Ross Barkley signs for Chelsea

[theShiznit]

Not just Thursday.

yeah but there's no point picking out every individual bad Sissoko games.

We'd miss the rest of the transfer window

 

[Shadydan]

Not just Thursday.

Yeah no doubt, it's fresh in their minds though, would have been just the tonic if we announced we were signing Barkley after the Sissoko horror show I bet lol

 

[aliyid]

I’m not sure what I’d be more insulted at if I was Barkley:

• Conte making a statement about being sick of low value austerity signings on the day he signs
• Conte describing the Barkley signing as ‘a good investment’
• Conte not being bothered to turn up for his official presentation (don’t even know who this lady is)

Welcome to Chelsea

 

[danielneeds]

Balague, Poch’s ghost writer, absolutely scathing of dear Ross...

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/900951/Ross-Barkley-Chelsea-transfer-news-Everton-Tottenham

 

[am_yisrael_chai]

I'm not best pleased at ENIC or Levy at the moment, but the bold part above and most of the post is basically describing exactly what an investment is. You invest expecting a return. I'm not saying the club is doing it out of the kindness of its heart.

I’m not disagreeing but I’m not an investor I’m a customer of the business and as such I’m not going to defend the actions of the owners I’m simply going to ask for a quality product to be delivered in line with the pricing determined by the owners of the business.

 

[WorcesterTHFC]

I’m not sure what I’d be more insulted at if I was Barkley:

• Conte making a statement about being sick of low value austerity signings on the day he signs
• Conte describing the Barkley signing as ‘a good investment’
• Conte not being bothered to turn up for his official presentation (don’t even know who this lady is)

Welcome to Chelsea

This is a guess, but possibly Marina Granovskaia (or whatever her name is)? (Abramovich's right-hand woman, so she's probably just as unpleasant and untrustworthy as anyone else at Scumford Bridge.)
Edit:a little research this morning showed that is Granovskaia with Barkley. The player himself doesn't exactly look thrilled about being there, does he?

 

[t-baggins]

People are more upset that we lost our on him because they thoight he's walk into the side and replace Sissoko who had a bad game on Thursday

Sissoko has not played one single good game...

 

[spursfan77]

Balague, Poch’s ghost writer, absolutely scathing of dear Ross...

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/900951/Ross-Barkley-Chelsea-transfer-news-Everton-Tottenham

Just coming in to post that. I hadn't thought of it from that angle but it makes sense. All guesswork though, he doesn't really know how the player would have done under Poch. Unless of course he's relaying the manager's thoughts and not his own (although I doubt that).

 

[Singayid]

Sorry, can't copy & paste the whole article on my ipad but is this the "don't mention this issue" that @Hercules alluded to???

http://www.spurs-web.com/app/stench-corruption-barkley-deal

 

['O Zio]

Sorry, can't copy & paste the whole article on my ipad but is this the "don't mention this issue" that @Hercules alluded to???

http://www.spurs-web.com/app/stench-corruption-barkley-deal

Wouldnt surprise me if something along those lines had happened. However, I don't believe that he never had any intention of joining us. I think he probably would've come to us had he not been injured but given the nature of it maybe he wants to cash in while he still can cos he knows he's not going to have much of a career now

 

[mano-obe]

I’m not sure what I’d be more insulted at if I was Barkley:

• Conte making a statement about being sick of low value austerity signings on the day he signs
• Conte describing the Barkley signing as ‘a good investment’
• Conte not being bothered to turn up for his official presentation (don’t even know who this lady is)

Welcome to Chelsea

Fit, silky and lots of stamina. Barkley isn't a bad player either

 

[sebo_sek]

Barkley probably won't get a snif of the grass at Chelsea while Conte is there. It's just Chelsea adding a bit more to their 800 million pound debt and signing a player to stop others from doing it.
The corruption angle sounds very Bolshevik, very Abramovich, very Chelsea!

 

[nailsy]

I've got no sympathy for Everton. They publicly tried to force him out of the club when he refused to sign a new contract, they failed to negotiate a price with us in the summer and they've caved in to Chelsea at the start of this window. They've had ample opportunity to negotiate a fair price so if they aren't happy it's down to them.

 

[Wellspurs]

Conte said Barkleys wages were low?

 

[thinktank]

Sorry, can't copy & paste the whole article on my ipad but is this the "don't mention this issue" that @Hercules alluded to???

http://www.spurs-web.com/app/stench-corruption-barkley-deal

Certainly feasible.

 

[WorcesterTHFC]

Conte said Barkleys wages were low?

By Chelscum standards, maybe they are.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Think we can firmly burry the "Levy called him and then he turned down Chelsea" myth. Gullible idiots some of you are.

 

[tiger666]

Think we can firmly burry the "Levy called him and then he turned down Chelsea" myth. Gullible idiots some of you are.

Isn't it equally as gullible to believe a blog post written by a Spurs fan with no proof of anything?

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Isn't it equally as gullible to believe a blog post written by a Spurs fan with no proof of anything?

Not actually talking about any blog. I'm talking about Levy calling to change the mind of a player who ends up signing for the club he supposedly left hanging.

 

[Fowl!]

I don't think that Chelsea have been corrupt there if that is the case.

It sounds like someone there was being canny.

Why should they pay a load of extra money to Everton who are a money club themselves nowadays.