Which striker should Chelsea buy?
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BluesMadLad
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CHELSEA have seen an £87.5million bid for Gonzalo Higuain rejected by Juventus, according to reports in Italy.
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Half of that is his food bill...
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If that is true, then thank goodness it was rejected. He's not good enough.
I personally think that Batshuayi is better choice than some of our targets.
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If we have bid that much for Higuain why the hell aren't we doing the same for Morata or Belotti?! Must be bullsh*te.
Don't want someone that couldn't bother to get in shape. Plus he's a serial choker, always fail in finals.
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He's about two stone overweight.
Never seen the big deal about him, he's not lived up to the billing since moving to Jude.
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There's no way we'd offer €100m on a 29 overweight has been...let's face it this board ain't gonna spank any large dough on a striker...so let's grab Dembele from Celtic and Llorente from Swansea and get going...
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An SPL player..,really.
Scott Sinclair has better stats in the league and was their best player last season, we going to get him?
We need a top striker not some gambles from a tin pot league
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Think you're being too negative on the guy...did really well in the CL scoring against Barcelona and City...think he'll do well for us and is a reasonable price around £25m...
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Chelsbear
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What more than 10 years ago when guys like De Boer and Van Bronchurst were playing in Scotland?
I hate to tell you but Scottish football has moved on from those days, it's abysmal
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I watch Scottish football every week when the season is going on. Have you watched much of him like?
Tony Watt scored against Barcelona.
Ross McCormack scored against inter Milan
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Yes I have and I saw him at Fulham...it's just my opinion but for what's its worth I think he's a talented player that can take the next step with us...
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A lot has changed at Dortmund since they were last a relevant contender in Germany or Europe, Tuchel did well having been forced to lose a lot of key pieces and now the club is moving in a new direction with another new manager in Bosz. Hardly surprising that Aubameyang would be open to moving at this stage, probably his last chance for a big money move. For the career he's had his medal count is also rather scarce, so you could see him wanting to find a club capable of challenging for titles. BVB are very much in flux at the moment, so his chances of major honours will likely be better elsewhere. The club have shown over the years that they're willing to part with big players to invest elsewhere, he is contracted till 2020 but there's not much to be gained for them if he's set on moving. His current deal was signed back in 2015 as well so there's an obvious financial motive, the goalposts for a striker of his calibre have moved and he'll command higher wages elsewhere than BVB will be willing to pay.
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If we're after any striker from Juventus it should be Mandzukic. 31 yes but has scored goals everywhere he has been. Would comfortably replace the goals and workrate of Costa.
Dembele is an interesting one. Everyone seems to rate him. From what i saw in the CL last year he didn't do a great deal.
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well he is playing for celtic in Europes top competition, it's hard to showcase yourself, mind you salah and willian both ripped us apart while playing for pretty average teams and we bought them both, he did score 2 into city though, I think he is decent, wouldnt be a statement signing but worth a punt under 30 million, I'd start him over Bats and I actually think bats is potentially a good striker
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Not sure I buy the thesis that we weren't ever interested in Lukaku. Doesn't look like we had a plan other than Lukaku. Conte burned our bridges with Costa in an attempt to force the Board's hand and it's now backfired.
Looks like we're trying to assess our options. And Aubameyang has come top of the list despite the fact that he's not much of an improvement over Costa.
Think the Board and manager have handled this really badly. All of a bit of a cock-up to be honest.
Looks like we're trying to assess our options. And Aubameyang has come top of the list despite the fact that he's not much of an improvement over Costa.
Think the Board and manager have handled this really badly. All of a bit of a cock-up to be honest.