Showing posts with label Chelsea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chelsea. Show all posts

Monday, January 27

4 Days left of the January transfer window - What are the possible late signings?

 Yohan Cabaye to Manchester United/PSG?
Cabaye is a creative midfielder who has a lot of experience and talent. He is the type of midfielder that you would find going from one end of the pitch to another many times in a game putting effort in both defensively and offensively. Cabaye has drawn interest from a couple of big teams, mainly from Manchester United & PSG who are suspected to have put an offer in for him. Manchester United fans will tell you how desperate they are for some good new midfielders at the club, even after the record signing of Juan Mata on Saturday. This move is even more likely after Alan Pardew suggesting he may well be gone by the end of January. He used the words 'not confident' to describe his feelings on Cabaye staying at the club.
What do you think?

Luke Shaw to Manchester United/Chelsea?
Luke Shaw has been impressing in the Premier League so far this season, Southampton started the season with an outstanding run as well, after 11 games Southampton were 3rd in the table, a point above Chelsea and only 3 points below Arsenal at the top of the tree. Manchester United would be adding to there other signing this month,Juan Mata if they got Luke before the end of this window. It would make a hefty offer though for Manchester United to snatch him after Chelsea's interests in the 18-year-old, £40 million is the suggested amount United would have to spend. This move is made likely by the fact Chelsea and Manchester United both have veteran Left Back, Ashley Cole & Patrice Evra, these both may need replacing in years to come, or possibly earlier after rumours of Evra going back to his home town France at the end of the 2013/14 season. Patrice Evra is 32 and Ashley Cole is 33 both closing on the normal retirement age for a full-back at this level. Shaw is only 18 and has a lot of potential.
What do you think?

Pablo Osvaldo to West Ham?
Pablo joined Swansea in summer. He has played 13 games since he joined the Swans and already looks like he could very possibly be on his way out. The interest for the forward first started when an incident in training involving him headbutting another player meant the club took action in banning him. Although he wasn't banned permanently, only for 2 weeks, the worry is whether the player remaining at the club may affect other Swansea players morale. West Ham signed Marco Borriello on loan from Roma on Saturday however we get the impression Sam Allardyce isn't convinced he has enough depth in his attacking options quite yet. Could the ex-Roma forward be the next forward signing of Sam's this month?
What do you think?

Lionel Messi to PSG?
First impressions, madness. However PSG have pursued interests, according to an Italian news paper, La Stampa. We know Messi is yet to renew his contract at FC Barcelona however can we imagine him anywhere else? Messi himself has said many of times before that he has never had any intentions of leaving the club where he grew up. Lionel Messi isn't actually Spanish, he was born in Argentina and Plays for the Argentina international team, however joined Spanish giants Barcelona at a very young age, as they offered a lot of money for the promising young boy at the time. However he was here of a very young age and loves playing here as far as we know. Paris Saint-Germain are one of the richest Football clubs in the world and therefore if anyone has the money you would put PSG as the team to pay for him. Rumours say they are lining up £207 million to lure the Argentinian.
What do you think?

 Luke Shaw             Lionel Messi            Pablo Osvaldo        Yohan Cabaye



Big Signing - Michael Essien to AC Milan - Undisclosed

Michael Essien officially signed for Italian side AC Milan today for an undisclosed fee and a contract 17 months long. Michael was on loan to Real Madrid last season, as he struggled to get into the team at Chelsea. When he returned from loan Jose Mourinho joined him as he was appointed as the new Chelsea manager, following the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo. Jose described Michael as his son in a recent interview and returned by Michael naming him Dad. However it didn't come as a huge shock that the previous record signing for Chelsea in 2005 announced interest in a possible move to the Serie A team.

Although Essien was told he could happily stay at the club if he wanted to by Jose Mourinho he felt a move permanently would be best for him. The Ghanaian international, I believe, is a fantastic signing for AC Milan and as positive a move as it is for Michael himself as he deserves regular game time at a top team. He plays his position really well and I believe he will be an important member of the Milan team.
What do you think?





Sunday, January 26

Big Signing - Mohamed Salah to Chelsea - £11 million

Rumors have been on going this week between Mohamed and Chelsea and a deal is finally done as Basel receive around £11 million for the Egyptian Midfielder. The 21-year-old will be at Stanford Bridge until he's 26 due to agreeing a 5 and a half year contract. Salah came from Champions, Basel, he played 47 appearances and scored 9 goals at Basel.

On joining Chelsea Mohamed Salah said, "I'm very happy to sign for Chelsea. I hope I can make the Chelsea supporters happy and have a good career at the club for many years."

Manchester United signed Juan Mata last night for £37.1 million, which gained them a profit of £13.6 million, likely the funds for Salah. He joins the the other 2 new signings at Chelsea this season, Bertrand Traore & Nemanja Matic.

Salah has completed 9/10 of his take ons this season

Big Signing - Juan Mata to Manchester United - £37.1 million

Juan Mata has completed his record breaking move to Title holders Manchester United. The deal cost the red devils £37.1 million, beating the amount Chelsea paid for him in 2011. A contract agreed is said to run till 2018. We are expecting to seen the Spaniard in action straight away as united play Cardiff on Tuesday where we also see Ole Gunnar Solskjaer return to Old Trafford as the new Manager of Cardiff City.
This deal breaks United previous record for Rio Ferdinand