Chelsea Rumours Archive November 22 2012

22 Nov 2012 18:38:28
On a slightly more positive note, Cliford, Kane and Bamford out on short term loan deals.

22 Nov 2012 16:14:56
London evening standard is reporting that Chelsea are planning a double January swoop for Falcao and James Rodriguez.

I no we need a world class striker but do we really need another winger. Rodriguez is unreal he's guna be a bog star but the only way he would get in the side is if we drop either Oscar, Mata or Hazard.

The paper also reports that Cavani will be second choice if the Falcao deal fails.

22 Nov 2012 14:19:21
London Evening Standard, a newspaper quite close to Chelsea today reports that Chelsea will launch a bid for James Rodriguez of Porto in January? Can you shed any light on this Ed, please? Thanks. {Ed002's Note - I really don't know anything of it, sorry.}

But you can confirm that United have a definite interest in him? {Ed002's Note - Three clubs spoke to Porto about James Rodrigues over the summer and two bids were rejected. Neither matched Porto's then valuation of the player (30M euro). The bidding clubs were Manchester United and Palermo whilst Bayern Munich looking looking carefully at Rodrigues as an alternative to Dries Mertens who they are keen to move for next summer. There may well have been enquiries from other clubs including Juventus and Napoli. It may be tough to find someone to pay the sort of fee Porto would now be looking for after negotiating a much higher release fee (45M euro) for the player.}

Thanks.

22 Nov 2012 04:19:39
Ed, are atletico in contact with Napoli about cavani as a replacement for falcao? {Ed002's Note - No, they won't be.}

Their financial situation is appalling. They will be looking for a cheaper replacement than Cavani.

IB. {Ed002's Note - They will look to a part ownership deal (like Falcao) if needs be. They are also looking at players with contracts running down.}