Amauri, Drogba, Benzema

Abramovich said the other day that Drogba's price is 35 mil.

Originally Posted by remote2book

i agree deffinetly its cuz benzema will cost money rather than amuri or drobga who will cause money as well but they voiced out that they want to leave chelsea and palermo its much harder to sign a player which the team does not want to let go rather than a player whose team is willing to sell him...benzema is a great finisher (i mean pato is a great talent simply amazing but we have seen if his finshing was better he would have alot more goals) benzema is almost like another pato but PROVEN in CL as well as national team i dont see us actually persuing benzema but more likely to go for amauri who is proven in serie A rather than drobga who would be switching leagues and i think thats why we will intianly go for amauri if that doesnt work than drobga but benzema a long shot (it would be a dream to see benzema don the red&black)

The more I think about it, the less likely I think any one of the 3 strikers you mentioned will be here this summer. Benzema is too expensive for the 6 richest club in the world (makes no sense to me, but it is what it is); Drogba and Amauri seem like the perfect fit, but they are both aging and that is a good enough excuse for the managment to refuse to sign them. To me, Drogba and Amauri are just like Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Shevchenko last summer, they are smoke screens. Management throw their names out there to make the fans feel like they are going to actually do something in the market for the first time in a long time so they will buy tickets. As soon as the ticket sales are up, they will come back and talk about how perfect the team is and don't need any new players; if the ticket sales doesn't go up, they will say that they don't have any funds available for transfer activities and thus won't be able to sign anyone. I remember last summer, when the media and management were talking about how we were going to sign a huge name striker, we ended up signing David Suazo. And Galliani came out saying "I know the fans aren't satisfied, but he really is the player we needed!"

This summer, the managment will play the exact same trick all over again. At the end of the day, I think the only reason Drogba and Amauri and Benzema won't be signed here is because of their price tags, not because of the various excuses management make up. So, who do I think they will end up signing? Shevchenko sounds like a good choice because of his declining price. Other than him, just look for players who cost less than 15 million. By all means, we should be able to afford someone much better than that, but it is just not going to happen and we might as well face the facts on that one.