I love Ballack. One of my favourite players of all time. Who can forget the brace against ManUtd. Hell, no. This just means we are ace at signing players.
What I mean is that Chelsea usually have pathetic long drawn out transfers with rumours flying everywhere. Then Mata is signed in less then a week and Marin in a few days.
http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2752630,00.html We have landed a German. Go to the Marko Marin thread in the Transfers Forum for more.
He won't join Chelsea till the window opens. It happens rather regualry Clubs and players reach decisions that won't take effect till the transfer window opens. Borussia Dortmund did the exact same thing with Marco Reus. It is like a pre-agreement. Holy shit! WHEN THE HELL DID CHELSEA BECOME GOOD WITH TRANSFERS? YOU BLOODY BEAUTY!
He has had a pretty bad year but in his previous two his was rather good. If you are statistic lover than you will appreciate this: http://www.whoscored.com/Players/23205/ According to Wikipedia in his first two seasons with Werder he had: 93 Appearances 12 Goals 26 Assists
If AC Milan sell Pato for a cut price in the summer Chelsea should try and sign him. I know how the world works, if he leaves AC Milan he will never be injured again and will win the Ballon D'or. It is just God's sense of humour. If he didn't get injured one million times a season who knows how good he could have been.
He was the first choice striker for a while but now Gonzalo is second choice behind Benzema. Gonzalo does score most of his goals off the substitite bench.