Chelsea agree £11m deal for Salah

Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah from Swiss champions Basel for a fee in the region of £11m.
Salah, 21, is yet to undergo a medical or agree personal terms, but is expected to move to Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea's Premier League rivals Liverpool had held talks with Basel with hope of making Salah their first signing of the January transfer window.
The Blues agreed to sell Juan Mata to Manchester United on Wednesday.

United's club-record £37m move for Mata appears to have encouraged Chelsea to move swiftly for Salah, who would become their third signing of the January transfer window after the arrival of Nemanja Matic and Bertrand Traore.

Salah, who can operate in a variety of attacking roles, has been tracked by a number of clubs after impressive displays in the Europa League last season and this year's Champions League.

The Egypt international scored against Chelsea in the semi-finals of the Europa League in 2013, before getting the only goal of the game in a victory over Jose Mourinho's side in the Champions League in December.

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Interesting.

Mou you genius

Amr Zaki 2.0

Career suicide

Will be at Liverpool on loan come the Summer

Very bad move for Momo. Maybe good for money and prestige, but very bad for his development

calma, we are buying him in next Jan window for £8m.

Correction, £18 million

And only after Chelsea play you twice

He wont flop for Chelsea I reckon. Very good signing from both sides.

Very impressive player from what I've seen. Don't know why Chelsea need him through with Willian still there.

Yohan Modric wrote:Very impressive player from what I've seen. Don't know why Chelsea need him through with Willian still there.

salah will just be a bench player.the starting trio will clearly be Hazard-Oscar-Willian.

they need a sub now that De Bruyne and Mata left

Signed just so he'll stop scoring against them

rwo power wrote:Very bad move for Momo. Maybe good for money and prestige, but very bad for his development

I know.He is set to become another Shaqiri.

MJGunner wrote:Signed just so he'll stop scoring against them

This.
Torres and Meireles agree with you as well.

S wrote:

rwo power wrote:Very bad move for Momo. Maybe good for money and prestige, but very bad for his development

I know.He is set to become another Shaqiri.

This is Chelsea with Jose Mourinho and not Bayern with Jupp Heynckes and Pep Guardiola!

rwo power wrote:

S wrote:

rwo power wrote:Very bad move for Momo. Maybe good for money and prestige, but very bad for his development

I know.He is set to become another Shaqiri.

This is Chelsea with Jose Mourinho and not Bayern with Jupp Heynckes and Pep Guardiola!

So what ? Its not like Shaqiri is playing much nor will do with Robben and Ribery playing like the way they are even in their 30s.It wasnt exactly a great decision to move to Bayern apart from the fact that he became a CL winner and won a lot of titles.

Well, I can see Momo play even less than Shaq, thou

Great move. Quick, puts a shift in, and hungry. Most importantly he will also KNOW HIS PLACE. Keep the bench Nice and Warm for Willian and Oscar.

He is everything Mata was not.

Art Morte wrote:Marko Marin Mark Two.

You must understand, without Salah at Liverpool, Moses will finally get a chance to shine for you lot  

Betty La Fea wrote:

Art Morte wrote:Marko Marin Mark Two.

You must understand, without Salah at Liverpool, Moses will finally get a chance to shine for you lot  

Moses    . I wish we would send him back now, just for him to replace Mata as the cancer in the dressing room of Chelsea.

Useless forehead   

It's bewildering to think about how many signings like this Chelsea have made.

where is he gonna play ?

Chelsea buying players like toys

Is it just me or Chelsea's new strategy is to buy players that their rivals want ?