£50 odd million?  Get in.

1 hour ago, acidicleo said:

Drogba???

Drogba was an exceptional forward and an all round better player but Diego was a better goal scorer. Had a knack of being in the right places and didn't miss too many clear cut chances and was a big reason for our two most reason league titles.

 

He had grown on me after a long time, then after 3 seconds he started to grate on me. 

Wonderful player, difficult character and probably badly advised.

I will miss him badly. 

Thank you for the memories Costa and good riddance mate !

Very unprofessional in his conduct, no player is bigger than the club. Glad that we got a good fee for him and happy to have Morata now.

Wonder if we'll move for a replacement in January , with us being involved in the FIFA investigation into young players. Cavani could be going cheap 

Loved watching him play but glad he's gone if it means an end to the circus.

Remember all of those people criticising the club for not getting this sorted sooner and taking a big financial hit because Diego supposedly held all the cards? Next minute: £53m-£57m, depending on what source you prefer. Regardless, we did the right thing in waiting for a credible bid and not kowtowing in the face of a press beat up and an opportunistic Atleti.

 

Thanks for the memories, Diego.

Thanks for the never to be forgotten legacy, your days were numbered when you told Conte on his first day i want to leave the club..

 

Made it plain every year he wanted out, was nothing but trouble, hated his continuous 'niggling' on the pitch.. But.. He was a great goalscorer for us though, and that can't be denied.
Overall I think we got the best years out of him, and ended up getting shot of a barrel load of trouble for a 20m profit.. Well done the club.

Our best striker since Drogba. A great story but a terrible ending. Dug us out of  a lot of mess and was equally capable of creating one.

At least we'll be saved from the nerves of getting our striker sent off every game

Sad to see him go, feels like being cheated on by your other half. We loved the guy, but he stabbed us in the back. I would say good luck, but I'm not so sure I wish him that.

1 hour ago, Charles Ryder said:

Remember all of those people criticising the club for not getting this sorted sooner and taking a big financial hit because Diego supposedly held all the cards? Next minute: £53m-£57m, depending on what source you prefer. Regardless, we did the right thing in waiting for a credible bid and not kowtowing in the face of a press beat up and an opportunistic Atleti.

 

Thanks for the memories, Diego.

Matters little if we don't reinvest it.

We make an absolute fortune yet seem to flounder in the market. That money needs RE invested into the squad in January 

 

so we get the money after they sell griezmann?

2 hours ago, enigma said:

so we get the money after they sell griezmann?

There is no reason on earth we shouldn't be in for greizmann ourselves 

Anyone seen this article on our income from sales since 2014?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-players-transfer-fees-costa-10713553

£500m, they reckon.

But they seem to overlook the £10m we were reported to make in sell-on fees when KdB left Wolfsburg for Citeh. And wasn't there any sell-on profit in the Lukaku deal? I've read conflicting reports, although most seem to blame José for not including one (as if he had any hand in transfer negotiations).

Happy that this has been concluded. All three parties should be celebrating. Us, for getting three productive years and two titles from Diego, plus a healthy profit on the deal. AM, for seeing a legend return to a club that keeps seeing its superstar strikers poached away. And the player himself, who gets the move he's been hankering after for most of the past three seasons. I'd love them to win the next three Spanish titles (why stop at three?).

Conte deserves flak for that ridiculous text that has possibly lost the club millions by reducing our bargaining power, but he's not exactly made a lot of mistakes in his time with us, so we should go easy on him.

Great striker but a great pain in the arse too...inevitable chelsea will draw Atletico in cl quarter finals onwards if we get that far this season or in the competition again over next few seasons...we should be grateful, he helped us win two titles, but the guy's heart was always at Atletico...

worth remembering though, as good as he was in the pl, his form always nosedived in second half of the season and he scored just twice for us in the champions league

Edited September 22, 20178 yr by The Brit

16 minutes ago, The Brit said:

Great striker but a great pain in the arse too...inevitable chelsea will draw Atletico in cl quarter finals onwards if we get that far this season or in the competition again over next few seasons...we should be grateful, he helped us win two titles, but the guy's heart was always at Atletico...

worth remembering though, as good as he was in the pl, his form always nosedived in second half of the season and he scored just twice for us in the champions league

Hopefully they don't make it out of the group stage and Diego gets to play Euro League

He was our own so I loved him when he scored and the team was playing well. 

Otherwise.....I couldn't really stand him. 

Edited September 22, 20178 yr by Willian93

I haven't read anything about what he'll be doing until January, has anybody?

7 hours ago, Backbiter said:

Happy that this has been concluded. All three parties should be celebrating. Us, for getting three productive years and two titles from Diego, plus a healthy profit on the deal. AM, for seeing a legend return to a club that keeps seeing its superstar strikers poached away. And the player himself, who gets the move he's been hankering after for most of the past three seasons. I'd love them to win the next three Spanish titles (why stop at three?).

Conte deserves flak for that ridiculous text that has possibly lost the club millions by reducing our bargaining power, but he's not exactly made a lot of mistakes in his time with us, so we should go easy on him.

I'm still not convinced this is what actually happened. There must be more context we don't know about.

Good bit of business there. Glad he's gone never liked him, piss poor attitude and a cheat.

Pray tell how he cheats