duncanmckenzieismagic Posted August 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/ronald-koeman-wont-rule-out-13530117 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 At this point he's probably the best forward available for what we need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Koeman may be courting him publicly but there is no way he'll come here- I don't want him if it's just until January either- why should we keep him fit for Athletico only for us to be left in the lurch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanmckenzieismagic Posted August 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Koeman may be courting him publicly but there is no way he'll come here- I don't want him if it's just until January either- why should we keep him fit for Athletico only for us to be left in the lurch. Because his goals could get us an extra 10 points or more by then and it buys us time to get a permanent signing in markjazzbassist and rubecula 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 nice being linked with class players isn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyBlue Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 nice being linked with class players isn't it. Wouldn't associate Costa with the word class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Koeman may be courting him publicly but there is no way he'll come here- I don't want him if it's just until January either- why should we keep him fit for Athletico only for us to be left in the lurch. This would be one of my concerns. Â Not so much keeping him fit for someone else, so to speak, but how long would we really have him for fully fit? Â Say if...and it's a massive IF, he came on 31st August, with him having isolated himself in Brazil and only really training with his pals, how long before he's 'training fit', never mind fully effective match fit? Â I'm not sure an until January deal is good for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Wouldn't associate Costa with the word class. Football talent wise, as a striker, he is. Â Personality wise...hmmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Tiger Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Wouldn't associate Costa with the word class. Â Wow. I majorly disagree here. Â He's a pain in the ass but talent and production wise he's world class for me. rubecula 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinn31 Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 He's an absolute top striker. We need one of those. Â He can be an arse and plays with an edge - As long as he's not diving left and right and keeps his antics to a minimum, he's welcome. rubecula 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukes Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Problem is he would Costa lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 I'm actually beginning to believe this may happen. He simply can't stay at Chelsea - it's gone too far. He only wants to go to Atletico and the fact that he can't play until January doesn't seem to be an issue - should be straightforward but Chelsea and Atletico/Costa don't seem to be able to agree anything at this point... do Atletico actually want him? If this doesn't happen then we're one of a few realistic options. He's already ruled out China with the World Cup coming up. Â It'd have to be a loan deal as Costa wouldn't choose to join us but he'd have to give his all for his own benefit of going to the World Cup next summer which is what his main goal will be. He'll only get into that Spain squad if he's at the top of his gain - that will benefit whoever he ends up playing for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 This has the Eto'o issues written all over it, if he signs. Talented no doubt but completely the wrong personality for our club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 Rooney would sort him out. Get him in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 1982 makes a really good point do Atletico want him now, he may only have eyes for one club but they maybe thinking we don't want to risk that he comes back here and throws his dummy out the pram when something doesn't go his way. Who ever takes him now would be advised to build certain clauses in his contract, to cover them selves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 Problem is he would Costa lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 This would be absolutely pointless. He's going to take ages to get fit, so if he'll be gone in January anyway then why bother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 This would be absolutely pointless. He's going to take ages to get fit, so if he'll be gone in January anyway then why bother? Yep and leaves us double fucked in January having to pay even more for his replacement as any club selling to us would know we were desperate to replace him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 He must be on around 200k a week. Are we really going to pay him that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinn31 Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 He must be on around 200k a week. Are we really going to pay him that? This might be a dumb question, but are Atletico going to pay him that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 This would be absolutely pointless. He's going to take ages to get fit, so if he'll be gone in January anyway then why bother? It should only be under consideration if it's for the whole season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 It should only be under consideration if it's for the whole season. There's no chance of it being for the season though is there really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 This might be a dumb question, but are Atletico going to pay him that? No idea what their wage structure looks like, plus maybe he'd be happy to take a paycut there seeing as thats the only club he wants to go to. Maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 There's no chance of it being for the season though is there really? If nothing happens with Atletico then there's every chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 If nothing happens with Atletico then there's every chance. It's gone too far for something not to happen now I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Blue Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 He would see it as a way to stay fit and keep in the frame for the World Cup. Â No doubt he would take a month to get fit so we would have a world class striker for 3/4 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 It's gone too far for something not to happen now I'd say. Probably but it's always good to show that interest/ maybe lay some of the foundations behind the scenes if it doesn't happen with them. He's better than we'd realistically get otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 Probably but it's always good to show that interest/ maybe lay some of the foundations behind the scenes if it doesn't happen with them. He's better than we'd realistically get otherwise. He's already said he's quite happy to sit out the rest of his contract (two years) if he doesn't get the move he wants, which is obviously Atletico. Â I just don't really see this happening or if it does it even being favourable to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 He's already said he's quite happy to sit out the rest of his contract (two years) if he doesn't get the move he wants, which is obviously Atletico. Â I just don't really see this happening or if it does it even being favourable to us. He also said he wouldn't go to China with the World Cup looming as it's not a high enough level. Â I just can't see him sitting out in limbo if Atletico doesn't happen - stranger things have happened though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 I read somewhere that his wage is £125 - £150k a week. Probs right on the upper limit of our structure. However, I doubt we'd pay this full amount if we took him on loan.  I also don't think he's really going to sit out for 2 years and totally fuck his career up. He'll not get a penny and will probs get sued by Chelsea.  He's thrown a big fat ugly man sulk of epic proportions. Not doing himself many favours and I doubt Atletico have the structure to pay him his full wages, so he's going to have to climb down somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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