10 minutes ago, brownindian said:

So Courtoius went from Athleti to Real, While Morata went from Real to Athleti and Chelsea are the ones that lost money !!! 

I'm not sure we have lost money. Courtois was a big profit, bought for 8 sold for 35. 

4 minutes ago, dkw said:

I'm not sure we have lost money. Courtois was a big profit, bought for 8 sold for 35. 

I was making a joke.

Although in all honesty if you think about it, given the rates of quality keepers like Allison, DeGea and Kepa in todays transfer market, dont u think 35 is a bargain for Real ? So in a way, we did lose money ;-)

Ah right, sorry ha ha..

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.goal.com/en-au/amp/news/chelsea-agree-loan-to-buy-485m-morata-deal-with-atletico/1nznery3lt4tw1j8i4osyrvgx7

Making a loss on a 26 year old. 

This one turned out to be a pretty bad transfer all round for Chelsea. Frustrating. 

37 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Making a loss on a 26 year old. 

This one turned out to be a pretty bad transfer all round for Chelsea. Frustrating. 

Could turn out worse yet. This is only a loan with an option to buy. Come the summer he could be back with us again, and worth a lot less than he is now.

1 minute ago, TJB said:

Could turn out worse yet. This is only a loan with an option to buy. Come the summer he could be back with us again, and worth a lot less than he is now.

I think it's either this or keep him... His value will probably drop less playing for Atletico Madrid (he might even do well back in Spain) than it would sitting on our bench.

All things considered, it would be more than I expected us to get for him

I’m seeing reports that Morata is being sold rather than loaned. I really thought it was a loan?

I saw ‘being sold’ on Sky sports.

Loan with option to buy I think

Surely won’t have met any targets to have to pay more than 58 million. Didn’t work out maybe the premiership not the place for him. Glad he’s going, but wish him well.

Let's all pray to God that neither "falling down", "missing a 1v1", or "complaining to the official" were among his bonus/add-on categories otherwise we're paying the whole lot.

5 hours ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Making a loss on a 26 year old. 

This one turned out to be a pretty bad transfer all round for Chelsea. Frustrating. 

Plus a loan fee aswell id imagine, not that big of a loss. 

We rolled the dice, it didn't work out, and we pretty much got our money back. Best of a bad situation. 

I think we were always onto a loser that summer, it seemed like a toss up between Lukaku, morata, and Belotti! 

 

18 hours ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Making a loss on a 26 year old. 

This one turned out to be a pretty bad transfer all round for Chelsea. Frustrating. 

The loan fee added on would probably mean we make the money back, pretty good going all things considered.

5 hours ago, Argo said:

The loan fee added on would probably mean we make the money back, pretty good going all things considered.

Good point, I overlooked that portion of it.  I think if we don't make our money back, it will at least be damn close.

We just mugged poor Atletico.

Reminds me of the Oscar deal to China for a whopping 60 million (approx) a few years back. 

21 minutes ago, Lord said:

We just mugged poor Atletico.

Reminds me of the Oscar????? deal to China for a whopping 60 million (approx) a few years back

Not the first time either 

Reminds me of 60M for a wantaway 30 year old malcontent striker who was prone to take half the season off. 

Edited January 22, 20197 yr by Skinnedy

35 minutes ago, Lord said:

We just mugged poor Atletico.

Reminds me of the Oscar deal to China for a whopping 60 million (approx) a few years back. 

If he doesn't perform they'll simply just decide to not buy him though.
So if Morata plays like he's done with us he'll be back in a few months time.
 

If he ends up scoring tons for Atletico it will mean that Chelsea has no clue how to train strikers anymore.

26 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

If he ends up scoring tons for Atletico

If he does that it’ll be a career first. 

I can see it happening ... Morata leaves, then the Higuain loan deal hits a snag and doesn't complete, and we go into the business end of the season with Olivier Giroud as our solitary striker !

3 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

I can see it happening ... Morata leaves, then the Higuain loan deal hits a snag and doesn't complete, and we go into the business end of the season with Olivier Giroud as our solitary striker !

We can always recall Tammy last minute.  

Edit: We still haven’t sold Batshuayi either. 

Edited January 22, 20197 yr by Munkworth

I can see it happening ... Morata leaves, then the Higuain loan deal hits a snag and doesn't complete, and we go into the business end of the season with Olivier Giroud as our solitary striker !

Mutu might come back and pay off his debt by playing for nothing. Win-win surely?

Simeone will make him cry, it won't last.