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Chelsea seal Kalou deal…
Chelsea have agreed a deal with Dutch club Feyenoord for 21 year-old striker Salomon Kalou, subject to a medical and agreement on personal terms. Kalou, scorer of 42 goals in 83 appearances for the Rotterdam side, talks about the move on the Feyenoord website.
Shevchenko saga rumbles on…
There are contradictory reports in this morning’s papers regarding Andriy Shevchenko’s ‘will he, won’t he?’ move to Chelsea. The Times suggests that the AC Milan striker’s mind is ‘virtually made up’ on a move to Stamford Bridge with only the details to be ironed out. The Independent also believe that the deal is on, with William Gallas potentially moving the other way as part of the deal. Other outlets say that the Ukraine captain will reject the Blues in favour of an extended deal at the San Siro.
Carlton heading for North London?
Carlton Cole is set to complete a £2m move to Tottenham, according to today’s Sun.
Andiry Shevchenko has pulled out of the Ukraine’s World Cup warm-up match against Costa Rica on Saturday. The AC Milan striker has returned to Italy to receive further treatment on a knee injury he picked up in a Serie A game against Parma earlier this month. He has suggested that he will make an announcement about his future before the end of this week.
Youth Team second in FA Academy U-18's league
While far-fetched stories of multi-million pound signings fill the media, the club’s youth development system continues to bear fruit. Chelsea’s youth team finished second in Group A of the FA Academy Under-18′s league, behind Southampton on goal difference. Eleven players have been awarded professional contracts.
Billy Gallas on his way?
Various reports in the press this morning suggest that William Gallas has told Chelsea that he wants to leave the club. Speaking to French sports paper L’Equipe, Gallas is reported as saying that AC Milan are interested in signing him and that he needs a new challenge after spending five years at Chelsea.
World Cup 2006: Sven-Goran Eriksson, a very English eccentric…
Behind their stiff upper lips and Dunkirk spirit, the English secretly like the odd moment of madness. The Finns have a wife-carrying contest and the residents of Bunol in Spain take to the streets for a day to fling tomatoes at each other, but they can’t hold a candle to the English at their most eccentric.
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Corinthians deny Tevez interest
Brazilian club Corinthians have denied that Chelsea are preparing to make a record-breaking move for £50m rated forward Carlos Tevez. Jose Mourinho’s presence at the game with River Plate on Thursday (May 5) increased speculation that Chelsea are looking to sign the 22 year-old Argentine international.
Chelsea 3–0 Manchester United: Blues miles ahead but beaten to the headlines by a foot
Napoleon once said that “England is a nation of shopkeepers”, but a browse through the Sunday papers suggested that we are now a country filled with orthopaedic obsessives. From John Prescott boning his secretary to the metatarsal-mania surrounding Rooney’s foot via the skeletons in Steve McClaren’s cupboard, you couldn’t move for stories both humerus [sic] and grim on matters skeletal.
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Chelsea 1 – 2 Liverpool: Mourinho outwits himself as his wingless wonders fall to earth
Losing to Liverpool is much like a trip to the dentist. Irritating and occasionally painful, but you can take comfort in the knowledge that the experience is over fairly quickly and doesn’t happen that often anyway.
How To Win Trophies and Influence People the Chelsea Way
No-one likes us but we don’t care, right? In fact we enjoy our role as football’s Anti-Christ so much, we don’t even like ourselves sometimes.
A spot of self-loathing we can deal with, but despite their relative lack of importance inane ramblings by the likes of Lawton and Hattenstone do tend to grate as they dictate the agenda in the short term. The media perception of the club is something that often creates a false impression, given that many commentators and pundits rarely stray from the realms of hackneyed cliché and the simplistic view of the herd.
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Mourinho and the Blues pull clear as Fergie and United crumble on the Long, Good Friday…
Football as a metaphor for life itself? The traditional Easter story tells us of death and resurrection; as the football season draws to a close those two qualities have been evident in all areas of the beautiful game. As the bouyant winning streak and title charge of our closest rivals went from threatening to lifeless in the space of ninety minutes, Accrington Stanley completed their rise from the dead and re-established themselves as a football league club rather than the tag line of a 1980’s milk advertising campaign.
Chelsea 4 – 1 West Ham United: wings clipped, Hammers battered…
While Jose may be worried about the recent arrival of bird flu on British shores, he seems to have started enjoying his ongoing game of chicken with Sir Alex Ferguson. The moody but magnificent Portugeezer finally broke his self-imposed silence with a classic Mourinho press conference on Friday. The message was simple; we’re coping with the ‘pressure’ of being seven points clear just fine thanks, and we’re certainly in no mood to give up our grip on the Premiership trophy. Catch us if you can.
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The Birmingham blank: Jose and Chelsea need to remain ice-cold as Alex smells blood…
It must be spring. The lighter evenings, an increase in temperature, the sudden flurry of April showers interspersed with bursts of brilliant sunshine. The daffodils are out in time for Easter and some barmy University types are rowing up the Thames.
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Media talk Goebbels as Drogba dives headlong into controversy…
It was possibly a combination of sleep depravation and alcohol, but a scene from the movie ‘Airplane’ came to mind whilst watching Didier Drogba’s post-match interview on ‘Match of the Day’ at the weekend.
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Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: 5,873 days, 6 points and one moment of magic
Cooke, Bonetti, Harris, Hudson, Webb, Baldwin, Dempsey, Graham and Venables. Just being in the presence of some of the names on the (very green) pitch at Stamford Bridge on Saturday to celebrate the life of Peter Osgood would be enough to leave even the calmest of men open-mouthed and stuttering, but to upstage them in a manner that Ossie himself would have been proud takes someone truly special. There may only be one king, but William Gallas now sits comfortably in amongst Stamford Bridge’s illustrious royalty.
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Jose Mourinho and Chelsea: Still so very, very special…
Jose Mourinho and I have a lot in common, you know. Suave, handsome, desired and detested by millions in equal measure. Well, that isn’t strictly true. And when I say a lot in common, I mean two things. Which are ultimately one and the same, when you think about it.
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