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Carlo Ancelotti will start with two 'stellar signings'

YURI ZHIRKOV - done deal
YURI ZHIRKOV - done deal
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ROMAN ABRAMOVICH will welcome new Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti by splashing out £100million.

Milan ace Alexandre Pato is top of owner Rom's hitlist. Ancelotti takes over on Wednesday and will be unveiled a week tomorrow with billionaire Abramovich keen to celebrate his arrival by clinching as least two "stellar signings".

Chelsea will make a fresh £50m offer for AC Milan's Brazilian striker Pato, 19, after their £45m bid was rejected.

The Blues have already clinched a £19m deal for CSKA Moscow winger Yuri Zhirkov, 25, with Manchester City's 19-year-old Daniel Sturridge another done deal.

Ancelotti has handed Chelsea a wish list of stars to pursue which includes Pato's AC Milan colleague Andrea Pirlo, Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery, Liverpool duo Fernando Torres and Xabi Alonso and Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas.

Ancelotti is also ready to offer new £125,000-a-week deals to striker Didier Drogba, left-back Ashley Cole and midfielder Michael Essien as he bids to land Rom the Champions League crown he covets.

But newly-married England ace Joe Cole and Portugal defender Jose Bosingwa could be on their way out of Stamford Bridge.

Middlesbrough keeper Ross Turnbull, 24, will be on the payroll alongside Zhirkov and Sturridge by the time Ancelotti meets his squad for the first time next week.

Boro's England Under-21 star Adam Johnson, 21, and Charlton prospect Jonjo Shelvey, 17, are also targets.

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What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? ,

By Wolf90.. Posted October 23 2009 at 1:20 PM.

Look towards players from Madrid. ,

By SouthWind59.. Posted October 22 2009 at 3:08 PM.

at the end of the day, what chelsea have right now is a winning side who have just lost out in the last 2 seasons. Does that not tell you anything? it tells you firstly that they need more poise in attack as although they came so close to emulating manchester united they didn't quite do it, and why? lets break it down as the best side in the world last season was barcelona...agreed.....in their attack they have at least 5 world class skillfull players, within chelseas attack we relied on the lng ball and the odd knock on, what Ancelloti needs to do is take out some of the defensive elements, players like ballack, mikel, belletti, and replace them with proven skillfull attacking players that will balance the chelsea team out to be more styish and skillfull. how on earth can you play attractive football when the four guys in midfield have been moulded to defend, we need some flair and umph that chelsea used to have with the likes of zola not this pig headed defend or die mourinho crap. what im trying to say is cut out the defence for a minute we already have a world class defence concentrate on attack and in one or two years chelsea will rule again and im betting ancelloti will be a success.

By fran.. Posted July 8 2009 at 9:33 PM.

JOE COLE. PLEASE STAY!

By michael.. Posted July 1 2009 at 6:07 AM.

Chelsea shd try & make d average age of d squad to be 26yrs. The likes of Deco, Calvaho, ballack, Minero shd b sold. J. Cole, Bosingwa, malouda & Mikel shd ve a DON'T TOUCH tag on them. Carlo shd try & sign players with premiership quality. Players like Fernado Torres,Tevez,Fabiano, Zhirov, Jonjo, Ashley Young, Arteta, Lucho.

By Brown.. Posted June 30 2009 at 8:06 PM.

outs-deco-belleti-anelka-cavallio-ballack-ferria-miario-and mikel i know a lot wont agree about mikel but to me he is no makalele cant shoot gives to many free kicks away as belleti played in that pos at least he can hit a ball as for players in well try and get them-pato-pirlo-giovinco-ribery<doubt we will get him>ageuro- why is it most of the players we want names end in o- P.S -DONT GET RID OF JOE COLE will come back even stronger will prob take the central mid field role eventualy

By bluesman15457.. Posted June 30 2009 at 12:32 PM.

