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Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck has revealed that the club will be splashing the cash once again this summer as they look to mount a more successful challenge for silverware next season. Although Buck anticipates that any moves will be funded by player sales, he also intimated that owner Roman Abramovich was perfectly prepared to dip into his massive fortune in order to bring in any especially coveted targets. "We expect three or four players to leave and three or four players to come in," Buck told Sky Sports. "We would like to fund those purchases with the transfer fees we receive but, having said that, if the right player comes along, even if he's an expensive player, Roman is willing to do whatever makes sense for Chelsea Football Club. "So we'll all just have to see how the summer progresses and see what the club looks like when training starts in early July." Current temporary Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink will depart the club after tomorrow's FA Cup final against Everton, but Buck insists that a replacement will be on his way very shortly. "When Guus came here in February the board knew it was only a temporary assignment. No one believed us but we knew then and we know now that it was only a temporary assignment," he continued. "So at that moment we started the process of thinking about who our next manager would be. "We've done our homework and we would hope that quite probably, sooner rather than later, we will announce the manager for next season and beyond. "We're looking for the kind of person that can win trophies for Chelsea Football Club in an entertaining way year after year after year." http://goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/05/...of-big-spending

Cristiano Ronaldo has opined that Barcelona did not deserve to beat Chelsea in the semi-finals of the Champions League. His comments come in the wake of Manchester United's 2-0 final defeat to the Spanish side in Rome. Ronaldo told Portuguese television channel RTP that he does not think his team should have had Barcelona to contend with in the first place. "I have the experience already to endure all the pressure. It is always bad to lose, whether against Chelsea or Barcelona, who had some luck, as they did not deserve to win the semi-final against Chelsea." The Portuguese star did go on to say, however, that "it is important to give credit to Barcelona" and admitted that "everything was bad" from United's point of view. With regards to his battle with Lionel Messi, which was built up by the media beforehand, he said that he was neither "pressured [nor] disturbed". Nevertheless, the Argentine came off the better of the two players, as he scored the second goal in the match to give his side a crucial buffer. It is the first time that a Spanish side has won the treble, and the third time that Barca have lifted the European Cup. Whats done is done and Chelsea have to move on, but I thought it was interesting that Ronaldo said that the day after the final.

David Beckham on brink of returning to English league with Chelsea EXCLUSIVE by Paul Smith Carlo Ancelotti's audacious bid to steal Beckham away from AC Milan and LA Galaxy. David Beckham is set to join Chelsea as part of Carlo Ancelotti's blueprint for the club. The Italian coach will make an audacious attempt to hijack Beckham's return loan deal to AC Milan and bring him back to the Premier League in the January transfer window. Milan are expected to announce tomorrow that Ancelotti is leaving, paving the way for him to succeed Guus Hiddink at Stamford Bridge this summer. Ancelotti was the driving force behind Becks' loan move to Milan in January and a source close to the coach last night confirmed: "The first thing Carlo will do is try to negotiate a deal to take Beckham with him."There has been a lot of talk about various players, including Kaka, following him to Chelsea but he is confident he can sort out a deal to take Beckham on loan from LA Galaxy." [email protected]

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