Jessman 9 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 (edited) Sturridge secures Blues deal Chelsea Football Club is delighted to confirm that Daniel Sturridge has agreed to join the club on a four-year contract. He will join the first team squad for pre-season training next week when the players return from their summer break. The 19-year-old previously played for Manchester City, where he first burst onto the first team scene in the 2007/08 season, scoring twice in four days in January for Sven Goran Eriksson's side, including an important equaliser at Derby County to earn a point. Within months he was well known among Chelsea supporters, scoring City's goal in the first leg of the FA Youth Cup Final, a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. Absent through injury from the second leg, Daniel saw his team-mates eventually defeat us 3-1 on the night to take the trophy. A nephew of former Derby forward Dean Sturridge, Daniel arrived at City's Academy in 2003 from Coventry, having previously trained with Aston Villa. He graduated to the senior squad at the beginning of the 2006/07 season and after injuries hampered his speedy progress, a hat-trick in the reserves prompted a debut in February 2007 as a late substitute. Last season he was a more regular fixture in and around Mark Hughes's squad, netting four times in 26 appearances, 10 of which were starts, and was voted City's Young Player of the Year. Daniel has also represented England up to Under 20 level, where he has played alongside our own Ryan Bertrand, Jack Cork and Scott Sinclair. www.chelseafc.com Welcome Sturridge! Two signings already, and with Zhirkov about to sign (Apparently) we are doing more than alright. EDIT Just realised CJ beat me to the bite in transfer talk, Sorry about that Edited July 3, 2009 by Jessman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 (edited) Welcome To The Bridge Sturridge Edited July 3, 2009 by the wes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungii 3 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 The transfer season has really started and we are buying young players....greattt WELCOME aboard Daniel.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez 2,727 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Good signing i think, glad we snapped this one up. Things are looking good so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,964 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Nice to see we have signed the future of English football. Welcome to Chelsea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Welcome to Stamford Bridge. I hope he can be a hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badboy 1,526 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Fresh young pace through the middle, next andy cole ? lol hahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueChelseaBlue 105 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 i reckon he'll be a massive hit at Chelsea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wxgba 306 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hopefully he'll be a hit here at the Bridge. However, I think if he is going to be a success here, then he needs to sort out his attitude and ego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary gordon 1,777 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hopefully he'll be a hit here at the Bridge. However, I think if he is going to be a success here, then he needs to sort out his attitude and ego. I am pretty sure playing at Chelsea with fix these attitude problems. Let's not forget where he came from. What kind of players did he have to look up to? Robinho?!? F#%k off Robinho, F#%k off Robinho, F#%k off Robinho, F#%k off Robinho,! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueChelseaBlue 105 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Get rid of Pizarro, and Sheva (though i really like Sheva, shame he didnt do well here) and Use Sturridge Drogba, Anelka and Di Santo as our strikers. not in that order mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misschief 24 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hmmm 19 and he signs for us, brave lad going by our track record of farming the youngsters out on loan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueChelseaBlue 105 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Doubt he'll get loaned, hes an ace player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Term-X 7,891 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Hopefully he'll be a hit here at the Bridge. However, I think if he is going to be a success here, then he needs to sort out his attitude and ego. yep his ego is too big considering the little he has actually achieved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnie_666 1,081 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 (edited) We should let him stay for the next 4-5 yrs.And have him develop a partnership with the likes of Di Santo and Nouble. Edited July 5, 2009 by warnie_666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I'd like to see him develop a partnership with Anelka and Drogba first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Danny Sturridge has joined Chelsea for LESS money that he was offered to stay on at Manchester City. The People says Sturridge, 19, has been branded 'greedy' by some after City leaked details of the figures he was supposedly looking for. However, Sturridge put pen to paper on a contract worth around £35,000-a-week at Stamford Bridge, which is short of what City had put before him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejolta 1 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Ahaha suck it you mancs. Here's to a long successful career for the kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alee. 182 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Great stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueChelseaBlue 105 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Can't blame him wanting to leave City for Chelsea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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