its really surprising to read comments ! i think most of the chelsea fans does'nt know the value of thier own players! most of them wanted to sell Anelka!!! people... he's the PL top scorer for last year! and every one want him out.. for whom?? pato and aguero?? both of them are not tested in PL and i dont think will start scoring goals from the day One! it would be ideal for Chesea to add another striker instead of selling proven goal scorer like anelka .one or two players cannot change the playing style of the entire team..success and style cannot be achieved easily, it would take few more years for chelsea to change thier playing style b'cos their senior players were moulded under Mourinho's philosophy and its not easy to change thier playing style because most of them are over 30 years !scolari understood it from his experience and hiddink allowed them to play thier game instead of forcing them to change .

By thefartedone.. Posted June 30 2009 at 1:00 PM.

outs-deco-belleti-anelka-cavallio-ballack-ferria-miario-and mikel i know a lot wont agree about mikel but to me he is no makalele cant shoot gives to many free kicks away as belleti played in that pos at least he can hit a ball as for players in well try and get them-pato-pirlo-giovinco-ribery<doubt we will get him>ageuro- why is it most of the players we want names end in o- P.S -DONT GET RID OF JOE COLE will come back even stronger will prob take the central mid field role eventualy

By bluesman15457.. Posted June 30 2009 at 12:27 PM.

were gettin zhirkov and sturridge and wednesday when the tribunal fee is to be decided on july 1st when he leaves city for chelsea pirlo from milam will be good pursue maicon so bosingwa can go right wing sell pizarro sheva carvalho deco belleti thats about 30 million in total use that money to get youngsters like shelvey dam johnson turnbull and the the rest but a striker prefably a young one


chelsea 09-10 cech maicon terry alex a.cole

essien pirlo lampard zhirkov malouda drogba/anelka/kalou who evers in the best form at the time ins:sturrigde, zhirkov,pirlo,maicon

By jacob l.. Posted June 29 2009 at 6:30 PM.

i think you should spend a lot of money on class players like frank ribery and david villa if you offer 50 million you would get him alexandra pato hisnt worth 50 million more like 20 million and splash 85 million on frank ribery you should get him

By liamoldroyd.. Posted June 29 2009 at 3:34 PM.

Joe Cole is like a lot of players have discovered, getting better by not playing. If he stays injured for another year he will be the highest rated player in Europe.

By stu.. Posted June 29 2009 at 11:05 AM.

Chelsea never seems capable of signing anyone fantastic. Most of the time than not they are big flops.

Chelsea is getting really boring to watch. The team is too physical. They should bring more players with skills on the ball.

Joe Cole is a fantastic player and skillful indeed. Bosi as well. These players can give Roman the style he craves for. Malouda and Essien is fantastic as well.

I think they should just sell Drogba and Anelka. I know these two are proven but it is jsut plain boring watching them.

I used to admire the way ashley cole played when he was at Arsenal. No doubt he is fantastic but Chelsea has to make full use of him. The chelsea style of playing or tactic is making him look so ordinary these days.

Another problem with Chelsea is they are capable of turning a world class player like shevchenko into a major flop. Chelsea is trying to make these players adapting to their style of playing. They are not given the chance to do what they do best.

Chelsea needs more skill up front. They need people like Fernando Torres but i doubt chelsea will land him. Missing out on robinho is a killer. Pato for 50 million, i dont know. If you ask me i would rather spend it on other better player like Ribery.


By B52.. Posted June 29 2009 at 10:57 AM.

C'mon sell Joe Cole so Martin O'Neill can buy him. Yaaay!

By Spike.. Posted June 29 2009 at 5:09 AM.

2 good players chelsea should buy
rafael van der vaart (mid)
huntellar (f)

By raddimus.. Posted June 29 2009 at 2:30 AM.

plzzzzzzzz ancelloti dont sell joe cole... he is one of the best chelsea players.... cmon he has proved it time n again tt he is the best.... just bcause he is injured now doesnt mean he wont play well latr.... and bosignwa i know its a gud deal sell him to bayern munich and get ribery from them....

chelsea till i die......

