If we let the window close without buying a striker it will be a level of  negligence not seen since Ant McParlin said 'one for the road'

So Tammy and Giroud both score today.

 

10 minutes ago, Scott said:

So Tammy and Giroud both score today.

 

Leao one goal one assist 

Goal scorer desperately needed

“Man United have asked about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. But Aubameyang has an agreement on personal terms with Chelsea, and has done for a long time. He wants to play Champions League football, and his priority is Chelsea."

- @FabrizioRomano

31 minutes ago, JM7 said:

“Man United have asked about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. But Aubameyang has an agreement on personal terms with Chelsea, and has done for a long time. He wants to play Champions League football, and his priority is Chelsea."

- @FabrizioRomano

His preference will be to stay at Barcelona,  still it gives us a chance to mess around for the last 4 days to end up not signing a striker

16 hours ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

2 years is too long IMO. Auba is a a stop gap until we find someone better. However, this late in the transfer window we have our hands tied and me be forced to cave into his demands.

1 year means we are paying 18m to have someone leave on a free next summer...

We need a striker. And with this late in the window we don’t have much options left. 
 

 

Not as if Aubameyang is a bad option, it's merely a stop gap with no sell on fee. He will take chances and score goals for sure. If we don't seal a deal for him before the window and end up with Havertz up front every week not scoring or assisting then we've shot ourselves in the foot.

A good move. Similar to the Eto'o signing a few years ago in my view. 

He'll understand the English league and has played with Tuchel before. Two years is fine in my view, not like we've had a bad record of signing older former Arsenal players recently either...

Basically Auba is happy either way. Barca decide to keep him, great he likes life over there and Barca are in the CL. Barca decide to sell him, great he liked living in London and we are in the CL. Either way he has a huge contract.

29 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Basically Auba is happy either way. Barca decide to keep him, great he likes life over there and Barca are in the CL. Barca decide to sell him, great he liked living in London and we are in the CL. Either way he has a huge contract.

I don’t know we’re apparently willing to  doubling his wages.

6 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

I don’t know we’re apparently willing to  doubling his wages.

If reports he is on over 250k a week at Barca then I find that hard to believe.

2 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

If reports he is on over 250k a week at Barca then I find that hard to believe.

I’ve seen plenty reporting 80k a week.  Probably signed up for 250k then forced to take a pay cut after the first week.

22 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

I’ve seen plenty reporting 80k a week.  Probably signed up for 250k then forced to take a pay cut after the first week.

ok if this is true why does he want to stay in Barcelona ?
There is something smelling with these pay cuts and all the players want to stay nevertheless in Barcelona.

24 minutes ago, TheGermanOne said:

ok if this is true why does he want to stay in Barcelona ?
There is something smelling with these pay cuts and all the players want to stay nevertheless in Barcelona.

They’re intoxicated by the fabulous architecture of the city 🤣

1 hour ago, TheGermanOne said:

ok if this is true why does he want to stay in Barcelona ?
There is something smelling with these pay cuts and all the players want to stay nevertheless in Barcelona.

Strange isn't and also, obviously a total coincidence,  there is a history of tax evasion and tax convictions against some players and previous officials. Strange really.

The culture and lifestyle in Catalonia is very nice. 

 

To be fair we would love players to turn down big money moves to remain at Chelsea due to the love for the club.  But like most of you are suggesting footballers rarely think of anything else other than money. Very fishy from players that have hardly been there for a season having some cult level of love for the club that they would take so much off a pay cut.

9 hours ago, bisright1 said:

1 year means we are paying 18m to have someone leave on a free next summer...

But that's the point. He's meant to be a stop gap while the club scouts for someone younger all season long. I doubt the intention was ever for him to be a long term signing.

You can see with spuds today how important a proper Goal getter is, in Hkane, i cant believe once Luk n Wern were jettisoned, we haven't prioritised a striker

6 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

But that's the point. He's meant to be a stop gap while the club scouts for someone younger all season long. I doubt the intention was ever for him to be a long term signing.

2 Years isnt that long term.

It also protects the 18m+ we need to shell out on him.

And if he scores tons of goals for us, hes hardly going to deterioate next year because hes suddenly become too old.

Finally and most importantly, he wont sign for us on a year deal, he will want some form of security.

If he scores 15 goals he can have an automatic extension 

it is 87th minute and still on the beanch