Contract Discussion

[LDN Blue 7,903]

aw just when the week had A smile That message kinda wipes it off

Ok ok, check my post..

...now!

[kwylino 329]

Ok ok, check my post..

...now!

lol

[LDN Blue 7,903]

aw just when the week had A smile That message kinda wipes it off

Geez people have a problem when you're happy

PREPARE TO GET HAPPIER!

Gael Kakuta misses France game as youngster heads for talks to sort out Chelsea future

Gael Kakuta has been excused France Under 20 duty to thrash out a new deal with Chelsea.

The 19-year-old - who joined Chelsea from Lens in controversial circumstances three years ago - is out of contract at the end of the season.

Kakuta played the full 90 minutes as France's Under 20 side beat Montenegro on Tuesday, but he has been excused turning out in their friendly against third-tier French club Orleans on Thursday.

It is thought Chelsea were considering letting the attacking midfielder's contract run down, but French newspaper L'Equipe reports that he was returning to London for talks.

Kakuta has been on the fringes of Carlo Ancelotti's side this season and a regular on the bench.

He has started one Barclays Premier League game and been brought on twice.

[Madmax 9,219]

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Apparently he is going to get a massive pay rise, I see then we have bottled it.

[EskWeston 696]

Apparently he is going to get a massive pay rise, I see then we have bottled it.

At the end of thday no-one has a clue what he is being offered. However signing up one of our most talented youngsters would be a LOT cheaper than spending out on some average squad player journeyman who will offer us very little. Over the next few years Kakuta can turn into a big big star.

[zolayes 14,489]

At the end of thday no-one has a clue what he is being offered. However signing up one of our most talented youngsters would be a LOT cheaper than spending out on some average squad player journeyman who will offer us very little. Over the next few years Kakuta can turn into a big big star.

get him on a 5 y contract then we have a valuable player

[kwylino 329]

Sign him to 4 year contract With a release for 35-45 million pounds

[Kostas 1,468]

L'Equipe reports today that Gael Kakuta is on verge of signing new four-year deal

[Term-X 7,891]

Good to see this materializing. I just hope after all this he keeps his head down, and dedicates his energy to making something of himself at this club.

[Kostas 1,468]

BBC's David Ornstein reports:

Spoke to senior #Chelsea official - new 4yr deal for #Kakuta will be finalised by end of next week, club see him as key to their future #cfc

[Badboy 1,526]

Good we need him to sign the deal then he can get on with his development, we are not going to find a youngster with that much creativity and passing ability like that for cheap.

[Clevemayer 764]

I hope carlo gives him more freedom, teamspirit all fine and ok, but players like kakuta has to been supportet by the whole team als individual... the team has to been build around such players and not the player around the team... sounds strange but this is how it has to be, like messi, ronaldo, zidane and maradona...

the team has to trust him and unleash him...

[zolayes 14,489]

good news at last

[Kostas 1,468]

With Ancelotti getting instructions from the board not to play him before his contract is settled Borini's agent is says his priority is to stay with the Blues. Link

[Styles 9,790]

Chelsea relief as Kakuta set to sign new contract

Chelsea winger Gael Kakuta is set to perform a U-turn and sign a new contract at Stamford Bridge.

The French star, whose current deal ends in June 2011, was expected to quit the club next year after negotiations to extend his stay in west London appeared to fizzle out.

But now manager Carlo Ancelotti has hinted things are back on track for the 19-year-old, who had been linked with a move to AC Milan.

"I don't have any news yet but I think he is very close to signing a contract," he said.

Kakuta, who has made nine appearances so far this season without scoring a goal, arrived at Chelsea from French club Lens in July 2007 in a controversial deal that at one point saw Chelsea banned handed a transfer ban.

The Blues were accused of inducing Kakuta to break a contract at Lens but the punishment laid down by FIFA was later overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which ruled the player's contract had never been valid in the first place.

Now it looks certain that the teenager, a French Under-20 international, will stay at Chelsea for the long term.

http://www.talksport...gn-new-contract

[LDN Blue 7,903]

http://www.talksport...gn-new-contract

beat me to it.

I just hope it hasn't been at the cost of an undeserved pay-rise!

[Styles 9,790]

If the story is true then hopefully the club have given him a wage he deserves and not a wonderkid package.

Will be interesting to see if he gets more games as a reuslt of this.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I want see Borini follow in the footsteps now, though that one looks quite unlikely :\

[Styles 9,790]

From all accounts Borini is a good little player and goalpoacher with killer instincts. These are qualities that are very interesting because you don't usually find those traits in young players.

Admittedly I don't watch much of the reserves but I read reports every now and again and his name is almost always on the score-sheet. I'm aware he scored five goals in a single game (!) against an experienced reserve team before his injury.

I hope we can keep him but the reports don't look good. Apparently they weren't letting him train with the first team because of his refusal to sign a new deal.