Chelsea Rumours Archive May 21 2012

21 May 2012 23:36:51
Sky sports news chelsea deny drogba rumors ! Nothing has changed they will still try to convince drogba to stay

Carefree

21 May 2012 22:07:46
Do the club intend to bring both Lucas and Hazard to the Chelsea as a pair or are we just keepin our options open by bidding for Lucas in case we get turned down by Hazard?

21 May 2012 23:03:23
Ed002 what is going to happend with Benayoun? his contract runs out in the summer of 2013. {Ed018's Note - he will more than likely look to move on this summer}

I think Chels have offred him to arsnal for a million and want a decision buy the end of the week other wise they will look for other clubs, benyoun has expressed a desire to stay but only if he can get a 2 year deal at arsnal unlilkey considering his age but a posibility onsidering the bargin price.

ChelskiBlueBoi

21 May 2012 20:59:29
Hi ED i personally think this Torres talk has been taken too far ,do you think he will have no doubt to remain a CFC player next season if Drogba doesn't sign a new deal? {Ed002's Note - I cannot say "no doubt" and it is nothing to do with Drogba.}

Well he"Drogba" has been the man selected on the big occasions in front of him?

21 May 2012 20:59:49
So appears almost certain that Drogba will be leaving Chelsea now and rumours gathering pace that Hazard will be signing for us, if this is the case i would like to say that if Hazard turns out to be as good a signing as the Drog we are all in for a treat - Thanks for everything Didier.

Drog is a legend still have romelu lukaku should have loan at premier league club.

Hazard is goin to man u

Nothing has been decided on Hazard's future....

21 May 2012 20:23:36
So now Drogba has decide to leave Chelsea as a winner, like some of you wanted. Even though he had his theatrics, what a great player he was. On his day he was just unplayable. It is always sad when great players, from which ever team, moves toward the end of their career. Having said that, I still think he has it, playing some where in China (if he does) would be waste of his immense talent.

Tekneek

21 May 2012 19:21:18
The guy who took the interview said Torres definitely doesn't want to leave but is uncomfortable with his role. Absolutely doesn't want to leave.
Gourlay has also said Torres is going to stay with Chelsea.

Well there was an interview with torres on the chelsea parade, and he had a massive smile on his face. Either he is an amazing actor and can put on a front, or hes just trying to force himself into the team. I want him to have the forwards role next season, he has big boots to fill, but I truely believe, with the right signings to compliment him, he CAN fill them.

Watch dressing room celebrations from chelsea tv on youtube facup, hes sitting in the corner on his own,
he went mad on the pitch in munich fair enough but at the parade he stood on his own alot ,i do feel for the bloke now drogs gone (enless a top top striker is signed) he should have the leading role up front with no pressure on him,just hope he gets abita luck next season where ever he ends up hopfully with us!

carefree

He is a quiet guy, doesn't mean he dislikes the club. I''m sure he would of celebrated like that at Liverpool, thats if they had won anything.

Rowan

I think the reason he celebrated less in FA cup is due to it being against Liverpool

The only way torres will be leaving is if abramovich is offered the deal for torres 15 mil for falcao im pretty sure he is the only ST Roman would consider a swap for next year torres will have the right sort of supply and he will be up there in contention for golden boot soon has he is told is is the flag bearer all this talk will die down

ChelskiBlueBoi

21 May 2012 18:27:11
chelsea have had a bid of 40mill euro for lucas moura turned down but the president said chelsea are leading the race but they need to up their bid

21 May 2012 18:17:48
Looking forward to an exciting transfer window.
Proitos

21 May 2012 18:11:48
The most critical position to be filled in our team is that of a deep lying playmaker. Ballack was the player who previously held that position and we have failed to replace him and hence struggled in the league.Signing a player for that role must be the priority in the summer.There are very few players who can take up that role.The quality options are :
Javi Martinez
Modric
Yaya Toure(probably unavailable)
Joao Moutinho
Elm
Strootman
Sneijder
Bastian Swientsinger(probably unavailable,but my favorite pick)
Tiago Alcantra
Any one of the above will be fine and we have Piazon ,who will gradually take over that role.Guys, do post your picks and opinions.
roan

Josh mcechran can and should fill that role, and piazon is more of a 2nd striker.

