23 Jul 2014

Transfer Genius? Nicol claims 'important' £20m star is one of the 'best in the world'

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has made some top class signings this summer, and the addition of sensational players like Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas has arguably put the Blues in the driving seat for the Premier League title. As good as those two players are, though, Liverpool legend Steve Nicol insists that Filipe Luis is Chelsea's best transfer so far.

Discussing Mourinho's transfer business on ESPN this week, Nicol tipped Chelsea as 'favourites' for the Premier League, and hailed the £2om signing Luis:

"In my opinion, he [Luis] is one of the best left-backs in the world, and was an important part of Atletico winning La Liga, and reaching the CL final"

In one fell-swoop, Chelsea have immeasurably improved their defence, and made a huge profit:

* Luiz out for £50m
* Luis in for £20m

As Hannibal Smith always used to say: 'I love it when a plan comes together', and Mourinho is probably rubbing his hands with glee over this genius piece of transfer business.

I suggested Luis as a possible LFC transfer target 4-years ago (when he was still at Deportivo La Coruna), and it was deflating to see him sign for Atletico Madrid in a paltry €12m deal.

Is the Brazilian one of the 'best left-backs in the world', though? Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher certainly seems to think so, and during the World Cup, he raved:

"I’m still astonished that Atletico Madrid’s Filipe Luis is not in the squad, never mind the team, as I didn’t see a better left back in Europe last season — or in this competition to date"

After witnessing Marcelo's pitiful performance at the World Cup, it's obvious that Luis Felipe Scolari made a gargantuan error leaving Luis out of Brazil's World Cup squad. Scolari paid the price, though, and poor decisions like that are the reason why he's no longer in charge of the national team.

With Liverpool desperate for a left-back, Luis would've been a perfect option, and in my view, Rodgers should've tried to gazump Chelsea for the Brazilian. It might not have worked, but he should've tried.

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64 comments:

  1. Is this now a Chelsea forum???

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  2. I would prefer if we took Insua or Paletta back

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  3. Genius transfer business? £50m for Luiz, a moron would have the sense to take it.
    Every time we spend £20m on someone is too much its a gamble its ... getting old.


    Only time we see positivity on this site is to do with other clubs

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  4. So why is Moreno valued higher?

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  5. Genius transfer business? £50m for Luiz, an Idiot would have the sense to take it.
    Every time we spend £20m on someone its too much, its a gamble its .......... getting old.

    Only time we see positivity on this site is to do with other clubs

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  6. luis is 29 before the season starts imo the most u could get from him would be 2-3 seasons idk why chelsea bought luis with ivanovic and azpuecta sure starters

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  7. Chelsea will switch to 9-0-1, I mean 5-4-1

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  8. yeahuknoweverything9:49 pm, July 23, 2014

    sorry he will be 29 just checked

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  9. Totally agree....gazump Chelsea; doesn't work; end up with egg on your face and look like an even smaller "not worthy" club........genius.

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  10. Nobody gazumps Chelsea in the transfer market and attempting to do so is setting yourself up for a fall. Also he's 29 so he doesn't fit in with our transfer policy so I doubt he was even considered. Maybe if he'd made the move to us instead of atletico it would have been good but Rodgers wasn't at the club at that time so we can't blame him for that one

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  11. no problem man

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  12. think u had it right the first time

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  13. luis is a merc. good player, but listening to him describe the fans as one of the most passionate showed his true colours. Thats code for they offerred me bags of cash.

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  14. Not to mention it being a downright lie

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  15. Januzaj now you really are clutching at straws, the lad had about 6 good games and he has be declared top class, really? Sterling and Sturridge easily outperformed him.

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  16. the whole disscussion is supposed to be about vidal going to liverpool & my comment was utd will just keep bidding higher cos its liverpool, then i got all you scousers jumping all over me when it was just an unbiased honest opinion, ever since the argument has turned every which way arguing about things not relevent to the topic IE who will finish highest,who the best, whos got the better players to be honest i dont give a fuck mancs & scousers as as bad as each other.Neither are good enough to win the prem.

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  17. for fuck sake stop putting words in my mouth, were did i say he was top class i said he had a good season like sturridge but neither are top class.

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  18. Never sign Balotelli...ever.

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  19. M Sissoko(24) is a beast and is in Yaya Toure mould , he is quicker than Yaya Toure but he would be an awesome signing for us.


    E Banega(25) is a class quality player who is available for cheap as he has fell out with the Valencia manager.


    Why should our club spend £45M on one World class CM, when we can get one better for £25-£35M and two class quality midfielders also in for £21M

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  20. Reus is 40 million you can buy him and Isco for that 50m my wish is to see more defenders especialy a left back

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  21. I know it's very difficult to admit that some clubs have the sense to rather improve their first team with three sensible signings than build a squad filled with mediocre rubbish.

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  22. Ah yes, Zidane, the ultimate defensive midfielder..

