To be fair Rooney has a much greater marketability than Oscar. People will probably want to watch some of this Chinese shit if Rooney is playing.
Oscar to Shanghai SIPG for £60 million
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There were European offers in the 30m ballpark. They probably wanted to be the only one offer on the table
Yeah, true enough.
There is some proper schizophrenia spreading around Chinese football. Just last week I've stumbled upon this:
This latest transfer probably won't help in technical director's private battle with depression...
Shenhua director blasts CSL imports... but desperate for Tevez deal
9 December 2016
http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=news&view=article&news_id=891930
Shanghai Shenhua's technical director has launched a scathing attack on big-money imports
A number of star players have flocked to the CSL in recent years, where government backing has left a host of clubs with money
The league's transfer record was broken three times in the space of a week as Ramires, Jackson Martinez and Alex Teixeira moved to China, with a $60million deal taking Hulk to Shanghai SIPG in June this year topping the lot.
Shenhua were at the forefront of China's transfer revolution as they signed Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba in 2012, although both left the club within a year, claiming they had not been paid.
And club official Wu Jingui said: "There is a growing consensus in European football that if you crave rip-offs, just go to China.
"Nowadays, agents of foreign coaches broadly tempt their clients into signing a three-year contract with Chinese clubs and after only one year, they quit and walk away with a compensation package.
"We are indeed the stupid nouveau riche with money to burn.
"Few foreign stars here play from the opening day of the season to the final day, because most of them are plagued by constant injuries
"You could find fault with their blatant disregard for professionalism in everyday training as well as in their private lives. Many come to China to abandon themselves to alcohol and nightclubs. They have been given free rein."
Regardless of his apparent anger at the CSL's influx of foreign talent, Wu confirmed
The former Argentina international currently plays for boyhood club Boca Juniors, but has been linked with a move to the CSL which could pocket him an estimated £43m a year.
"The coach [Gus Poyet] and club both agree on the need to bring in such a high-level player," Wu explained.
"We are pulling out all the stops to seal the deal
This latest transfer probably won't help in technical director's private battle with depression...
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This is ridiculous. To be honest, if I were him, I'd be on a plane to Shanghai already.
No chance he's turning that down, he's probably just making them sweat and stringing out every penny.
Wonder how long a 25 year old will stay in China, even for that amount of money.
Why £60m though as a transfer fee? Chelsea would accept a lot less.
Apparently, he's going to be the World's best paid player:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/fo...10-highest-earning-footballers-sportgalleries
Rooney should get his arse over there
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/fo...10-highest-earning-footballers-sportgalleries
Rooney should get his arse over there
The bolded parts, Christ, it sounds like a Rooney-heaven.
Everything that is wrong with football these days.
Yeah I don't understand why they put in such big offers
I wouldn't even pay 20 million for him. Or 10 million...
I wonder if any super rich Chinese teams are looking a tall player who can't tackle, can't pass, can't head the ball but is good with his chest.
I've always wondered how Chelsea seem to get so much for players they want rid and pay acceptable fees for players they want.
When we want someone gone we have to pay 2 years of wages and lower the price to 35% of what we expected
When we want someone gone we have to pay 2 years of wages and lower the price to 35% of what we expected
Look at the types of players we sell for big fees, though. Lukaku, Luiz, Mata, De Bruyne, Oscar. These are players who can start and be star players for other teams even if they aren't playing regularly for us. Or they're ultra marketable due to their looks or nationality like Luiz and Oscar.
Compared to you guys who sell poor or average players who are either past their prime or never great to begin with.
Kagawa
Chicarito
Nani
Rafael
Pique
Those players might not be absolute world class, but the fees we got are seriously super crappy, more of a joke. The only player we've got a nice fee for if you look back on the last 10 years was Welbeck...
