Robben’s gone and that’s official. Official Chelsea FC website’s ‘elaborate three-liner‘ confirms that. He just needs to agree his personal terms but that should be rather smooth, given that he wants to play for Madrid. Elsewhere, Rafa Benitez asks some questions to FA on why Man Utd always gets the red carpet while the other clubs sweat their way out.
First up, Robben news. There are two good things about Robben’s exit. One is the millions of Euros that can be used to buy Daniel Alves and the other is, there won’t be this tiring news on Robben’s future anymore. I have a feeling that Robben would do well in Real Madrid, that is, if he stays fit. There won’t be those tough English tackles but conservative defending would mean he won’t get too much space to run through. But he is a player of high quality and is experienced enough to handle any kind of defence. Sad to lose him, but I wish him all the best.
The other signing that Real Madrid have made is Gabriel Heinze. After weeks of nasty scenes, Man Utd successfully denied Liverpool’s chances of signing Heinze. Fergie did not want him to be sold to their competitor club. I hope Real Madrid eliminates Man Utd from the champions league this season. Even that cannot console Rafa Benitez.
Rafa is asking some valid questions to the FA but what he did not acknowledge is, all these were already raised by Jose Mourinho last season and that time, it was shrugged by the Press as ‘excuses’. Rafa is obviously very upset but he does sound funny like he always does by saying he can’t win the league in such circumstances:
It’s going to be very difficult for us to win the Premier League because the other teams are so strong, but I want our supporters to know that, despite the disadvantages we have, we will fight all the way. We will fight to cope with our more difficult kick-off times and all the other decisions which are going against us
The FA did respond to his comments this way:
The Premier League try to make sure that our dealings with all our member clubs, including the scheduling of fixtures, are as fair as possible.“We are disappointed to read Rafael Benitez’s comments in the press, especially when channels exist for every member club to raise issues directly with the league
This season, even their twelfth man on the field could not rescue Man Utd so far. 2 points in 3 matches, with the referee doing his best with sending off opponent players, awarding free kicks at their will and giving generous stoppage times. At some point, in the Reading match, I felt that the referee wanted Man Utd to win the match, more than Sir Alex did.
With the Alves situation, I’m reminded of the ‘Football Manager’ game. You offer, they reject, you offer, they reject and you keep doing this until they fracture your face with a tight slap. I hope it doesn’t end that way to Chelsea. With the Robben money (undisclosed but should be more than Euro 20m I guess), if we don’t buy Alves, I don’t who else we could initiate a transfer request and get that done in another week’s time.
England lost to Germany 1-2 tonight and guess who scored? Super Frank Lampard! When Terry and Lampard are playing their hearts out for England, two Liverpool players are missing in the England team.
That’s it for now. Catch you later. Bye!
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 :D
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 :D
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 )
@ Red Ranter: I did not read your message carefully but it seems to me , you are a Manchester fan , If i were you , I would be praying for my team now instead of comming to a chelsea blog and writing these words .
you know what would happen if you did not win versus Tottenham. you know it’s not gonna be an easy game for Manchester .
Sheva loan to Kiev , it is just a news .
but i don’t think Jose allow Sheva to move to Kiev on loan .
Arjen Robben has expressed his excitement and relief after completing his move to Real Madrid. They should hire some extra doctors for theri medical department too :))
what do you guys think of Glen J as a center back. I thought he did really well against Reading once he settled in. Thoughts anyone?
@Mayasam: So many could play at right back or left back positions but we have seen how we concede when we dont have Terry or Carvalho. They are ok but not good to close all the holes. I think we are wasting Essien’s skill by playing him in postions that he is not good at.
yep man what about Sheva i heard that he’s injury but he play for Ukraiane in midweek
UKRAINE
Sheva has had a good game with Ukraine
And heard Ballack could be back with Germany for their next game against Wales on September 8th
I’m happy we finally bought a decent right back who can allow Essien returning in midfield
In absence of RC Alex should start on tomorrow
Bigbadblue, Glen Johnson is not a Chelsea class defender (yet?)… I think he’s not as good as Ferreira/Belletti at RB, and can’t compare with JT/Carvalho/Alex/TBH at CB. So he’s a worst-case-scenario player. I think he’s going out on loan again… While presenting Belletti, JM said we’re not signing any more players, but we should be getting rid of one. So I think GJ is the man, as we have three RB’s, him being the worst.
