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JOSE MOURINHO has been rebuilding his relationship with Roman Abramovich. Former Chelsea manager Mourinho and the club owner have shared cosy chats at least three times in the last six weeks. The news comes just 24 hours after the Special One's successor, Avram Grant, was summoned to Stamford Bridge for crunch talks with chief executive Peter Kenyon. Ex-Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard remains favourite to take over, while Mourinho is expected to join Inter Milan. However, a senior club source revealed: "After Jose left, it took a while before he and Roman spoke. But they did and it was amicable. "It has become much more frequent and friendly over the last few weeks and it looks like bridges are being rebuilt. "Other directors have also talked to Jose and the bad blood from before has disappeared." One senior official has confirmed the prospect of Mourinho returning HAS been discussed. But it is more realistic the ex-Porto chief will go back to Chelsea after the NEXT manager has served his term. Meanwhile, Grant is negotiating his pay-off from the club, which is in the region of £5million. The Israeli had three years of his £2.4m-a-year deal to run and has decided he wants to find another manager's job rather than go back to being Blues director of football. He has said thank you and goodbye to players over the last two days. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport...icle1202378.ece P.S. look what happen with redknapp and mandaric so it could happen :thumbsup:

Chelsea are lining up a sensational £28million bid for Brazil star Robinho. The Real Madrid striker's agent Wagner Ribeiro claims he met Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon yesterday to talk about the move. He said: "I met Peter Kenyon in London on Thursday. "He told me that they were considering making an offer of £28m for Robinho. "We did not talk about wages or the length of the contract." Robinho, 24, also confirmed there was firm interest from the Blues. He said: "What could happen is that I could go to Chelsea, as I have an offer from them. "Milan are also interested in me." Robinho has just enjoyed his best season in a Madrid shirt since joining in 2005. Last week claimed he had no interest in leaving Spain but a big-money switch to London may tempt him to change change his mind. Chelsea have already splashed out £16.2m on Porto right-back this summer as they look to make up for their trophyless season. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport...icle1202392.ece

Check out this hat trick, the boy looks superb.

Mario Gomez i like the look of him he is a good target man and he would be a cheap option for Chelsea and he is young too. so what do you things lads

According to reports in Spain, Chelsea plan to offer a massive €35million for the Brazilian whiz Robinho. Real Madrid have previously stated that the 24-year-old is not for sale, but Chelsea are hoping they will reconsider when presented with this offer. Spanish newspapar Marca reports that Arsenal and Manchester United could join the race for the Brazil international, should the Spanish champions consider Chelsea’s offer. During a radio interview, Madrid coach, Bernd Schuster, denied that Madrid had any desire of selling Robinho or midfielder Diarra, who also have been rumoured to leave the club this summer. “They are two important players for us. Why would we want them to leave?,” he said. Finally, Marca also states that Robinho might be used later as a bargaining chip to lure Ronaldo away from Manchester United at some stage, and is therefore considered a vital component to make that deal happen. http://www.soccernews.com/Chelsea-set-sigh...and-robinho/2201/

Chelsea's out-on-loan defender Alcides will return to Stamford Bridge from link club PSV Eindhoven this summer... The Dutch side, who have an ongoing partnership with Chelsea, have decided not to renew an option to extend his loan deal, which means that the player's future now lies in the hands of manager Avram Grant. Alcides had played an important role this season, featuring in 30 games for PSV in all competitions, scoring two goals. It had been widely expected that the player would remain in the Netherlands for at least one more season. The 23-year-old, who is eligible to play international football for both Portugal and Brazil, was at the Philips Stadium in a similar agreement to that which saw Alex spend an additional season with PSV after signing in London, before beginning his Chelsea career this season. Alcides had played with the reigning Eredivisie champions for over a year, but will now report for pre-season training at Stamford Bridge in early July. After initially joining Chelsea in 2004, Alcides was sent out on loan straight away, enjoying two impressive years at Benfica before moving to Holland. Alcides had played for Vitoria and Santos in Brazil before signing for Chelsea, but with Branislav Ivanovic signed in January for £9 million, future prospects of first-team football at the Bridge look bleak at the present time.

