chrismada9

Bastards

Dude, I'm not saying Ashley is bad either, what I'm saying however, is that I just fear next season for our participation in the Champions League. I'm not sure how true this is, but rules are going to state soon that clubs will need to have at least 7 home grown players in their squad. We're going to end up with a completely foreign squad, and Platini will have to think about whether or not we should compete in the competition. I'm all up for bringing in the likes of Aguero/Silva etc. to the club, but at least bring in some English blood as well, albeit players from our youth academy... Hutchinson, Mancienne, maybe a good bid for Milner.. etc.

ok?? Cole is English, Ramos isn't!! We've already got rid of one Englishman at the club... I'm not prépared to see another one leave

Real Madrid want to conclude their summer transfer business by capturing Ashley Cole and Steven Gerrard. Real director general Jorge Valdano yesterday said they intend to bring in two more players, following the arrival of Argentina winger Angel di Maria from Benfica in a £20million deal. The Spanish giants will now step up their efforts to sign the Premier League pair following England’s exit from the World Cup and could even try to finalise deals before Mourinho starts work in earnest on July 14. Sportsmail understands that Real sent Chelsea a formal document registering their interest in Cole before the World Cup and are now set to follow up with a firm bid in the region of £25m. Real have already made an offer of £20m for Gerrard, rated at £35m. But with Liverpool saddled with debts of £472.5m, any increased offer for their skipper will be hard to resist. --------------------------------------------------- Source:- The Daily Mail --------------------------------------------------- Jesus!! Real Madrid is like a fly.... it doesn't fucking go away while it pesters you some more!! FUCK OFF MADRID!!!

haha I was thinking that nice looking kit though!!

we got Sidwell on a free let alone more expensive!

Are you sure about that??

I give up!

As I so rightfully explained earlier fucking hate Man City! Bastards

I agree! I think Ivanovic is a fantastic crosser of the ball, he enjoys getting down the flank, and he's very quick at doing that! And he performed really well for us at right back while Bos has been out.

so this means I won't be able to tune into SkySports News in my room anymore?? What a fucking joke!!!

Yeah! I think he deserves another shot at an International Championship after he was ruled out of the World Cup. He's a fantastic player, and I really hope he does well at Bayer Leverkusen! Thankyou Michael for 4 magnificent years of your service!

the best thing to do is wait... it's not even July 1st yet, Spain haven't been knocked out of the World Cup, so it's not as if anything is going to be sealed any time soon!

More of a chance that he'll go out out on loan before playing for us.

Yeah but before all that, Calderon never wanted to sell Robinho to us in the first place, so he kept twisting the saga, making tabloids look like idiots and dragging it on until deadline day. In the background, it was Robinho who was looking for a move away from Real Madrid because of a fallout with Bernd Schuster, and he mentioned how good he would play in attack for Chelsea. Suddenly, some arab comes to a random mid-table club Man City and and spends all his millions on him, because Calderon didn't want to sell to us, and Man City just simply had the money. Now he wants to leave, I wonder if he regrets joining City over us. If Chelsea was his destination, the route would have been a lot more smooth. Players always go for the money, not the pride, and that's wrong!!

Good luck to you Michael at Bayer! Wish you all the best, thanks for the 4 great years of your service!

Oh goodness how can I forget Sturridge! Sorry my bad!

I honestly don't think letting go of Kalou is a good idea. I still think he should be given another season with us to prove himself. Plus, he's the youngest of our strikers by a fair decade.

That's true, but look what happened to Robinho. He wanted to move to Chelsea but the only thing that was holding us back on a deal was Ramon Calderon's hatred of us. And just for good measure he decided to sell him to Manchester City on deadline day! At least in this situation, Valencia are in so much debt that selling their prolific players is paramount, so any bid can see us with a decent agreement. Only thing standing in our way is City's so called, "perverted greed". The point I'm getting at (and of course fearing), is that even in situations where you know a player wants to join a specific club, it might not be possible, and players have to choose the next best thing, (just like Robinho had to), if Valencia want a replacement striker because of their debt problems, then they are obviously going to head over to City. It's not like Valencia have the money to buy another one should they sell and pay off their debts. We can't provide a replacement striker for Valencia if we sign Silva. Would you want to see Anelka, Drogba or Kalou join Valencia? Of course Anelka isn't surplus to going anywhere since he's signed a contract extension. Yes, of course I'm aware that Silva wants to join us rather than City, but I do have my doubts. And as many have said on this forum... unless it's official on the Chelsea website, I don't believe anything.

Valencia say they want Roque Santa Cruz from Man City for Silva, so it's stacked against us there

most of the people have said no! to be honest I'm not surprised at that!

Well done to everyone who got awards. I'm actually honoured someone nominated me for British Member of the Year though

if we sign Özil, Aguero and Silva in one summer, I will run and skip around my local park naked!

I do hope you're right about that

sorry my bad! I was meant to say "he isn't getting any younger" bit of a mishap there