I'm not saying that you're selling crappy players, I just believe you get paid more than you should. Just look here: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-chelsea/alletransfers/verein/631
Salah
Djilobodji
Ramires
Filipe Luis
And so on... the list can go on for ages
Chicarito
Nani
Rafael
Pique
Those players might not be absolute world class, but the fees we got are seriously super crappy, more of a joke. The only player we've got a nice fee for if you look back on the last 10 years was Welbeck...
I'm not saying that you're selling crappy players, I just believe you get paid more than you should. Just look here: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-chelsea/alletransfers/verein/631
Salah
Djilobodji
Ramires
Filipe Luis
And so on... the list can go on for ages
If the same club had tried to buy Pogba though, it'd have cost them maybe £3 or 4 hundred million I guess.
Ill pilot the plane myself all the way to China if you want Fellaini and Rooney in a double deal for £60M.
Still can't quite believe it. The other big signings (Hulk and Teixera) were at least players considered important to their old clubs, so they wanted them to stay. Pretty sure Jackson Martinez was shit for Atletico (only had half a season in fact) but he still had a reputation from Porto and was a recent big investment by Atletico.
After these guys the biggest transfer is Ramires at £23m. Clearly overpriced but not crazy.
The wages are often ridiculous but the transfer fees I've seen are not bonkers like this one.
After these guys the biggest transfer is Ramires at £23m. Clearly overpriced but not crazy.
The wages are often ridiculous but the transfer fees I've seen are not bonkers like this one.
Depay and Schneiderlin for £100m, how about it China?
China is not a horrible place to live at all. He'd probably milk it for one season though!
I agree and it will only get worse. Sickening.
Just think about the money we've sold players for that we literally weren't even using or weren't fancied by Mourinho.
-Lukaku, £28m
-Mata, £37m
-David Luiz, £40-50m
-Schürrle, £18m
-Ramires, £25m
-De Bruyne, £17m
And now Oscar for £60m. All players who rarely ever played at the time they were sold. Only one of those deals were bad which is De Bruyne.
Now if we could just move Mikel on..
Not saying it's a bad place to live, but he's entering his prime footballing years and he's going to China...
I bet you don't even have 1 million. So what are we talking about?
He's next. Knowing our board we'll get £35m for him even with his contract ending this summer.
Na I'm a billionaire who spends my time on sites like these just waiting for moments like this.
HAHA
And yet you don't seem to have learned the lesson...
What happened to Oscar? Granted he's never quite managed to be the main man at Chelsea but he's had some good spells as an integral creative force for them, and there was a good long stretch where he was the heart of the Brazil side, everything attacking went through him.
He's never been an integral creative force for us. For Brazil, yes, but not here. He basically had a free role along with Neymar for Brazil and would pop up all over the pitch. At Chelsea he has never really had a set position. Not enough pace for the wing so not very effective there and as a #10 he's just hasn't been productive enough at all for a top club. He doesn't score much, doesn't assist much, and doesn't have near the vision for a killer pass that you need your #10/creator to have.
He's just decent at everything but great at nothing. His main asset was his tenacity and willingness to put a shift in here and there but he never lived up to his potential. We have many players who offer the things he did but are much better at them.
To get £60m for a player we don't even use is madness.
Just makes absolutely no sense. Abramovich must sell them cheap oil or something in return
That financial fair law bs made to stop City and PSG to buy the entire PL and La Liga players doesn't apply to the Chinese ligue?
Oil still cheap
I think they have deals like for each barrel they buy they get 3.Just like EPL did, and still does.. The Chinese league will become the biggest if the money continues to flow. Shanghai is an unbelievable city, and a fantastic place to live - with the money being offered he'll be bonkers to turn it down. Couple of years work setting his great-grandkids up, then head back to Europe or South America and still be good enough to walk into most teams.
Just a job - take it while you can.
What a bitter, anglocentric piece. There's a lot of this biased stuff in the media lately:
Oscar will get to count Chinese cash but he will pay a heavy price
Oscar will get to count Chinese cash but he will pay a heavy price
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/17/oscar-china-chelseaGuardian said: