at Malaga?
Why on earth would they do that? Malaga would have honoured their part by giving Chelsea permission to speak to Isco. After that, it's up to him.
Apparently, their owners don't have money, and are not willing to put in any more of theirs. There has been a stand off between the employees (players and staff) about the non-receiving of salaries, etc. That's why many players seem to be leaving. Cazorla left because of the same reason.
As for Isco to Chelsea, why would they want him? Where would they play him? They already have Mata, Hazard, Oscar for the attacking positions. Surely, Isco won't join Chelsea to be a squad player.
And Chelsea having first option doesn't really means they are forced to make a bid. If they refuse to bid for the said player, Malaga are in no compulsion to sell him to Chelsea.
Eh? If Isco wants to move to another club then he can eventually move to that club.First refusal is meaningless unless the player in question has also signed a deal with the club.
Crap name, sounds more like a supermarket.
Not at all. Clearly the player is interested in going there otherwise there would be no agreement for first refusal. You obviously arent going to spend money on a player who isnt interested
You reckon they sell horse meat burgers there too?
Yeah, the meat of Caballero
Signs a new contract with Malaga. His release clause is now between 35-40m euros. Will be announced soon in a press conference.
Balague hits another one out of the park, then.
What did he say about him?
Has Balague ever been right?
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