Negredo Interest Hots-Up

I'll prefer Ba cos of his EPL experiene

negrado is a proven goal scorer as well. Would fit in nicely

Its probably going to be both. Ba is still a player we will get. He will even want to join us, his agents just need a little time. But i will like us to land a CF before Sunday

Well negredo is a proven goalscorer with his stats and will score for us given the latest sucess of spanish players in the EPL, BA would have been another good buy as he is a very good player that is tailor made for chelsea right now, he is not a poacher as most say, he scores screamers on his day and holds up play very well, so if we can't get BA, negredo is another good,strong player that is good in air and can use both feets

I prefer Ba but being the greedy chap i am i would actually like us to get both so we finally have three strikers on our books which is what we should have done last summer anyway.

If we must get a striker we better do it fast,it wont be pleasant to see us do what we have always done i.e drag it all through the transfer window till the 11th hour...i would prefer ba

Chelsea paid 5m to Hazard's agent (the reason we beat ManU and Man City to his signature). They don't want to pay 2m to Ba's agent because they THINK Ba's is not worth it whereas Hazard was. I would love the get Ba though.

can we get messi on loan as barcelona has already won la liga they are far far ahead...and there is no point in playing la liga for him....let him take epl chalenge and make us win the title....:-)

Experience? Does MICHU had any BPL experience before he came to swamsea? What about our own MATA, SILVA, CARZOLA etc. I'll prefer NEGREDO to BA or both

@dave-david, well I think the way watford set up their team is different from middlesborough, there were times when I was hearing glowing reports about him, only to fizzle out in recent weeks, we should wait and see how it goes if he ends his loan spell and come back, hope he won't do a franco di santo, carlton cole or scot parker. I really like the kid

I havent seen much of Negredo..But it seems Rafa rates him highly...We better go with a person who has high technical skills and can easily fit in our system.....Have no preferences between the 2...I will like negredo, assuming he will highly technical (being a spanish)...But Ba is powerful and physical...have EPL experience...So, a difficult choice...finally it will be Rafa's choice...

how about make a cheeky bid for Stephen Al Shaarawy of AC milan and Isco from Malaga, both will suit us better

@GabeU Dont think BA is greedy mate. His situation is very very different from 99% of other footballers. Constant rejects from even championship clubs etc not to mention his knee. He is at 20K basic at the toon now. Can you honestly say that he is on 20K + 20K based on appearances if he dont hav any pblm regarding his knee? BA is a 20M/100K striker in current climate if it wasnt for his medical condition. Everybody is talking about his knee and meadical condition yet there is no clear cut mention of his problem in his knee. His knee cant be insured i know that but other than that i cant come across a correct mention about this in press. But on the other hand he is one of the fittest players for newcastle in the last 2 years racking up almost 40+ matches a season. So i dont think he is GREEDY in this matr. If he signs for Chelsea in a 30K + 30K wages and he comes and injured unfortunately not necessarily on his knee but some other injury means? All other players will earn 70K to 100K while he is on championship level striker wages? So i dont want to term him greedy mate but the news about his representatives are asking for 5M is a disgrace. If BA want to play for a big club in a good wages chelsea is the only chance bcz he is already 27 also i dont think anybody in the EPL will pay him more than chelsea is willing to pay except for city. Bcz of chelsea's need for proven striker now and also chelsea are one of the few clubs who goes above the wage when its necessary unlike arsenal or spurs

Just heard a news on the local radio that ba's representatives are set to meet liverpool for transfer talks...this whole thing is gettin silly but i would take a backseat,relax and watch how these whole drama unfolds...i just hope we have not been used as an advertisement tool for their client.

Also it seems like Rodgers wants to send Sahin back to madrid to free up some wage space for Tom ince...i think Sahin is a pretty good player..an option for us might be to take him on loan till the end of season..he is a natural double pivot player and young too.....

@Desmond..oh..i have not seen much of sahin really except 2-3 games at the beginging of the season when he played for livepool...those few times i saw him i tot he was quite good..but then seeing a player on such few occasions is never enough to develop a wholistic view of the player's abilities...if he aint that good..then he should just jog on...lool

Nurin Sahin,Shinjury Kagawa e.t.c- BVB key players that are proving to be average outside BVB. Suggests players sometimes take the glories that's due the gaffer. Underlines my reservations regarding Mario Gotze's potentials

Rafa mentioning that Torres will accept bench in some games suggests that a striker is surely en route Fulham road soonest. Everybody seem to be in for Demba Ba...am forcing myself to join that bandwagon,seriously.

Good news, hopefully we sing him so that we can play him against Southampton. He will bench Lady Torres.

Well if things go smoothly I guess he'll definitely play against arsenal in our next league game or is it stoke city? I hope he is injury free whilst playing for us, any idea on what his jersey number would be ?

@Desmond... I think it will be Danny's vacant number "23". Torres/Roman will die of shame if Demba Ba scores 2 hatricks in his first 2 games.

@Latunvic: You are right when Torres plays for Chelsea it is like we are playing with 10 men, notice how sometimes Mata, Oscar, Hazard, Moses will look around to find somebody else to pass to instead of Torres.

Ba is a done deal and just awaiting for another possible coming since it is like we are going for like 3 players this January