• You may have to login or register before you can post and view our exclusive members only forums.
    To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Chelsea agree to sign Marko Marin

Forums Unread posts
Status
Not open for further replies.
Is he even in the national squad anymore though? He's been horrendous for 2 years now. Still, 23 years of age and 7 mill, thats worth the gamble.

Chelsea have also bought De Bruyne, he looks very good.
 
The club's still sticking with the policy of signing players a manager might not want. Sign players first, decide on a manager later. I really hate that club. It's the most profoundly soulless institution football's ever seen.
 
In an exclusive report this weekend, German magazine “kicker” revealed that Werder Bremen’s Marko Marin would be on his way to Chelsea in the summer for an undisclosed fee. Werder’s Director of Sport Klaus Allofs announced the decision prior to the team’s defeat to Wolfsburg on Saturday, confirming that Marin would sign until 2017 for an undisclosed fee.

“We have always said that, if a player receives a good offer which is also attractive for Werder, we would give it serious thought,” said Allofs, “We had good talks with the Chelsea board, and we wish Marko all the best for the future.”

He did well to keep a straight face. For most in Germany, the idea that Marin could become a key player in Chelsea’s much needed revival is as laughable as the idea that England could win Euro 2012. As a statement of intent towards the Bundesliga ahead of next month’s Champions League Final, Chelsea could barely have made a more ridiculous signing.

The Yugoslavian born attacking midfielder was, prior to the World Cup in 2010, the next big thing in Germany. Having impressed at both Borussia Mönchengladbach and, more recently, at Werder, the then 21-year-old had the world at his feet.

As anyone who has watched him over the past two years will confirm, however, Marin is not quite as good with his feet as some are willing to suggest. His ratings on mass produced video games may still be sky high, but in real life, the untapped potential that Marin showed in early 2010 remains resolutely untapped.

In the last year, Werder Bremen have scored 47 goals. In his 31 appearances Marin has, according to Opta, been directly involved in just six of those. It is one of several damning statistics which justify his failure to break into the national side, and make a mockery of Chelsea’s transfer policy.

The undisclosed fee may yet prove to be something of a saving grace if the Bremen midfielder transpires not to be particularly costly. Any figure which even gets close to the £10m mark, however, would raise serious questions about the Premier League’s knowledge of the Bundesliga.

With such a wealth of midfield and attacking talent to be procured at agreeable prices – just ask Newcastle fans – there is something inescapably lazy about going after players with the most recognisable names, as clubs like Arsenal and Chelsea seem to have done with the likes of Marin and Lukas Podolski.

This is not to deny that Marin has talent. A quick entry of his name into Youtube will produce endless circumstantial evidence to back that claim. And that if Chelsea are able to do what Werder have not and allow that talent to flourish, he may prove to be an excellent signing.

The culture at Chelsea though, leaves very little room for error. Look at the way David Luiz, a far more promising player in his position than Marin, has been treated by the media and, to a large extent, the fans. If Marin is to succeed in the Premier League – and incidentally he, like every other player to arrive at an English club in the last decade “has always dreamed of playing in the Premiership” – he will need a considerable change in his current fortunes.

Perhaps the more pertinent question for Chelsea fans, though, is why this particular Bundesliga player? Has their spending power diminished so much that they were unable to challenge for the likes of Marco Reus, Mario Götze and Papiss Cissé when their signatures were up for grabs? Is there scouting system so lazy that the likes of Julian Draxler and Ilkay Gündoğan have never even been considered?

Perhaps the most damning evidence against Marin is that, unlike most of those players named above, Marin has, in the last few years, not attracted any substantial interest from Chelsea’s Champions League opponents FC Bayern. As any supporter of a Bundesliga side will tell you, most of Bayern’s phenomenal success in the last few years is a result of their ability to siphon off a large chunk of Germany’s best talent as and when they wish.

Just three weeks before the Champions League Final, Chelsea have signed a player who Bayern have barely looked twice at. Make of that what you will.
Click to expand...
 
gkmacca said:
The club's still sticking with the policy of signing players a manager might not want. Sign players first, decide on a manager later.
Click to expand...

As opposed to the flawless transfer model we've put in place over the last 18 months right?
 
