Robinho was as good as his word today, proving yet again how cynical I am, by announcing he is ‘unhappy’ at Real Madrid and does indeed still want to play for Chelsea.
Having been left out of today’s opening Primera Liga game against Deportivo, Robinho decided to call a press conference to make his case [...]
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With Chelsea and Robinho both reported as saying negotiations over a possible transfer are ongoing and Ramon Calderon very clearly stating the club have no intention of letting the Brazilian go, today sees Robinho’s second press conference of this summer’s lengthy transfer saga.
Robinho has called a news conference in the Spanish capital for today [...]
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Exactly how long ago was it that Real Madrid insisted they “would never retain a player on the team against his wishes”, was it really less than a week? Oh what short memories they have. Because following their inability to sign, first Cristiano Ronaldo and now both David Villa and Santi Cazorla, that appears to [...]
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Sunday sees us take on Spurs at Stamford Bridge and Scolari will be looking for us to continue our 100% start to the campaign following our hard fought 1-0 at the JJB last week. Ramos, on the other hand, will be no doubt demanding a considerable improvement on the two defeats he’s endured so far. [...]
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With the wounds from last season’s Champions League still healing (or even festering in some cases), we now know what we’ve got to face in this season’s campaign – and it’s been fairly kind to us you’d have to say.
Roma will no doubt let us know we’ve been in a game, although if we can’t [...]
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Oh dear, should Chelsea be holding back on the printing of certain shirts? Because according to Guillem Balague, the Robinho deal is far from done and dusted.
Despite all the excitement around Chelsea, largely brought about by Peter Kenyon’s optimistic wrist movements no doubt, it is being suggested that Real’s president, Ramon Calderon insists the [...]
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Shaun Wright-Phillips has finally given in and agreed a move back to Manchester City. He becomes Chelsea’s second departure in a week, again for an undisclosed fee although it’s thought to be in the region of £9-£10million.
Not much of a return for the £21million we lashed out on him initially, although we clearly overpaid [...]
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The Champions League draw has taken place, along with the UEFA club awards.
Group A – Chelsea, Roma, Bordeaux, CFR Cluj
Group B – Inter Milan, Werder Bremen, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis Famagusta
Group C – Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk
Group D – Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Marseille, Atletico Madrid
Group E – Manchester United, Villarreal, Celtic, Aalborg
Group F – Lyon, [...]
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Imminent arrival, Robinho, is expected to be unveiled tomorrow, with Chelsea hopeful he will be registered in time for the game against Spurs on Sunday.
In fact, so optimistic are they that the deal is sorted, rumour has it they’ve already started taking orders for Robinho shirts. The Brazilian is to be handed the departed Andriy [...]
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Manchester City have apparently put a bid of £10million in for Shaun Wright-Phillips and even though both Portsmouth and Everton have expressed their interest, Chelsea are reported to have told City they’re prepared to do business – hardly surprising really seeing as they were alleged to only have put the winger on the market for [...]
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