Giovani Dos Santos has told Barcelona that if he leaves the club then it will be on a permanent basis, after rumours circulated that they have suggested a loan deal. The Mexican youngster has refused to even discuss the possibility of spending a year gaining experience elsewhere and insisted that if the Blaugrana want him out, then it will be for good. Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City have all been linked with the services of Dos Santos, with his agent doing his best to persuade Barca that the high level of interest should mean more money for his client. If the Catalan outfit refuse to budge and insist that they want the player to play regularly at another club and then return to Camp Nou, Dos Santos will seek a permanent move. "If I leave, it will be forever," Dos Santos told reporters. "I am someone who believes that if you close a chapter at one place then you cannot go back. "All I want to do is succeed, whether that be at Barca or at another club." http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11668_3588053,00.html

FLORENT MALOUDA insists he will become a hit at Chelsea - if Avram Grant lets him. The French ace joined the Blues last summer for £13.5million and is yet to shine for the Stamford Bridge club. Malouda made just 16 starts this season but blames boss Grant for his poor form. The ex-Lyon star, 27, said: "My lack of games is not down to me. It's the coach's choice. "All I can do is keep trying hard to be ready if selected. "I've never doubted my ability or whether I could make my mark in this league. "I've been a starter more regularly in Europe and I'd look back at this year as a success if I ended up winning the European Cup with this team. "I came here to win trophies and on Wednesday I have the chance to do that." http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport...icle1180840.ece

The Premier League has released the results of the Behavior of the Public Fair Play League for the 2007/2008 season and Chelsea fans have been voted the worst.During each Premier League match, delegates from the Premier League score fans based on the following criteria: (1) verbal support in acceptable form and (2) recognition of outstanding play by opponents. Club's supporters can get a maximum 10 pts per match. The top 20 best behaved clubs for the entire 07/08 season are: Fulham, 319 points, 8.40 averageNewcastle United, 313, 8.24Arsenal, 312, 8.21Portsmouth, 310, 8.16Sunderland, 308, 8.11Wigan Athletic, 306, 8.05Manchester United, 305, 8.03Tottenham Hotspur, 304, 8.00West Ham United, 304, 8.00Blackburn Rovers, 304, 8.00Liverpool, 304, 8.00Derby County 303, 7.97Everton, 303, 7.87Manchester City, 299, 7.87Reading, 297, 7.82Middlesbrough, 296, 7.79Bolton Wanderers, 295, 7.76Birmingham City, 294, 7.74Aston Villa, 290, 7.63Chelsea, 285, 7.50 Watching Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge this season, you can always see how confrontational they are especially when opposing teams take corners in front of the Matthew Harding Stand. The supporters have also been quite vocal in their abuse of even their own manager this season, Avram Grant. Fulham, meanwhile, came in first place. While their supporters are very sporting, the noise level at Craven Cottage is barely audible at times and it's usually the away supporters that are more vocal. http://www.epltalk.com/Chelsea-fans-voted-worst-behaved/2117

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Shaun Wright-Phillips insists he will remain at Chelsea, despite being linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge. The England international has struggled to establish himself under Avram Grant, making just three Premier League starts since January. Wright-Phillips is likely to miss out on Wednesday's UEFA Champions League final against Manchester United with Florent Malouda, Joe Cole and Salomon Kalou all ahead of him in Grant's pecking order. The likes of Manchester City, Newcastle and Aston Villa are thought to be monitoring Wright-Phillips' situation, but the 26-year-old says he has no plans to move on. "I will definitely be at Chelsea next season," said Wright-Phillips. Speculation "Speculation has been like this since I was at Manchester City. "It was going on for seven years before I left. "Then I came to Chelsea and speculation has been going on for my whole time here and I have still not left. "I have signed a contract (until summer 2010) and I'm here to see it out."

the most overrated player in the english league

just watched Giovanni dos Santos this kid is brilliant just hope Chelsea buys him. he scored a hat-trick and what a hat-trick or Ribery he is ripping the german league a part

