Sergio Agüero

[Jordzibob]

SWP is a excellent club player and to be honest what Ive seen of you this season he has looked good .

But theres very little doubt over who's better and who most people who choose.....

 

[Red Devil]

But theres very little doubt over who's better and who most people who choose.....

Yeah without a doubt but SWP is experienced in our league so to City he may be the better option . Look at United for a example we have Fletcher and Carrick in our midfield there are loads of better midfield players world wide but they work well in our league they know are game .

We have 3 titles on the trot 2 champions league finals on the trot so its a proven fact sometimes home players are better suited.

 

[antonnn]

So, it's on Soccernet so it has to be credible, Sergio could be heading to us for 40m in a deal that could cost us up to 100m. I love Aguero, one of my favourite players, but 100m all up? No thanks. If he's going to cost that much he better be the 2nd coming of Zola.

 

[Aasim]

How does the 100m add up? 60m worth of players included?

 

[FlyLo]

League appereances, winning league/CL, CL appearances, number of goals etc etc etc (those are options, I don't know if they're actually included)

 

[Gnegneri]

Salary, bonusses, clause in the contract (like us and alves for example) ...


edit: boo, FlyLo was faster.

 

[Aasim]

Yeah but all those bonuses etc adding upto 60m? That's a bit too crazy imo.

 

[antonnn]

Chelsea close to £100m deal to sign Aguero
By Harry Harris, Football Correspondent
November 27, 2009

Intermediaries have put together a £100 million "package" deal to take Argentine international superkid Sergio Agüero to Chelsea in the January transfer window.

The £100 million includes the player's salary which will be scaled up to reach nearly £250,000-a-week in the final years of the proposed Chelsea playing contract, the £40 million transfer plus near-£10m add-ons related to Chelsea's success, meaning a near £50 million transfer fee, with added agents' fees.

The 21-year-old Atlético Madrid striker Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo, has privately indicated "yes" to a move that will make him one of the highest paid players in the world, with a transfer fee that will smash the British record of £32.5m for Robinho by some distance.

Chelsea almost signed the boy who is engaged to Diego Maradona's daughter, Giannina, with whom he has a son, in the summer, but the deal broke down over the players £6m-a-year wage demands on top of Atletico demanding a £60m transfer fee.

However Chelsea know they have to meet the player's wage demands to make a spectacular signing in the January window while their FIFA ban is still suspended.

Talks have been on-going for several weeks between a host of middlemen intent on making the deal happen, and there is now room for optimism that it will advance sufficiently in the next four weeks to be in a position for the move to take place in January.

ESPN Soccernet has been told by one of the insiders involved with the deal that there is far more flexibility on all sides than there was been in the summer when the deal broke down.

My source revealed: "There is still more talking to do, but let's see. There is now a possibility, although with so many complications involved you would have to say it's still 50-50 whether it will finally go though."

Chelsea are keen to capture one of the best young players in world football at a time when their transfer ban has been suspended pending a FIFA hearing. They urgently need to make significant signings at a time when the big clubs usually only make interim moves and wait for the summer.

Roman Abramovich cannot take the risk of waiting until the end of the season in case Chelsea are banned from making any signings, so needs to act now, and intermediaries have stepped up the process of attempting to bring Aguero to the Bridge.

Chelsea are not as reluctant to invest in Agüero's salary as much as they are about Atletico's asking price of £60 million, which has dropped to £55 million. Talks are aimed at trying to get the fee below £50 million and closer to £40 million.

A compromise of money offered up in relation to Chelsea's success is the logical route to resolve the differences in the transfer fee valuation.

Chelsea would be prepared to hit the £50 million mark, if it included add-ons related to success, given that Real Madrid paid £80 million for Ronaldo, and the Argentine is a few years younger.

Chelsea would ideally like to sign Aguero for six years, but five years is normally regarded as a long-term deal, but as the player is so young at 21, they be might be able to stretch to six years or more, even if the final years are optional.

While Chelsea might start to pay the youngster £6 million-a-year, that will rise quickly to £10 million and that will go even higher in the final year of his deal.

Overall, including bonuses, and given Chelsea's propensity for silverware, he can realistically expect to yield £50 million from his personal terms and image rights, to add to the near £50 million transfer fee, totally an eye watering £100 mllion.

The player's agent Bruno Satin, head of the football division of IMG, one of the world's biggest sports agencies, based in Chiswick in London, is one of a number of agents working on negotiating an acceptable fee with Athletico.

Manchester City are the only club that could possibly compete with Chelsea at this level of transfer, but my source tells me: "The player doesn't want to go there, and Manchester City do have a problem with trying to sing players at this level, as they did with Kaka, because they are not serious yet. They will be, but they are not just yet."

For that reason Atletico have to be realistic to drop their asking price as Chelsea are the only buyers at that kind of price. That's why there is greater optimism of a deal going through than there has been at any other time.

A transfer of £40 million plus a near £10 million add ons based on Chelsea's success during the duration of the players contract would be one of the biggest deals in world football. The entire financial package won't be far short of the Real Madrid deals for Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo.

My source added: "Money was the problem the deal fell through in the summer, and the money is the problem now, but we shall see, as I said, the talks are on going and everyone seems to want to find a solution."

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has targeted Agüero as his only major signing during the January transfer window. The club have been given permission to buy and sell after the Fifa-imposed transfer ban, following the Gaël Kakuta affair, was frozen pending an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

That'll explain most of what you'd probably want to know.

 

[La Furia]

Whatever keeps Chelsea's greasy hands off Villa is fine by me.

 

[Gnegneri]

Ridiculous and certainly not worth it imo.

 

[beef-supreme]

This is excellent news - Pathetico perhaps will become a decent team again after ending their Agüero dependence, Chelsea have been ripped off, Chelsea won't buy Villa, and Chelsea will be screwed over because Agüero will flop in the EPL.
I think Agüero is massively overrated, I used to like him A LOT until last year. I think that he doesn't suit the EPL and it won't work out for him... I hope he doesn't prove me wrong.

 

[antonnn]

He'll either become another Sheva(though if he moves back to Spain or something he'll do fine again, his career won't end at Chelsea) or he'll become the best support striker in the world.

What Aguero has going for him if this deal goes through is that the team won't be dependant on him, he's just going to be another great player in a top team and that may allow him to flourish ala Torres, though he doesn't have that same physical presence obviously, but he's more talented.

If Zola moved to Chelsea right now for 40m people would have said he wouldn't succeed cause he's too small and his style doesn't suit the EPL, but we all know he turned out to be one of the best foreign players to play in the EPL, Aguero is a decent chance to be a success. The biggest pressure on him will be the price tag if anything.

That all said, he's definitely not worth the price but as a fan what can you do when your club decides to spend such a big fee on a player? You just gotta hope it turns out well.

 

[La Furia]

Patetico isn't really dependant on him, they were for a while but it failed miserably until Forlan bailed them out. Forlan and Simao are more important to them, unfortunately all 3 are inconsistent, as is Not Sexy Rodriguez

 

[House of Flies]

man, this has to be the worst transfer in the history of transfer if it goes through.
aguero is not worth the salary that chelsea are offering him nor the money that they are going to give to AM. Not to mention, he is cup tied.

Rossi would be cheaper... and not cup tied... and of similar age. But chelsea is chelsea.

 

[iced1776]

To be honest I never quite understood how Aguero scores as many goals as he does. He's obviously small, not very fast, doesn't have a particularly great shot, his ball control is good but not mindblowing.. just a bit overrated imo.