More Details On The Kevin De Bruyne Transfer
by Graham MacAree on Jan 31, 2012 6:01 AM GMT
in Chelsea FC: Transfer Rumours & News
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We've got some more details coming in on the Kevin de Bruyne deal as SportsWereld dig a little deeper into the story. The 20-year-old's transfer was finalised on Monday evening, with Genk sporting director Dirk Degraen flying into England to signed the agreement that sees de Bruyne become Chelsea property, but there's still a little confusion about the exact details. Here are the more interesting notes.
- SportsWereld confirm that de Bruyne is expected to go out on loan for the 2012/13 season, saying that he could go to the Premier League or other 'sub-top European club', specifically mentioning FC Twente in the Eredivisie. I think I'd prefer a slightly more aggressive assignment to a top four league, but that will probably depend on his performance for the rest of the season.
- The initial fee is indeed €8M (£6.7M), rising to a possible €9.6M (£8M) after performance bonuses. Strangely, SpertsWereld seem to be claiming that 'at least' €1M of said bonuses 'must' be paid.
- De Bruyne was indeed on the verge of being sold to Chelsea before the beginning of the season, but Genk convinced him to stay in a 'reconciliation meeting' by promising to facilitate a transfer this window. I'm glad they kept that promise.
- As far as wages go, de Bruyne will apparently receive a generous salary 'to a Chelsea standard' starting now. Since he's not a mostly-adequate English centre back, he's not going to be paid anything like £80,000 a week (my semi-educated guess is £30,000, but don't hold me to that), but whatever he's getting will still be a generous increase over anything that Genk would have been able to pay. De Bruyne's hit the big time.
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You doubt he could start for fc twente? Ive never seen him play, but he seems like a smart player with good fundamentals
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As a matter of fact don't let nothin' hold you back.
If the Scatman can do it brother so can you.
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No, I think the Eredivisie might be too low a level for him
by Graham MacAree on Jan 31, 2012 6:29 AM GMT up reply actions
sorry missunderstood then. I think atletico could be a nice destination for him
we established a relationship with them, they sold reyes and pizzi sucks. they only got adrian, turan, and the Argentinian guy (i forgot)…… I think they would definately take him
Everybody stutters one way or the other
So check out my message to you.
As a matter of fact don't let nothin' hold you back.
If the Scatman can do it brother so can you.
Yo I'm the Scatman.
Why cant he play for us next season?
I was hoping to see combination of kdb and mata next year
by MurphyMurph on Jan 31, 2012 7:14 AM GMT via mobile reply actions
Well, he can play for us next season, if Chelsea wanted
General consensus (and the Blues seem to be going along with it) is that he’s not going to be good enough to until he has a full year of first-team experience under his belt though, and then he’d be able to return to us in his age 22 season. He may force Chelsea into keeping him if he lights things up for the rest of the year and impresses over summer though.
by Graham MacAree on Jan 31, 2012 7:17 AM GMT up reply actions
That would be great..i will definitely be following his games!
Graham, u r the man!
by MurphyMurph on Jan 31, 2012 8:24 AM GMT via mobile up reply actions
I think he should DEFINITELY play for us next season!
We need attacking options and particularly wingers off the bench. ATM, If Danny or Mata aren’t having a good game, we don’t really have anyone to bring on for them which we are satisfied with – lets be honest, no one is very comforted by seeing one of them being substituted for Kalou or Malouda.
Considering that Malouda is probably out next season (and i am very, very thankful for that), we need to have some young attacking talent on the bench in case things aren’t going well (how many times has that happened this season?) . Its often really good to use those youngins as subs because they have a lot to prove.
I understand he might not be good enough (yet)…but with all honesty neither is Kalou and he has been a tremendous super-sub over the years
by Doron Shmilovits on Jan 31, 2012 10:33 AM GMT reply actions
I'm glad we've got De Bruyne.
I bought him in FM while managing Derby for 11m and then 2 seasons and a promotion later sold him to Chelsea for 55m.
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