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Fenerbache opened up a five point lead at the top of the table after this impressive win in one of the most heated derby matches in recent times.
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North London club sets it’s sights on yet another player with bags of potential when what they really need is an experienced head to man the tiller!
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Newly-appointed Fenerbahce coach Luis Aragones wasted no time in trying to lure one of the key members of Spain’s Euro 2008-winning squad to Turkey. Sadly, the plan has not worked as the player declared his love for native Spain. [Read the rest of this entry »]
Fenerbache’s Brazilian star Deivid who scored the winner for the Turks in Istanbul last week against Chelsea – now claims that the Kings Road cash guzzlers may have bulging bags of dosh but that will never guarantee them a strong side.
Deivid said:
“In football, names and money don’t win games. You have to go out there and play, 11 against 11. Money buys players, but doesn’t build teams. We will play until the death and the better side on that specific night will be in the semi-finals.” (The Sun)
Will the lowly Turkish paupers beat the Kings Road billionaire brats?
Fenerbache’s ex-Chelsea striker stuck his boot in after his side beat the Stamford Bridge fat cats in Istanbul – the Serb, clearly a devotee of ‘the Special One” claimed that:
“Chelsea without Mourinho are not the same. Under him, they were a machine. There were no surprises, no mistakes. Everything worked fantastically. Now they have ups and downs. We’ve watched the last couple of games and against Middlesbrough and Sunderland they made four or five mistakes.
“There’s not the same spirit in the team any more. There are rows at training. It’s not the machine it used to be. You can see that something is not working. If [Frank] Lampard goes out of the game after 75 minutes it means something is wrong. If Mourinho had been in charge of this match of course it would’ve been different. He is a very different coach.”
Hang on a minute – wasn’t Avram meant to improve Chelsea? Wasn’t the glum Israeli meant to bring glitz, glamour, and razzmatazz? Right now Chelsea are as avant garde as a plastic poncho at a rainy Theme Park.
Try and brush aside the fact that he now aspires to be a monk, and have a look at ex-Chelsea striker Mateja Kezman’s comments about Avram Grant. Kezman is still in contact with some of the Stamford Bridge players and claims that the word on the street is that things are much worse under Grant than they ever were under the Special One (no surprises there). Kezman said:
“The manager that they have now does not have Mourinho’s qualities. When Mourinho was there, Chelsea was like a machine. Everything ran like clockwork.
“Now, talking to old friends at the club, I understand it’s not so good. There are rows on the training pitch, the kind of problems that never would have happened when Mourinho was in charge. Chelsea are still a strong team. Just look at their position in the league. But it is a good time to play them.”
In all probability Kezman is doing all this to rile up his Stamford Bridge counterparts when his new side, Fenerbache, set to face them in the Champions League this week. Sorry Mateja, unless Avram tries his “4-4-1″ routine again, your boys don’t have a hope.
The second slice of steaming transfer scheming…
Despite Manchester United’s firm denial that they will be bringing anyone in over the January transfer window, they are being linked with a swoop for Hertha Berlin’s left-back Gilberto who could be used as back-up for Patrice Evra. (Daily Mail)
Bolton gaffer Gary Megson will bring in AZ Alkmaar’s Icelandic defender Gretar Steinsson for £4m. (The Mirror)
Liverpool midfielder Momo Sissoko isn’t going to Juventus after all, he will instead be heading to Spain and the attacking jamboree that is Atletico Madrid. (The Mirror)
Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is at the ‘endgame’ stage with Crystal Palace defender Lee Hills who he has offered £1.5m for. (The Sun)
…And Portsmouth are also after ex-Chelsea hitman Mateja Kezman who is currently plying his trade with Fenerbache. (Daily Mail)
Fulham’s Roy Hodgson is having a hearty sniff around Kansas City Wizards Eddie Johnson, and are looking to take him away from the footballing tundra that is the MLS. (The Guardian)
Everton, Celtic, and Sunderland are all tracking the loan signing of Bayern Munich defender Daniel van Buyten. (The Sun)
Turkish club Galatasaray are sniffing around Celtic midfielder Thomas Gravesen, currently on loan and on the bench at Everton. (Daily Mail)
Tottenham are set to offload Wayne Routledge, who has been deemed deadwood by manager Juande Ramos, Qpr are waiting patiently to bid £1.8m for the winger. (The Sun)
West Ham are also after a winger, and are trailing Ipswich’s Danny Haynes, Alan Curbishly is ready to splurge as much as £3m for his services. (The Sun)
Derby boss Paul Jewell is cooing over Wigan’s full-back Emmerson Boyce and wants to whisk him away to Pride Park. (The Guardian)
Roy Keane has £2m and isn’t afraid to use it, the Sunderland manager is leading a valiant charge to try and capture Blackburn’s Jason Roberts from the evil clutches of Mark Hughes. (The Mirror)
Bolton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Wigan and Sunderland are all salivating over the prospect of nabbing Aston Villa’s defender Gary Cahill. (Daily Mail)
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