For me it will be Modric because he will be determined to leave. He missed out on joining us last year and therefore missed out on winning Champions League and FA Cup (must be so annoyed at Levy and Redknapp). I think signing Modric would be a top piece of business for us.

Schweinsteiger or toure definitely won't happen. Modric or moutinho look most likely. My personal preference would be Martinez. Also I think Paizon is more of an attacking player rather than deep lying
Trout

Almost all of those players are rather attacking mids and are not on our radar! also, Lucas Piazon is a support striker!

Tiote maybe?

21 May 2012 17:28:16
Hey ED,

The Sao Paulo President has literally just said that Chelsea have submitted a bid of £32m for Lucas Moura. Apparently Sao Paulo are considering the bid now.

Any thoughts ED?


Samir {Ed002's Note - The bid is 5M euro higher than the previous bid but there is nothing agreed.}

The way it was phrased by both ED002 and SP makes it sound like an auction rather than a series of negotiations. Is this the case? {Ed018's Note - Sao Paulo have no desire to sell Moura, so they may wait and see who is willing to bid the most}

Ahh, thanks for clarifying that Ed!

So am I right to believe that they have rejected this latest bid then?


Thanks {Ed018's Note- Yes}


Samir {Ed018's Note -

21 May 2012 16:44:50
Any idea where Lavezzi is headin ed? Any english interest? {Ed002's Note - {Ed002's Note - There is interest in Lavezzi from several clubs including Manchester City, Chelsea, Juventus, Zenit, PSG and particularly Inter and AC Milan. I think it would take a very high cash offer - more than 30M euros, some trading or a third-party ownership deal bid to get Napoli to sell the player who is unwilling to extend his existing contract which runs to 2015. Inter have offered 15M euro plus Marco Faraoni, Goran Pandev and Joel Obi but that offer is not acceptable to Napoli.}

21 May 2012 15:54:44
It seems pretty clear to me that Drogba is going to leave. The french media have said Drogba has told the Chelsea players he is leaving. Ed can u confirm this?

FT9 {Ed002's Note - Yes, of course. The situation remains as it was. The two parties cannot agree a deal.}

21 May 2012 15:43:38
Hi,ed everybody talking about hazard but what the situation about cavani? {Ed002's Note - There is none right now. Manchester City, Real Madrid, Juventus and Chelsea maintain an interest in Cavani. As has been explained Real Madrid wished to fund a bid through selling Higuain in January to Chelsea and having Chelsea step back from bidding. Cavani has an initial preference for Madrid rather than London and apparently no interest in moving to Manchester. Probably something that will get more publicity in the summer.}

21 May 2012 15:06:46
Ed, could Malouda or Kakuta, or another Chelsea player play part in a possible deal with Lille/Hazard? {Ed002's Note - Originally (last year) a loan of Kakuta was discussed.}

21 May 2012 13:35:01
Hi Ed002, just a quick question about our attacking midfielder options at the moment and i dont want a "whos most likely" i just would like to know if these players have been looked at SERIOUSLY (as in contacting the club to see if the players available etc.) by Chelsea: Marek Hamsik, Lucas Moura, PH Ganso, Luka Modric or Mario Goetze?

Thanks alot

Dan1CFC {Ed002's Note - Moura is of interest still.}

21 May 2012 12:06:10
Just about recovered from that, not sure if it was worth going over couldnt find a ticket but the result makes up for it. Knew we'd win it been saying it since Napoli, massive for us we can push on now, if we diddnt win the consequences are quite scary, we could of done a Liverpool. Now i think players will want to join us and we can dominate!

To all the fans congratulating the team nice one, any win over the Germans is worth celebrating, to the idiots like 'puzzled', what planet are you on mate, we are the Champions of Europe and you're trying have a dig because one of your ex-players only played 35 odd minutes in the Final. Its pathetic. Im not even gonna go on your page for banter anymore, for the same reasons i dont go on Stoke's page or Fulhams page, its just not as much fun when you aint on the same level. We have the four teams in the Champion league who i think will stay top 4 for some time, then you've got Spurs/Castle/Everton and i dont even put you in that bracket. You're minnows, and we are Champions.


