Whilst everyone’s had something to say on the Cristiano Ronaldo saga, it’s something I’ve paid very little attention to largely because I couldn’t really see him going this season. Whether or not that’s still the case, I’m not sure anyone but the player himself knows but as much as I’ve tried to shy away from [...]

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Having previously turned down the England job citing press intrusion, our new manager certainly seems to be getting familiar with the press right now. Far from shying away from the media boys, Scolari seems to be having cosy chats about everything from other people’s players to the ‘revolution’ he plans at Chelsea. I’ve said as [...]

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With the Dutch taking a surprise early exit from the Euros, all eyes are rumoured to have turned to Rafael van der Vaart, who’d suggested any possible moves would be discussed after his Euro 2008 campaign finished. The 25 year old, has been with Hamburg since 2005 and having scored 29 goals in his 76 [...]

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Two titles after 50 years of nothingness saw Jose Mourinho become our most successful and most loved manager ever and Grant’s temporary period in charge was never destined to bring anyone at Chelsea the same sort of euphoria we experienced under TSO. He may well have done better than many of us expected him to [...]

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Whilst it’s fair to say Fergie and Mourinho had the odd war of words during TSO’s time at Chelsea, it never really amounted to more than a bit of tit-for-tat and publicly at least, they appeared to hold a grudging amount of respect for each other. The odd glass of wine shared after a game seemed [...]

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No-one could have failed to miss the press going into overdrive when it comes to who Scolari may or may not want to bring to Stamford Bridge next season and if we were to believe everything we read we’ll have a squad of around 44 to choose from and none of them worth less than [...]

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    Just like his predecessor before him, Scolari’s been reportedly given £100million to sort himself out a few players when he gets to Stamford Bridge. I’m not sure where the press get that figure from exactly, but it’s a nice round sum so let’s go with it. According to recent reports, the minute Scolari [...]

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There’s just no getting away from Mourinho. Whatever country he happens to be in it seems he just can’t stay out of the headlines. Still, at least this time his search for players has finally been reported as being a little wider than SW6. Sadly for Arsenal though, he’s still scouting around London and rumour [...]

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I think just about everything I’ve written about Drogba over the past couple of months has been written with the assumption the Ivorian wouldn’t be at Chelsea next season. Maybe I should have known better given his track record of changing his mind as often as we change managers? Because the indecisive front-man is back [...]

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Not content with linking Ricardo Carvalho with a move away from Stamford Bridge, the press’ latest offering is that the Portuguese defender is now prepared to stay but regards the club he plays for as “cruel”. According to the boys from the daily’s, Carvalho has ‘condemned’ Chelsea for sacking Grant and would’ve sought a transfer [...]

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