A Xherdan Shaqiri Poll
by Graham MacAree on Jan 25, 2012 5:48 PM GMT
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PrintMost of you know 20-year-old Xhedran Shaqiri from his exploits at FC Basel and the Swiss national team. Over the last couple of weeks, many of you have asked whether or not he's been linked to Chelsea. As far as I can tell, he hasn't been, but Basel appear to be willing to sell their star man and it sounds as though the asking price would be around £20M.
At that sort of price for an extraordinarily talented (although somewhat erratic) young winger, do you all think Chelsea should be getting involved? Time for a poll!
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I've only seen youtube highlights, and a little bit of the euro under 20's. so i'm no expert.
but i’d certainly love it if he came.
o hey quick question
we have been linked to this 17 year old chilean guy from Universidad De Chile, Igor Lichnovsky, i think he is a right back, anybody heard of him?
by blue_is_the_colour on Jan 25, 2012 5:56 PM GMT up reply actions
I've actually got something in the works on that front...
by Stephen Schmidt on Jan 25, 2012 6:20 PM GMT up reply actions
I'm a big fan of this guy!
I’ve seen quite a few rumours about him,unfortunately none linking him to Chelsea, but I have yet to see a report valuing him at £20m, most seem to go in the £10m-£15m range! A lot of pluses if Chelsea were to go after him, he plays in the Swiss league and a player of his quality is not going to stay there beyond this summer, not likely to face competition for his signature from the likes of Real Madrid as you would with Hazard or Goetze. In my opinion he is best option around in terms of value for money!
Wait until summer. Go for Hazard/Gotze first.
If strong bids for either of these two fails, then this could work. I’m not convinced he’s better than Sturridge/Mata as wings. Gotze in the middle behind Torres would be better. Chelsea are buying a lot of young talent with potential (Lukaku, KDB, Romeu). Some of them come good (Romeu), others might not. We need a sure thing, push us over the top player. Hazard or Gotze would do that. Like Aguero has helped City this year.
I think he is a sure thing!
He was much more impressive than Mata in last summers u21’s and stood out a lot more in the champions league this season than either Hazard or Goetze. He has proven himself at full international level also and as far as playing as a winger is concerned he is much better than Sturridge as he doesn’t look to shoot every time he gets the ball!
by conorjmartin on Jan 26, 2012 1:07 PM GMT up reply actions
I know so little about this guy.
I don;t mind as long as it works out XD. If he’s good enough at 20 to actually warrant £20mil then that can only be a good thing. If however he’s being sold based on having a huge but unproven potential then it seems a bit risky.
Let's just all make peace with the fact that everybody with even an ounce of talent is 20m+
In which case, DOOO EEET!!!
Hey, you started it.
I would be remiss if I didn’t add a further Shakira reference.
by deco and the bunnymen on Jan 26, 2012 1:51 AM GMT up reply actions
He could be a useful player
He does tick all the categories we seem to be looking for recently-young,potential,creativity…and for £20m definitely worth it. Haven’t seen much of him before this season-but he did the job on United in the CL with Basel. And to make it better,talks with Galatasaray broke down today as they didn’t meet Basel’s price-I think they offered a little over £10m-sooo we might even be able to get him at £15-18m,if we try.
by Avinash Mohan on Jan 25, 2012 6:22 PM GMT via mobile reply actions
I have seen no rumour of him to Chelsea
I do wish to hear them. The first bid made by Galatasaray was less then 10 mil reportedly So I think 15-18mil would be enough.
Get real, lads!
Juan Mata, proven world-class player and world champion, cost us about that. Shaqiri’s “value price” should be no more than 12.
Fernando Torres, proven world-class player and world champion, cost us 250% that
Therefore this would be a bargain!
by Graham MacAree on Jan 25, 2012 7:18 PM GMT up reply actions
They both played in the Euro U21s last summer!
Shaqiri completely outshone Mata throughout the tournament!
by conorjmartin on Jan 25, 2012 11:55 PM GMT up reply actions
I honestly haven't seen enough of him to form an opinion
I guess I need to start watching some youtube highlights
by Stephen Schmidt on Jan 25, 2012 6:58 PM GMT reply actions
haha get on it.
Watching full matches is for losers
I think I am that already ...
just not the official one, but the inofficial one … (to be the official one I need the approval of the laser men, right?) … not only Meme Generator, but the inofficial WAGNH artist for every graphical … or not?
Ah, and by the way:
Courtesy of Al Benson. NEarly everything he posts can be converted into a meme :D
Tor ilisar'thera'nal!
by Maiev on Jan 25, 2012 7:55 PM GMT up reply actions 8 recs
I deserve no credit
those memes are completely based on Stephen’s and Al Benson’s comments. I only executed them visually
Tor ilisar'thera'nal!
You executed them visually...
..to perfection. So you deserve plenty of credit. Don’t be so humble!
Hehe
but the part that made those memes so hilariously funny isn’t really my merit. Credit where credit is due ;)
Tor ilisar'thera'nal!
You guys are crazy...
Please don’t harass “The Bison”….. hehe
Cheers,
Rohi D
by Rohi D on Jan 25, 2012 8:39 PM GMT via mobile up reply actions
This guy is class very tricky winger who is erratic but its young(kalou once upon a time) and the talent is there
I also like the fact that he can play Left back……we need versatile players
Where is the meatloaf?
Defo for £20M
I don’t get why we never been linked with Honda either if he goes to Lazio for 16M which is what has been rumoured (not sure if euros or £) then thats a steal and a half.
as for questions about the asking price, quote from espn
Shaqiri, 20, has been linked with Tottenham and AC Milan, as well as United, and there was some surprise that such a highly-rated player had not been snapped up by one of Europe’s established powers, rather than Galatasaray. Basel are reportedly holding out for around £20 million.
by marc.nicholls1 on Jan 26, 2012 12:42 AM GMT reply actions
Stupid question...
Is it sher-DAN ZACK-iri? or sher-DAN SHACK-iri?
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DAHN-keh
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by CanadianBlue on Jan 26, 2012 12:54 AM GMT up reply actions
No problemo
I should add though, by ‘-dan’ I meant ‘-dahn’. Albanian is weird.
True say.
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