By john.. Posted June 29 2009 at 2:43 AM.

I think we should set up a petition not to sell Joe Cole. He is the heart of soul of Chelsea and hes passion cannot be brought at any price.

Anyone that agrees that Joe Cole shouldnt be sold sign on.

By Freddy.. Posted June 29 2009 at 12:56 AM.

Chelsea should keep J.Cole. If they get Aguero or Pato, they can sell Anelka, cause he´s 30 and now is the best time if we wanna get some money for him. Pato and Aguero or just one of them are all we need new in our team.

By steve.. Posted June 28 2009 at 11:35 PM.

i dnt believe dat chelsea can av d mind of selling j cole who had been a very good player.4 sturidge,zhirkov nd tonbul a done deal i thnk dat is a great buy.sell ricky,deco beletti paulo f,minairo nd dnt dream of selling kalou.

By michael.. Posted June 28 2009 at 11:05 PM.

The majority of contributers here know sweet Football Association about Chelsea playing staff and their abilities let alone their possible replacements. Everybody has a bad day/week at the office at sometime but that doesn't mean they should be ushered out. "New boys" take time to adjust and frequently they fail to settle in.

By David F,.. Posted June 28 2009 at 9:34 PM.

sell: anelka, deco,hilario,cavalho,kalu,ivanovic,farera
buy:ribery,alonso,green(GK),villa,arshavin

not sell: ballak,j cole, mikel,essen,malouda

my 11
cech
bosingwa,alex,terry,zircov
ribery,essen,ballak,lampard
drogba,villa/arshavin


By rocky.. Posted June 28 2009 at 6:58 PM.

The one to be most excited about is young shelvey, incredible kid.

By insideblue.. Posted June 28 2009 at 6:03 PM.

Sir, I think chelsea will be purchasing 1 striker, pato or villa, 1 offensive midfielder, Ribery perhaps 1 midfielder, maybe pirlo. Departing will be Deco and 2 from Carvalho, ferriera, Bosingwa (if Maicon signed) and Belletti.

By chalwat shah.. Posted June 28 2009 at 6:29 PM.

CHELSEA SHOULD BUY ZHIRKOV,MAICON PATO,AGUERO AND PIRLO, AND SELL BALLACK ANELKA, BOSINGWA.CHELSEA SHOULD NOT SELL JOE COLE !!!YES DROGBA!!!YES SO THAT WE CAN PAIR HIM WITH ZHIRKOV PLAYING 7 AND 11. SEE YOU WITH OUR SQUAD NEXT SEASON BYE!

By EKENE.. Posted June 28 2009 at 5:40 PM.

Why sell Annelka, the top scorer last term.
Keep him and offload, Deco, Ballack, Sheva, and Kalou.

And is only me that thinks Malouda is a waste of space. He must be one of the worst left wingers the Blues have ever had.
Somebody explain why he is so good.

By Peter J.. Posted June 28 2009 at 5:23 PM.

CHELSEA SHOULD BUY ZHIRKOV,MAICON PATO,AGUERO AND PIRLO, AND SELL BALLACK ANELKA, BOSINGWA.CHELSEA SHOULD NOT SELL JOE COLE SO THAT WE CAN PAIR HIM WITH ZHIRKOV PLAYING 7 AND 11. SEE YOU WITH OUR SQUAD NEXT SEASON BYE!

By EKENE.. Posted June 28 2009 at 5:34 PM.

Chelsea must not sell Joe Cole because he is the best player in the squad, and he is a English player. It proves Carlo Ancelotti doesn t know the premier league.

By james ferrer.. Posted June 28 2009 at 5:30 PM.