Red Ranter, I can’t believe you come to a Chelsea blog in the middle of your brilliant start to the season, and say “refs tend to have a soft corner to the winners.” If they did, then where were all the calls that were supposed to help us last season, when we were CHAMPIONS?? I think Man U will not get special treatment any more this season, because they’re not winning. That was sarcastic. It’s not about winning, Red Ranter. It’s about Man U. You admited they get special treatment, so don’t back down now. Benitez’s said it, JM’s said it, everyone knows it. The refs like Man U.
Just thinking the happenings of this weekend from Alves point of view….
If i was him i will be the most disappointed person this season. A offer of 36 million euros was turned down by Sevilla. If a player is willing to leave the club, then its better off to leave him rather than persuade him to stay… Be it a superstar(Robben scenario)
To sum-up this weekend…
>> Did Sevilla gained something out of this weekend??? – NO
>> Did Alves will ever play happily again in Sevilla??? – NO
>> Can Sevilla perform good in CL matches without Alves??? – NO
>> Will Real call for a better offer than 36M Euros??? – Probably NOT
>> Did Chelsea got what they wanted for a right back – YES!
And for RR(Red Rants…), this is not a kind of blog where people come and bang you for everything and nothing(Remembering Joe blue, Midfield decider incident)
To me, i agree to your point on fixtures… It is not a major decider for winning or losing. But definitely a mind factor for players…
And Belleti is named in the squad to face Pompies… Come on Belleti.
Adonis, I was just thinking aloud. could he make a great centerback? i think he has the qualities . he may not be the finished article but i would say in another 2 years, he might be.
my thots………….
Giridhar i have no doubt about what you said about Essien , and i am sure that chelsea’s defensive line is stronger with Terry and Carvaliho but we can stand for tow or 3 matchs without them.
Glen Johnsen is not reliable, every time i see him in the pitch i scare . Mourinho said we are ready to sell one of our right backs , I think Diarra will leave but I hope Glen Johnsen leaves . Glen Johnsen was the only bad purchase of Claudio Ranieri .
hey guys come and guess our defensive line for next gam :
I guess ( i don’t know if ashly can play or not)
—BELLETI—–TERRY—–Ben Haim—–Ashly—
Glen Johnson or Lassana Diarra will leave by the looks of it..Diarra is better defensively than Glen..so if jose wants to trim his squad, Glen should be sold.
Diarra however has expressed his desire to move to Arsenal..so no idea how things will shape up..i dont think selling a player to our direct rivals is a good move..
i would really like to see ….Ferreira-Alex-Terry-Cole…. as our back four for the next game..we should start getting the clean sheets going..
I think ben haim wil play at left back cos A Cole picked up a knock last wed. So we wil definitely see Alex the tank and Terry at centre. We should hopefully see belletti in the second half to enable us assess him properly. I think glen should be sold off.
@ MourofEssien : accroding to news Belletti will play this saturday, but i think he is not a good choice , he should practice more with other players. I myself chose Belleti becasue i read news but i think if mourinho used Belletti , that would mean that he underestimated Porthmose …. which is so dangerous.
I predict : Chelsea 2-0 Porthsmos
Terry – Malouda
we shouldn’t have sold robben under any circumstances…its such a great loss and i would miss him greatly…
Look at what Liverpool, Man Utd and Arsenal has strengthened their squad. Mouriniho hasn’t got a clue on how to manage players and bring in talent young stars to our club.
Anyone with a team of “GIFTED” players should win trophies.
Thanks to reply’s over my Robben concern.
Can anyone explain to me why Chelsea with all out its cash cannot do a Madrid and have just world-class players in the squad?
Blues_G… you should start watching the Real Madrid games. They’re my second favorite team, and they’re quite good. They have a new squad this season, many new players, so it’ll be interresting to see how well they mesh at first, but your beloved Robben is sure to be a hit there (while healthy).
Maysam, what’s to prevent Belletti from playing well? I think the full-backs have a much easier time fitting in with the squad as opposed to a midfielder/striker. He should be able to play effectively, if not at 100%, and we’ll at least have a little taste of his play.
I doubt Mourinho will sell Diarra, he’s got so much potential, much more than GJ, but at the same tim, Makalele’s just signed on for another year, Mikel keeps growing, and Essien is no longer a defender :D So who knows… But I really hope Diarra stays, he’s a jack of all trades.
Michael, you mean you want us to be the Galacticos? That obviously doesn’t work, if you know anything about football. The Real of recent times proves it.
