the wes 7,211 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Chelsea will open contract negotiations with Salomon Kalou in the next few days to keep him out of Jose Mourinho's clutches.The Ivory Coast forward, whose deal expires next summer, currentlyearns around £30,000 a week, but Chelsea are prepared to pay him doublethat. The international transfer ban imposed on the club hashastened matters and now, with Inter Milan expressing an interest, ithas been decided to move on with talks. Mourinho is interestedin the 24-year-old he signed three years ago from Feyenoord for£3.5million and is prepared to offer a £50,000-a-week deal. Itis understood that the Inter coach wanted to offer a pre-contractagreement that would have secured Kalou to the San Siro as early as thenew year. Talks are expected to open next week with Kalou'srepresentatives, who are hoping to tie up a contract of more than £3m ayear for a player who has a one-in-three goalscoring ratio. Butby bringing forward discussions, it is clear that Chelsea have everyintention of continuing their recent policy of tying their prizedassets to long-term deals. In recent months, Ashley Cole andJohn Terry, among others, have benefited from improved contracts. Kalouis now set to profit as the club guard against the possibility oflosing their appeal against a worldwide transfer ban. However,Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti insists he has 'no doubts' he can leadChelsea to glory this season despite FIFA's penalty. Chelseaplan to appeal the decision to prevent them signing any players for thenext two transfer windows after they were found guilty of inducing GaelKakuta to break his contract with French side RC Lens.ClaimingFIFA's hardline stance will have little effect on Chelsea's chancesthis season, Ancelotti said: 'I don't have any doubts. The transferembargo is not a problem because we have a very good team and very goodplayers, but in the future we'll have to wait and see. Now, it is not aproblem. We'll see. I'm sure FIFA can change this decision. 'Itdoesn't make my job more difficult. At the moment, my job is verysimple: to train. In the team I have a very good mentality andattitude. For me, it's not difficult now.' Ancelotti revealed hewas unaware of the potential for FIFA sanctions before he took the joband admitted his 'surprise' at learning of the ban. 'I saw it onthe internet,' said the Chelsea manager. 'I was surprised, but lifegoes on. I didn't know the situation, but it finished there. Onlysurprise. Now I have to think about my job and about my players.'I haven't spoken to Roman Abramovich about it, but it's not necessaryfor me to do that. I don't have to speak to Roman about this.' Chelseavisit Stoke this afternoon before beginning their Champions Leaguecampaign at home to Porto on Tuesday. Then fellow leaguepace-setters Tottenham come to Stamford Bridge and Ancelotti admittedhis side are entering a crucial period of their campaign. Hesaid: 'Next week the Champions League starts. We start again in thePremier League and it's a very important period. But I think we're in agood situation to do very well. 'Up to October, we have a lot ofmatches - important matches in the Premier League against Spurs andLiverpool and the Champions League as well. After this period, we'llknow better how our season is going to pan out.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1212883/Keep-hands-Salomon-Kalou-Chelsea-warn-Jose-Mourinho.html#ixzz0QtC5elSL Link to post Share on other sites
BlueLion. 21,484 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Does he deserve a new contract? I'm inclined to say no; he's been quite poor so far this season. Luckily Kalou had a habit of proving me wrong. Link to post Share on other sites
Badboy 1,526 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Does he deserve a new contract? I'm inclined to say no; he's been quite poor so far this season. Luckily Kalou had a habit of proving me wrong.So we just give him away :doh::doh: Link to post Share on other sites
Elliott 7 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I'm not convinced Kalou is ever going to be anything except quite good. But if he's happy to be a bit part player then I see no harm in signing him up on another contract really. Link to post Share on other sites
carefreeluke 27 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) I wouldn't get rid of him this season we may need him to cover Drogba and Anelka if they get injured. I feel Kalou has the potential to be a regular starter for us. Edited September 21, 2009 by carefreeluke Link to post Share on other sites
Term-X 7,891 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) I wouldn't get rid of him this season we may need him to cover Drogba and Anelka if they get injured. I feel Kalou has the potential to be a regular starter for us.you sound like you should be supporting a mid-table club....kalou will never be good enough to be a first team player, only as a sub and he's not exactly getting younger. Wish we had sold him to arsenal, he makes Chelsea look inferior when we have to bring him on.. sturridge is a much bigger prospect in comparison he should get the game time kalou's been getting. Edited September 21, 2009 by Terminator X Link to post Share on other sites
