Chelsea Rumours Archive October 20 2011

20 Oct 2011 15:01:10
ED002 just looking at the liverpool page and ED001 said there may be issues with Di Maria at Madrid and maybe Hazard will replace him? As you previously said Chelsea told Real to keep them informed if anything changed with him? {Ed002's Note - Nothing has changed. It is expected that Real Madrid will offer Khedera as part of a deal for Tevez. However, it seems likely that Manchester City will propose a straight exchange of players between Tevez and Di Maria.}

Y do city av ta go for all the best players! To many gold diggers in todays game trust!

20 Oct 2011 13:10:41
ED002 Jean-Michel Vandamme Lille's academy director has said that Chelsea are still the club most interested in Eden Hazard is there still interest there? {Ed002's Note - There has always been interest but there is a view (from someone who is very influential at Chelsea) that Hazard has attitude problems. Regardless of any interest it is clear his preferred destination is Real Madrid or Barcelona - so much will depend upon whether or not they are interested.}

ED002 you told me to ask you about the young Argentinian Lucas Ocampos on thursday about his hefty price tag?

BLUEBLOOD {Ed002's Note - Sure. The situation is that Bayern Munich and Chelsea are maintaining a solid interest in the player and that several other clubs have made more general enquiries - including Liverpool (via Diego Caniggia) and Sevilla. I understand that everyone has been taken aback by the amount of money it would cost to buy the player knowing that a firm offer from Italy (from Juventus rather AC Milan as reported) of $15.5M (not Euros as reported) was turned down. That seems to have ended any interest that Liverpool and the Spanish clubs had but has reportedly not put off Chelsea or Bayern Munich. River Plate do not want to sell - they are certainly going to be promoted and I suspect that for someone effectively unproven at a higher level they will look to be milking their return after a season back in the top flight rather than now. Chelsea may look to strike a deal that sees him stay for two more years in Argentina but they would be running the risk that there could be subsequent issues over work permits. River Plate may look to sell part of the player's rights to a third party which could subsequently see a move to Italy back on - no unlike the Lamela to Roma deal.}