Chelsea FC Champions Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Chelsea break bank for Liga stars Villa, Alves tribalfootball.com - January 03, 2008 Chelsea boss Avram Grant is ready to splash out £45 million on Spanish Liga stars David Villa and Daniel Alves this month. AdTech Ad The Mirror says with a deal for Lokomotiv Moscow defender Branislav Ivanovic being wrapped up, Chelsea are going back for Sevilla right-back Dani Alves, who was priced out of a move to Stamford Bridge in August. Grant also has the backing of Blues owner Roman Abramovich to bid for Valencia's unsettled strike-ace Villa. Valencia have signalled Villa could leave for a non-Spanish club if the right offer comes in. Alves, whose on-off move to the Bridge last summer collapsed when Sevilla rejected a £17m bid, is likely to be available as the club seek cash for rebuilding plans. http://tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=72150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappy Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 is anything on that website worth the paper its printed on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboola69 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 It is reported on the Daily Mirror website also. It works for me!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_mac Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 As a club they are in financial turmoil, and I could see them being raided of a few of their stars. But won't both these players be cup tied? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboola69 Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 As a club they are in financial turmoil, and I could see them being raided of a few of their stars. But won't both these players be cup tied? There is still the matter of the title, FA Cup and Carling Cup oldbean! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brian M Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 is anything on that website worth the paper its printed on? To be fair to them, they are a news feed site. As in, the report pops up somewhere else and only then does it appear on Tribal and its ilk. If we get Villa, won't that mean we have to play a 442, with him behind the font man? He's only a little fella remember (5'9"). Any-hoo, here's his scoring record: Sporting de Gijón 80 (38) Real Zaragoza 73 (31) Valencia 78 (48) National team 2005– Spain 23 (13) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moos Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 is anything on that website worth the paper its printed on? To be fair to them, they are a news feed site. As in, the report pops up somewhere else and only then does it appear on Tribal and its ilk. If we get Villa, won't that mean we have to play a 442, with him behind the font man? He's only a little fella remember (5'9"). Any-hoo, here's his scoring record: Sporting de Gijón 80 (38) Real Zaragoza 73 (31) Valencia 78 (48) National team 2005– Spain 23 (13) Those stats are pretty darn good. But so was Shevas stats when he joined us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_mac Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 As a club they are in financial turmoil, and I could see them being raided of a few of their stars. But won't both these players be cup tied? There is still the matter of the title, FA Cup and Carling Cup oldbean! Well, touche!!! However, I think we wouldn't go spending a load on players if they couldn't compete on all fronts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evissy Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 We need premier league proven players now! In the summer we could lure Villa and co. I really think we should buy at least Anelka to be sure not to buy some guy who will be walking outside the Bridge with English for Dummies book in his hands. Alves should be okay since he's got compatriots in Alex and Belletti. We still are realistically in the race for the title and I don't think we should risk it. Then again the title is in our hands only if we really can improve, so somekind of risk might be in place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brian M Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Here's Berbatov's record: CSKA Sofia 50 (25) Bayer Leverkusen 152 (68) Tottenham Hotspur 52 (24) National team2 Bulgaria 061 (39) And Anelka's record: Paris Saint-Germain 10 0(1) Arsenal 90 (28) Real Madrid 39 0(8) Paris Saint-Germain 56 (18) ? Liverpool (loan) 22 (5) Manchester City 103 (46) Fenerbahçe 57 (16) Bolton Wanderers 50 (21) Of all three of them, Berbatov's got the best goal per game ratio, (about 1 in 2). Plus, he's strong, good at holding up the play, very skillful / clever with the ball, and a target man. So if we're looking at getting in some cover for Drogs, I think he's the go. Though he's not very fast, and Anelka is, and speed will fit into the way Grant is trying to get the team's to play. So why not buy both of them! With the added bonus that neither of them need time to 'adapt to the speed of the English game'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evissy Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Wouldn't mind having both of them, but if that happens it will be the end of Drogs, who btw is better than those two. I still believe we can keep Drogs. He always moans in some part of the season. I say, buy (january window): - Anelka or Berba - midfielder (I don't think Sidwell has a realistic chance to shine in Chelsea in near future anyway) - defender (Ivanovic??) We should have our full strenght line-up by the time we face Olympiacos in the CL 19th of Feb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Alves is joining Barca on a 5 year contract. Tragic :-( http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=645445 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea FC Champions Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 is it offficial yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peeking Duck? Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Alves is joining Barca on a 5 year contract.Tragic :-( http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=645445 That's really strange, I was told players would queue up to join Chelsea because we pay them the most. I'm sure having a no mark in charge has nothing to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 If true, this is a real pity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I must've been watching the wrong Alves, because I honestly can't see what the fuss is about. He seems to be a decent attacking rightback/winger, but is he really so much better than the other players out there? Maybe I haven't seen enough matches, or I've seen the "wrong ones"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_mac Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I don't know what we would have done with all these RB's if we had him, Paulo, Belletti and Ivanovic? Also, seeing as we gave Paulo a new 4 year contract, I tink that RB is possibly a position that we are "settled" in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peeking Duck? Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I don't know what we would have done with all these RB's if we had him, Paulo, Belletti and Ivanovic? Also, seeing as we gave Paulo a new 4 year contract, I tink that RB is possibly a position that we are "settled" in? Easy! We would have a choice from Paulo, Belletti, Ivanovic, and Alves and Grant would play Essien! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Easy! We would have a choice from Paulo, Belletti, Ivanovic, and Alves and Grant would play Essien! I'd laugh if you weren't so close to the truth with that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUENUT Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Not the same Alves Jose wanted to sign but the Russian wouldn't pay for what changed his mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sindre Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Lovely if those two players come to the club. Alves is by far the best right-back in the world, and Villa is pure class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyChelsea Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Not the same Alves Jose wanted to sign but the Russian wouldn't pay for what changed his mind? That Russian didn't want to pay 23m...and rightly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Alves is by far the best right-back in the world... Clearly I've been watching the wrong Alves. The one I've seen isn't even the best rightback in Primera Liga, let alone being head and shoulders above the competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblivion Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Alves requires an entire team to be built around him. Thats the reason he's doing so well at Sevilla. He's the main attacking conduit for the side. Do you think he'll get the same kind of freedom here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Alves requires an entire team to be built around him. Thats the reason he's doing so well at Sevilla. He's the main attacking conduit for the side. Do you think he'll get the same kind of freedom here? How much can you build a side around a right back? Does he have his own right back who gets back to cover his forward runs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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