[Centraal] Chelsea FC #6: Felipćo en zijn Portugese brigade

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Lampard geeft Moratti zijn jawoord

De transfer van Frank Lampard naar Internazionale is weer een forse stap dichterbij gekomen. De middenvelder van Chelsea heeft Inter-preses Massimo Moratti inmiddels laten weten dat hij graag naar Milaan wil komen. “We moeten nu dus met Chelsea gaan praten”, aldus de voorzitter.

Moratti heeft veel vertrouwen in de komst van de Engelsman. De preses zei vorige week dat de bal bij Lampard lag en nu de middenvelder heeft gezegd dat hij naar Inter wil komen is de transfer weer een stap dichterbij. Moratti waarschuwt de supporters dat zij zich echter nog niet rijk moeten rekenen.

De olietycoon weet immers dat Chelsea Lamps niet wil laten gaan. “We zullen geduldig moeten zijn”, sprak Moratti op de website van zijn club. “We hebben het jawoord van Lampard, maar we zijn er nog zeker niet uit met Chelsea. Zij willen de speler houden en dat is hun goed recht.”

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Chelsea set to land Kaka for record £80m

· Negotiations with Milan at an advanced stage
· World player of the year keen on move to London

Chelsea appear set to sign the Milan playmaker Kaka for a world-record ¤100m (£79.3m) after discussions took place this week, with both clubs and the Brazil international keen for a deal to go through. Sources at Stamford Bridge have confirmed that Chelsea are targeting the 26-year-old and it is understood that Milan are inclined to accept a bid of ¤100m tabled this week.

Initially reluctant to depart, Kaka now believes the transfer, which would smash the record of £46m Real Madrid paid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001, is in everyone's interests. His contract does not expire until 2012 but he is eager to play for Luiz Felipe Scolari, who gave him his international debut against Bolivia in 2002 and included him in the Brazil squad for that year's World Cup finals despite him being only 20 years old. The current world and European player of the year also believes Chelsea are the most attractive destination in European football.

Chelsea sent a representative to Milan this week to present a bid to the Italian club. Far from rejecting the offer out of hand as is normal practice and as they did with approaches from Real Madrid last summer, Milan sent a delegation to London and negotiations have continued.

Discussions have also taken place with the player's camp over personal terms, with Kaka, who has scored 22 goals in 59 games for his country, set to earn a significant rise on his salary as well as a ¤15m signing-on fee. He will arrive in Milan today after spending the summer recovering from arthroscopy on his knee at Sao Paulo's training centre in Brazil.

"Real Madrid offered ¤90m last summer and Milan did not even think about the bid," said Kaka's personal assistant and closest adviser, Diogo Kotscho. "This time is different. This is the first time we feel that a deal will definitely happen. Because of the [financial] situation Milan are in at the moment, the deal is good for all parties involved.

"The move would represent a significant increase in Kaka's salary, on top of the 10% transfer fee that goes straight to the player anyway - some ¤15m. Chelsea are the club to be at right now. They are building a team to win everything."

Given their current financial difficulties, Milan can ill afford to reject such a huge bid. Having failed to qualify for the Champions League, they have had to cut costs at the same time as embarking on the renewal of an ageing squad. They continue to seek a striker and the sale of Kaka would enable them to follow through on their interest in Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor, despite their vice-president Adriano Galliani's claim that Ronaldinho would be their final signing of the summer. Meanwhile, the arrival of the former Barcelona player - and the tumultuous reception he was given - has persuaded them they can release Kaka, safe in the knowledge that they have a glamour signing in his place.

Kaka believes he has shown his loyalty to Milan by staying last season, despite Madrid's interest. He has not demanded a transfer this season either, with the impetus coming from the two clubs. However, he does not want to continue at a club that will not play in this season's Champions League. Kaka's relationship with Galliani and the club's owner Silvio Berlusconi has also been strained by Milan's refusal to allow him to represent Brazil at the Olympics. Milan said Kaka was "tired" - a claim he publicly denied. Worse still, Ronaldinho has been allowed to go to Beijing.

