Chelsea will have gone another year without the Champions League in their trophy cabinet. In 2003 Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea F.C with the intention of winning the most prestigious club competition in the world, the UEFA Champions League. The club signed some of the best young talent in the world including, Petr Cech, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Ashley Cole and best of all Didier Drogba. It is often said those players came to the blues with one purpose, to win the Champions League. But now J.Cole has left and most of the other players in the squad are on the wrong side of 30.
Abramovich wants a younger fresher squad, a squad that can win the Champions League. Rumour has it that the Russian wants to offload some of the older players in the squad, John Terry, Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard. If those players were to become available I am sure that there would be many interested parties. However Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp could be interested in all three to help secure Champions League football at the Lane once again. It would not surprise me if Manchester City made a bid for Drogba and Terry. City have been linked with a move for Terry pretty much as soon as they were bought by Mansour Al Nahyan in 2008.
It is hard to say how much the players in question would cost, the prices for Lampard and Terry could be around £20m each while Drogba would be closer to £30m.
But no matter who goes where and how much they sell for there is sure to be fresh investment from Abramovich
Written by Thomas Munson
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Wednesday 27 April 2011
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Can Tottenham Beat Galácticos?
Tottenham Hotspur have exceeded all expectations this season, last year they qualified for the UEFA Champions League play-offs and there were a few people who thought “Champions League, you’re having a laugh.”
However Tottenham have been no joke this season; admittedly they had a rough start versus Young Boys but since then they have looked far from out of place. They beat Inter at White Hart Lane and finished ahead of them in their group.
Even Wenger thinks Spurs are in with a chance of beating Real Madrid, “It is very open” Wenger said, “Who cannot be beaten? If everything went all right, Barcelona would be out today ... if it had stayed 11 v 11, I am convinced of that. So why can't Spurs beat Madrid? Madrid has a disadvantage to play the first game at home and Spurs look to be strong at home. It is a real 50-50 tie.”
For Real the 1st leg is vital, Tottenham have turned the Lane into a European fortress so Real need to kill them off early. Fortunately for Spurs Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Marcelo could be unavailable for tomorrow’s match.
Bale could come back from injury to face Galácticos but question marks have been raised after the Welshman said “You never know [what will happen] but I have no fear about leaving the country,” he said “If there is a great opportunity then that has to be considered seriously. I left home when I was 15, if I leave the Premier League, learn another language and see another country then I will grow as a person.”
The question remains; will Tottenham shock us all, again?
Written by Thomas Munson
However Tottenham have been no joke this season; admittedly they had a rough start versus Young Boys but since then they have looked far from out of place. They beat Inter at White Hart Lane and finished ahead of them in their group.
Even Wenger thinks Spurs are in with a chance of beating Real Madrid, “It is very open” Wenger said, “Who cannot be beaten? If everything went all right, Barcelona would be out today ... if it had stayed 11 v 11, I am convinced of that. So why can't Spurs beat Madrid? Madrid has a disadvantage to play the first game at home and Spurs look to be strong at home. It is a real 50-50 tie.”
For Real the 1st leg is vital, Tottenham have turned the Lane into a European fortress so Real need to kill them off early. Fortunately for Spurs Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Marcelo could be unavailable for tomorrow’s match.
Bale could come back from injury to face Galácticos but question marks have been raised after the Welshman said “You never know [what will happen] but I have no fear about leaving the country,” he said “If there is a great opportunity then that has to be considered seriously. I left home when I was 15, if I leave the Premier League, learn another language and see another country then I will grow as a person.”
The question remains; will Tottenham shock us all, again?
Written by Thomas Munson
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