i dont care about robben and i wont cry on anyone. let’s pay even insane money and bring alves. we need him very badly. if we lose him to madrid, i’ll be gutted.

yessss! this is the moment i was waiting for. let robben get lost but we should use the money wisely, either alves or someine eqally good.

Do you think we’ll have just enough to get both, Alves AND Quaresma?

Because then we’ll have backup for every position on the pitch.

Imagine a 4-3-3 with Malouda and Quaresma as wingers and Drogba as striker. A backfour consisting of Ashley Cole, Terry, Carvalho and Alves. Cech between the sticks. And a midfield of Mikel Essien and Lampard. Mikel and Essien switching between Dm and Cm.

What a team!

Think Sven would take 20 million for Richards?

Richards is in the same league as Alves, except Alves is more established. Besides Richards wants to play as a CB. We have 4 already.

just heard chelsea signed beletti from barcais this true? hope not Blue4lyfe

Just to clarify a final fee range for Robben, Soccernet is reporting 36 million euros!

Robben had already been gone officially.

belletti signs for chelsea.

really belleti at chelsea?

Really sad that Robbens gone to madrid..he was special..hope he does well at madrid.
As for alves, seville keeps rejecting bids…then why are chelsea still pusuing him as if there are no other players on the planet???..
if chelsea can offer 24 million for alves..why not offer the same for micah richards???…hes strong, quick, determined, young n has been performong great over the last year or so..Plus theres the added advantage of him being british.I dont know if Eriksson will part with him..but atleast hes worth a try..he can definitely improve at RB..he prefers CB..but hes proved himself at RB as well..if alves comes..good..but chelsea should try for Micah if Seville kep increasing their asking price for alves

missed a word above…..i meant he can definitely improve chelsea at RB

Belleti is a chelsea player. That too for peanuts(5.5 Euros) even less than what madrid got for Cicinho. I am not sure how good he is. He is also 31 like sheva and Ballack I hope he does not turn out like them.

Chelsea has actually done real good business !
For got how much we bought Robben for but a PROFIT ! Horay to that !

Do you care about profit,or do you care about team and they players?I dont think your get even 1$ for Robben in your pocket,wrong excitement.
I will be extremely happy not about profit,but if we sign Alves or Richards

I think its time to drop the alves bid and go for someone else.The asking price in my opinion is too much and sevilla keeps rejecting bids. good luck to robben.

what do u think abt the beletti signing. i think with cash in the pocket we might go out and buy a winger ,someone like quaresma probably.

I for one am dissapointed to see the back of Robben. On his game he was as good as anyone in the Premiership and I don’t think Mourinho did as much as he could in recent times to get the best out of him. Granted he was injured for long spells but I think you’re squad will be poorer without him.

Chelsea fans, I’ve put a site together that lets you have your say on your teams kit. If some of you Blues fans can get over to http://www.worldfootballshirts.net and leave some comments then that would be excellent. Thanks guys.

Am extremely glad we have decided to call off the bluff of sevilla. that is the way forward. chelsea must stop allowing clubs to rip us off. That’s what happens, they rip us off and later put enormous pressure on us by claiming that we should win everything cos our team is so expensive. belleti, the regular right back until Zambrotta sounds fine by me. Since he was good enough to be in the starting line up of the Barca team that knocked us out in 2006 CL, he must have class. Good enough to score in that finals against arsenal. was monitoring reaction of barca fans and you could see they are gutted to lose him. Their reaction shows that belleti is like Wayne Bridge to them- a great player who is sitting on the bench because of a more famous world cup winning player. Just like some of think Bridge is better than A Cole, so do some of them think Belleti is better than Zambrotta.

IMO, 5.5 million euro, if he turns out to be as good as hoped then this must be one of the shrewdest moves done by us. Since we still have lots of money from Robben’s 24.5 m, WHY DON”T WE SPASH IT ON QUARESMA. That will be the SEAL we need.

