I'm happy for him, I'm surprised he didn't demand a move at the end of his first or second seasons. His career has taken a serious set back but hopefully he can get back on track.
Yeah I agree, he was (is, when used correctly) a fantastic player to watch. Klopp said that he was the best CAM in the world, and I honestly don't think that's an insane claim.
I'm happy for him, I'm surprised he didn't demand a move at the end of his first or second seasons. His career has taken a serious set back but hopefully he can get back on track.
I'd question what extent he helped the club in the Asian market - how many shirts would be sold there anyway? How many marketing deals would have been signed anyway? It's the same argument when any player's signed... kids are going to get a Suarez shirt now he plays for Barca... but if it hadn't been him a lot of the time they'd've just bought a shirt with a different player's name instead.
Obviously he could have been used better, but he wasn't. Any signing who doesn't play enough/isn't used appropriately, then is sold for a loss is a bad signing, basically. It's a mistake to invest £18m + wages in a player who is misused/not utilised effectively/etc.
Should have skipped over the Asian market and bought a german straight up.
notice when a nation is successful we don't tend to have that nationality player in our team (players who start for that nation). For example how many players from world cup winning squads were in our team at the time? For instance we've had no spanuards for ages then after the glory dies down we buy 3 spanuards who don't make the national team lol.
now Germany is successful but how many Germans in our team? None.
It's like chase the ace but we let the players fade first or buy ones not in the main first team. Di Maria being a slight exception maybe.
Should have skipped kagawa and bought reuss
Di Marzio tweets that Milan have reached an agreement with both Torres and Chelsea.
Apparently Italian TV also reporting that agreement has been reached and Torres is having his medical!
Di Marzio tweets that Milan have reached an agreement with both Torres and Chelsea.
Apparently Italian TV also reporting that agreement has been reached and Torres is having his medical!
CFC said:Chelsea Football Club and AC Milan have agreed terms for the two-year loan deal of Fernando Torres to the Italian club.
The move is now subject to Fernando agreeing personal terms with AC Milan and passing a medical examination.
If he does go (fingers crossed) I'm not sure who we can get in at this late a date who would actually be a decent addition.
How about Nikola Zigic?
"Zigic? No."
You must have an enviable collection of tin foil hats
A 2 year loan deal, so at worst I hope they're paying his wages in full -
No chance. You'll be lucky if you get half his wages.