Michel Platini has two messages to impart to the all-conquering English as Chelsea and Manchester United prepare for the season's final collision in Moscow. One is to the fans: the Uefa president trusts that, having been afforded the privilege of using their match tickets as visas, they will create a carnival atmosphere (to which they might reply that being made to trudge to Russia is provocation enough to sulk) The other is infinitely more significant and welcome. Platini is determined to do something about the economic jungle that, while allowing England's top clubs to build the most glamorous and successful squads in Europe, leaves our game vulnerable to opportunist owners from abroad. When Platini spoke to me in Manchester last week, he was at pains to stress there was nothing anti-English in the long campaign he envisaged against debt, an enemy of footballing fairness once described by the former Uefa chief executive Lars-Christer Olsson as "economic doping". And in truth Platini would be doing the English football community a massive favour if his attempts to clip the wings of the foreigners who have found it such succulent prey - for example Roman Abramovich, who could bankrupt Chelsea by withdrawing a mere fraction of his investment, and the Glazers with their wad of largely borrowed dollars at United - are given the political support they need from both football federations and governments across Europe. More and more, debt can be seen as one of football's worst influences. It creeps up while our eyes are closed, as I was reminded a few years ago after Dundee, the club dearest to my heart, reached the Scottish League Cup final. We had players such as Claudio Caniggia, the Argentine World Cup finalist, whose wages an average home attendance of about 4,000 clearly could not pay. Later the club nearly folded and, though relegation ensued, it was far less shameful than the realisation that our trip to Hampden Park had been fraudulent in the sense that Dundee had got there by overcoming rivals whose books were balanced. The reflection that Rangers, who beat us, were even deeper in debt seemed irrelevant. That season no longer lives in the memory because, in effect, we cheated. Platini, asked if the word could be used in the context of today's English dominance (not wholly unprecedented, for less than a decade ago Real Madrid were scaling Europe's heights on borrowed money) puffed his cheeks and replied that it might be a little strong. "There have always been some clubs, and some countries, with more money at their disposal than others," he said, "and I have no problem with that. The problem occurs when the clubs who run up huge debts always win - and that we must stop. Some clubs, and some leagues, have asked us to. We are preparing a plan that will encourage clubs to reduce their debts and give us clear, clean competition." The initiative to which he referred can be assumed to have come from countries such as France, which Platini most gloriously represented in the European Championship of 1984, and Germany, which also has strict rules against debt; it is understood that Bayern Munich's Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, against whom Platini played at the game's highest levels, has complained that his club, four times European champions, now feel they are fighting rivals from England, and to an extent Spain and Italy, with one hand tied behind their back. The issue was aired in Manchester at a meeting of Uefa's Professional Football Strategy Council, a body bringing together clubs, leagues, federations and players which was Platini's brainchild when he took over from Lennart Johansson last year. Club Value(£m) Debt(£m) Man United 919 551 Real Madrid 656 177 Arsenal 612 263 Liverpool 536 348 Bayern Munich 468 0 AC Milan 407 0 Barcelona 400 28 Chelsea 390 0 Juventus 260 13 Schalke 240 115 If the strategy council resolves to eradicate debt, Uefa's executive committee will endorse it and only clubs with balanced books will be licensed to play in the European competitions. It is difficult to imagine any sensible criteria which - if we hypothetically apply them to the here and now - would not oblige Abramovich to write off at least £500 million of his fortune and the Glazers to repay the American banks. So there are going to be some interesting discussions with the Premier League. Each of the top four has a debt that would have been inconceivable even in 1992, when it began. If you add them together, you have a figure well over £1 billion - equivalent to at least two years' television revenue for all 20 clubs. Arsenal, to their credit, are the odd man out in that Arsene Wenger balances the footballing books and their debt is entirely related to the new stadium; Liverpool, like United once-exemplary, are also now owned by Americans and heavily in debt to banks. Yet the strength of their squads obliges others to spend in an effort to keep up. Even Newcastle, owned by the extremely rich Mike Ashley, struggle to compete, as Kevin Keegan's anguished cries the other day emphasised. It is no way to run a league and Platini said: "My concern is for football's image. I have to defend the values of the game against a relatively small number of people whose philosophy I do not share.

Chelsea have set their sights on Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini to succeed Avram Grant, who will be asked to move upstairs to resume his role as director of football next season. Mancini, 43, who will win his third straight Serie A title today if Inter beat Parma, has emerged as favourite to take over at Stamford Bridge ahead of Frank Rijkaard, who has left Barcelona. Mancini is regarded as having the right profile for Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, being young but experienced and a serious yet charismatic coach. For all Grant's success in steering the club to their first Champions League final, against Manchester United in Moscow on Wednesday, Abramovich wants to reclaim the Premier League title from United. News of the Mancini link has emerged at an awkward time for Grant as he prepares for Wednesday's game, which will be the biggest in Chelsea's history and probably his last as firstteam manager. The Israeli remains well-liked by Abramovich, who wants to keep him within the organisation. Mancini tried to resign from Inter after his side were eliminated from the Champions League by Liverpool earlier this season but he was persuaded to stay on by club president Massimo Moratti. However, Moratti is believed to have lined up the former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho for next season and, with Mancini's agents alerting the football world to his availability, a well-placed source says Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon has been in contact. The former Italy international striker would come with the seal of approval of Sven Goran Eriksson, who recommended players to Abramovich when the Russian first took over at Chelsea and was once lined up to be manager himself. Eriksson is a great admirer of Mancini, whom he coached at Sampdoria and Lazio before encouraging then Leicester boss Peter Taylor to sign him in 2001 at the end of his playing career.

