Raymond Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Am I the only one that wouldn't be very excited if we signed him. His record in the Premier League is no better than Benteke's and the only way we would sign him is if we sell Benteke in january and I would rather us stick with Benteke myself. The second part is wild speculation. Do not believe the ONLY way is if Benteke goes, though I do agree it is a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Sure he's got goals in Turkey this season but he scored 7 goals in his last 33 Premier League games.. Why do we think he would be the player he was 2011/13? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Am I the only one that wouldn't be very excited if we signed him. His record in the Premier League is no better than Benteke's and the only way we would sign him is if we sell Benteke in january and I would rather us stick with Benteke myself. The second part is wild speculation. Do not believe the ONLY way is if Benteke goes, though I do agree it is a possibility. Can't see us spending that much unless we sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 We'd only sign him on loan, anything else is just a false narrative. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Sure he's got goals in Turkey this season but he scored 7 goals in his last 33 Premier League games.. Why do we think he would be the player he was 2011/13? Most of his games at Chelsea were sub appearances though, he's still a very good striker. Anyway it doesn't matter he's not coming here (unless in the unlikely event Benteke is leaving). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Sure he's got goals in Turkey this season but he scored 7 goals in his last 33 Premier League games.. Why do we think he would be the player he was 2011/13? Weren't the majority (as in the vast majority) of those performances from the bench for Chelsea? He started 5 games for them last season for example. Data is tough to come by for the season before with them as on transermarkt it is mixed in with his Newcastle stats but I think he started a further 8. So that's 13 starts, 20 as a sub. It was actually 14 goals in 51 games for Chelsea overall including cups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) We might spend our summer budget on him, which would leave us having to sell to buy in the close season. Apparently he's earns 2.5 million euro per year at his current club. Edited January 28, 2015 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juteface Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 It seems the Mirror have finally run out of barrel to scrape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I'd welcome him with open arms just for the pure fact that he broke Liverpool hearts last season. But I doubt we can afford him. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 We might spend our summer budget on him, which would leave us having to sell to buy in the close season. Apparently he's earns 2.5 million euro per year at his current club. A loan to the summer to see how Kozak goes on his return wouldn't be too bad. Wages wouldn't be an issue if he does earn 2.5m a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 It seems the Mirror have finally run out of barrel to scrape. They directly quoted the Beşiktaş VP. Not saying it is therefore true but it's not a link they have come up with by themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) We might spend our summer budget on him, which would leave us having to sell to buy in the close season. Apparently he's earns 2.5 million euro per year at his current club. A loan to the summer to see how Kozak goes on his return wouldn't be too bad. Wages wouldn't be an issue if he does earn 2.5m a year. I searched for 'Demba Ba Beskitas wages' and that was the figure that was quoted in a few articles, don't know how accurate it is. Seems pretty low for someone who played for Chelsea. Edited January 29, 2015 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hes been spotted in all ba one ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 He's one of them one good game out of ten players , with the occasional goal of the season contender , tbh , I think we need a bit more than that . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 He's one of them one good game out of ten players , with the occasional goal of the season contender , tbh , I think we need a bit more than that . Disagree completely. I remember watching Besiktas play Arsenal in the Champions League qualifier round (this season?) and Ba was superb in both games, despite neither him nor Besiktas scoring. He'd be a very good signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Good player but it won't happen at that price. We need a winger more as well I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 He destroyed Stevie G title dream, its good enough reason for me to sign him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 maybe delph signed cuz he was told there are a few more quality signings coming this week...and I'm sure his contract has a release clues if relegated but sinclair and ba, while not boner-inducing, would easily make for a more formidable attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallett Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Ba has a chronic degenerative knee condition that is expected to end his career prematurely. Early on in his career he had a number of different injuries including a broken leg in 2006 which required pinning. Back in 2009 the pins had to be removed in an emergency operation in a German trauma clinic during which a tendon was injured. Before signing for West Ham he failed medicals at Stuttgart and Stoke. The injuries have consistently affected his selling price. Pardew stated that Ba was mentally the strongest player he had ever worked with which accounts for why he has carried on so successfully. See this link for guardian article with details: http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/dec/31/newcastle-demba-ba-knee However at 29 all of those injuries are going to catch up with him at some point soon. £10 million would be utter craziness - I can't see it happening at anywhere near that price just because of the injuries - He also has no sell on value - if there is any truth in these rumours that we are interested at all! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Sure he's got goals in Turkey this season but he scored 7 goals in his last 33 Premier League games.. Why do we think he would be the player he was 2011/13? He was probably knackered after such a long season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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