If the deal can be completed it would virtually destroy the chances of the Real Madrid forward Robinho completing his "dream" move to Stamford Bridge. The La Liga champions are unwilling to sell until they can sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United. Last night Sir Alex Ferguson insisted the Portugal winger would still be at Old Trafford next season.

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Op zaterdag 19 juli 2008 16:31 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:
Is het weer die periode van de minuut voor je, Cyberia?

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Op zaterdag 19 juli 2008 16:31 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:
Is het weer die periode van de maand voor je, Cyberia?

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Op maandag 21 juli 2008 14:45 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:
Daarom, ik snap niet hoe het elke keer weer lukt om een heisa te worden. Deze zomer ook al Ramos en Torres gehad voor niet te noemen bedragen.

Makelele heeft vandaag de club op een free transfer verlaten voor PSG. Ondanks dat ik het jammer vind dat hij weg is, gun ik uiteraard iedere speler het afscheid dat hij wil. En als dat in zijn thuisland is, dan succes. Maka is een van de beste aankopen geweest onder Roman, en ik ben nog steeds blij dat Real hem zo relatief gemakkelijk heeft laten gaan.

Hij is enorm belangrijk geweest in de successen die de laatste 5 jaar behaald zijn, en zijn goals zal ik ook niet snel vergeten. Met name ook omdat het er zo weinig waren .

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Chelsea doet er alles aan om Frank Lampard (foto) volgend jaar zomer niet transfervrij te laten vertrekken. De middenvelder kan volgens de nieuwe contractvoorwaarden in vijf jaar een bedrag van 49 miljoen euro verdienen. (Diverse Britse tabloids)

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Op woensdag 23 juli 2008 14:55 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:
Fraaie vrije trap van die Chinees op het eind.

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Op woensdag 23 juli 2008 14:55 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:
Hopelijk krijgen we wat van Di Santo te zien de tweede helft.

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Op woensdag 23 juli 2008 17:26 schreef Juweel het volgende:
Waar was dat live te zien?

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Chelsea willing to pay price of keeping their stars on board

Chelsea are bracing themselves for another huge increase in player salaries that could take their annual wage bill close to £150million as the recent round of contract renegotiations is set to continue. John Obi Mikel and Joe Cole are the next in line for new deals and expect to open talks before the start of the season after Wayne Bridge, Petr Cech and Michael Essien signed new contracts in the past week. Discussions are under way with Frank Lampard and Michael Ballack, and Didier Drogba is also demanding a pay rise to keep him at the club.

Chelsea's wage bill for 2006-07 was £133million, £40million higher than the Barclays Premier League's second biggest spenders, Manchester United, but even that sum, which represents 71 per cent of their turnover, is likely to be dwarfed when their latest results are released early next year.

The contracts signed by Bridge, Cech and Essien have added £4million to the club's wage bill, and Lampard is due for a £1.5million-a-year rise if he agrees to Chelsea's £140,000-a-week offer. Mikel can expect his salary to double to £80,000 a week at a cost of an additional £2million a year to the club because the Nigerian is expected to take over Claude Makelele's position as the midfield anchor. Cole is likely to receive an additional £1million to take his wages to a similar level.

Deco's three-year contract is worth almost £5million a year and José Bosingwa's £2.5million, bringing the total cost of new players, new contracts and those in the pipeline to a staggering £16million annually. In contrast, those players who have left the club this summer, such as Steve Sidwell, were relatively modest earners, with the exception of Makelele, whose departure on a free transfer to Paris Saint-Germain will save Chelsea £80,000 a week.

Chelsea's largesse may be unsustainable in the long run and makes a mockery of their aim of breaking even by 2010, but their determination to keep the squad together at almost any cost is a testament to the success of their player recruitment in recent years.

