Re: Hazard.
Its now official he is a Chelsea player.

Ocampo set to head new ethics investigations arm of World football governing body FIFA....

@TAZ - You should know better! The RVP women are not saying what they are saying to make Arsenal comfortable - that's not good for negotiations! They are saying it to make the suitors uncomfortable!!! The prospective clubs will now "know" that they have to offer an irresistible deal to overcome the RVP women "resistance". If one club offers a big money deal, then Arsenal will "know" they have to loosen the purse strings a bit more if they are to keep their prized possession.

RVP might stay or leave but whoever gets his signature will have to pay for his worth, which if you ask me is way up there with the rest! RVP is in the driving seat. He's on fire and he has a running down contract. If he gets a shitty deal, he'll be the dumbest player in the history of football business.

If he does not agree to a deal RVP can potentially leave the club for free at the end of next season! Now let’s assume he is worth £30m. If a club signs him for free [say on a 5 year contract] they would be willing to load the saved money onto his wages. That would be £115,000 per week [do the math] on top of what they were planning to pay him. If he accepts anything below £200,000 a week, he will be the biggest idiot in the history of idiots! Arsenal’s offer of £130,000 a week is laughable even though the £5m sign-on fee they are offering shows some kidogo seriousness. RVP apparently wants £275,000 a week which is pure madness for someone who’s already 28. You would be crazy to pay a 33 year old player £275,000 a week [assuming he gets a five year deal]. But I can totally see him earning £200,000 plus performance related bonuses!

This translates to around 9M Kshs per wk. Toure (Yaya) earns around 32M per wk. That is equivalent to a house in Runda every week. Majority Kenyans will never earn in their lifetime what he earns in a week. I am in the wrong profession.

..Hazerd joins Cheski, i said it the champions league will help us sign marquee players and why not the 6th team won more trophies than the top five..what irony. Already liking the attack Mata,Hazard,Marin all very good players wacha tuone.

Amazing world class players are turning down Man U, Hazard joins the ever growing list of world class players to turn them down: Shearer,Benzema,Torres now Hazard interesting times. Man U will now compete on 2nd rate players together with akina Arsenal and Spurs, the top rate will always be Chelski and City not forgetting Barca and Madrid oohhh i forgot and of-course any overhyped English player.

@ Maichblack.....By the time he leaves Arsenal on a free transfer he'll be 30yrs Old, why would Man City, Chelsea, Barca or even Real spend 200K a week on him yet they already have world class strikers and can get even younger ones (Falcao, Cavani, Lewandoski, Llorente etc)with the same or better qualities. Don't forget he also has a terrible record with injuries. I think Wenger should not offer RVP anything more than the £130,000 that's on the table. If he decides he'll leave then let him run out his contract and go for two more strikers who could earn a total of £130,000 a week (Clint Dempsey & Giroud). RVP's purchase price was only 2.5m, nothing to lose there financially.

Almost everyone has advised him to stay (i believe he will) lakini at his age i don't feel he deserves more than what he's been offered. We have already signed Podolski who has almost identical skills to him and we'll probably add one more striker before next season whether RVP signs or not. Btw Kalou is a free agent, he is also an option.

http://www.espnstar.com/...should-stay-at-Arsenal/

http://www.thesun.co.uk/...y-his-mum-and-wife.html

http://www.telegraph.co....to-stay-at-Arsenal.html

@ Smano...I think Man Utd were waiting for Hazard to confirm where he'll sign before they commit on kagawa. He's still a very good player though.

you should try that proffesion marty

http://www.guardian.co.u...ted-dortmund?CMP=twt_gu

... Ion Hazard has been fined for missing the team bus taking Belgium's footballers to training and will have to repay his colleagues in champagne- Belgian media reported.

smano, What annoys me about the Glazers is their financial model. I have maximum faith in SAF.

Dortmund signed Kagawa for just £300,000 (Eto'o weekly Salary)in 2010 and now he's heading to Manchester United in a deal worth up to £20m....that's good business. SAf is also looking for a left back and there are reports linking the club to Leighton Baines but i really don't think he would leave Everton to be Evra's back-up. The transfer window officially opens this Friday, i hope Wenger concludes his signings early this time.

ION, Swansea's Manager Brendan Rodgers is Liverpool's No 1 choice to be the new manager.

@ This article captures @Ric dees point of view very well!

http://www.goal.com/en-g...ty-contest-but-not-much