Tchau Londres. Que cidade!!! Pra sempre na minha vida. Meu filho caçula nasceu ali. Esses 3 anos foram incriveis. Voltarei em breve. Tchau!! ..and just like that, it’s over. What Chelsea fans have suspected and rumoured for the past few months was more or less confirmed on Friday evening by the man himself. Juliano Belletti [...]
Much like his successor Petr Cech, Carlo Cudicini was a virtual unknown when Chelsea rescued him from Castel di Sangro. However, the extent of Cudicini’s talent was known by his fellow Italian Gianluca Vialli, who initially signed him on loan in 1999. Nine and half years and 141 league appearances later, Carlo Cudicini had firmly [...]
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Continue reading …Who is your favourite, current Chelsea player: Terry, Lampard, Drogba or Joe Cole, possibly? Chelsea have plenty of imposing characters, world class players in almost every position but I’m betting that fewer than 2% of people reading this will have said Michael Ballack. Since Michael joined Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea on a free transfer in 2006 [...]
Continue reading …Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. When Deco joined Chelsea at the start of the season it seemed as if we had managed a major transfer coup. The neat playmaker arrived from Barcelona on a three year deal for £8m on the last day of June 2008, but by the first day of July 2009 [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea’s current interim manager Guus Hiddink is a legend in footballing circles and tellingly, has achieved success wherever he has chanced his hand. Hiddink, born in November 1946, started his career as a player with De Graafschap in his native Holland. His time there was punctuated by an unsuccessful season at PSV Eindhoven, before a [...]
Continue reading …In July 2002, the mercurial and talented midfielder Sam Dalla Bona left Chelsea under a cloud. His refusal to sign a contract extension had angered Chelsea, as their statement at the time confirms.”In view of the fact that Sam Dalla Bona has refused to sign an extension to his current contract, stating that he wants [...]
Continue reading …The man who once had a trial at Manchester United has turned into one of Europe’s most revered midfielders at Chelsea and the good news is: he’s here to stay. In the summer of 2008 Michael Essien put pen to paper and signed a new five-year contract with the Blues, trying him to the club [...]
Continue reading …He is the embodiment of what modern-day football fans are supposed to despise. First, there’s the diving. Then there’s the rolling around in mock agony which often accompanies the diving. And of course, there’s the moaning. And the moaning. And the moaning. And the moaning. But somehow, for us at least, all his flaws can [...]
Continue reading …Young midfielder Liam Bridcutt has issued a strong statement of support for his fellow Chelsea team-mates ahead of their crucial FA Youth Cup semi-final second leg against Aston Villa on Wednesday night.18-year-old Bridcutt was the top appearance maker for Chelsea’s youth side last season but is currently away from Stamford Bridge and on loan at [...]
Continue reading …After adding Branislav Ivanovic and Nicolas Anelka to Chelsea’s squad in the January transfer window, Avram Grant also completed the signing of 18-year-old Franco Di Santo to very little media fanfare. But with the young Argentinean striker tipped by many to emulate the legendary Diego Maradona, he could very well prove to be a very [...]
Continue reading …23 year old Serbian defender Branislav Ivanović became Avram Grant’s second signing of the January transfer window, following on from the £15m signing of Nicolas Anelka last week. The versatile Ivanović can play anywhere across the back four- Gallas-esque- and could be seen as the long term replacement for one of Chelsea’s most reliable defenders. [...]
Continue reading …After weeks of speculation and plenty of press gossip, Avram Grant finally got his man as the long-awaited signing of Nicolas Anelka was announced on Friday evening. It is a huge relief for Grant, who has seen strikers Claudio Pizarro and Andriy Shevchenko misfire and Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba leave for the African Cup [...]
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