ILD said:
Damn, I want a German player.
Click to expand...

Chelsea's been linked with £15m rated Andre Schurrle...


Meanwhile, the future of Leverkusen forward Andre Schurrle is also up for discussion amid rumours of interest from Chelsea.

The Germany international told Sky that he had received no enquiry from the Blues, but hinted he would be open to a move to the Premier League club, who signed his international team-mate Marko Marin last week.

"I and my agent have not had any contact so we will just have to wait," he said.

"We will see how interesting it is when it becomes concrete."
Click to expand...
 
Marin not even in the provisional squad for Euro 2012.

Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), Ron Robert Zieler (Hannover), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Borussia Moenchengladbach)

Defenders: Holger Badstuber, Jerome Boateng, Philipp Lahm (all Bayern Munich), Benedikt Hoewedes (Schalke), Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer (both Borussia Dortmund), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal)

Midfielders: Sven Bender, Mario Gotze, Ilkay Gundogan (all Borussia Dortmund), Lars Bender, Andre Schuerrle (both Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Schalke), Toni Kroos, Thomas Mueller, Bastian Schweinsteiger (all Bayern Munich), Sami Khedira, Mesut Ozil (both Real Madrid), Marco Reus (Borussia Moenchengladbach)

Forwards: Lukas Podolski (Cologne), Cacau (Stuttgart), Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Miroslav Klose (Lazio)
 
Had an excellent first season with Mainz scoring 15. Hasn't been that great since he joined Leverkusen. Scored only 7 this year. Though he is still young. A bit like Torres in playing style, tall, pacy, likes playing off the defence's shoulder.
 
dmishra said:
Had an excellent first season with Mainz scoring 15. Hasn't been that great since he joined Leverkusen. Scored only 7 this year. Though he is still young. A bit like Torres in playing style, tall, pacy, likes playing off the defence's shoulder.
Click to expand...
I wouldn't be too excited to see us dig deep for Schurrle. At £7M he'd be worth it but as you say nothing is set in stone and when I've seen bits of him this Season he hasn't looked that good. He's not in any way better or got more potential than Big Andy anyways.
 
the_khl said:
I wouldn't be too excited to see us dig deep for Schurrle. At £7M he'd be worth it but as you say nothing is set in stone and when I've seen bits of him this Season he hasn't looked that good. He's not in any way better or got more potential than Big Andy anyways.
Click to expand...

Correctamundo.
 
Nicked from another site:

Stephen Martin ‏ @stephen1martin Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Marin was a #lfc target last summer and another rejection in January. Sad to see he's gone to Chelsea but maybe it'll leave Hoillet for us
 
the_khl said:
I wouldn't be too excited to see us dig deep for Schurrle. At £7M he'd be worth it but as you say nothing is set in stone and when I've seen bits of him this Season he hasn't looked that good. He's not in any way better or got more potential than Big Andy anyways.
Click to expand...

Fuck you! He's epic in my fifa ultimate team!
 
Much appreciated KHL. Now tell me about how you've read some articles in Denmark that Eriksen is poised to sign for us *raises gun*
 
Mystic said:
Much appreciated KHL. Now tell me about how you've read some articles in Denmark that Eriksen is poised to sign for us *raises gun*
Click to expand...
There's an article today where his agents says that he believes he'll stay another Season with Ajax.

Smoke and mirrors I say. The article photo of the agent secretly reveals John Henry sitting in the background, drinking a cup of coffee whilst holding a gold-smothered Montblanc fountain pen. Make of it what you like.

*Off to buy a Liverpool Warrior-shirt with 'Eriksen' on the back*
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

Buddha
The new number 9…
2 3 4 5
Replies
127
Views
3K
Markeh
Markeh
MomoWASright
  • Locked
Last other games before crimbo thread
2 3 4 5 6
Replies
170
Views
3K
Fabio
Fabio
Modo
  • Locked
Weekend betting
Replies
8
Views
190
keniget
keniget
MomoWASright
    • Like
  • Locked
Top Slot secured
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Replies
300
Views
10K
737Max
737Max
moron
Is TAA worth breaking the wage structure ?
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Replies
508
Views
11K
Frogfish
Frogfish
Back
Top Bottom