On the plus side it shows our intent, just a shame it's Lukaku and not Bellotti.

4 minutes ago, DonAntonio said:

Look in principle I agree but I think they have pushed above getting a really good price into the holding hostage territory, football boards are full of egos and a lot of deals don't get done when people they aren't dealt with in a way they see acceptable and from what we see it's not just the asking for a lot it's the way they have done it with stones and Lukaku they are messing clubs about I don't think they are showing the respect you would hope for when doing a deal that should be building a business relationship, we can always deal with athletico for example because we have dealt with them before and it's been smooth, after this I doubt we will deal with Everton again and certainly won't give them a loan player that can score them 17 goals in his first season, in my opinion it's better business accumin to take 5 mil less and be able to pick up the phone to that club later when you need something 

If they can get a better deal from another club like they did with Stones then they are well within their rights to do so.

It's their player, their contract it's up to them. It's a business and they are getting higher fees doing their deals like that so I don't see the issue at all. If we want a player we pay what they ask simple as because a club like United or someone else will pay it in the end.

 

1 minute ago, Argo said:

On the plus side it shows our intent, just a shame it's Lukaku and not Bellotti.

A post I can get behind. Would rather take the outsider than be subscribed to all this circus of (Northern) monkeys right now.

1 minute ago, Argo said:

On the plus side it shows our intent, just a shame it's Lukaku and not Bellotti.

If we can match this then there should be no reason if it fails that we shouldn't be able to get Bellotti.

 

1 minute ago, Chelsbear said:

If we can match this then there should be no reason if it fails that we shouldn't be able to get Bellotti.

 

You do realize every other club would then raise their prices even higher, yes?

Release the Drogs

75M i would def go for Bellotti over Rom shows that when push comes to shove and i do think that shove is coming from Conte the chelsea board are will to spash the cash.Imagne if they went for them both and a top class CB which def needs addressed 

14 minutes ago, Deino said:

You do realize every other club would then raise their prices even higher, yes?

belotti has a buy out clause though.

I think people just believe everything the press spits out. Why the hell will we match man u's offer of 275K per week . That will be way above hazards salary and we all know who the better player is. I am actually not worried . i know conte isnt a mourinho who tries to buy the league e.g Pogba and Ibra. We won the league by including alonso, luiz , kanteand suprisingly moses. No point putting all our eggs into a lukaku basket when there are other strikers out there. 

4 minutes ago, big blue said:

belotti has a buy out clause though.

Which is at 85m minimum. Still higher than what we'll pay for Lukaku currently

26 minutes ago, L1ONHeart said:

Release the Drogs

 

32 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

So then is it time for the drog to give him a call?

 

Are we so sure Drogba will influence him to come to Chelsea? He knows first hand what Jose is capable of bringing to the table

Edited July 7, 20179 yr by TheChelseaBlues

Well that was fun while it lasted...

 

Apparently United outbid us, and he's set to sign for them. 

Apparently we have been outbid by united which i suspect was the motive of the selling club from day one to get over £80 million for him

Maybe the board just put a bid in to save face with Conte.. sigh. 

12 minutes ago, L1ONHeart said:

Well that was fun while it lasted...

 

Apparently United outbid us, and he's set to sign for them. 

Honestly that is what I am expecting. Everton want a bidding war, they have it, and I expect United will dig deeper than us, hence the agent fees. They have no choice, all their eggs went in this basket. 

14 minutes ago, L1ONHeart said:

Maybe the board just put a bid in to save face with Conte.. sigh. 

Could be but we will never know, but seems we are prepared to go high to get the player we want lets hope we continue this during the transfer window 

Edited July 7, 20179 yr by Brutos

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

Honestly that is what I am expecting. Everton want a bidding war, they have it, and I expect United will dig deeper than us, hence the agent fees. They have no choice, all their eggs went in this basket. 

If that's the case, keep bidding with the b*stards.  Push that price up

This feels like an episode of Storage Hunters. 

Well, we tried. The fault just lie with Maria and Emalano for not getting it done sooner.

 

But let's be honest, we're a bit club, we must have a plan b in case this happened.

5 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Honestly that is what I am expecting. Everton want a bidding war, they have it, and I expect United will dig deeper than us, hence the agent fees. They have no choice, all their eggs went in this basket. 

What about our eggs? 

We've just this second contacted Real Madrid for Danilo and Morata apparently according to Sky Italia.

Jim white, who is close to the everton side apparently, has tweeted Rom is on his way to United. They have outbid us and Rooney will sign for everton tomorrow. Seems we waited too long. Not sure what to honestly think of all this. 

1 minute ago, MissouriBlue said:

What about our eggs? 

Hopefully not in the over rated Lukaku basket

7 minutes ago, MissouriBlue said:

What about our eggs? 

Now there is the question 

7 minutes ago, JMaher94 said:

We've just this second contacted Real Madrid for Danilo and Morata apparently according to Sky Italia.

Maybe here? 

Meanwhile Morata is sitting back thinking F all of you.