Chelsea Rumours Archive July 01 2011

01 Jul 2011 20:43:03
Ed: You seem to think Mikel is on his way out (previous posts). But I think he is ok like Makelele disrupting opponents play? {Ed002's Note - There is a new manager now - we will have to wait and see.}

We need to keep hold of mikel, will make a good waterboy for players.

Hopefully he is. He slows the game down too much. Makele was different he broke the play up but moved the ball to on far far quicker.

01 Jul 2011 18:07:28
Ed: Do you think UK's weather makes south american players harder to attract? {Ed018's Note - possibly, it just seems they prefer to play in Italy or Spain}

The main reason for this my friend is because of the PL itself Best and most hardest league to play in the world and the whole of europe knows this. Im suprised players like Neymar, Pastore, Sanchez ect ect might even be considering moves over here as they will no it will be twice as fast, twice as hard and 3times as cold lol. Chelsea taking a big risk in looking at pastore I think So over rated.

Youve clearly never watched more than youtube clips of him this guy is pure class, imo we need to get pastore, sanchez and aguero this would undoubtedly get the best out of torres

01 Jul 2011 17:40:39
Blues 4 live
I salute the club & particularly Abram, 2 have brought in a new coach, but he was nt actually.......perhaps, pls let us nt stop there cos we need trophys nxt season.some of our players are actually under performing, the club need new players to fortify the line up.we need smbody who will be substituting frank lambard, Ashy cole and another dangerous striker like Drogba.pls let us nt relent on this, more signings are actually needed.With all this no club in England will face us.tnks.
n/b.the new coach should pls always remember what he's been brought to do, players should be disciplined both on & off the pitch.

We shouldn't get rid of Lampard he's one of the best players we have, same as John Terry and on form Drogba, we should definately sign Pastore and shoot Mikel he is useless. Our team should be this i think next season
Cech
ivanovic luiz terry cole
essien
modric/moutinho lampard

pastore torres drogba/falcao
( if drogba/falcao would adapt the the RW position)

If Frank Lampard of last season is one of the best players that we have, we're in big trouble.

Learn how to let go - don't be a player hoarder. We owe everything to these older players, but the time comes when they just aren't what they used to be. Age and injuries do that to you. But hey... if you want to be the Boston Celtics of football, more power to you buddy...

Well lampard was injured for a huge amount of the season and he is a class player, hes still got a season in him, i understand where your coming from and its a valid point but i do believe he will class again next season, ahh we'll see, cant wait for the new season

Certain aspects of a players game is definitely altered by injuries, but you can't use that excuse when it comes to a player completing simple passes. Essien and Lamps supplied our opponents more than Torres and Drogba. Passing is a football basic.

This isn't change just for the sake of change. This is really needed. I doubt that a new manager and a summer off will suddenly knock 3 years off of these guys lives. I'm not saying that we need to bring up our youth team to the starting XI, but need to start looking at younger, pacier options. You don't get "flair" with 30 somethings. Lamps, JT, Drogba, Maloser, etc. are looking their age.

01 Jul 2011 16:03:40
Hi Guys,
Great site, keep up the good work..
I've got a question about Sanchez
I believe that we had a deal in place for him during the January transfer window, what actually happened to stop this going through and why did we not have a pre contract put in place for this transfer window?

You may well have gone through this already but I cant find the answer anywhere, so your insight would be great thanks. {Ed002's Note - There was a January meeting with Chelsea and Udinese representatives attending in Monaco. Broad agreement was reached over the transfer before Giampaolo Pozzo said that the deal must include a loan of the player back to Udinese. Whilst Barcelona were apparently willing to agree to this until the end of the season, Pozzo proposed that whoever Sanchez moved to should allow him to be loaned back for 18 months – hence the end of any discussions.}

01 Jul 2011 14:32:04
ED, What do you mean about the Falcao deal is in the hands of hs agent? What does his agent have to do? {Ed002's Note - His agent will advice the player of offers available and which would be the best to take, if any.}

01 Jul 2011 14:05:02
getting sick of the whole neymar thing santos his agent himself all holding the football world to ransom.
falcao or aguero would be great signings i hope pastore arrives if not sneijder with van der wiel to replace shocking boswinga.
sanchez for malouda + cash
ashley cole if he does leave for marcelo
josh mc loan
sturridge loan one more year
and ed are there any more young players being watched to follow paizon wallace etock

Yep, emile heskey

01 Jul 2011 13:32:37
ED002 why does AVB want a british defender? we have 4 quality centre backs this must mean 1 is leaving who will it be? {Ed002's Note - I really don't know anything about this, but Chelsea could have problems with hitting the 17 player non homegrown limit.}

01 Jul 2011 13:24:10
Hey ed,

Chelsea fan from Australia here. First things first, you do a great job. Keep up the great work. On to business, it seems to have gone quiet on the Falcao front. Any news on him lately? Also whats the go with Pastore is it looking likely a deal will be done, if reports are to be believed we offered a huge offer for him. Thanks ed. {Ed002's Note - There is nothing new on Falcao. It was in the hands of his agent last I heard.}

01 Jul 2011 12:54:12
ED002 Santos now say Neymar is non negotiable is this just a ploy by them his story changes daily? {Ed002's Note - I have just read an English transcript of the interview. I would just ignore it as what was said was that they would not be looking at offers "yet".}

