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Chelsea Football Club has agreed terms with Barcelona for the transfer of Oriol Romeu.
The news was announced by Andre Villas-Boas in Bangkok.
The player has yet to have a medical or agree personal terms and is currently away with Spain at the Under 20 World Cup.
The 19-year-old is a defensive midfielder who made his La Liga debut for Barcelona at the end of last season.
 
I love the way AVB has approached the market, he has decided that every player in the squad will be given an adequate chance, he is not stonewalling anyone etc. I have a lot of respect for this man
 
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haahah
 
Just got home from Spain and very surprised to see nobody mentioning Pastore...Zamperini has said that he thinks Pastore will leave in the next 7-10 days...Gourlay says we will sign 2 players in the next 10 days, now whether that's Courtois/Etock/Romeu is unknown, but we are favourites with the bookies and Zamperini has said it's between Chelsea, City and Roma, which is interesting because I heard Inter had bid 45 million euros so maybe that was too low and they can't stretch it any further, or maybe there was no bid IDK.

“I heard from another great club on Monday, a European one and not an Italian side.
“They are an important European outfit. I spoke to their sporting director and I told them to talk to the player’s agent.
“The person with whom I talked to asked me to lower Pastore’s price from €50 million to €45 million. I’m only accepting cash though and no player exchanges.
“Roma need to hurry up if they want him as I think the situation will be resolved in the next ten days. I’ve not heard from anyone at Roma, though, even if it would be nice if Pastore did continue to play his football in Italy.”


And I know this is Zamperini and he could be up to his usual tricks, but it's looking a bit different this time, especially with Gourlay's quotes.

And to add to that Palermo vice president Guglielmo Micciche said -
"I say that Pastore will go to the Premier League, I can even bet on it. "
 
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Just got home from Spain and very surprised to see nobody mentioning Pastore...Zamperini has said that he thinks Pastore will leave in the next 7-10 days...Gourlay says we will sign 2 players in the next 10 days, now whether that's Courtois/Etock/Romeu is unknown, but we are favourites with the bookies and Zamperini has said it's between Chelsea, City and Roma, which is interesting because I heard Inter had bid 45 million euros so maybe that was too low and they can't stretch it any further, or maybe there was no bid IDK.

“I heard from another great club on Monday, a European one and not an Italian side.
“They are an important European outfit. I spoke to their sporting director and I told them to talk to the player’s agent.
“The person with whom I talked to asked me to lower Pastore’s price from €50 million to €45 million. I’m only accepting cash though and no player exchanges.
“Roma need to hurry up if they want him as I think the situation will be resolved in the next ten days. I’ve not heard from anyone at Roma, though, even if it would be nice if Pastore did continue to play his football in Italy.”


And I know this is Zamperini and he could be up to his usual tricks, but it's looking a bit different this time, especially with Gourlay's quotes.

And to add to that Palermo vice president Guglielmo Micciche said -
"I say that Pastore will go to the Premier League, I can even bet on it. "

meh, at this point i will be happy with anyone's arrival, we need new players.
ive said before that i dont trust Pastore and that he is being overrated a lot imo, but we need creativity(although im not sure he will deliver), so better buying him than not buying anyone.
 
meh, at this point i will be happy with anyone's arrival, we need new players.
ive said before that i dont trust Pastore and that he is being overrated a lot imo, but we need creativity(although im not sure he will deliver), so better buying him than not buying anyone.

I disagree. Very good player, tons of creativity. IF he joins then we will see how he does.
 
How good is Kalou?

Well I dont know about stats, thats for Godcubed, Joss and Mike.. ;)

Good and underrated!

BH stats don't tell the story with Pastore, but we went through this a week or so ago and his pass completion can be a lot higher because he is a very good passer. Assists is also something that can be easily improved. Before 05/06 Kaka had 1 assist for A.C. Milan and they are similar players, at that time he was what 23? Maybe 22, so either a year older than Pastore or same age.
 
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How good is Kalou?

Well I dont know about stats, thats for Godcubed, Joss and Mike.. ;)

exactly, not good and he gotta leave along with Anelka Malouda Drogba(cuz like i said he is not the same) but this is another matter..

Well im waiting for them to post some stats then.. and comparisons with other players in that position.
 
He had a good season, but he is still raw. Has all the tools to be a World Class player
 
Good and underrated!

BH stats don't tell the story with Pastore, but we went through this a week or so ago and his pass completion can be a lot higher because he is a very good passer. Assists is also something that can be easily improved. Before 05/06 Kaka had 1 assist for A.C. Milan and they are similar players, at that time he was what 23? Maybe 22, so either a year older than Pastore or same age.

Yep just has to improve on not hitting the killer pass every time, though clearly he is very good at it, hence his very high key passes per game
 
Im thinking after what fat Gourlay said that we have a great chance of signing Pastore. On the Oriel dude situation atleast they are listening to the managers choice of players unlike the media like to suggest.

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Another thing i noticed the other day was the "Drogba goal" shouldnt have been credited to Drogba. Although it shouldnt have counted at all it should have gone down as an owngoal.
 
Palermos president has said Pastore is very likely to join Chelsea. Apparently the fee is around 30 mil.
 
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