Post by BladeWolf on Jul 18, 2007 15:36:23 GMT -1
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6904044.stm
Will be sad if he actually leaves Chelsea, but to be honest I doubt he will, in my opinion this is just a load of speculation tp try and unsettle the chelsea camp..like when they said about Lampard going to Barca...
This Drenthe sounds good...I'd say a season-long loan would be the best idea...especially considering the problems we have at left back at the moment...
MY ADVICE
Loan Drenthe for a season
Don't sell Robben
Sell Ballack
Maybe sell Shevchenko...depending on his form
Sell Boulahrouz
Sell Sidwell...he's really not that good
Buy Deco
Leaving the team as follows:
1 Cech
3 Cole
4 Makelele
5 Essien
6 Carvalho
7 Shevchenko
8 Lampard
9Boulahrouz
10 Cole
11 Drogba
12 Mikel
13Ballack
16 Robben
18 Bridge
19 Diarra
20 Ferreira
21 Kalou
23 Cudicini
24 Wright-Phillips
26 Terry
40 Hilario
44 Mancienne
46 Smith
47 Sahar
48 Woods
49 Sinclair
50 Sawyer
51 Hutchinson
Pizarro
Malouda
Sidwell
Ben Haim
Drenthe
Deco
Robben agrees terms with Madrid
Chelsea paid PSV Eindhoven over £12m for Robben
Chelsea winger Arjen Robben has agreed personal terms over a move to Real Madrid, reports BBC Radio Five Live.
The clubs are yet to agree a fee, which is understood to be about £15m, but Robben, 23, is due to fly to the Spanish capital on Friday.
It is also believed Feyenoord's 20-year-old left winger Royston Drenthe has been lined up to replace Dutch international Robben.
Holland Under-21 star Drenthe is expected to move for £7m.
BBC Five Live's football correspondent Jonathan Legard said: "Sources in Holland say Robben has agreed personal terms on a five-year deal and is due to leave Chelsea's pre-season tour to fly to Spain on Friday.
"The two clubs have yet to agree a fee and Chelsea have maintained publicly that they want him to stay.
"But with Robben stalling on a new deal and admitting talks are not going well, I am told they are holding out for £15m. Real have so far indicated they would pay £12m."
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon earlier admitted they were keen to sign Robben but Blues boss Jose Mourinho denied the winger was to leave the club.
Robben has two years left on his Chelsea contract but Calderon told radio station Onda Cero: "It is a negotiation which will take place in coming days or weeks.
"If the situation is favourable financially, I think that he is a player who could be brought in."
But Mourinho is in no hurry to sell, saying: "The club wants to keep these players. I trust the board and our chief executive Peter Kenyon in the negotiations he is doing.
"I know the players want to stay and I would be happy if they signed."
Robben's future has been further clouded by Chelsea's signing of Lyon winger Florent Malouda and Robben admitted on 10 July that contract talks were not going well.
The winger has been one of manager Mourinho's key players but his progress at Chelsea has been hampered by a succession of injuries.
Last season, a thigh strain and knee injury kept him on the sidelines for several weeks of the campaign.
However Mourinho said he was keen to keep Robben, despite Malouda's arrival.
Robben played 45 minutes of Chelsea's 1-0 friendly win over Suwon Bluewings at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, on Tuesday.
I look at him as a Chelsea player and he has to compete against very good wingers like we have. I am happy with the situation
Jose Mourinho on Arjen Robben
After the match Mourinho said: "The latest with Robben is that he played the game. I cannot tell you more than that.
"At the moment he is a Chelsea player with two more years of contract and he is working well.
"For me, he is a player like Terry or Lampard with two more years of contract.
"I look at him as a Chelsea player and he has to compete against very good wingers like we have. I am happy with the situation."
Drenthe caught the eye during this summer's Uefa European Under-21 Football Championship.
The player, who can play at left-back or on the wing, has been linked with a move to a host of European clubs.
Chelsea paid PSV Eindhoven over £12m for Robben
Chelsea winger Arjen Robben has agreed personal terms over a move to Real Madrid, reports BBC Radio Five Live.
The clubs are yet to agree a fee, which is understood to be about £15m, but Robben, 23, is due to fly to the Spanish capital on Friday.
It is also believed Feyenoord's 20-year-old left winger Royston Drenthe has been lined up to replace Dutch international Robben.
Holland Under-21 star Drenthe is expected to move for £7m.
BBC Five Live's football correspondent Jonathan Legard said: "Sources in Holland say Robben has agreed personal terms on a five-year deal and is due to leave Chelsea's pre-season tour to fly to Spain on Friday.
"The two clubs have yet to agree a fee and Chelsea have maintained publicly that they want him to stay.
"But with Robben stalling on a new deal and admitting talks are not going well, I am told they are holding out for £15m. Real have so far indicated they would pay £12m."
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon earlier admitted they were keen to sign Robben but Blues boss Jose Mourinho denied the winger was to leave the club.
Robben has two years left on his Chelsea contract but Calderon told radio station Onda Cero: "It is a negotiation which will take place in coming days or weeks.
"If the situation is favourable financially, I think that he is a player who could be brought in."
But Mourinho is in no hurry to sell, saying: "The club wants to keep these players. I trust the board and our chief executive Peter Kenyon in the negotiations he is doing.
"I know the players want to stay and I would be happy if they signed."
Robben's future has been further clouded by Chelsea's signing of Lyon winger Florent Malouda and Robben admitted on 10 July that contract talks were not going well.
The winger has been one of manager Mourinho's key players but his progress at Chelsea has been hampered by a succession of injuries.
Last season, a thigh strain and knee injury kept him on the sidelines for several weeks of the campaign.
However Mourinho said he was keen to keep Robben, despite Malouda's arrival.
Robben played 45 minutes of Chelsea's 1-0 friendly win over Suwon Bluewings at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, on Tuesday.
I look at him as a Chelsea player and he has to compete against very good wingers like we have. I am happy with the situation
Jose Mourinho on Arjen Robben
After the match Mourinho said: "The latest with Robben is that he played the game. I cannot tell you more than that.
"At the moment he is a Chelsea player with two more years of contract and he is working well.
"For me, he is a player like Terry or Lampard with two more years of contract.
"I look at him as a Chelsea player and he has to compete against very good wingers like we have. I am happy with the situation."
Drenthe caught the eye during this summer's Uefa European Under-21 Football Championship.
The player, who can play at left-back or on the wing, has been linked with a move to a host of European clubs.
Will be sad if he actually leaves Chelsea, but to be honest I doubt he will, in my opinion this is just a load of speculation tp try and unsettle the chelsea camp..like when they said about Lampard going to Barca...
This Drenthe sounds good...I'd say a season-long loan would be the best idea...especially considering the problems we have at left back at the moment...
MY ADVICE
Loan Drenthe for a season
Don't sell Robben
Sell Ballack
Maybe sell Shevchenko...depending on his form
Sell Boulahrouz
Sell Sidwell...he's really not that good
Buy Deco
Leaving the team as follows:
1 Cech
3 Cole
4 Makelele
5 Essien
6 Carvalho
7
8 Lampard
9
10 Cole
11 Drogba
12 Mikel
13
16 Robben
18 Bridge
19 Diarra
20 Ferreira
21 Kalou
23 Cudicini
24 Wright-Phillips
26 Terry
40 Hilario
44 Mancienne
46 Smith
47 Sahar
48 Woods
49 Sinclair
50 Sawyer
51 Hutchinson
Pizarro
Malouda
Ben Haim
Drenthe
Deco
exalted. ;D
what blade bit??