01 Jul 2011 11:11:41
Hey Ed, not a question about Neymar, Sanchez or Pastore for a change What is the situation on a back up goal keeper? Hilario signed a new deal, is he actually going to be Cech's understudy next season? Are there interested in any others, Begovic? {Ed002's Note - A bid has been turned down by Genk so Chelsea are in the market. I really don't know why.}

He wasn't talking about courtois {Ed002's Note - To make it clear, the club appear to be looking for an understudy - does that help?}

01 Jul 2011 10:55:13
ed will chelsea send people over to copa america to
a) scout players
b) watch players who have been targeted (neym, asanc, pastore, aguero, , falcao, ganso)
c) watch own players (rami, dluiz)
d) tie up deals or influence players by maybe talking to advisors

because barca guy sandro rosell is going to talk to sanchez and real will prob send people to influence neymar i think we have to aswell or other teams will move ahead of us {Ed002's Note - Chelsea have scouts based in South America, plus those who were there for Neymar have returned from America to South America already. Although they are both due back in Europe, one will take a couple of trips back to Argentina during the competition.}

Aguero yes, Neymar no, Pastore hopefully no, Ganso completely average player. To watch Messi, DiMaria, Diego, Mello, Alves, Hulk, Falcao-they could watch them whole year.

01 Jul 2011 10:47:27
Hi Ed on your travels again WOW ur a busy man

Just wanted to ask you, (i know u dont like guessing and that) but our first pre season game is against Portsmouth on the 16th July, do you think we will be seing any new players arrive before that game? obviously it wont be the ones who are playin in the Copa America so...?

cheers bud {Ed002's Note - It would be guesswork on my behalf to say, but it is certainly possible.}

01 Jul 2011 10:43:53
ed which players have been told to look for a club
please tell {Ed002's Note - Malouda and Zhirkov have been told they will be allowed to leave. I understand that ANelka will likely be told as well.}

01 Jul 2011 09:11:22
Javier Pastore, according to the parlemo president, will not join chelsea, neither will he join inter milan, real madrid, man city or barcelona, but will join napoli. ed is this possible? {Ed002's Note - Everything is possible, }
It is not what he said at all. He said that he would like Pastore stays in Italy, but it's very unlikely Chelsea is first choice destination, no other clubs placed bid nearly. {Ed018's Note - i dont believe Napoli can meet the asking price for Pastore unless they sell. But i dont think Pastore would view moving there as an advancement in his career

Thanks Ed you just confirmed what I've said.

{Ed002's Note - The options open to other clubs who are interested include part ownership of the player - and that may be attractive to Palermo.}

I agree with Ed002 but Pastore will decide where to go for now Chelsea is first choice.

01 Jul 2011 08:57:37
Javier Pastore, according to the parlemo president, will not join chelsea, neither will he join inter milan, real madrid, man city or barcelona, but will join napoli. ed is this possible? {Ed002's Note - Everything is possible, }
It is not what he said at all. He said that he would like Pastore stays in Italy, but it's very unlikely Chelsea is first choice destination, no other clubs placed bid nearly. {Ed018's Note - i dont believe Napoli can meet the asking price for Pastore unless they sell. But i dont think Pastore would view moving there as an advancement in his career

Thanks Ed you just confirmed what I've said.

{Ed002's Note - The options open to other clubs who are interested include part ownership of the player - and that may be attractive to Palermo.}

01 Jul 2011 07:32:51
ED, could you clear this up for me. Everything I read in the "media" contradicts itself.
1. Are we the club that has bid for pastore
2. Why the change of heart all of a sudden (changing from modric to pastore)
3. What is the sanchez situation
Cheers, really appreciate what you do for this sight
KTBFFH {Ed002's Note - Yes, I don't know of a change of heart, a bid has been made.}

01 Jul 2011 01:15:27
Ive only really seen little bits of Neymar, would you say he is a similar type of player to Robinho?. Im hoping the fact weve been tracking the lad for a long time will convince him to join us over Madrid. Lets wait and see
Huge bid for Javier Pastore, rumours of a gentlemens agreement between Chelsea and Man city (Chelsea will stay out of the Nasri negotiaitons if City pull out of the Pastore chase). {Ed018's Note - ive had the chance to neymar play quite a bit latley. he is good and if he can mentally handle the fact he is at a big club and develope from there, he will be alot better than Robinho. but he has got to make sure to not allow his ego, that he does have, get in the way

01 Jul 2011 00:29:43
30 Jun 2011 21:11:57
Ed, sturridge to man utd? Say it ain't so? {Ed002's Note - It seems unlikely. But Chelsea need tgo use him.}

Chelsea is asking for 20mil pounds there is no way MU can afford it at the moment(already spent more than 50mil pounds for 3 players).

01 Jul 2011 00:22:38
Javier Pastore, according to the parlemo president, will not join chelsea, neither will he join inter milan, real madrid, man city or barcelona, but will join napoli. ed is this possible? {Ed002's Note - Everything is possible, }
It is not what he said at all. He said that he would like Pastore stays in Italy, but it's very unlikely Chelsea is first choice destination, no other clubs placed bid nearly. {Ed018's Note - i dont believe Napoli can meet the asking price for Pastore unless they sell. But i dont think Pastore would view moving there as an advancement in his career