Loving this image. Gotta pin it for a while. Listen, fan base, let's forget the past and all just get along together going forward, and win this CL, huh? And the league for the next decade, too.
Sunderland starting talks with Leverkusen for 32-year old Xhaka last summer at £8m.
One of their leaders and best players. A massive part of their invincible season, Bundesliga + DFB Pokal titles.
Now, a year older at 33, Chelsea start at the same price and it's a "f*cking disgrace".
Quiz question: How many midfielders aged 32+ have moved for more than £8m in the last 5 years?
Answer: 1. He currently plays for Sunderland.
That's the context behind our £8m Xhaka bid.
Mid-30s veterans aren't meant to cost a lot. Thiago Silva was free after all!
@CFCPys@TheAthleticFC Their opening bid for him last year was 9mil, so that means they also disrespected Leverkusen or his actual valuation considering his age is sub 10mil.
They disrespected Leverkusen or they overpaid.
They shouldn’t act surprised that our opening bid is about the same as theirs
@Blue_Footy I'm not sure how the bid is 'disrespectful'? He has no sell on value, and his book value (contract amortisation) 3 year contract at £15M = £4.3M per season, current value £8.7M.
@fia protecting Russell and the Brits as usual. No way someone can IMPROVE and qualify on a yellow especially given where the yellow happened. What a farce of a race. Whole season is a farce. #BOYCOTTF1#AustrianGP
@foxone Hey, morons at FOX, if I choose to start the match from the BEGINNING, don't show me the damn live half time score and stats to the right of the screen. IDIOTS. If you are going to get a contract for this stuff, learn how to actually do it properly. Unbelievable.
@espn trying to watch the TT Bama softball game on my apple tv while logged into my cable account and my espn account and playback won't start. Unbelievable. Fix your garbage service. Baseball plays fine but not softball. Sexism at its finest.