Chelsea agree deal with Newcastle striker Demba Ba:
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/8378310/


Official now. Undergoing medical imminently

Awesome!

As much as we all want Torres to drop to the reserves, would Ba immediately replace him? I'm dreading he could be used as backup or support striker

awesome news, get him stright into the XI

any guesses on what kit no. he'll be wearing?

fatman123 wrote:awesome news, get him stright into the XI

any guesses on what kit no. he'll be wearing?

Not many available, eh?
16, 23, possibly even 15 (depending on if they plan to give it away before SloMo leaves).... other than that, there's not much available.

Soul wrote:Awesome!

As much as we all want Torres to drop to the reserves, would Ba immediately replace him? I'm dreading he could be used as backup or support striker

I'm looking forward to seeing what happens with this tbh. If the second-highest goalscorer in the Premier League is made to play back-up on our bench to a guy who's done absolutely, positively nothing for the last 5 months, I think there'll be a huge brouhaha from the outside and it'll raise some real questions about who's really calling the shots at the club and what their motives are.

Very good transfer.Congrats for this.He is one of my fav strikers from EPL.I just don't like that he moved to Chelsea, it is a bad feeling as a Man United fan.

he could be perfect for you guys , he is 3rd or 4th best scorer of the league and now he is going to play with mata, hazard, oscar ...
he could score at least 20 this season


But Torres or Ba ? believe me if Ba becomes a starter evn for few games , it won't be long for him to secure a starting plot.

i hope he has a huge price for the sake of the team. so a manager can play him without thinking twice whether to play 50m or him.

new drogba for you guys

what was wrong with sturridge?or Lukaku
i don't get this transfer .

Epoto wrote: what was wrong with sturridge?or Lukaku
i don't get this transfer .

Sturridge wanted to leave. The move to Liverpool was set up ages ago.
Lukaku's still young and a club in Chelsea's position can't rely on a teenager as its star striker. He's better off staying on his loan.

may be im wrong and hopefully he prove me wrong but i don't see him doing well with chelsea

Sturridge was very mismanaged by chelsea, the thing i didnt like about RDM was his failure to rotate his squad, the exposiveness chelsea had at the begining couldve continued if sturridge was regulary rotated with (not counting his injury time).

But having Ba come in is great, he is miles better than sturridge, great price even though i heard he has a knee problem but for 7 mil and 13 goals to his name. I'd like to see chelsea change its formation at times to have torres and Ba, david villa always said that having torres partner with him drew defenders away from him to give him space, heres my formation

cech
cole-cahill-ivanovic-apizi
lamps-luiz
hazard mata
torres-BA

-hazard and mata on the wings

Ba Transfer Complete:
http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3030470/title/ba-transfer-completed

Great signing

I have a feeling he will be first-choice striker at some point in the future.

A REAL STRIKER

Watch Gil hype the shite out of him now.

Anyways good signing for you guys.

Ba: Drogba is my inspiration:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1291158/demba-ba:-didier-drogba-is-my-inspiration-to-succeed-at-chelsea?cc=5901

"I've taken a lot of inspiration from Didier Drogba. Like me, he's had a career path strewn with obstacles, but he's got himself over them each time".

"We're different players, but I have a lot of esteem for Didier. It's difficult to compare me to him given what he achieved at Chelsea. He's brought me a lot in my career, even if I'm aware of my own qualities."

4 goals and 2 assists in his last 4 games against Stoke

I have been very happy with Ba, he is the striker we needed, and cheap too!

Please for the love of god, let Ba start tonight!