Luiz Felipe Scolari, the manager - who earns £5.5million a year, £500,000 more than José Mourinho was banking from Chelsea this time last year - outlined his faith in his squad after the 4-0 win over Guangzhou Pharmaceutical yesterday, refusing to be drawn into a slanging match with Sir Alex Ferguson over the United manager's claims that his players are too old.

Salomon Kalou, Lampard, Franco Di Santo and Shaun Wright-Phillips scored the goals in a straightforward win. “I have the players with experience and I have some young boys in my team,” Scolari said. “But I feel with my team that we have experience for the Premier League. I'm not nervous at all. I have the pressure, but all of the coaches have the same pressure. It's normal.

“Don't forget that I was a coach for club teams for 17 years of my life. I was only working with the national team for seven years. I feel the same as I was coaching the other teams. I need to work morning and afternoon, I need to grow the team and I need to think up new tactics for my training.”

Scolari also expressed confidence that Lampard would stay at the club, even though he has yet to agree to a new contract. The England midfield player wore the captain's armband for the second half after John Terry's substitution last night, although he refrained from kissing the club badge after scoring Chelsea's second goal.

“I said two days ago that Frank is here, he is with us, training, playing very well,” Scolari said. “He is one player from our group and the speculation is part of big speculation in the world for this player or that player. Until August 31 [when the transfer window closes] there'll be more speculation for Chelsea than for any other team. After then the speculation will not finish.”

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Op donderdag 24 juli 2008 11:44 schreef BliksemSchigt het volgende:

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Op dinsdag 5 augustus 2008 10:29 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:
Hoor ik op vakantie dat Chelsea weer eens een strafschoppenserie verloren heeft, en met 5-0 van Milan wint. Zal vast een verschil zijn in tijd van voorbereiding, maar 5-0 !

Geen oefenwedstrijden meer, dus mag hopen dat Scolari nu het meeste weet.

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Op dinsdag 8 juli 2008 17:28 schreef DiegoArmandoMaradona het volgende:
Milan verwacht dat Kaka gaat vertrekken

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Op dinsdag 5 augustus 2008 10:35 schreef Rejected het volgende:
Anelka :p

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'Abramovich is maffiamannetje'

MÜNCHEN - Uli Hoeness, algemeen directeur van Bayern München, heeft donderdag in een interview hard uitgehaald naar Chelsea-eigenaar Roman Abramovich. De Russische miljardair bezondigt zich volgens Hoeness aan maffiapraktijken.

,,Ik erger me wekelijks als ik moet tanken'', begint Hoeness zijn tirade op de Duitse sportwebsite www.spox.com. ,,De oliemaffia onfutselt me veel geld, om dat vervolgens in voetballers te steken. Dit zaakje stinkt en dat geldt ook voor de heer Abramovich. Maffiamannetjes als hij beheersen de wereld en manipuleren de olieprijs.''
De bestuurder van Bayern München weet hoe hij de eigenaar van Chelsea terug kan pakken. ,,We moeten ploegen als Chelsea op het veld verslaan, dat zou voor mij genoegdoening betekenen.''

(ANP)

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Op donderdag 7 augustus 2008 17:52 schreef venomsnake het volgende:

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Hardleers Chelsea doet officieel bod op Robinho

Ook al heeft Real Madrid laten weten dat Robinho niet te koop is, toch heeft dat Chelsea er niet van weerhouden om een officieel bod te doen op de Braziliaanse aanvaller.

Nu Real zich heeft versterkt met Rafael van der Vaart, denken de Londenaren kans te maken. Hoeveel Chelsea wil betalen, maakte de club niet bekend, maar volgens de BBC gaat het om een bedrag van bijna 23 miljoen euro.

Bij Chelsea is de Braziliaan Luiz Felipe Scolari de nieuwe coach en die heeft zijn bewondering voor de 24-jarige dribbelaar nooit onder stoelen of banken gestoken. Robinho voelt zich bij Real juist minder gewaardeerd, helemaal omdat de Spanjaarden hem aanboden aan Manchester United als wisselgeld om Cristiano Ronaldo te halen.