Ballack 'agrees Chelsea contract'?

Gilly said:
Chelsea fans see something in Essien that I've missed. I don't rate him.
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I think Chelsea got rid of a brilliant player in the form of Tiago to make room for Essien, he has been superb for Lyon, cant say the same for Essien for Chelsea...

Like people have said, too many packing that MF now. Lampard is too similar a player to Ballack, don’t know how that is going to work. On top of that you got Maniche wasting away on the bench.
 
Nedved11 said:
I think Chelsea got rid of a brilliant player in the form of Tiago to make room for Essien, he has been superb for Lyon, cant say the same for Essien for Chelsea...

Like people have said, too many packing that MF now. Lampard is too similar a player to Ballack, don’t know how that is going to work. On top of that you got Maniche wasting away on the bench.
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Agreed. If chelsea continue to pack their squad with more and more new top class players, its going to cause unrest. Most of these players won't settle for being on the bench. A midfield of lampard and ballack does not frighten me at all, it has no balance, just as the england midfield of gerrard and lampard doesn't.
 
dobbsy said:
A midfield of lampard and ballack does not frighten me at all, it has no balance, just as the england midfield of gerrard and lampard doesn't.
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Chelsea play 4-5-1 though with Makalale behind the 2 central midfielders for balance.
 
booyaka said:
chelsea are just buying him so no one else will!!

They don;t really need midfielders only need some decent strikers !!
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Like who? :D

I think they bought him to strengthen the squad, so that'll mean bye bye to Maniche and Guddjohnsen...

Makelele's had an excellent season but he's 33 so they'll need to think about rotating him and Essien around next year leaving Lampard and Ballack as regular starters
 
Essien at lyon was never just a "holding" midfielder like maka is (who i actually believe is what makes lampard look a class player)

Ballack is going for the money simple as.
 
£135,000 a week for 4 years.

Thats absolutely over the top for a 29 turning 30 year old. I know he's free but it's still too much.

The main poblem with his signing is the fact he's at his peek and its downhill every season from now on.
 
£28m over 4 years isn't all that outrageous. That's the same as paying £18m for a player and giving him a wage of £50k/week. Clubs like Manchester United have done that numerous times with the likes of Veron, Ferdinand, Rooney, Van Nistelrooy etc
 
HangTime said:
£28m over 4 years isn't all that outrageous. That's the same as paying £18m for a player and giving him a wage of £50k/week. Clubs like Manchester United have done that numerous times with the likes of Veron, Ferdinand, Rooney, Van Nistelrooy etc
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Except they had age on their side. Plus, they are still sellable at a good price.
 
NokkonWud said:
Except they had age on their side. Plus, they are still sellable at a good price.
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...and Ballack isn't? As one of the top midfielders in Europe I'd say he's easily worth 8 figures if Chelsea were to put him on the market.

As for the age thing, remember that in the modern game, buying young players isn't all it used to be - there's no guarentee that they will stay forever, once the contract has expired they can leave on a free provided they are over 23. Take someone like Owen, at the tender age of 24 Liverpool had to let him go for £8m+Nunez because in a year's time he could have walked out the door for nothing. Wiltord cost Arsenal £13m as a 'young' player, yet a few years down the line they didn't receive a penny for him. Heck, look at Ballack for that matter, he's a pretty big name walking out of Munich in his 20s and leaving them with nothing. OK so Ballack is no spring chicken, but he should still have a good 2-3 years doing the business left in him which is what Chelsea require.

Basically what I'm driving at is that a 4 year contract for a player in the early 20s isn't necessary a whole lot better than a 4 year contract for a player in their late 20s.
 
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