Like the rest of us, Sir Alex Ferguson has probably got bored of the Cristiano Ronaldo saga, along with the other will-he-won’t-he transfer tales in the tabloids. Therefore, in time-honoured tradition, the Manchester United manager has spiced things up ahead of the new season by claiming that Chelsea are too old to win the title next season (!) and [Read the rest of this entry »]

New Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari knows that owner Roman Abramovich holds the key to massive funds this summer, so it would be in the Brazilian’s best interest to make sure his new man gets what he wants. And what he wants apparently is a bit of local flair. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Not content with having a team capable of winning the Champions League, bar any slipups, Big Phil Scolario seems obsessed with filling his Chelsea squad with members of the national teams that gave him his reputation.

Having inherited Alex, Belletti, Ricardo Carvalho, Henrique Hilário and Paulo Ferreira, Scolari has set about signing Deco and allegedly had a hand in bringing Porto right-back Jose Bosingwa to Stamford Bridge. Now it has been revealed that another one of Scolari’s international ‘students’ is in talks to head to Fulham Road.

Real Madrid striker Robinho is reported to be in contact with Scolari’s Chelsea over a £25million move. How credible this claim is depends on your stance on agents, with Robinho’s agent Wagner Riberio leading the claim in Spanish paper AS:

It’s true that Chelsea are interested in signing Robinho. They have been after him for a while and there has been much more contact since Scolari became the new coach.

I met with [Chelsea director, Frank] Arnesen in London and he confirmed to me that Chelsea wanted my player for next season.

The move apparently depends on Real’s outcome in the Cristiano Ronaldo saga. If Ronaldo arrives at the Santiago Bernabéu, Los Blancos will let Robinho move to Chelsea.

It can also be seen as a way of making Real sweat on Robinho’s contract talks. The agent was again in the press this week saying that Real do not value his player high enough and the club stalling in contract negotiations demonstrates this:

Robinho’s priority is to continue at Real Madrid. But he cannot stay in a place in which they don’t recognise his talent and at the moment Real Madrid are not doing that and I’m not talking about money

We don’t like this attitude and we want Madrid to start valuing Robinho because at the moment they’re not.

Whether or not Robinho will arrive at Stamford Bridge remains to be seen, but regardless of the outcome, the agent will have his nice slice of the pie.

We’re now all aware of just how greedy Emmanuel Adebayor is, although surely that doesn’t extend leaving Arsenal to join [Read the rest of this entry »]

Like Phil Scolari and Rafael Benitez, Arsene Wenger might not want it to happen, but the Arsenal manager believes that Cristiano Ronaldo is staying put this summer. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Harry Redknapp has done brilliantly in the transfer market over the past few seasons. Landing the likes of James, Campbell, Defoe and Diarra have been a coup and it looks like [Read the rest of this entry »]

Luiz Felipe Scolari will be formally announced as Chelsea’s new manager on 1st July – will this mean sweeping changes, including a new captain? [Read the rest of this entry »]

The powers-that-be at Stamford Bridge aren’t really bothered by the minor tournament taking place in Austria and Switzerland right now. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Or was the loss just because the Portuguese have a very dodgy keeper? [Read the rest of this entry »]

He might be insisting that he’s 100% focused on steering Portugal to the Euro 2008 final, yet [Read the rest of this entry »]

It appears that the hunter is about to become the hunted. Chelsea might be throwing their weight around in the transfer market, making cheeky enquiries about the likes of Franck Ribery and Fernando Torres, only to be amazingly rebuffed by the clubs in question. However, [Read the rest of this entry »]

With Liverpool players expected back in training on July 7, manager Rafa Benitez will continue to put things in place for the coming season.

This week, a number of deals could well be sorted.
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Ricardo Carvalho was looking nailed-on to stay at Stamford Bridge this summer, especially after Chelsea were kind enough to appoint his manager at international level. However, [Read the rest of this entry »]

You could never accuse the football world of living in a bubble [Read the rest of this entry »]

While the likes of Ricardo Carvalho and Paolo Ferreira were always going to praise the appointment of Big Phil Scolari as the new Chelsea manager, it’s naturally more interesting to hear the thoughts of the non-Portuguese players in the camp. Germany’s Michael Ballack has stepped forward [Read the rest of this entry »]