David Villa

[diskoviolente 425]

Is Anelka leaving ?

[Matterz 67]

I really cant see the logic in buying another world class striker when we already have 2 and only one plays anyway. Would make way more sense to spend that kind of money on a wide player like Ribery, Robben, Messi that type of player because that is what we dont have and will give us more options. You cant really play Anelka Drogba and Villa because none of them are wide players?

[bombayblue™ 55]

knowing Anelka as the sulk.. we'd be better off selling him and Drogba at 32 wouldn't be getting any better next season.. we need a striker, a young one.. and even though i'm a fan of Villa, Aguero seems like a better option than villa tbh..

[Badboy 1,526]

knowing Anelka as the sulk.. we'd be better off selling him and Drogba at 32 wouldn't be getting any better next season.. we need a striker, a young one.. and even though i'm a fan of Villa, Aguero seems like a better option than villa tbh..

Thinking about it their is no way we will ever get aguero imo. He will cost a hell lot of money and athletico will not sell.

[SystemBlueBob 0]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/ap...helsea-valencia

Chelsea will have to pay more than €50m (£44m) to sign David Villa from Valencia after having an offer for that amount rejected a fortnight ago. Valencia are understood to have sounded out Manchester City over any potential interest instead, but the Spanish club was informed that there was little current enthusiasm for the striker.

Chelsea's interest in the striker is being driven by their owner, Roman Abramovich, who is also still attempting to secure Carlo Ancelotti as a full-time replacement for interim manager Guus Hiddink. "The owner likes Ancelotti because it means he would have more influence on the buying and selling of players," a source close to the club said. "Think about Milan - Ancelotti has little say there so he used to working this way."

However Frank Rijkaard, the former Barcelona head coach, also remains an option. Hiddink's compatriot is now ready to return to work, having had a year's sabbatical. "Would he consider the job?" Perry Overeem, Rijkaard's agent said. "Of course, he would consider any serious job. But neither he nor I have been contacted."

[warnie_666 1,081]

44M for a 28yr old striker is crazy money. Its a Rip OFF

[the wes 7,212]

Valencia ace David Villa is open to a move to Chelsea.

Chelsea made an official approach for Villa earlier this month and Villa has refused to rule out a deal, says guillembalague.com.

Indeed, key members of the Chelsea squad have been in touch with Villa in order to try and persuade him to join them.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Didn't know we had many Spanish speakers in the squad tbh.

[diskoviolente 425]

Maybe Villa understands English. Or our Portogezeers are trying their best...

[Matterz 67]

HGe is such a class act though, I think any team in the world would love to have him, as good if not, possibly better than Torres imo

[ChelseaUSA 0]

Chelsea elbow Real Madrid out of way for Valencia's Villa

tribalfootball.com

Chelsea are threatening to trump Real Madrid for Valencia striker David Villa.

AS says Real have pulled out of the battle for Villa after new president Florentino Perez decided not to go higher than £30 million for the Spain international.

Valencia are asking closer to £40 million - which is due to Chelsea's fresh interest, that has only arrived this week.

http://www.tribalfootball.com/Chelsea-elbo...as-villa-248471

Edited June 3, 2009 by ChelseaUSA

[EskWeston 696]

To be honest i am suprised to see us in for him. A out and out striker hasn't seemed to have been on the cards for us for a while now, with Didier staying (aparently) and with us having the Premierships top goalscorer, there hasn't been the need....

[the wes 7,212]

Esteemed Spanish football correspondent Guillem Balague has revealed that Chelsea have put in a £43 million bid for Valencia’s David Villa.

The television pundit told Sky Sports News: “There will be an offer for Villa (from Real Madrid) next week, which means that there will be another Chelsea v Real Madrid fight because Chelsea have put an offer to Valencia of 43m Euros which Valencia have not accepted.”

“Even if the do, the player wants to go to Real Madrid and it's only a matter of days (until he does).”

Chelsea have been heavily linked with a move for AC Milan’s Kaka and his teammate Pato in recent weeks, and although Villa was a reputed target of the West London club, there was no evidence they had made a bid for the player.

Valencia will have to sell a number of their prized assets this summer, as the club are burdened with crippling financial debts.

In addition to David Villa, who was his country’s top scorer at last summer’s European Championships, the La Liga club will have to sell David Silva. The Spanish winger has also been linked with a move to Real Madrid, but Liverpool are also said to be very keen on the player.

[Kez 2,727]

Yep just like we put a 73.5 mill bid in for Kaka?

[EskWeston 696]

Esteemed Spanish football correspondent Guillem Balague has revealed that Chelsea have put in a £43 million bid for Valencia’s David Villa.

Lol, Balague talks so much crap it is unbelieveable. His stories are about as reliable as an MP's expenses.

[SystemBlueBob 0]

You can bet your ass RA won't stand for losing out again

I am confident we will get him if he is willing to come

He may not though

[Term-X 7,891]

Esteemed Spanish football correspondent Guillem Balague has revealed that Chelsea have put in a £43 million bid for Valencia's David Villa.

Lol, Balague talks so much crap it is unbelieveable. His stories are about as reliable as an MP's expenses.

thats a stupid amount for an old striker who we dont need, we need a young striker.. e.g aguero,benzema etc

Edited June 4, 2009 by Terminator X

[chrismada9 1,948]

Chelsea consider £40m bid for David Villa

Chelsea were last night weighing up a bid for David Villa after preliminary enquiries had told them that the Valencia striker would cost an English transfer record fee of £40m. Valencia expect Chelsea to come back in the next few days with a firm bid.

The Spain international is one of the obvious targets following the failure of Chelsea's attempt to buy Ricardo Kaka from Milan earlier this week. Crucially, Villa (right) is available with Valencia struggling under debts estimated to be around £400m. He would go some way to fitting the bill of the big-name star that Roman Abramovich wants to bring to the club, although not quite in Kaka's league.

Villa scored 28 goals for Valencia last season, a total that placed him third in the Spanish league's goalscoring chart behind Diego Forlan and Samuel Eto'o. He did so playing in a Valencia team that finished sixth in its division, 25 points behind winners Barcelona, and has failed to qualify for the Champions League or Europa League next season.

Villa was one of two players, along with Franck Ribéry, who was named by John Terry in the aftermath of the FA Cup final as the kind of signing that the club should be targeting this summer. Yesterday, Terry said that he was confident Chelsea would back his own ambitions by spending in the transfer market.

He said: "We're being linked with players who can take us to that next level. I'm happy and delighted that we're back in for this kind of players. We haven't done it for a few years. But we're being linked with some of the best players in the world again at the moment.

"I feel our best chance [of winning the Champions League] is with keeping certain players under contract and keeping this side together – as well as bringing a few big players in – this could be the moment we take that extra step. Especially with the new manager coming in. He might bring a bit extra."

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