Blue '4champion',do u know who fail us? If i dont make mistake, i think is drogba, cos dis is his third time at a crucial stage, twice in final n once in semi's against l'pool at 2005. He misses so much chances, he also lack controlling technic. Why can't swap him wit ibramovic n get ribery n pato. Sell like of deco, dd, j.Cole, balleti, boswinga,shevsheco, anaeka. Blue 4live

By Idris Ak. A.. Posted June 28 2009 at 4:41 PM.

Chelsea should pls leav jo and sell only deco and d services of pato or aguero will also be of advantage

By Rasheed.. Posted June 28 2009 at 5:16 PM.

i think quaresma should be given another chance at chelsea.he should be given more time to play. my 11
cech
bosingwa-terry-alex-a cole
essien
quaresma-lampard-ribery
aguero-drogba/ibra

By sffgdg.. Posted June 28 2009 at 4:46 PM.

Sell: Anelka, Drogba, Carvalho, Deco, and Ballack.
Buy: Aguero, Pato, Burdisso/Mexes, and Gonzalez from Porto. Also, give the young players a chance. Stoch, Di Santo, Sinclair, and Kakuta are all great talents, espieccally Kakuta, type him in on YouTube, he is as good as Messi, and he's only 17.

By dtjertjr.. Posted June 28 2009 at 5:10 PM.

Chelsea just need to buy Ribery, Aguero and David Villa for our attach and Alonso to support Lampard at the middle. Then offload the likes of Deco, Belletti, Minaro, Carvalho, Ferreira,Hilario.The rest of the team is good for now.

By Patrick Tigana.. Posted June 28 2009 at 4:55 PM.

chelsea shud sale anelka,ballack,ferreira,malouda,drogba,deco,minerio,sheva,pizzaro and calvalho if he wants to leave becuz these pple are old and can not perform very well.thbe worst mistake they would do is to sale j.cole,mikel and bosingwa cuz these are promisin talents.rather they shud bring in the likes of pato nt overated ibrahimovic,

By ik gin.. Posted June 28 2009 at 3:53 PM.

I think chelsea should get rid off deco & ballack and try to one more attacking midfielder like benzema

By ismail.. Posted June 28 2009 at 3:58 PM.

chelsea shud sale anelka,ballack,ferreira,malouda,drogba,deco,minerio,sheva,pizzaro and calvalho if he wants to leave becuz these pple are old and can not perform very well.thbe worst mistake they would do is to sale j.cole,mikel and bosingwa cuz these are promisin talents.rather they shud bring in the likes of pato nt overated ibrahimovic,

By ik gin.. Posted June 28 2009 at 3:57 PM.

I say keep Bosingwa an Joe Cole, if it aint broke dont fix it. If Zhirkov is a done deal (and a good one at that, a good player with not big attitude or price tag, could be a good catch imo) then we dont need Ribery (as much as i would love to see him play for Chelsea). Sturridge and Turnbull would be awesome young English signing and would meet the uefa champions league 4+4 rule for the squad. Buy Pato for whatever it takes, his age and love for Ancelotti would make him a great faithful player and good backup for Drogba when he is away for the African Cup of Nations (and his champions league suspension). Sell Deco, Calvalho, Shevchenko, Hilario (who may already have been released if my sources are correct). With those sales pretty much all of the signing except the giant sized Pato bid will have payed for themselves which leaves another £50 million for Ancelotti to spend, perhaps on another young striker like Aguero, or maybe even more advanced future planning in Marcus Berg, Alan Dzagoev (the latter we have been strongly linked with), and Jonjo Shelvey. Either way, whatever happens, exciting times ahead for Chelsea!

By Tom.. Posted June 28 2009 at 4:06 PM.

Blues fans out there - if we buy zhirkov for 19million that is a bargain buy i hav seen vids of him runin from da half way line,taking on 6 or 7 players then scoring!

sell: Anelka, Kalou, Ivanovic, Hilario, Deco, Carvalho

buy: Turnbull, Mexes/Bruno Alves, Zhirkov, Ribery, Iniesta, Pato, Aguero, Sturridge, Shelvey Ibrahimovic/Tevez/Villa

loan out: Di Santo, Stoch, Kakuta, Mancienne (i reckon we shud find out how far Sinclair has come on and giv him a game!)