scored a brilliant hat-trick for barcelona what a player!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shaun Wright-Phillips has told Setanta Sports News that he remains committed to Chelsea despite his continued lack of first-team action. Wright-Phillips looked to have enjoyed somewhat of a breakthrough at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season when he found himself to be a frequent fixture in Avram Grant’s plans. However, his opportunities to impress have been far more limited since the turn of the year, prompting continued reports that he is surplus to requirements. Former club Manchester City are amongst the clubs reputedly sniffing around the England winger, but he is adamant that he is going nowhere. “Ye I’m here to see what I came to Chelsea to do in the first place,” he told Setanta Sports News. “I have no intention of leaving and I haven’t had since I started.”

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Ricardo Carvalho expects the Chelsea team to break up after next week's Champions League Final. Carvalho, who is a target for both Milan clubs, is among a number of first-team players considering their futures. Up to eight of the squad will be leaving in the summer and Carvalho's name has been added to a potential exit list that includes Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, Wayne Bridge and Juliano Belletti. Carvalho said: "You have to be prepared for the team to change after the final because people go, people stay and people come in. I don't know yet if I'm staying. I have a contract." The Chelsea players' Player of the Year for the second season running was signed by Jose Mourinho from his old club Porto in 2004, when several players were sold after the Portuguese club won the Champions League Final against Monaco. Carvalho could make his final appearance for the club against Manchester United in Moscow after recovering from a back injury that ruled him out of the last game of the League season. He said: "Nobody was expecting Porto to win the Champions League. Now everyone says Chelsea have to win it. We have big players here. "Everyone has known each other here for a long time and we enjoy each other's company. We have to try to win this last game. We didn't win the Premier League so we have to get a medal." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=566666&in_page_id=1779&ito=newsnow

Barcelona star Lionel Messi admits he's proud of interest arriving from Chelsea. The Argie whiz is a big money target for Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and said: "I'm very happy in Barcelona and if it is true what they're saying, the truth is that the only thing I can say is thank-you to Chelsea. When such an important club is interested in me, it gives me great pride." tribalfooball.com

"He came over from the Ivory Coast, Kalou, Kalou, he don't do coke like Adrian Mutu, Mutu In front of the Kop from the left, he put the ball on Riise's head, Thats why we love Saloman Kalou "

thats true

1) Monday, 14 April 2008 Chelsea 1-1 Wigan Heskey's last gasp winner was a killer blow. With an extra two points Manchester United might well have buckled under the pressure. Points lost: 2 2) Wednesday, 19 March 2008 Tottenham 4-4 Chelsea A bizarre game and another goal in the death, this time from Keane. To be fair this wouldn't have made the list, if Chelsea hadn't of had so many chances to take all three points. Points lost: 2 3) Wednesday, 26 December 2007 Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa Boxing day always provides silly results and this one was a shocker. Ballack seemed to have snatched all three points with an 88th minute strike. One Gary Barry penalty later it was a devastating 4-4. Points lost: 2 4) Sunday, 11 November 2007 Chelsea 1-1 Everton Yet another 90th minute goal. Everton probably deserved their Cahill equaliser, but it could so easily have been three points. Points lost: 2 5) Saturday, 15 September 2007 Chelsea 0-0 Blackburn Jose's men weren't facing Blackburn in their good phase. Savage was still playing here! A missed opportunity and a nail in Mourinho's coffin. Points lost: 2 6) Sunday, 02 September 2007 Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea All too easy for Villa. A result that would have been very different if Chelsea hadn't of still been on their summer holidays. Points lost: 3 Total points lost: 13!

i hope its Quaresma to replace malouda and swp what you think lads who's next

Lets hope your right mate because Miguel is a brilliant player!!!