“Mouriniho hasn’t got a clue on how to manage players and bring in talent young stars to our club.”
Hmmm. Let’s think about this for one second. He hasn’t got a clue how to manage players. That would create conflict between the players and him right? Why is it that all his players adore him then?? And he hasn’t got a clue how to bring in talented young stars to our club. So the hunt for Drenthe and Pato, the signing of Robben, Mikel, Diarra, Kalou, and SWP, all 23 or younger when they signed (or the attempt was made to sign them), means nothing to you. Stop commenting before you think it out.
Mouriniho did’nt sign Robben. Mikel, Diarra and Kalou are shit.
SWP it was the obvious choice to sign with the champions at the time, and Arsenal couldn’t match Chelsea’s BID.
Jose Mouriniho didn’t sign Robben. Mikel, Diarra and Kalou are shit.
SWP signing for the champions at the time was the obvious choice don’t you think. Arsenal couldn’t match Chelsea’s BID.
Sorry the sites acting up.
Mouriniho had the perfect opportunity to do what Madrid did at the turn of the millenium.
I dont want Chelsea to spend ridiculously like Madrid because that’s not Chelsea supporters or club about.
But we have’nt strengthened our squad the way Man Utd has done for the past 15 yrs. I feel WE MISSED THE TRICK and learnt nothing from our major rivals.
Oh so sorry Adonis for not answering your question..
“Hmmm. Let’s think about this for one second. He hasn’t got a clue how to manage players. That would create conflict between the players and him right? Why is it that all his players adore him then?? And he hasn’t got a clue how to bring in talented young stars to our club.”
Football players are employees like any other business. The players love (fear) him because his the governer.
Look at Ruud Van Nistlerooi who is he playing for again?
Can somebody explain to me why Mouriniho gets 5 million pounds a year. While Robben struggles with his 70 pounds per week.
Who crossed the ball to Drogba so we could win the Carling Cup. Mouriniho or Robben?
cheap shot man
@Michael Mariens : that’s what you said it is just preposterous. “Everyone can win trphies with gifted players” how come Real Madrid ccan not win La Liga every year ? How come Inter could not win Serie A for years ? How come Manchester can not beat Reading , with all stars . how come Ranieri ,whom I respect a lot , could not win EPL with chelsea with Makele , Veron , Mutu , Lampard , Terry , Cudicini , Gallas and … .
what you said has rejected many seasons age, it is strange a soccer fan still talk about that.
What you said show thats You don’t know Mourinho very well.I suggest you reading “Made in Portugal” . when you read this book you will find out he is a big manager. he won a lot with players who was not famous.
@ Michael :Who crossed the ball to Drogba so we could win the Carling Cup. Mouriniho or Robben? , sorry for my language, it is the stupidest sentence that i have read in my life. I think you need someone to explain to you , what manager does , and what players do .
Robben is a good player, but I believe we have many players who can fill his place in chelsea. see, Malouda and SWP are doing well, whuile we still have joe cole on bench .
Robben ‘s first season in chelsea was only remarkable after that he did not show anythnig. some people will go ” becasue of injuries” , hey guys Comme on , injury is part of soccer game, getting injured every two games is a negative point for a world class player. no team likes to pay a player lots of money to spend most of season on bench .
@ Adonis : I completely disagree with what you said about belletti . Defenders also need to practice with eachother, if Midfielder or Striker don’t practice with team , they probably won’t be able to score or pass very well but if defenders don’t practice with team , one mistake in offside trap can make a disaster.
Belletti is kind of offensive right back so he has to practice with team , but I am sure Mourinho saw his play and approved that. Mourinh is a pro . manager he won’t underestimate Porthmous
Club management didn’t do enough to keep Robben…it was a matter of wages only…when some players can get in excess of 120k y not give Robben around 90k as he deamnded reportedly.
I like the way he plays
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@manishchandra : of course they did not, and i told you why .
1- many injuries.
2- many options.
I have Malouda, SWP . Jose Cole, you have to sit on bench more than playing becasue of glass legs, you wanna this wage ? NO , Have a nice day.
that happened to Alvez , they thought they can charge chelsea whatever they want.
we like your player but we have other choices , i have this amount , are u happy ? NO , Goodbye. tomorrow Belletti in chelsea, that screwed up Alves and Seveille. Alves is not gonna be happy in Seville anymore, no teams will offer that amount anymore.
i said jose cole, sorry guys , Joseph Cole ot joe cole :))
Robben too much injury prone…accepted, but same is true about 120k players like Ballack,Terry… and we all know what a fit Robben can do unlike that deadwood Ballack….one can’t use Robben’s injuries as excuse for letting him leave….I am damn sure title contenders must be very happy at his departure and they will be surely very sad when Ballack leaves.