SHED END

Where did you watch it? We came back into Munich after the game to find everything shut. So ended up celebrating in the hotel bar until 6am. Best night of my life!

NP

Wasnt sure it was worth a ticket? It was well worth it even if Chelsea did lose it would be a good game and worth spending a night at the champions league final. EVERY Chelsea fan knew they would win !

We ended up in this Irish Bar, we were on a coach so had no hotel and had to leave not long after the match, were you at odensplartz in the day? it was mental, it fell on my birthday so i have very little memory of it all but going off the state of my wallet and the pictures im tagged in it looked immense

SHED END

Eh? i said im not sure it was worth getting the coach over there to come straight back after the game WITHOUT a ticket, next time il either plan it better or watch it over here. Im assuming you went across though unnamed poster, and you are wrong for a couple of months there was just a handful of regulars on here that believed, not that it matters because we won

SHED END

We went friday morning, flew to zurich an drove from there. had a hotel for 2 nights, friday was crazy, drinking all day and a crazy bar that night with nearly 500 chelsea fans. Then saturday we went to a bar round the corner from odeonsplatz, great atmosphere. Shame everywhere was closed as took so long to get back to the centre from the ground, but good laugh in the hotel bar with all the other fans. Got back last night, still hanging an completely skint, but well worth every penny. Ticket and programme is going in a frame and right in the middle of my living room!

NP

21 May 2012 11:21:31
If Drogba goes then we cannot rely on Torres to lead our attack we need a strong anchor man up front. I think Hulk or Falcao would be great at that, just like drogba.

NO WAY! Why would either come to chelsea after they finished sixth? Drogbas going as well so sturridge is going to be your man next season

After finishing sixth? Not another bitter spud? Theyd join mabey because were kings of europe and won fa cup stay on your own page, its not a good look for you stop being sour

Carefree

TBH hulk or falcoa no more neymar and hazard and maybe bale or modric or van der vart lmao

Hulk as always been interested and so has Modric as he handed in a transfer request. hazard is also interested but i think chelsea should go for a great striker like Ba or Cisse as now chelsea have Champions League football they may be interested in joining. Or Higuain

Yeah higuain is quality I agree we should be signing him

Hulk tends to play out on the right for Porto, and since Robbie D has taken over, that's where we've been playing Ramires and he's been phenomenal there. Sturridge is also more than capable of playing there too although I'd like to see him play up to.

Falcao I'd love to see but from what I've heard he has no intention of leaving

Yeah, its been really annoying that sturridge hasnt played more; he is quality and has bagged loads of goals, even when he hasnt played that much

To be honest torres has shown bits of quality and just needs some natural attakers to back him up, and next year hopefully we'll have that, love to see lavezzi here to be honest. CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE

CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE! yeah he would be great, but if we are going to buy someone like him then we gonna have someone like him to back him up yeah, because we dont have many who play in his style

21 May 2012 10:32:13
Hey Guys,

Just a few more interesting quotes from Eden Hazard if your interested:

The Belgian international, when asked about
joining the Champions League winners,
said:

"That's possible. But until I pen to
paper I won't say where I'm going.
"Of course it makes you think as Chelsea
have won the Champions League"

"They're a big team and will be playing in
the Champions League next season."

He hinted Chelsea had promised him
regular football, adding:

"They have great players and I always said I wanted to be playing"

And finally:

"Nothing is done yet but it will happen
soon."


Curious........Any thoughts people?

Thanks!


Samir

He just won't shut it, will he? Whoever has concer s over his attitude and tweeting personality, has all the right reasons to do so. Although i have no doubts that if he were to join those things would be managable.

JG

Thats true. Although he does have some attitude problems, i believe they can be easily managed at Chelsea. And also, all the top players have "attitude issues" (apart from Messi obviously), so this cant be TOO much of a problem. And also his pure quality heavily outweighs any attitude problems he obviously has.

Finally, its clear that Chelsea winning the Champions League has impacted his decision as to where he should go.

Therefore, the fact that Chelsea are the UEFA Champions League Winners, combined that Chelsea are willing to pay the highest transfer fee aswell as the highest wage fees at approximatley £200k per week means that ultimatley there is only one destination for Hazard: Chelsea FC. (Providing of course the Chelsea Director resolves his issues with Hazard)

However, I have no doubt that Man City will put up a fight for Hazard.