It’s OK guys I think that Robben will succed in Real he doen’t suit in Premier League all we have to do now is to bring Alves at Stamford Bridge because we really need him..

i dont think that wee need Quaresma or any other signing .. we have enough wingers SWP,J.COLE,MALOUDA,KALOU,SINCLAIR(Sheva can play too) so for me personally i just hope that Ballack to be back as soon as possible and i think we have a tremendous team this season .. as for Belleti i think he’s good rb has experience last season he was injured most of the season so i think Chelsea did right to reject Sevilla asking price for ALVES cos even for a player of his calibre it’s too muuuuuuuch ..

beletti at chelsea for 3.1 million pounds subject to medical. Personally this is another great buy this season.

Robben is great player and i think he will succeed in spain. But what the hell are Real Madrid doing… they are signing every other person who is made available. I used to like Real sometime ago with the class acts like Zizu Figo etc. But now I am not sure. Every other day I see a new player there. How many chances would Robben get to showcase his talent I am not sure.

I KNEW ROBBEN WAS GOING WHEN JMO SAID ‘ WE HAVE NO DIVERS’ AFTER THE LOSERPOOL GAME…. OBVIOUSLY, HE MEANT IT. WE HAVE NO DIVERS!!!!

Haha, bigbadblue… good point For anyone that saw the Germany-England match, a very entertaining affair, weren’t the Chelsea players the pick of the English side? Terry was rock-solid and outshone everyone in the back, Lamps had a brilliant goal, Joey was supremely active, and SWP made an impact in what little time he played. It was fantastic to see, how important our players are internationally.
As for Belletti, ARGH!!!! I’m so gutted we won’t get Alves. He’s a personal favorite of mine. But Belletti, like has been stated, is vastly experienced, and has a wicked crossing ability, good pace, and a strong tackle. I certainly think we’ve upgraded our RB position if he performs up to his Barca level. And it was a brilliant bit of business, so I’m happy there.
I wonder how negative the press is towards Benitez’s comments, compared to when JM said the same thing last year.
No one’s mentioned anything about Alex playing his first Chelsea minuted. He’s such a giant, I love it! Can’t wait to see more minutes from the Tank.

I wish Robben well. Was my favorite Chelsea player till last season. But truth be told, he has never possessed that indomitable Blue spirit. Its time for him to move on. we are grateful for the service he rendered us. Blue Is Bliss.

Robben is leaving fuck fuck he is the most creative player we have!belleti for alves.wtf hes 31 and aging why the hell do we want him.blue champion dont forget that we 2 have a twelve man rob styles!

I wish Robben the best. If he is healthy for a season, Real should be deadly. I don’t know much about Bellentti. But, if it means we are getting a solid right back for a good price and Essien can play midfield the whole season, I think we got a bargain. As for Rafa’s comments, is he already making up excuses for Anfield Historical Society not winning the Prem in 07-08?

I WISH HIM ALL THE BEST. HE WAS A GREAT PLAYER WHILE IT LASTED…

I FEEL SAD THOUGH. GIVEN THE FLUIDITY OF THE PRESENT FRONTLINE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO SEE HIM ALONGSIDE MALOUDA/SWP. BUT WE’LL LIVE.

Its official. We have agreed terms with Belleti. Thank God, sanity is winning the day at long last. That alvez thing was just pure madness IMO.

Rob styles is our 12 th man!!!!

Weres Alves????

good luck robben but not against us in CL

be blue and sprdead the colour… show them what u have learnt here.

they can buy the player not the mentality..

Keep The Blue Flag Flying High

cheers guys!!

please put some intresting blogs BC

what more interesting u want from BC? create urself… everuone has a right to write if u r capable of… post it to BC i m sure hll publish if it has quality… just dont crib… do sth

That’s right Nihongo!

Zubinj9, why not you try your luck for a blog post. I.m sure BC will be surely review it for posting. I’ll tell you that it will be a nice experience for you…

By the way i’m extremely happy with the way things went on for Chelsea. Doubtful Robben going out and Doubtful Alves not coming in. But the sad thing is that we have lost 2 good players.

Also along with Terry a Experienced defender will do a lot of good for the total defense. I’m totally sure that Belleti will become a very good player for us this season.

With this belleti signing, does Chelsea closes the shop for palyer purchase or it there something pending???

