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Less than that apparently. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1006386/redknapp:-demba-ba-available-for-less-than-L7m?cc=4716

I remember 'Arry revealed that Ba has got a release clause in his contract of just 5m.

It was Mark Clattenburg. Any surprises?

No thanks. He's already 29 and is on astronomical wages of 250K p/w at Man City. As KOF pointed out, we need younger players in our squad and getting a DM should be the least of our priorities now. And who could forget this behavior from Toure... Scumbag!

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2774027,00.html Arnesen gives his views on Bayern ahead of Saturday.

Good points there but it's also important to keep Robben & Ribery quiet out on the flanks. Jose did a good job with Inter in the final two years ago in nullifying them as those two are more than capable of winning games on their own.

We could still make a late decision to register Hutchinson in if needed.

Hulk and Meireles in one team... Imagine the preposterous haircuts they will have together!

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/7759154/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Cahill has said he will make it.

One thing good about Hulk is he can sure blast in a free kick like Alex does and possibly, hit it even better.

http://www.weaintgotnohistory.com/2012/5/15/3021398/updates-on-bayern-munchen Updates on the Bayern Munich team.

http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/ucl/2012/E/E_2007692_pk.pdf Scroll down to Page 12 and see our full CL squad list.

WHS has already posted the rules and some of the younger lads are already registered in the B-List.

But those fellas that run English football are too afraid to change things.

Neil Barnet did say that there are only 18 A-registered players available(including Malouda) and that means it will just nice for the starting XI and bench on Saturday. IF somebody misses it(touch wood), then RDM will just put the youngsters from the B-List into the matchday squad. And no. Josh is not registered and can't see him making it either.

@ robdog: Nope, not yet as that is the latest Blues News Headlines posted by the club just awhile ago. And signs are looking good with Cahill & Luiz. Hopefully, Malouda can make it too.

AVB suggested that months ago about having the reserve teams playing in a competitive league like they do in Spain but got slated for trying to change the tradition and structure of English football.

Erm, no. RDM has said he would put youngsters on the bench IF the worst case scenario happens. A weak bench but it will be a full bench.

No but that is just f**king pathetic too. Scored nearly 70 goals more than Gerrard and has won 3 PL titles but Gerrard got into the 20 PL seasons Fantasy Teams and not Lampard!

A little bit of stats comparison this season in all competitions: Mata/Silva Goals: 12/8 Assists: 19/19 Mata has done even better than Silva in those 2 departments when the latter scored just 6 & assisted 13 his first season in England last year. Despite that, Mata has hardly got a mention by the media while Silva was widely praised this season especially when you consider Mata plays in a worse team than Silva at Man City.

And goodness knows what is with the ponytail.

Had Ivanovic not argued with the referee or Terry not being stupid at the Nou Camp & got suspended, we wouldn't be sitting down here and talking about Alex, Anelka etc...

On Sunday... Hazard: To Manchester? No. I said London. I'll be wearing blue in London next season.