Ba joined Chelsea early to help Newcastle

Chelsea's new striker, Demba Ba, has sensationally revealed that he decided to join Chelsea early in the transfer window so that the Toon Army could find a replacement sooner rather than later. Ba scored a brace on his full debut for Chelsea against Southampton in the FA Cup.

Demba Ba enjoyed a successful year and a half at Newcastle, but a minimum fee release clause in his contract meant that a move to Stamford Bridge proved too hard to resist.


"It was important for me, and for Newcastle, to get my future sorted and now we can move on. Now they have the whole month to buy someone and, for me as well, the sooner the better. Now I am here I just need to get settled in. When the club who won the Champions League wants you, the decision-making is very easy. This club is massive and that's something that helped the decision a lot. It was not a hard one," said Demba Ba after completing his mega money move to the Bridge.