We know he has been Unai’s target for ages. Surprised this one slipped through really thought we would gun for a deal. I guess we were waiting on Duran and Carlos money. Oh well
Good. Never got on board with the idea, so I’m glad the saga’s over and we can hopefully move ahead with what we have in attack now. One more addition in defence is all that’s needed and even that I wouldn’t be too cut up about having to wait on.
Sms_Boy on
Happy about this, Coutinho 2.0 in terms of having a player on a books on huge wages.
maddp9000 on
Any player who’s picking to go to Chelsea over any other club in the world right now needs avoiding. What a gift for us that Felix showed his intentions before coming. Enjoy your early retirement Joao!
SirGreeneth on
Thank god.
TonyWalnuts17 on
I would 100% prefer having Duran as our other striker and play Rogers/Ramsey/McGinn as our No. 10. I don’t think we’ve achieved the consistency of European qualification yet to be taking on players with astronomical wages yet.
ChillaVilla on
We did gun for a deal, he chose Chelsea over us (is what I’ve read). He seems to be a guy that values brand and reputation (and likely wages) over performance and I can respect that, but I don’t want them in our squad tbh. Best of luck to him
Maleficent_Peach_46 on
How many attackers do Chelsea need?
I don’t think he was ever a major target for us and wages would likely be an issue.
Then again we didn’t have a headless chicken to send the other way so maybe we were waiting for player sales, probably not though.
Nekokeki on
They’ve finally managed to replace Sterling with another ‘top-earning, doesn’t fit in our system, why did we ever sign him’ player!.. and did so before Sterling even left!
bizzyd666 on
I don’t see how it makes sense for club or player, unless this is an agent forced deal (likely the case given its Mendes). Maybe I’m wrong but this seems likely to be another bad move in a career of bad moves. Ah well, onwards to another target as I think we could do with a nice technical player in the middle somewhere.
WiJaTu on
Would’ve just ended badly.
Agreeable_Falcon1044 on
If we are selling players to meet the wages rules, I would have been disappointed if we had signed him for silly wages. Maybe there’s a great player there, but felt like coutinho 2.0
Literarytropes on
For what’s it worth. We never submitted a bid. Yes, there was interest. But don’t let the clickbait suggest there was any serious interest.
Remember Monchi’s interview – we shortlist at least 10 names per position.
hxllywoodttv on
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Turn-Loose-The-Swans on
Was he any good for them when he was loaned to them!? Chelsea are such an odd club.
Yorrins on
Thank christ.
ClaretNBlue on
Good luck to the guy really.. I’m glad he’s not coming to the Villa.
Impressive-Ice873 on
6 year deal with an option for another year – ie until 2031. Madness.
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Dodged a bullet there thanks Chelsea😂
Good. So glad to put this none saga to bed.
Good. Never got on board with the idea, so I’m glad the saga’s over and we can hopefully move ahead with what we have in attack now. One more addition in defence is all that’s needed and even that I wouldn’t be too cut up about having to wait on.
Happy about this, Coutinho 2.0 in terms of having a player on a books on huge wages.
Any player who’s picking to go to Chelsea over any other club in the world right now needs avoiding. What a gift for us that Felix showed his intentions before coming. Enjoy your early retirement Joao!
Thank god.
I would 100% prefer having Duran as our other striker and play Rogers/Ramsey/McGinn as our No. 10. I don’t think we’ve achieved the consistency of European qualification yet to be taking on players with astronomical wages yet.
We did gun for a deal, he chose Chelsea over us (is what I’ve read). He seems to be a guy that values brand and reputation (and likely wages) over performance and I can respect that, but I don’t want them in our squad tbh. Best of luck to him
How many attackers do Chelsea need?
I don’t think he was ever a major target for us and wages would likely be an issue.
Then again we didn’t have a headless chicken to send the other way so maybe we were waiting for player sales, probably not though.
They’ve finally managed to replace Sterling with another ‘top-earning, doesn’t fit in our system, why did we ever sign him’ player!.. and did so before Sterling even left!
I don’t see how it makes sense for club or player, unless this is an agent forced deal (likely the case given its Mendes). Maybe I’m wrong but this seems likely to be another bad move in a career of bad moves. Ah well, onwards to another target as I think we could do with a nice technical player in the middle somewhere.
Would’ve just ended badly.
If we are selling players to meet the wages rules, I would have been disappointed if we had signed him for silly wages. Maybe there’s a great player there, but felt like coutinho 2.0
For what’s it worth. We never submitted a bid. Yes, there was interest. But don’t let the clickbait suggest there was any serious interest.
Remember Monchi’s interview – we shortlist at least 10 names per position.
Raheem Sterling dislikes this
Was he any good for them when he was loaned to them!? Chelsea are such an odd club.
Thank christ.
Good luck to the guy really.. I’m glad he’s not coming to the Villa.
6 year deal with an option for another year – ie until 2031. Madness.