TrueChelseaBlue 105 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 To Arsenal?!? Are you mad? Link to post Share on other sites
Term-X 7,891 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) kalou looks like the retarded baseball player who gets the white girl pregnant from the movie 'LIFE' with eddie murphy and the guy from big mommas house, and true to the movie his performances since joining have been average at that.anyways he's the arsenal type and it would only mean Sturridge will be able to get the game time he needs, which we will benefit from in the long term. Edited September 21, 2009 by Terminator X Link to post Share on other sites
TrueChelseaBlue 105 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Maybe so, but if we were to sell him, i really don't think it should be to Arsenal. Link to post Share on other sites
Term-X 7,891 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 arsenal are the club scolari said he rejected a bid from, which is the reason i'm saying arsenal....and forget sturridge i'd also rather give that italian kid Borini kalou's game time.kalou has had long enough to impress us. Link to post Share on other sites
TrueChelseaBlue 105 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 He gets plays wide more than his natural position as a striker.Imo, if we sold him to Arsenal, it may come back and bite us.I wouldn't sell Kalou to an English club. Link to post Share on other sites
5354 204 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 He gets plays wide more than his natural position as a striker.Imo, if we sold him to Arsenal, it may come back and bite us.I wouldn't sell Kalou to an English club.Yeah precisely...he seems to be converted to a winger now than striker. ;S Link to post Share on other sites
ZanSnake 1,211 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Kalou has always seemed to be more like a winger then a striker to me Link to post Share on other sites
TrueChelseaBlue 105 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Yeah, cos hes always been played there, whereas his natural position before he joined Chelsea, was indeed a striker. If you want the best from Kalou, don't stick him on the wing. Link to post Share on other sites
carefreeluke 27 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 you sound like you should be supporting a mid-table club....kalou will never be good enough to be a first team player, only as a sub and he's not exactly getting younger. Wish we had sold him to arsenal, he makes Chelsea look inferior when we have to bring him on.. sturridge is a much bigger prospect in comparison he should get the game time kalou's been getting.Firstly, his only 24. He still has time to improve as a player and with some work could become a regular starter for us in a few seasons time.I don't think he has been in the best of form this season but why the hell does he make Chelsea look inferior when he comes on? When he has came on in previous seasons he has at times changed the game for us. With his pace we have looked more threatening going forward and more likely to score. His unfortunate as well he will start one game and know he may be dropped for the next which is never good for a striker. With some work and if he played on a more consistent bases he could improve dramatically.Anyway why.... would you sell him to Arsenal? It's the worse team he could possibly go too. Link to post Share on other sites
CFC 0 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 YES GET RID OF HIM, WE CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN HIM! Link to post Share on other sites
Laylabelle 8,799 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Like said he's only 24.Time to improve.And with the transfer ban we need to hold onto as many players as we can injury and all that jazz.He aint been that great so far but it aint far into the season.He can be hit and miss yeh but he has some pretty good performances so hopfully he can go that way Link to post Share on other sites
Kez 2,727 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 YES GET RID OF HIM, WE CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN HIM!Well at the moment we can't, we can't afford to let any players go. Link to post Share on other sites
Elliott 7 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Kez has it. At the moment, Kalou is a useful option even though he is not a top player. He's a frustrating player because sometimes he does seem really good things and other times he gets it all wrong. Reminds me of Jesper Grønkjær in that respect.Keep him, but make sure we give Sturridge and Borini more playing time. Link to post Share on other sites
ChelseaChick 430 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 We definitely need to keep him! I love kalou he just needs to get his confidence back..some people are very harsh when it comes to him. I dont think its fair... Link to post Share on other sites
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