EskWeston

One of lifes simple rules:If you move to Liverpool, expect to be burgled.......It is an exact science, much like Gravity.....

I thought this deal was in place with Jose as well??

Chelsea and Manchester City are in a cheque book war for Nicolas Anelka - but they will have to fork out £30million to sign the France striker.Anelka will leave Bolton if the bidding reaches £15m in the January transfer window and insiders say he is also looking for a contract until 2011 and £4million a year in wages.It is a huge bill that is being considered by both Avram Grant and Sven Goran Eriksson, who head the list of Anelka's many admirers, with the wages being unofficially passed on by agents to the interested clubs.Chelsea may have a slight edge as they can throw players into the deal, but Eriksson would love Anelka back at City and has pushed him to the top of his shopping list.Source: Mirror

Italian agent Sabatino Durante has questioned the wisdom of Chelsea's pursuit of Corinthians teenage midfielder Lulinha.Durante, in Brazil on behalf of an unnamed big Italian club, told Tuttomercatoweb: "I can only give a technical opinion and he is physically very small and does not have a clear role. It's difficult to determine whether he is a winger or a central midfielder. "Yet, Chelsea seem to be interested in him. Apart from the fact he cannot play in England as he does not have a European passport and is not a senior international, his agent seems to be a great salesman."Source: Tribal Football

Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido won't shut the door on Chelsea trying again for star fullback Daniel Alves. Blues owner Roman Abramovich is expected to make a new approach for the Brazil international after being priced out of a deal in the final week of the summer market. Del Nido said: "We are open to everything. I am not going to consider an auction, but if a crazy offer arrives, we will study it. "For now, there's been no offers for our players." Source: Tribal Football

Yes, of course it is The Drogba stories are not going to go away unfortunately though....

Ahhhhh, still i don't see what this has to do with his future!

Well if thats the case it would be frigging ludicrous......

I'm not sure they are saying we are going to spend £30m on him, i thought they were saying that us and Arsenal had £30 available to spend..

Weird, i thought the Olympics football was U23's or something like that. Last time i checked Didier wasn't under 23....

Oh well, thats great isn't it. This ACN time is going to be a real pain in the backside for us, 2 first class midfielders and 2 first class forwards mising from action for a very long time.

Looking at the team, Frank is the most likely player to score. But i wouldn't want to put that sort of pressure on him. Frank's quality will be there and he will no doubt have an excellant game.

It will be good to have him back. After being out for such a long time it is going to take a very long while for him to get a fitness level anywhere near match fitness. I think December is realistic and the sooner we can get our players back the better.

No sign of FB yet, don't think anyone has been able to contact him. As for the SLU, i am hoping we get the old database carried over or i am f**ked

Who are you????

Yeah i noticed that, although I think that is a special privellage, virtually all the games are closed to the public, a few they have opened up but very rarely.

Really? thats excellant. To get him to do a bit would be great, he is doing really now in the reserves as well. I post as much info for the reserves and youth team as i can.

Youth team games not open to the public, highlights shown on CTV is about as much as you are gonna get along with the official page write up.....

The only thing is i can't gurantee how fast i could do it, i watch all the reserve games but usually the day after, is that OK with you?

I pretty much did that before and will continue to do so if you want....

one thing is for sure, if JT feels he is fit to play then he will.....

Love this line: "I think that if Chelsea did buy me now, I would have to go to the store and buy many blue trousers to sit on the bench with!"

Players always need time to adapt, but i think you can't continue to persevere with him when Kalou has been in good form and isn't getting a game.

Would be typical of him if he did play, and equally typical if he does himself more damage.....

There is no way that he will go beyond 2009 with us. He has been fantastic for us but his time is comming to an end now.