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  23. No matter how much time I spend anywhere, I will never be able to make any sense of the club's transfer business. What's the sell on value of Andy Carrol? Stewart Downing? Aspas? Alberto? Sakho? Allen? So far only Suarez and maybe Borini and Assaidi will have brought any profit.

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  24. Yes, rather than spending too much money on young crap like Sakho and Allen, we're now spending it on older crap whilst we allow our competitors to sign true quality for the same or even less money.

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  25. Sir Alex also thought that; now whole of MU is regretting. Of the "marque" list so far mentioned, first player I 'll pick is Pogba - a perfect replacement for SG.

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  26. You are spot on regarding Vidal. I would add him, Lovgren AND Ricardo Rodriguez. Sell dadwood to reduce net cost starting with Reina, Coates, Borini, Allen, Lucas and most likely at least one of the following guys: Agger or Johnson or Kelly. Get the F*** on with it already!

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  27. Agree. Balotelli is a whack job!

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  28. Now your're talkin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  29. every fans fear...1 year wonders and back to mid-table. I have some faith in BR but the clock is ticking and the longer we wait the fewer the good ones are left.

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  30. put me in a coma during the WC.................

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  31. I've been watching Vidal since his days at Colo Colo and he would be the perfect replacement for Gerrard. Box-to-box and he never stops working for his team. I have seen him play every position on the pitch besides striker and his football mind is impeccable. I think this signing should happen regardless of price.

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  32. wow. u only heard of vidal a year ago. ive seen this guy play in the chile u 20 world cup team and he was one the stand out players. i knew he was going to be a star. sanchez was also in the same team.

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  33. He's a great player but it seems wasteful to pull the trigger on a big deal like this when we've got more than enough players to already cover our needs.

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  34. finaly a positive story on liverpool kop, oh its about another club

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  35. your kidding me right united top 4 no chance

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  36. 27 is the optimum age for a footballer however I'd rather recruit reus we have enough players in vidals position not complaining if we do sign him but just saying I'd rather have have a top player we can develop like when we got Suarez he was quality and we made him world class exactly like torres as well.

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  37. Actually sign him just to piss off United haha

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  38. lmao there is nothing to debate abt i bet if liverpool offered sterling for januzaj they wouldnt hesitate u sure u know ye football pal

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  39. 27 is a footballers prime age, although I would rather have reus because he can develop into something super special like Suarez and torres (the latter was a waste) I wouldn't complain if vidal was signed he's a great player and would piss off the mancs of we got him. #MakeUsDream

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  40. AndWithSuchSimplicity11:21 am, July 24, 2014

    So what you arer saying is that Fergie bailed out of a sinking ship.

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  41. Very Harsh to call Sakho crap and allen tbh.

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  42. Yes because Henderson only made one tackle last year, which was the one he got sent off for. Of Course.

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  43. I only agree with Logan on non-football related issues.

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  44. They wont be back in (real) Europe next year.

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  45. I'd say that was before United became a mid-table club that has no European football to play.

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  46. Potentially 7 times this season

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  47. rogers fluked last season, next season will be outside the top 6 finish wicth the rubbish he signed... ROGERS OUT, GERRARD IS CRAP AND OLD, liverpool suck balls

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  48. Agreed mate. I watched every game last season and some a couple of times and I can't see where some of these claims against Sakho come from. Sorry to have halted the article though mate I would have liked to read it.

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  49. Not always just today it was reported he does not want to go to United research mate the latest news not the history books.

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  50. No chance Rodgers will sign a 27 year old world class player for 40 million. He prefers young players he can develop. Sad but true.

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  51. If you opened your eyes and learnt to read properly I never said anything of the sort. I have also known of Vidal for some time going back to Leverkusen and before that Colo Colo. I was simply suggesting that a lot of other people jumping on the Vidal bandwagon probably hadn't.

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  52. Release clause in Suarez contract makes it kind of difficult to negotiate.

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  53. Garth JR Wilkinson9:56 am, July 26, 2014

    Can we please save some of our money?

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  54. Basicly all you are saying is Liverpool going back to its proper way and sorry for spelling

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  55. I think if we spend 50 mil on Vidal it will be worth wild signing but we dont need a midfielder we have to many of them we need to get a better defence it just my personal veiws

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  56. Don't worry about spelling - your opinion is what's most important :-)

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  57. Stronger midfield will give us a stronger defence..I doubt that Rodgers will sign Vidal...Only if he sell Lucas...I fear that Rodgers wont get marque signing...Vidal would be perfect as a goalscoring midfielder which Liverpool lacks!!

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  58. Lol mancs even make a profile to visit Liverpool related news!!! Thats sad!! :O

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  59. If Sturidge gets injured were knackered

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  60. Phil Thompson says Remy to Liverpool is a DONE DEAL -

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  61. For all intents and purposes, it was a done deal. Personal terms were agreed, and if the medical had been okay - which is usually a formality - Remy would be an LFC player right now.

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  62. I hear honey is good for a bitter taste in the mouth, you might need a couple of gallons of the stuff!

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