The transfer rumours continue to circulate for all the big clubs but it seems Chelsea’s summer spending spree is about to commence now that Andre Villas-Boas has finally been appointed. The latest bookies’ odds give a good idea about who will be going where in the next couple of months before the summer transfer window [...]
At the age of 33 he has shown all the signs to become one of the greatest. As a player he never had the talent to make it to the highest level, but as a coach he has exceeded all expectations, backed by plaudits of some of the greatest and a philosophy that encapsulates everything [...]
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The announcement of André Villas-Boas as the new boss has been warmly welcomed by the fans and with good reason. Personally, the word that sums it all up for me is excitement. After a few weeks break, the memory of how the previous season spluttered to an slightly undignified and lethargic close has slowly faded. [...]
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The appointment of Andre Villas-Boas heralds the dawning of a new age at Stamford Bridge, in spite of some uncanny historic echoes: A young Portuguese manager, inexperienced in the big leagues, replaces an old, admired Italian coach, for little reason other than Abramovic’s impatience. And just as there were tuts when Ranieri was made a [...]
Continue reading …Yesterday Chelsea confirmed the appointment of new manager Andre Villas-Boas on a three year, £5 million pound deal after agreeing to pay the contract release fee of £13.3 million with Portuguese champions Porto. The 33 year old was reportedly willing to pay the release clause himself to engineer a move to the premier league outfit, [...]
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At a club like Chelsea where we have gone through six managers in seven years (and will appoint no.7 sooner rather than later… hopefully) it comes a time where fans become frustrated with the management from above, a supposed hierarchy who have no idea about football despite it being their working life ruining it for [...]
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Yuri Zhirkov has been a complicated mess of a player since he signed in the summer of 2008, as word would have it, under Hiddink’s recommendation. He cost the club eighteen million of our owner’s finest, three more than Arsenal paid for Andrei Arshavin. Let’s face it, Russians and London don’t mix. You’d pretty hard [...]
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Last Thursday I was lucky enough to be invited to the press day for the new Chelsea FC Museum. Today the museum opens its doors to the public and after seeing what it has to offer I am sure that it will be a hit with Chelsea fans travelling to the Bridge from around the [...]
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Especially when you’re the one receiving them! Who amongst us has never offered a bribe or been given one? That twenty pound note which persuades the turnstile man to press the pedal as you go in. The steward on the football special, no ticket, oh, a twenty pound note, 3rd carriage and behave yourself. The [...]
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