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I would of thought he requested Demichelis.

From Stamfordthelion twitter: Hope its not a bad one, cant afford to have another striker out.

Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk has named only one member of his World Cup squad for next month's friendly against Ukraine. Reserve goalkeeper Michel Vorm was the only player included who was in the Dutch squad which reached the final of the tournament in South Africa, as Van Marwijk looks ahead to the team's Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. "I don't want to use them (World Cup squad members) unecessarily at this stage," he said in a statement on Wednesday. "Our opponent knows we'll come with a young group but for me it's an opportunity to keep an eye on these young players before the upcoming Euro qualifiers," the 58-year-old added. Roy Beerens, Jeffrey Bruma, Siem de Jong, Erik Pieters, Ronnie Stam and Ricky van Wolfswinkel could make their international debuts against Ukraine in Kiev on Aug. 11. Netherlands begin their Euro 2012 Group E qualifying campaign away to San Marino on Sept. 3. The 1988 European champions are also grouped with Sweden, Finland, Hungary and Moldova. Squad: Michel Vorm (Utrecht), Vurnon Anita (Ajax ), Otman Bakkal (PSV Eindhoven), Roy Beerens (Heerenveen), Wout Brama (Twente Enschede), Jeffrey Bruma (Chelsea), Urby Emanuelson (Ajax), Orlando Engelaar (PSV Eindhoven), Theo Janssen (Twente Enschede), Siem de Jong (Ajax) Jeremain Lens (PSV Eindhoven), Glenn Loovens (Celtic), David Mendes da Silva (Salzburg), Erik Pieters (PSV Eindhoven), Ronnie Stam (Twente Enschede), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord), Piet Velthuizen (Vitesse Arnhem), Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Utrecht). Admittedly the whole squad seems to have been rested but still glad to see he's in the 'second string' of the world cup finalists at his age.

MAURI JOINS COACHING TEAM Posted on: Wed 28 Jul 2010Chelsea Football Club welcomes Giovanni Mauri as an addition to our first-team technical staff. A fitness coach, the Italian has previously worked with Carlo Ancelotti at two Serie A clubs and has also coached with teams in Switzerland. He will augment Chelsea's existing staff. 'Giovanni worked for me for two years at Parma and eight years at Milan,' explains Ancelotti, 'and he has a lot of experience because he hasn't worked just with football teams, he has also worked with cycling teams. 'He has very important experience and he will be a support to [first-team fitness coach] Glen Driscoll and [head of sports science] Nick Broad in the physical training.' Mauri brings with him 25 years' worth of experience of working in professional sport. Source: Official Chelsea Website

Bernard?

Hodgson saying on SS that he expects him to stay.

Cant imagine Woy ever using the term 'beef'.

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Totally agree with all that. Got all the ingredients, just needs to sort out the bit between his ears, which will hopefully come with age. But physique and technique-wise, he's excellent already.

Translation from some Brazilian website: link Seems to think that it could take just €5m more.

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NO VUVUZELAS AT STAMFORD BRIDGE Posted on: Thu 22 Jul 2010Chelsea Football Club can confirm that vuvuzelas will not be permitted inside or around Stamford Bridge. The decision has been made to ensure the continued enjoyment and safety of fans following consultation with the club's stakeholders, including fans' representatives who showed strong support for a ban. link

We said we didnt need another striker at the weekend before putting in a bid for Neymar.

Exactly. Them and the Mail are always on the bandwagon with anything anti-chels.

Hoping for a big season from him.

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Reckon the scousers will lap that up.

From the Mail. :ballack:

Bloody hell.

Santos' official site saying they've rejected a bid from us. Link

If you go to the link, the list order has changed. Top 5 now reads; 1. Mesut Ozil (Werder Brema) 2. Edin Dżeko (VfL Wolfsburg) 3. Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moskwa) 4. Gervinho (Lille OSC) 5. Javier Hernandez (Manchester United) Strange.