I think closes cos we dont need any1 else ..

Sorry to see Robben go- but it has been good business with Belleti coming in.

I think we are a tad light on the wings now though- Alves could have filled in at right mid as well.
And i’m not sure Quaresma is Mourinho’s type of player either.
But we should definitely get in another winger- the difference between Alves proposed cost, and what it cost to get Belleti is how much we sold Robben for! That’s insane and i’m sure we could have a good winger for a fraction of that!

However- i suppose Kalou is always an option as a backup winger, although, i’m not convinced he has what it takes to put in good crosses down the flanks consistently.

Kalou’s passing is not up to the mark. He has lost the balls so many times in possession. I don’t think he will be a successful Defender

im sad that robben is no longer a chelseafc player but the brighter side is that we get 36m from his sale he has been a loyal chelseafc servent but if a player wants to leave der is nothin you can do bout it i jus hope we dont have any injuries this season and we can play good attacking football malouda looks promising… so all the best to robben and i hope we dont miss him much cmon chelseaaaa….!

Belletti joint chelsea, well I am very happy this time we did not pay what others want us to pay . Sveille thought they can gain what they want because Chelsea has Roman but not anymore. I am very happy about that. Belleti is very good player.

I hate Barca and its players , but seemingly I should like this one .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glVp7jsuQJU
I don’t know how it happened so fast . no news nothing chelsea shocked everyone.

I feel we the Chelsea supporters didn’t take Arjen Robben to seriously. He is world class and you don’t part with world class players that easily. I think Robben is better and Kaka. Look what Robben has done in his time while playing for chelsea. He played an important role in bringing the FA Premier League trophy to Stamford Bridge. If Madrid are willing to pay 60 million pounds for Kaka they certainly can pay that amount for one of Chelsea’s elite players.
Robben will be sadly missed.

I rate Robeen 93 out of 100. And my estimation fee for Robben is 2 billion pounds.

Belletti is a very good player indeed. But I wish we’d signed someone younger. Maybe someone 24. From Brazil But no regrets, and no worries. I’m extatic with our current team. We’re looking even better than before, we’re certainly the pick of the premiership at the moment.

I do not agree with you Adonis. Liverpool have built a very strong squad, as Man Utd and Arsenal I don’t think Mouriniho has the ability like Ferguson, Wenger or Benetiz scout talent.
Nani, Ronaldo need I say more. Mouriniho hasn’t bought a single youngster with talent.

Mikel? Kalou? Diarra?

Ronaldo played 2 years for ManYoo before he managed to pass the ball a single time. Mourinho has brought in talent, but it will take time for the talent to develop into world-class.

Michael M, be charitable, not a single youngster with talent??? thats so uncharitable. even if u hate his guts ( and I for one would wonder why) give the devil his due.

MICHEAL

“robben is better thn kaka”

DO U KNOW FOOTBALL AT ALL?. dnt ans its rhetoric i no the ans. i stopped readin wht u wrote afta tht wild statemnt.

ANONYMOUS

“Ronaldo played 2 years for ManYoo before he managed to pass the ball a single time.”

r u kiddin me? yes he had his best season so far last year, but 2 make such a wild statement proves u hav no clue about football.
he was a great potential and he is slowly begginig to fulfill it. yes SLOWLY, hes only 22.

furthermore, u try n mention kalou, diarra in the same breath. ur jokin. aint this kalous 2nd/3rd season whts he done. diarra was a talent till he went chelasea n was played outta position.

ur a typical chelsea fan, lack in proper examination of football analysis, as uve only been watchin since chealsea strted winning.

u talk about the young players bought by mourinhio, pls let me know about thm and how thy stand up 2 ferguson’s buys.

TYPICAL!!!

hmmm….interesting you use the word ‘buys’ . I thot for a moment you meant boys……

everyone get alves out of your heads, w signed belletti sigh*

Profit and business are realities in the footy world today.
Winning is just about everything too.
Playing with different “styles” suited to the occasion is essential.
A big experienced squad with team and “family “spirit is vital to win anything.

I believe my team Chelsea are maturing ,getting loads better in all departments.

