Chelsea Will Get Best Out Of Me Says: Ivanovic

[TrueChelseaBlue 105]

New Chelsea signing Branislav Ivanovic admits Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic inspired him about cracking the Premiership.

He said: "I've followed most of his matches. A conversation with him would be helpful so he can give me good advice.

"I'll also tell him I've signed for the best team in the Premier League!

"When I got the offer from Chelsea it was like a dream come true. "They will see the best of me. I've been training on my own since the Russian season broke off a month ago. It's up to me to raise my level to the others' standard."

[True_Blue 469]

Nice to know....now get a game.

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

I think it'll be another 4 weeks before he'll be anywhere ready for the squad......

Theres a break coming up soon, and when we return to action JT should be back and Belletti is going to be hard to displace at RB. He'll be on the bench and get a few games in the FA cup maybe, but I doubt we'll be seeing as much of him as he'd like.

It'll be hard also to get ahead of Alex in the pecking order as I'm sure he'll be benched once JT returns. Hard, but a fact I'm sure he's got himself used to.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Competing for places with the likes of Belletti, Terry, Alex and Carvalho will be very difficult. But he is a young, aspiring player, and I think he knew that he wouldn't walk into the team. He has a fight on his hands and it should make him a better player for it.

[the wes 7,212]

Avram Grant admits Chelsea fans must wait before seeing new signing Branislav Ivanovic in action.

"He is a player that we followed for a long time, since he played in the Serbian Under 21 side in the European Championship," Grant told Chelsea's website.

"When he played in Moscow, I saw him there also. He is a good player for now and also for the future because he is very young and can play in many positions on the pitch - and I welcome him.

"He hasn't trained for many weeks because the Russian league finished and he is not in the squad for the moment."

Ivanovic's last full game was in the first week in December. He joined Chelsea's training regime full time last week and the 23-year-old is working hard to catch up with his new team-mates.

"I was training a lot on my own before coming here, but that is not the same as training with the team,' explained the player who has experience playing right-back, centre-back or defensive midfield.

"I will try to reach my potential and then it is up to my coaches to decide what is the best position for me.

"It is up to me to raise my level to the standard at Chelsea and I am trying my best to reach that level as soon as possible and to learn from them."

Edited January 27, 2008 by the wes

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

I think his going to be a quality player. He looks really good in the video's I've seen.

[EskWeston 696]

He has all the qualities to be excellant at right back when he is fit. I think right back will be his main position and being able to cover centre back is a massive bonus. Will be good to see him in action at last.

[KENT_BLUE 1]

another great signing it looks like

kent_blue

[PaulHopkins 1]

Does it look like mid-Feb that we will see him?

[EskWeston 696]

Does it look like mid-Feb that we will see him?

Depends when the management think he is ready, could be for the Reading game.

[Steve 10,227]

once hes 100% fit and ready to play i say give him a run maybe against one of the lower ranked teams and hopefully he is a real success for us..

[Neabramovich 0]

I see Ivanovich in game.He is really good player,he was best defender in russian lig.

Bano Ivanovich 10:0 Shkretel