The guy's agent is Ioan Becali, world's biggest scumbag. And guess who's running Chiriches's club, Steaua Bucharest? Becali's cousin, of course. They've been using this strategy for years. Everytime Steaua or Becali has a promising young player under contract, they use their media connections in order to claim that he's wanted by Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Milan and so on. They did it with players such as Mirel Radoi (supposedly wanted by Inter Milano and Real Madrid. He ended up in Kuwait, or something), Banel Nicolita ("Wanted" by Chelsea in the past, currently playing for St. Etienne) or Marius Alexe ("Wanted" by Chelsea, but still playing for Dinamo Bucharest). Chiriches is talented, but I am 99% sure that this is pure bs and he'll end up playing for some mediocre team in France or Italy.