I ,as a fan, am loads more satisfied with the team ,standing in the leagueand future prospects than my Manure,Aresy,Liverpuddle counterparts.

Blue is the colour !
Blue is the HOT colour now !

Bye Robben and hope we meet you and your Real pals in the CL final.
Yup that would be a great meeting :

Giants of the present vs. those of the past

” RObben better than KAKA ” , you should be kidding boro ? I liked robben very much but I should say KAKA is much better than him . Ribery is better than Robben too. please be realistic . I don’t say these words because Robben left chelsea, by no means. I think KAKA is better than Lampard in some aspects.
some said Mouroinho did not introduce any younge star? Diarra , Mikel , Kalou who are they ? .
by the way , NANI , dude wait a minute, he has just arrived , what did you see from him ? i don’t wanna say he is not a good player , he is a good player, that’s why he is playing for Manchester but you should wait more.
BENITEZ is one of the best scouts :)))))) . buying Torres, veronin is a big deal ? my father who does not watch soccer , knows torres and veronin are good players :))
he bought Cisse , Morientes , Kewel, Fowler but all were not successful .

To the Michael guy,
Welcome to the blog ,

About the youngster stuff….. Ahem…..AC Milan …..LIverpool….. didn’t exactly have so many youngsters in their rank when they won the CL.

Our Chelsea way may not be the Manure or whoever’s way but we are smug and arrogant about ” our” way and trust JM RA even baldy PK.

That’s more than can be said on Manure blogs at the moment !
Absolute panic,bonkers,negativity and fear in those places…… Fears of being resigned to the backwaters of football…….( no talk about youngsters in those hearts of darknesses at the moment)

And hell we can even afford to lose the odd game once in a while as long as it’s not at home.
Even when we were hit by injuries last year we fans mostly stood by our team and gave ol’ Manure a run for their money…….
Even those calling for JM’s head weren’t exactly demanding
” youngsters,youngsters we want little saviors by the dozen”
We still had and have the s pirit and lottsa times other fans don’t see it.
We are just a flaky petro-dollar flush toy-team to y’all.
But Maybe it’s better that you do see us that way and underestimate us .

But we have the spirit and will to win and wits and talent to boot !
That spirit you can’t buy and it’s worth all the talented boys comin outta Brazil and Argentina for the next hundred years…..

Robben has scored 19 goals in 104 appearances for the Blues.
Trust me , it is not very great for a Left Wing. Malouda can do much better than that.

Okay I am coming over to a Chelsea blog to comment, and I am sure to get abuse whether I say something stupid or smart. Guessing Blue Champion would be willing to hear me out:
About the so called conspiracy theory that is being propounded it is not the FA that is at fault, if you can call it a fault in the first place. The fixtures are drawn and then shifted around by Sky and Setanta or whatever based on how best they can satisfy viewers. Otherwise you and me clearly know it is all drawn on lots. Time managers (and I mean ALL managers) stop cribbing about fixtures and get their team to win regardless.

And about referee helping out Man Utd, well, let’s not go down that road. In all leagues, irrespective of country, refs tend to have a soft corner to the winners. Although I really don’t buy all this refs having soft corner tosh. Refs mess up in a match by match basis. Unless there is some shady italian style match fixing going on, the whole accusation that managers throw around is a sham and we fans due to blind loyalty to our own clubs buy that crap.

Oh well, to each one to his own. Not that I expect you to agree what I am saying here anyway.

(Your turn to shoot down whatever I say now!)

And one more thing about refs trying to help United, surely that was a wind up wasn’t it? You shouldn’t be saying that. At least not a week after Rob Styles’s blunder. So should we scream murder at that (whether he apologized or not)?

What is up with Ballack and Sheva… are they ever going to play this season for Chelsea. Heard that A Cole is also injured… so we will have a make sift left back tomorrow and inconsistent right back… with carvalho also injured so many holes in Chelsea’s defence. I hope to see the TANK tomorrow….

@ Giridhar : so many holes ?
i don’t see any hole, we still have Alex , Ben Haim , Terry , G.Johnsen , Ferreira , Diarra , Essien ( if we had )