that is bcause no one wants to come to man utd..

This is so meaningless yet baiting the others to come over and create another unnecessary flame war. Is this even necessary?

not really true, Valencia and Owen came? Who knows whom might come later on.

It's ok jdreamer. Sorry though for barging into this thread. Just seeking for clarifications on why those posters saying like that. No offence intended though.

looks like rumors of zhirkov's arrival is getting hotter

can he really take malouda's place? or is he going to work with malouda on a 4-3-3 formation?

Damn Citeh, the audacious JT bid is making me restless.

In response to ilovelyn post, it's not like the players don't want to come to MU, even we are affected. Blame it on the UK's new 50% salary tax policy. Who still wanna come?

zhirkov is on medical now....
hope that guy can change chelsea..
hahaha

btw...ancelotti is meeting with JT asking about Jt future at chelsea...
dammmm citizen wanna JT and offering him 30mil
ayoyoyoyoy

wth citizen..zzz..

second time i read just realize what is it..

it is indeed very uncomfortting to go through the rumors about citeh's bids for our captain although we know that terry would never leave stamford bridge because of money.

its true that although the EPL has the best teams in the world, we still cannot lure good players because of the high tax rate.

it is all about salary.....rise terry salary and he will settle at Stamford bridge..anyway he deserve it..

we cannot keep raising salaries to keep our players. if the players are loyal, then a decent salary should be enough to make him stay. we cannot bankrupt the club by paying high salaries to players we want to keep.

This post has been edited by madfag: Jul 6 2009, 02:08 PM

yup..
that is true..
i agree with u..
we cant keep raising the salary..
and our club salary is highest in epl..
so we should keep it as it is..

No one actually knows the mechanics of the club, be it the rising taxes in UK, or the salary caps etc. It's always easy to sit behind the computer screen, and post/quote without consequences.

Let's leave all this for the club to handle, and enjoy doing what we do in the first place, supporting Chelsea FC. No need for mindless baiting, and all that nonsense, that doesn't show us that you are indeed better in supporting the club than the rest of us. We are all True Blues in this thread, so let's keep it that way.

any news about zhirkov?

This post has been edited by Ichighost: Jul 6 2009, 04:01 PM

ZHIRKOV CLOSE TO JOINING BLUES
Yuri Zhirkov is reportedly in London to finalise his move to Chelsea after admitting it would be 'inexcusable' to let the opportunity pass.

The Russian winger is to have his medical on Monday ahead of completing a £18million move from CSKA Moscow, which will see him sign a reported £80,000-a-week deal until 2012.

Zhirkov has impressed greatly over the past couple of seasons and has been on Chelsea's radar ever since a fine showing at the 2008 European Championship.

Chelsea have already made two market moves to date in luring young English talent Daniel Sturridge and Ross Turnbull to the capital, but it is Zhirkov's signature that will be deemed new boss Carlo Ancelotti's first major signing.

"I have always dreamed of playing in a top club," Zhirkov said.

"It would have been inexcusable to let this opportunity pass."

CSKA president Yevgeny Giner concedes his club are in negotiation with Chelsea but is adamant the deal is not yet rubber-stamped.

"In transfer issues there are many nuances which could make any deal fall through," he said.

"But I won't deny we are negotiating with Chelsea about Zhirkov's move to London."
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/...ual_083358.html

Petr Cech Denies Chelsea Rift With Luiz Felipe Scolari

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has denied being one of three players who played a pivotal role in the sacking of manager Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Scolari, now of Bunyodkor in Uzbekistan, identified Cech, Didier Drogba and Michael Ballack as a trio who rejected his training methods and disrupted the squad.

Although Cech does admit to being confused by the change in the coaching system at the club, the Czech Republic international is adamant the Brazilian boss was always respected at Stamford Bridge.

"I always had a huge respect for Mr. Scolari and then suddenly in the middle of the season we had a change in the way we trained the goalkeepers," Cech told The Independent.

"It changed the way we could work and I was surprised because the way we had been training was getting results, keeping clean sheets and we had the best defensive record in the league.

"Then suddenly we had a complete change which I couldn't understand.

"In the end, he was the manager and you have to respect what the manager wants. I was not happy and I told him but you play for the team and not yourself so I respected him and adapted. We tried to do it the way he wished."

Meanwhile, new manager Carlo Ancelotti is set to face the UK press for the first time as Chelsea boss today.

Ketchup

Chelsea bring in Russian Zhirkov
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/t...sea/8135341.stm

Yay!

Chelsea are prepared to let the defender (Terry) leave Stamford Bridge for a whopping £40m, with City ready to pay over £200,000 a week for his services, according to The Times and the Daily Star.

The Guardian are more confident in stipulating exactly how much Terry can expect to receive per week - £270,000 - while over in The Sun, a £35m bid from City is expected, with Barcelona captain Carles Puyol already lined up as a replacement.



If really the "captain" want to go, 40m is a good value. Then we should keep ricky.

CHELSEA have completed an £18million move for Yuri Zhirkov from CSKA Moscow.

on cfc wiki oso alreadi got his name ..

you guys shouldnt fall for these rumors. our captain is Mr. Chelsea. he does not have a price.

good point. the amount of money we spend on wages is already sky high. nobody is bigger than the club. chelsea fc should not tolerate players who hold the club to ransom, unless we're truly underpaying/underrating a particular individual. and at the moment i don't think we are. in fact we might be overpaying some of them. however i'm not the one who runs the accounts at chelsea so its anybody's guess who these players are.

anyway, the news of zhirkov's signing is pretty much everywhere now!

added : and its up on the official site now! barely 10 minutes old.

This post has been edited by Kerplunk: Jul 6 2009, 05:35 PM