SHEVA CONFIRMS MILAN EXIT

[Busby Boy]

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Andrei Shevchenko has confirmed that he is leaving Milan, with a move to Chelsea in the pipeline for the Ukrainian striker.

At a press conference in Milan, the classy forward expressed his intention to quit the Rossoneri and the Serie A side accept they must negotiate a transfer to the big-spending Premiership champions.

Blues owner Roman Abramovich is a great admirer of the former Dynamo Kiev striker and will be delighted with the developments.

The potential move casts a major doubt over the future of Hernan Crespo and possibly unsettled Ivory Coast attacker Didier Drogba, despite Jose Mourinho's determination to keep the African ace.

The 2004 European Footballer of the Year scored the winning penalty that won the UEFA Champions League against Juventus at Old Trafford, but had a spot-kick saved last year when Liverpool triumphed in Europe's premier competition.

Shevchenko scored 175 goals for Milan, the second-highest tally of all time, and had always expressed his desire to remain with the San Siro outfit.

However, the lure of a move to London and the riches on offer at Stamford Bridge have proved too difficult to resist and a move looks a formality providing the two clubs can thrash out a deal.
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So Chelsea have signed Ballack and now look set to sign Obi Mikel and Shevchenko. Sir Alex needs to sign three top players to compete with Chelsea imo now. We can't let them nab our signings (Ballack, Obi Wan-Kanobi, etc) and the signings of Diarra, Riquelmé and Kerlon whilst holding onto Ruud will certaintly appease me!

[eviltrojan]

United should be fine!!! SAF is waiting till the end of the world cup to make sure he's signing somebody good!! chelsea have a saturation point and thats not far off, when players will turn their back on chelsea

[canadianRed]

No need to worry, Shev as well as bollocks will be 30 this year, and the 2 youngsters they bring in will be removing splinters from their arse with all the time they'll be spending on the bench! This team will eventually be full of so many egos that team chemistry will drop and the team will self implode!

[canadianRed]

Just to add, its been rumoured that Gallas might be part of a swap deal for Shev, I think that opens up the possibility that Ruud could head to Milan for a high price. Although I wouldn't want it to happen, if we can get at least 15 mill for him, and try to bring in another striker like Martins at Inter or Torres, that wouldn't be so bad.

[Scott]

Jose is playing Football Manager 06. Chelsea fans cant take any pride in what Chelsea achieve next season, whatever it is they DO achieve. I'm not writing United off, but Chelsea are REALLY taking the piss now. It's almost comical!

[matkaman]

Agree with canadianreddevil ,Chelski are on self destruction button too many egos .Would not want to see Sheva in a Utd top.They no longer have a team ,there manager is a fuckin nut case how he will decide who plays where and when without pissing to many names off is beyond me or maybe im wrong sitting on the bench and earining 80 grand a week and doing fuck all is all that the modern Chelski player wants?

[Red Yank]

matkaman said:

Agree with canadianreddevil ,Chelski are on self destruction button too many egos .Would not want to see Sheva in a Utd top.They no longer have a team ,there manager is a fuckin nut case how he will decide who plays where and when without pissing to many names off is beyond me or maybe im wrong sitting on the bench and earining 80 grand a week and doing fuck all is all that the modern Chelski player wants?

This will most likely play out like it has done in Madrid, where the expectations will be so high on the big name signings to perform that it back fires and unmotivates. I mentioned in a previous thread that Chelsea play like a bunch of hired hands; they don't seem like a real team at all. Granted they've produced results but aren't inspiring in the slightest despite the who's who list of players. Next year will most likely be more of the same except more egos on the bench hoping someone messes up so they can get some playing time.

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