Roma offered Chelsea striker Ba

Chelsea striker Demba Ba has been offered to Roma despite Arsenal 's ongoing interest in signing the player in January, Goal understands. Ba joined Chelsea from Newcastle last January but has failed to cement a regular first-team place under either Rafa Benitez or Jose Mourinho. Representatives of the Senegal international have been in touch with the Serie A club, who made an enquiry for the 28-year-old in the summer. The Blues want €15 million for Ba, just less than double what they paid for him almost a year ago, but Roma are unlikely to be interested at that price. Arsenal, meanwhile, maintain an interest in Ba but as was the case in the summer, when Mourinho blocked his potential move to the Emirates and instead sent Romelu Lukaku on loan to Everton, Chelsea are unwilling to sell to a direct rival for the Premier League title. Ba has scored three times in 12 appearances this season, including the winner in Wednesday’s Champions League victory over Steaua Bucharest, but has started only two Premier League games this season. Roma began the season with a record 10 consecutive victories but have drawn four of their last five matches and have slipped to second in the Seria A standings, three points behind leaders Juventus. De Bruyne set for talks over Chelsea future Chelsea legend Drogba deserves Champions League reunion - Mourinho Chelsea 1-0 Steaua Bucharest: Blues secure top spot with easy win Player Ratings: Chelsea 1-0 Steaua Bucharest Why do strikers get ruined after coming to Chelsea?Torres,Ba,Quaresma.....No disrespect to CFC,but,really...!Torres was a GOD before coming to Chelsea.Ba was very very good at Newcastle.And,now,what? Another made-up story. Even if it were true, Roma need to doing better than Ba. Arsenal should go for Chicharito, Ba to Inter :) 1 reply nah I think real madrid should get him he is just as good as benzema What's wrong with Ba? It's Chelsea's system that is wrong, Ba killed it at Newcastle now he gets offered more than a pros.titute lol. Premier League fans are little ffags who get stabbed in continental Europe. You're not welcome in Germany, Italy, France and Spain. Watch your favourite English club on TV, if you don't want to get hurt. 1 reply stupid and coward fans post....., i don't like it...... for 15million? pls roma don be stupid ask maurinho to go fly kite Test Check Teast #One Goat.com Mourinho already confirmed all his strikers will stay till the end of the year, Ba is the most reliable striker Chelsea has right now. Not going anywhere. for 28 year old and unproven? pls roma don be stupid an offer from chelsea maurinho?? pls roma don be stupid ALL THE BEST BAAAAAAAAAAAAA. what?,why?...i was expecting Roma to sign attacker with REAL quality or immense potential,Iheanacho from Nigeria fits the bills,imo The distribution of quality strikers around teams is kind of weird. Some teams (e.g. Man U, Man City and Chelsea) have so many that they can't use them all. Some teams (e.g. Arsenal and Real Madrid) have strikers who do not seem to be of the same quality as the rest of the team, but still manage to score goals thanks to the system in which the operate. Some teams (e.g. Barcelona and Bayern at times) simply decide to operate without a real striker at all. In addition, we see fewer and fewer teams using systems that utilize more than one true forward at a time. The 4-4-2 system seems largely to be a thing of the past, except at Atletico Madrid and Liverpool, where it's proving pretty effective. Even teams like Man U and PSG who utilize two true strikers, choose to use one of them in a quite distinct position - so Rooney plays behind RVP, and Cavani plays wide of Ibrahimovic. Meanwhile, Barcelona is one of the few teams that plays consistently with three men on the forward line, yet none of them is a traditional striker. I don't think it's a coincidence that this is occurring in a period where players like Messi, Ronaldo, Bale, Ribery and Robben are being so dominant, while playing from wider or deeper positions. What isn't clear, though, is the causation. Maybe the phenomenal goal-scoring feats of Messi and Ronaldo have initiated a trend away from using strikers in traditional ways. Or maybe Messi's and Ronaldo's success is due to changes in defensive techniques or tactics, and now these are being exploited by many other teams. It's strange to think that so many people complain about the lack of great defenders in the modern game, but those same defenders might be so effective at containing strikers in the box that managers around the world have been forced to adapt completely new approaches to securing goals. 3 replies Modern day football: 1) Favours attackers completely especially those who can run with the ball. Why? I slight mistake by defender = Red card + penalty + fine from manager. 2) Defending now is mainly about containing the opposition without tackling, cos tackling is heavily penalized. 3) As more attacking midfielders learn to exploit the above mentioned advantage ie running with ball. they convert their skills to that set rather than learning to cross the ball from wide areas to feed the striker. So nowadays virtually no wide players can service the main striker with crosses, whereas in the past this used to be the main way to service striker. 4) The Modern day Ball is light and bouncy , thus making it a lot more difficult to cross. Also this results in midfielders taking a lot more shots from distance and in and around the box. The keepers have little chance against the Joke Ball they use. I speak specifically about the ball they use in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE and Euros and World Cup. This also restricts passes for Strikers. Just look at Ronaldo at Madrid as prime example. How many times he look for Benzema? Hope this help with some of your questions Sersh 1 reply same goes for you you shouldn't post such intelligent comments in a shyt site like this No point in overpaying. Give Destro that playing time! 2 replies sometimes we are too smart that we start becoming foolish 1 reply maurinho does that a lot of times. lol 15 million ...shouldnt pay more than 6 million 1 reply 3 million Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool once Suarez leaves....All these good clubs need a striker and Ba is proven int he PL. he is not the typical garcia attacker, and he is expensive for that price. Chelsea no deal buy now. Send Christmas gift. I sell the club soccer jerseys, as well as the brand of clothes and shoes, hats, glasses, bags and so on. High-quality products, all products 20% discount, good service, fast sending product, the same day send production can reach 5-7 days to your home. If interested you can look into my website. My website is: www.orderes.com I sell Adidas. NIKE. GUCCI.Abercrombie Fitch.Armani.boss. Burberry. Dolce & Gabbana. Lacoste. Louis Vuitton. ralph lauren. Calvin Klein and other brands. My website: www.orderes.com No thanks. We have Destro!! Stopped reading at Goal understands. for a soon to be 29 year old that has huge wages for 15million? Roma is not Man City, they will never pay that much for such a player. "Roma offered Chelsea striker Ba"..what a brain dead English 1 reply You're right that's barely a sentence. Ba is not that bad would be good signing for roma though I would rather go for pato. besides we should concentrate more on getting a trequartista, a really young and talented one, who would succeed Totti in 2016, something like a new Kaka or cassano 5 replies you do realize trequartista is out of date, right?Only a few teams still use that and the top teams prefer total football 4 replies trequartistas still exist though, there are several players who can play in that role-- aguero, mertens, boateng 3 replies didn't I write that it was outdated and top teams prefer total football?It still exists though, with teams desperate enough to play Boateng as a trequartista. Mertens does play that role, he is a supporting striker or winger.Aguero is a supporting striker or winger, not a trequartista. Snejder or Erikson are but now teams know it's useless to get easily blocked by using a trequartista.Football has already evolved from that 2 replies Mata and Oscar Teams now play more with wingers and attacking from wide areas hence why teams using 4-2-3-1 are the most successful nowadays ie bayern, Real Madrid, Dortmund ba? underrated striker..why not we shud launch a bid lure G.Rossi..is likely more interesting... Show more comments Copyright © 2013 Goal.com All rights reserved. The information contained in Goal.com may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without the prior written authority of Goal.com Register / Login Edition : International HOME NEWS COMPETITIONS CLUBS LIVE MORE Getty Images 81 Share 0 Tweet 144 122 Like