Sturridge deal nears completion
By: Jack | June 23rd, 2009It looks as if Chelsea has signed its first player of the summer. And a pretty good one it is, if you ask me.
Both Sky Sports and BBC Sport are reporting that Chelsea has finally agreed a deal with Daniel Sturridge that will bring the talented England Under-20 international to Stamford Bridge when his contract with Manchester City runs out at the end of June.
Very nice.
The clubs were unable to reach a compromise on a compensation fee, required since the player is under 24, so a tribunal will decide the amount Chelsea must pay City for Sturridge’s service. Sky thinks that number might be around £5 million — not half bad considering City was seeking 10m.
Sturridge, 19, has scored six goals in 12 starts and 19 substitute appearances at Eastlands.
While I think this is a positive step for the club — a more youthful approach has certainly been needed of late — I’m curious as to how much input Carlo had in this move. It feels more like an Arnesen signing to me.
Regardless, I like it. This kid has fantastic potential. Let’s hope, unlike a majority of our younger players, he’ll actually get some games. With the contract he’s probably on, I don’t see how that won’t happen. Then again, watch us loan him out — along with Di Santo. Please no.
So, what is the overall feeling on Sturridge at the Bridge? Good signing? Meh signing? Egregious move? Let me know, people.
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If he doesn’t go out on loan, how much do you see him playing?
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I don’t think I can really answer that question until I see what our roster looks like once the season begins. An Aguero, Pato, Dzeko, Villa or any other striker would drastically change my outlook for Sturridge.
If we don’t sign another striker (doubtful), then I think he’ll see significant action.
Ideally, I’d like to think he’ll be eased into the first team and, dependent on performance, could end up a valuable piece of the puzzle — off the bench, of course. Regardless, I definitely think he’ll find his way into the first team if he keeps his head. Maybe not this season, but fairly soon.
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Hey look, another young promising player heading to Chelsea where they’ll sit on the bench all season.
I think Steve Sidwell should intervene here…
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Did you really just compare Sturridge to Sidwell? Whoa.
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Sure did. And what about SWP?
I am not saying one is better than the other, but pointing out that Sturridge probably won’t play much. Like Sidwell. And SWP. And other young players whose careers arguably went backwards while at Stamford Bridge.
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First, are you Ancelotti? No, so I doubt you know how much Sturridge will play.
Second, Sidwell wasn’t young and it was his choice to join Chelsea. What’s really funny is the fact he made just one more appearance for Villa this season than he did with us the previous campaign.
Third, SWP had plenty of opportunities — and floundered in nearly all of them. He was a regular first-teamer for patches of 06-07 and 07-08. Eighty-two league appearances in three seasons clearly debunks your claim that he didn’t play much.
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“Third, SWP had plenty of opportunities — and floundered in nearly all of them”
Yup. That England Qualifier against Andorra (or was it Kazakhstan… i can’t remember) where we saw SWP coming off the bench, I thot he was really bad. Thanks to City for taking him off Chelsea’s wage budget.
But still, personally, i don’t like ancelotti as much as i like jose or guus. It’ll be interesting to see how he’ll manage to keep everyone fit, be it the relatively young Mikel and Sturridge or the relatively old Ballack and Pirlo (if they sign him… god please don’t).
I dunno, maybe he’ll pull an ‘08 Rafa Rotation Policy’ on us, heh?
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There’s talk of signing Andrea Pirlo? This would be a terrible signing. He’s old, and basically is the same player as Super Frank. Except Super Frank scores like, twice or three times as many goals a season as Andrea Pirlo. And Super Frank bleeds Chelsea’s blue.
Chelsea doesn’t need more playmaking midfielders – we don’t need Pirlo, we didn’t need Kaka – we need forwards and maybe a holding midfielder. As much as I like John Obi Mikel, he is no Claude Makelele (but who is?). Personally I’d like to see a return to Jose’s “flying wings” 4-3-3 formation – a central and compact midfield featuring Lampard, Essien, and Ballack if he’s fit/healthy/not mentally insane, forward three spearheaded by Drogba or possibly Anelka, and some real true wingers like back in the day with Damien Duff and Arjen Robben.
Is Joe Cole returning this season?
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