Originally Posted by codeblue:
“£25million is a good price for a player who is not the finished article by any stretch.
Heck, its only £5millino less than what we have paid for one of the best strikers in europe and a proven goalscorer in Costa.
The management at Chelsea clearly do not see a future for him, so getting rid of him for that price is a good move, and also in terms of our commitment to FFP.
We have effectively swapped Lukkaku for Costa, and im happy with that.
Just as i was happy with cesc and £20m in the bank for Luiz.
At least when we get rid of our players, we are getting in good money, and spending it wisely. How many years has it been since we can say that?
Costa, Torres and Drogba seems like they could be our strikeforce.”
“£25million is a good price for a player who is not the finished article by any stretch.
Heck, its only £5millino less than what we have paid for one of the best strikers in europe and a proven goalscorer in Costa.
The management at Chelsea clearly do not see a future for him, so getting rid of him for that price is a good move, and also in terms of our commitment to FFP.
We have effectively swapped Lukkaku for Costa, and im happy with that.
Just as i was happy with cesc and £20m in the bank for Luiz.
At least when we get rid of our players, we are getting in good money, and spending it wisely. How many years has it been since we can say that?
Costa, Torres and Drogba seems like they could be our strikeforce.”
Proven goal scorer? Costa has had one great season where he just managed to score 36 in 52 games, hardly some world class striker that has been smashing in goals season after season. Those 36 came playing in a title winning side too.
Really strange move IMO. Obviously could swing either way but the bizarre thing for me is that Lukaku seemed like an absolute perfect fit for Mourinho.



