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Chelsea sign Michy Batshuayi

SpartanSpur

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Apologies if its already been said, but now the euros have begun I really cannot see us signing Batshuayi (or anyone else at the Euros) until his team is knocked out - which given its Belgium probably will be quarter final/semi final/final - so I doubt if its going to be this month, and may well be mid July given finals are on 10 July.

I've been thinking this too, but also I believe OM need the money before 23 June so it could get very complicated if Belgium are still out there.
 

neilp

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Are we really at the point where we need to split the difference between pikeys and scousers?
 

CoopsieDeadpool

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Everton fans? I thought they only hated Protestants?

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danielneeds

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Apologies if its already been said, but now the euros have begun I really cannot see us signing Batshuayi (or anyone else at the Euros) until his team is knocked out - which given its Belgium probably will be quarter final/semi final/final - so I doubt if its going to be this month, and may well be mid July given finals are on 10 July.
Also gonna take a bit of time to get this thread to 100 pages, and we that is the benchmark for any long rumoured signing to happen...
 

Spursidol

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I've been thinking this too, but also I believe OM need the money before 23 June so it could get very complicated if Belgium are still out there.

OM need to pray Belgium do not get through the group stages - or phone DLl and try to get a fee agreed toute de suite and hope Bats agent can finalise Bats wages package whilst Bats is at the world cup. Or its not getting done
 

Ossie85

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I've seen him play quite a few times, including live and there is no way you could call him more complete than Kane. He probably is less prone to make those stupid selfish decisions that Kane makes - choosing to shoot from daft positions when there are team mates better placed - and this may explain one of the reasons why Batshuayi has more assists than Kane, but he doesn't link play (per 90 min metrics - kane sees more ball, makes more than double the key passes Batshuayi does for example and created more chances), drop into channels and rough up defenders or work as hard as Kane without the ball (Kane makes more than 50% more tackles, over double the interceptions).

He was continually benched by Bielsa because the ageing, much slower Gignac was deemed a better fit for his system, and Gignac is actually much closer to Kane than Batshuayi in style.

Here's a chalkboard comparison with Batshuayi in Marseille's 4-1 win against Bastia:
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Here's Kane in the 4-1 win against west Ham:

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That's because this last season Marseille did not play possession football, whereas we did. Actually last season Marseille played awful, and he managed to score and assist a lot in spite of
Gignac was 28, he was not ageing or slow. He was actually the last top goalscorer of the league, and Bats was a new player at the team. That season he had the better goalscoring ratio of a sub in the top 5 leagues.
So he was benched because he was 20 yrs old, a new signing and had the last topscorer ahead of him. You are twisting facts

Bats drops into channels, roughs up defenders and works hard. I'm not saying he's better than Kane, just that he has more in his locker. He has practically the same qualities as Kane, but with more pace and ball skills. Kane's advantage is mental. His mental strength and understanding of the game and of the space is what makes him different from everyone else, and why he looks so composed even though he's very young.

Here's a video of Bats for you where he shows some of his qualities

 

shelfboy68

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Still think this is too expensive a deal for us cant see us paying the sort of fee they are looking for.
 

Macwally

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From that video he looks equally happy to lead the line or drop deep, so no reason he and Kane couldn't interchange during a game.
 
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I've been thinking this too, but also I believe OM need the money before 23 June so it could get very complicated if Belgium are still out there.
Personally, I have them down as this tournaments flops! Don't think they'll get out the group after watching them recently.
 

Hercules

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Based upon the Mirror article these are decisions we have to make. Over to you Daniel.
 
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