Thanks!


Samir {Ed002's Note - It is not a Director that has an issue with Hazard but an Advisor to the club.}

I know, Ed002 stays away from fees and wages questions, but i find it really hard to believe that we will pay anything close to what is being said a 200K a week. In my opinion it just won't happen. Also, i doubt a fee will be higher than 25 mil, given that the player wants to leave and Lille are willing to sell him at best available bid.

Keep in mind that only City pay anything above 200K in this country. I doubt we will just go and h*** up all the wage structure over someone we are not so sure of.

JG

Imagine Balotelli and Hazard in one team it will be a disaster for them

21 May 2012 09:56:39
In my personal opinion we cant have Torres and Drogba and a new striker. If we are after Falcao then we need to sell both players, we bought Lukaku for 1st team football next year and cover for this year, well that is what i believed, we have a raw but very good prospect in Lukaku and Sturridge. Drogba has been outstanding for us but he has won everything he can with us now, lets remember him for his great season not 2 sub par seasons when hes 36. Torres wants to be the leading striker and i believe he can do it but if we are targeting Falcao he needs to be involved in the deal along with Cortouis going on loan along with De Bruyne.

Ed is the Hulk interest linked to the Hazard interest, by this i mean is it one player or the other and if so who would be our 1st choice? are we talking to Porto still?

Thanks

PB {Ed002's Note - I suspect Lukaku will go on loan. I have already explained the situation regarding Hulk and Hazard and I really do not want to get drawn in to any of this "who is favourite" discussion.}

Fair enough Ed but is it realistic for us to buy both?

PB {Ed002's Note - I am not going to get sucked in to making any statements in answer to compound questions. The situation with Hazard is clear the moment - why make it complex by bringing Hulk in to the equation?}

Im not trying to make it complex im just saying if we are interested in Hazard then one would assume we would start negotiations with Lille and if were currently negotiating with Porto would we only want one and stop negotiations or are these players both separate targets and not linked that is all i was trying to find out. One or the other so to speak.

PB {Ed002's Note - Ignore the Hulk situation. I suspect that there is more chance of the Hazard issues being resolved soon (for example, tomorrow) than anything else right now.}

Ok thanks for your time

PB

21 May 2012 09:18:32
I wanted to warn people bout this whole hazard thing, it's same as neymar, robinho, pastore, now hazard, we all get out hopes up cos what the player says. If he comes he comes, but let's not hang off his every word. And if drogba bows out now it would be perfect for him, legend and best striker in world on his day,

21 May 2012 03:10:09
Hey ed forgot to ask and would also like to hear the fellow opinions of some chelsea fans but have chelsea shown any intrest in possibly going after kyle walker seeing has spurs proberly wont keep that squad togther and we need a rb and all these rules commign into play about have a certain number of home grown players surley he would make for a better signing then VDW so yeah just wondering if anyone from chels showing any intrest in the lad. Thanks

ChelskiBlueBoi

He is happy at spurs he isnt currently interested in a big move or anything like that. I think Richards may be a chance from man city as he doesnt always get regular games and i think he may be interested in joining chelsea.

Walker would be a fantastic signing but Tottenham will do everything to keep hold of him so I think it's very unlikely

21 May 2012 00:56:32
Ed, is it not more than likely that Chelsea will conduct there business in the transfer market after the euro's? The reason I ask is because it's been known on occasion for the euro's produce fresh new an exciting talent.

TrueBlue! {Ed002's Note - Transfer business is really on on going issue - sometimes an opportunity can be missed by waiting.}

20 May 2012 23:36:05
Hi eds , im sure you're getting quite fed up us asking about hazard , but is it very likely that we will know his destination tomorrow? Also can you fill us in on whether we would consider selling Ramirez?I really hope not! Cheers Danny {Ed002's Note - Tomorrow - no. RAmirez, only if he hands in a transfer request.}

20 May 2012 22:16:18
Ed, are man utd close to signing hazard and if so how close?
Trout {Ed002's Note - Transfer do not happen with announcements by players on Twitter.}