Willian Commits Future to Chelsea - Signs New 5-Year Deal

[Dave]

The rejected Barcelona bid was to be in excess of £50m.

I think he suits the way Barcelona play but is he on the same level as their other attacking players? 

[SirBalon]

This Barcelona board don’t even know what they want or what they’re looking for. It’s as if there are four or five different people working in the technical department and none of the four or five have ever met or spoken to each other in any way. Each of them is given money to spend and hey presto!

[True Blue]

Love Willian but he is 30 in August, i would take the money.

[SirBalon]

The talk in the Barcelona based sports media is that Chelsea haven’t said no to that amount (£50m)... Chelsea want a Barcelona player included in that deal and according to the press it’s either Rafinha (preferably) or André Gomes. 

[Rick]

Outrageous . Snap their hand off.

[SirBalon]

2 hours ago, Cannabis said:

I just don't see how Willian is needed?

Maybe for depth I can see it but because other parts of the pitch need seeing to first, depth should come later.

Barcelona seem to have secured the signing of the young France international centre-back from Sevilla Clément Lenglet which really is a very good signing if it’s made official. 

[Carnivore Chris]

4 hours ago, SirBalon said:

Maybe for depth I can see it but because other parts of the pitch need seeing to first, depth should come later.

Barcelona seem to have secured the signing of the young France international centre-back from Sevilla Clément Lenglet which really is a very good signing if it’s made official. 

So that means adiós Yerry? It probably will be the case if Arthur is signed due to too many non-EU players. 

Willian would definitely improve the depth of the squad but the problem for me is that he's now nearly 30. Buying/promoting players more for the future makes sense. Spending that amount on a player to offer depth for a season or 2 doesn't make sense to me. But at a cheaper price, yes. 70 mil for a player of his age is well excessive. 

Selling Digne and promoting Cucurella would make sense as would selling Gomes if Arthur arrives. 

[SirBalon]

48 minutes ago, The Rebel CRS said:

So that means adiós Yerry? It probably will be the case if Arthur is signed due to too many non-EU players. 

Willian would definitely improve the depth of the squad but the problem for me is that he's now nearly 30. Buying/promoting players more for the future makes sense. Spending that amount on a player to offer depth for a season or 2 doesn't make sense to me. But at a cheaper price, yes. 

Selling Digne and promoting Cucurella would make sense as would selling Gomes if Arthur arrives. 

From what I read and listen to they’re basing next season on adding as much depth as possible for a big challenge for the Champions League mate. Yerry Mina should be going on loan although Barça have had very good offers for him to sell. 

[Cicero]

There is still ongoing negotiations so I reckon we are just looking for a few million more. 

Would much prefer this then giving United another one of our bench players. 

[DeadLinesman]

47 minutes ago, Cicero said:

There is still ongoing negotiations so I reckon we are just looking for a few million more. 

Would much prefer this then giving United another one of our bench players. 

Bench player?

[Machado]

9 hours ago, True Blue said:

Love Willian but he is 30 in August, i would take the money.

Woah. Am I the only one who thought he was way younger?

[Cicero]

36 minutes ago, DeadLinesman said:

Bench player?

Out of favored player. 

 

 

 

[Stan]

18 minutes ago, Machado said:

Woah. Am I the only one who thought he was way younger?

nope!

thought he was mid 20s.

[El Profesor]

18 minutes ago, Machado said:

Woah. Am I the only one who thought he was way younger?

This happens to Fernandinho as well, most people think he is younger than he actually is. I think this happens because both spent a lot of time in ukrainian football before going to England.

[True Blue]

On 7/4/2018 at 18:13, Machado said:

Woah. Am I the only one who thought he was way younger?

Haha yeah most people were shocked when i said he was 30 in August, most people felt he was 27 at best.

[Dave]

Apparently they've put in another bid at £53,000,000.

Surely given his age it's worth real consideration?

A good player, but I doubt his value will increase and Chelsea are more than capable of winning games without him.

[Cicero]

It's definitely going to go through in my opinion. Both the club and Willian seem to be pushing for this to happen, just a matter of the amount. 

 

[Dr. Gonzo]

How do Chelsea keep getting these massive fees? Even in this market, I can't fathom Willian being worth upwards of £50m.

[LFCMadLad]

8 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

How do Chelsea keep getting these massive fees? Even in this market, I can't fathom Willian being worth upwards of £50m.

Russian mafia are pretty good at negotiations. 

[Cicero]

TYC reporting the Willian deal to Barca could be done in a matter of hours. Looks like we agreed a fee. 

[SirBalon]

This looks to be another of those odd Barça signings. 

[LFCMadLad]

Roman cashing in it seems. 

[Cicero]

55 million 

Surely we won't say no this time ? 

[Dave]

20 hours ago, Cicero said:

55 million 

Surely we won't say no this time ? 

Apparently you have 

I presume they're saying no because they haven't put a contingency plan in place in case Willian was sold?

Personally I think you should invest the money in Zaha. He's just as quick, will play better around better players, and has age on his side. Cash plus two attacking minded young players not breaking in to the first team but are Prem quality would probably do it.

[Harry]

Zaha will probably cost 80m.