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Barcelona are making Ronaldinho available ahead of the January market, it has been revealed. Chelsea and AC Milan are on red alert after Gazzetta dello Sport declared that Barca are prepared to cash in on Ronaldinho - and as early as the winter transfer window. Barca directors know that Ronaldinho's asking price is continuing to fall as he struggles to recapture his best form and are ready to sell him now before his valuation drops further. Source: Tribal Football

Chelsea's spending power is set to clinch the signature of Dinamo Zagreb star Luka Modric ahead of Arsenal. Nogometni magazin says Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has agreed to meet Dinamo's £16 million asking price for Modric, with the Croatia international arriving at Stamford Bridge in January. Italian clubs AC Milan and Juventus have already been informed of the developments after having scouts posted at Wembley last week to watch Modric in action against England. Chelsea boss Avram Grant sees Modric as the midfield schemer he needs to transform the team's style of play and along with checking on Modric last week, he also travelled to Skopje to watch the midfielder against Macedonia last weekend. Nothing has been confirmed, but it's understood barring a mega offer arriving from elsewhere, Modric will join Chelsea when the market reopens in January.Source: Tribal Football

Thats some good work you have done there. Where did you get your U16's info from?

exactly. To be honest us even discussing playing for a draw against Rosenborg is a bit crazy, we should be able to go there and turn them over.

He is African isn't he??If he is then you can forget about us signing him....

Yes Sidwell is not exactly a bad player. But when you look at the quality of our midfield (Lampard, Ballack, Essien, Mikel & Makelele) and you look at the sort of player we are looking to bring in, then Sidwell will at some point have to make way i think.

We should certainly win this game. Rosenborg have done well but there is no getting away from the fact that we should be able to see them off. The weather is going to play a big part, lots of snow over there which may make things a lot harder for us.

The point is that our midfield is missing a certain TYPE of player, we need the creative edge in our midfield to work alongside the defensive minded player (Makelele, Mikel, Essien) and the box to box midfielder (Lampard, Essien, Ballack, Sidwell).Long term i would think Sidwell will leave and attacking playmaker will come in.

Indeed, tapping into the South American market is something we should be looking to do, it isn't easy but i think the club are looking at that and finding a way to work it, until a player comes from there and makes an impact for us it will be hard.Africa is producing some fantastic talent at the moment, but we will not sign another African player at the moment because we cannot afford to lose more than 4 during the ACN...

As none of us are privvy to the contract offers of the club so i doubt any light will be shed on it. The same could be said for the crappy rag that printed the story you are refering to, which means it is probably rubbish..

F**king Gooners are the thickest fans in the country, they will berate Ashley for asking for more money but will conveiniently forget the fact that the swap deal with Cole and Gallas nearly fell through because the French twat was asking for a higher wage....

What is the source of this Chelsea hating tripe???We are certainly on the reveiving end of dodgy refs at the moment, severly punished for nothing incidents and missing out on key ones against us.

Yeah that would be great...

Well IF we have made a bid it will be interesting to see if we go back with a higher offer.

It is rather shocking how many "sorrys" we have had from the media lately......... They really shouldn't be able to get away with printing such blatant lies.

Chelsea Football Club today received the following correction from The Sun following a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission. Under the headline "Chelsea JOB", the newspaper said: On September 26 following comments by former Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello, we reported Marco Van Basten had been offered the Chelsea manager's job. We now understand and accept this was not the case and are happy to make this clear.Source: Chelsea FC

Ah, the Lampard roumers, havn't had one of them for a while, i guess it was time for another...

Never heard of him....

Yup he looked a tidy little player, there is no way we should be anything over £15m for him though otherwise it will just not be worth it.

Maybe, but he isn't fit enough and that is why he isn't training.

The Anelka story refuses to go away. Most papers today saying we are going to sign him in the January window.I would prefer us to show a bit of ambition and go for someone better than Anelka, but we will have to wait and see what happens i gues..

It is a very good thing that he will not be rushed back for this game, and we can allow him more rest too with Derby and Rosenborg our next 2 games. A fully fit and working JT is what we need....

Another problem Sheva is facing is that he is not suited to the 4-3-3 formation really. He needs to get a few games and a few sub appearances would be a good start, but you would think he would get a run out against Derby..

No doubt vastly re-worked from what actually happened, if indeed anything happened at all....

In view of what we have heard about the extra training Sheva is getting i would think that they are waiting until he is fully ready before bringing him back into the team. I would give him a go now and see what the difference is and then asses it again.