Barcelona Demand Astronomical £178m Fee From Chelsea For Spanish Star

i doubt it.. theres only so much a market can inflate before it starts to go back down.. and with these new fair play / spending rules uefa are implimenting i think player prices and wages will freeze or go down

Bt if you were it wouldn't be for much more than Chelsea supposedly offered. Barca aren't saying they will only sell if Chelsea or whoever(and who would for a 29 year old striker these days-even one as good as Villa?)meet the buyout they're either just wanting more cash(everyone has a price at every club, trust me)for something(or someone) or plain don';t see a reason to sell at all. I'm tempted to think they're just seeing what they can get for him, try and get a couple of teams competing(after all why tell anyone Chelsea bid at all?)for Villa.

Either way I can't see anyone going a lot higher than Chelsea have purely on his age(30million plus would be a lot for a striker around 30 already)so he'll probably be at Barca for a few good years yet-unless, naturally Citeh go bonkers.

i thought the same about ibrahimovich...

I heard this from Mirrorfootball, mostly full sh** but yeah even Messi is not worth that much lol