@manishchandra: Do you put Robben and Terry in a same level ? Of course Club should pay Terry more than Robben .
by the way Terry don’t get injured regularly. if you are refering to last season, i should tell you , that kind of injuries are different to robben’s injuries.
and Ballack is another stroy. I personally don’t like german players and Ballak is not an exception, so I rather not talking about him.
I get sad when club sell players , like Tiago , Zola, Hasselbaink , Flo , … but when player ask club to sell him , I don’t get sad. I even don’t follow him anymore. but I still watch tiago games ( today Juv has game I wil lwatch that to see Tiago) , Hasselbaink , .. but I won’t watch robben’s game anymore.
he does not worth my time.
Wow, maysam. “I personally don’t like German players.” Racism is stupid, as any civilized human will tell you.
What I’m saying about Belletti, is that as a full-back, not all plays go through him. He won’t mess up the dynamics of the team being new as a RB.
I am not a Chelsea supporter I’m a Liverpool fan. I agree with Michael, Mouriniho has’nt got the talent to scout world -class players.
They should have held on to Robben like glue. Now his (Robben) gone and we Liverpool supporters can sleep peacefully.
But I disagree with Michael on saying that Robben is better than Kaka.
I know that Kaka is better than Robben.
@ Adnois : Well that’s me :)) I don’t like the way german players play.
@ Sami Kaka : well I don’t think you guys can sleep peacfully :) .
by the way , what did Bentez do ?
oo sorry , Beniteza did a good job he introduce some talents like Torres , Veronin , Xavi Alonso , Morientes , Kewel , Babel , Reina :) i did not know thme before , they were sucks in theri clubs :) oo i forgot to mention of players whom was introdiced by Benitez Kuyt :)) , what did benitez do ?
last seasons he just talked about amount of money that chelsea spent ilan :)).
don’t be proud of CL , u know how he beat chelsea m They beat Milan in penalty kicks , last sean they beat chelsea in Penalty kick , maybe this season thanks to plkayers who was introduced by bentize :)) they can do something :)
if you mentioned Fergusen , Wenger , I would not say anything becasue i am aware that those guys are the best in finding talents but don’t tell me about Benitez.
Dear Maysam, Raneri did not build team spirit when he was manager of Chelsea. It was like a merry-go-round who would play for Chelsea this match and next weekend and so on..
If Raneri is such a good manager why didn’t he win a trophy with Chelsea. He did not build a sqaud. His ideas were right to build a team of 22 with two players for every position but he is rubbish even Mouriniho said so c’mon.
Yeah we’ll do something, we are going to come first in the EPL. Thanks for the good comments… NOT! Reina played for Barcelona before he came to Liverpool.
But look now who was saved by a penalty.
Sami Kaka you are probably a teenager. Wishful thinking that Liverpool can win the EPL this season. I thanks for supporting on me on saying that Mouriniho can’t scout young talent.
I am probably the most sorry blue fan that Chelsea sold an elite player (Arjen Robben).
You guys are stupid, debating who can find talent better. Just shut up about it, and discuss something at all influential of the moment or the blog. Discuss football, not the scouting of players that perhaps will make an influence in twenty-six years.
Michael : I think you respond to yourslef , you said Ranieri could not win with chelsea becasue he was not a good coach , so having good players is not merely enough , having a good coach is ALSO important.
Sami Kaka : When you play for barca it means you are good. Reina was good when he came to Liverpool , he was not a world cloass but he was famous . he is not still a world class player. let me tell you somethnig to finish that Fergusen , Benitez , Mourinho , Wenger , and all of managers of famous clubs don’t finf talents, they just use talents. when they choose a player , someone else already found him.
If Reina isn’t a world class keeper how come he has the record of the most clean sheets in a row.
How come he saved us in the FA Cup Finals and how come he saved us in the semi-finals in the ECL. You think you know soccer but if you had a really good knowledge of soccer why do you support the blues?
Do we need tons of Pool, Arsenille and ManYoo fans to visit our blog to prove to you guys that we lost a trully magnificent talent?
It feels as though someone (Arjen Robben) in the family died.