By Tom.. Posted June 28 2009 at 4:05 PM.

please what i need or what people need or what we be good for chelsea is that make chelsea NO buy over age player please sell or offload deco,anelka,drogba,belletti,minaro,carvalho,ferreira,hilario and loan out this players like kalou,stock,wood,di santa,sawyer,kakuta,mellis so that chelsea will know they stand and that new players we see space.also will need to buy this player somebody like Fernando Torres and Xabi Alonso,Franck Ribery,Sturridge, Zhirkov, Turnbull,Maicon, Ageuro, Pato
chelsea line up first 11
cech
maicon,terry,alex,a cole
essien, alonso,lampard
ribery,torres,ageuro,malouda

second 11
bosingwa,ivanovic,mancienne,Zhirkov
mikel,ballack,quaresma,
j cole,Sturridge,Turnbull,Pato

by grace of God chelsea will carry Champions League with this two squad

By chukeke.. Posted June 28 2009 at 3:50 PM.

You DO NOT win the champions league with a team like Big Sam would built, you win the Champions League with these "big money head players" or whateva yous boys call em!
Ribery you definetly need, and at least someone else in midfiend to raise the quality, either Pirlo, Xabi Alonso, or even Fabregas. Pato is not quite at the top yet, but once he becomes more consistent than he will be 1 of the best !
Football is not about "fighting in the mud" i think that's rugby, football is about quality !

By Rrotiiii.. Posted June 28 2009 at 2:52 PM.


Bring home ribbery ,maicon and david villa, that makes a complete team

By felkin kayuni.. Posted June 28 2009 at 2:44 PM.

Players to keep: Cech, Terry, Bosingwa, Alex, Ivanovic, A. Cole, J. Cole, Malouda, Drogba (yes!!!), Lamps, Essien, Ballack.

The rest can be offloaded. Includes Anelka, Carvalho, Deco, Scheva

By Isildur.. Posted June 28 2009 at 2:02 PM.

I think selling jcole and bosingwa isnt d right option bcos chelsea need young player to replaces d ageing squad.Addiction of Players like pato, aguero, ribery and villa would take d club 2 d next level

By ififils.. Posted June 28 2009 at 1:08 PM.

We dont need all these big headed stupid money players.we could buy 2teams with 100million we need a tougher team that battle for every ball like how sam alladyces bolton was not 30+million players dat moan n cry wen the weather gets bad!

By Dan.. Posted June 28 2009 at 12:55 PM.

We dont need all these big headed stupid money players.we could buy 2teams with 100million we need a tougher team that battle for every ball like how sam alladyces bolton was not 30+million players dat moan n cry wen the weather gets bad!

By Dan.. Posted June 28 2009 at 12:59 PM.

my chelea 11

P.Cech

Alex J.Terry
J.Bosingwa A.Cole

M.Essien F.Lampard
J.Cole J.Zhirkov

D.Drogba A.Pato

By mod.. Posted June 28 2009 at 12:45 PM.

cech

bosingwa-terry-alex-a.cole

ribery-mikel-lampard

pato-ibrahimovi&#263;-aguero

By cfc.. Posted June 28 2009 at 12:25 PM.

chelsea are already looking at youth and will sign two more attacking players , chelsea fans need to be a little bit aware that the media neeed to make news as chelsea have missed out on two major signings .chelsea already have a verygood squad.Abramovich has not closed his wallet he is well aware of the overpriced players.

By james.. Posted June 28 2009 at 12:19 PM.

Great! Blues i think chelsea is shown 2 b d undisputd whn it comes 2 football challenge both at home and abroad. Pls kenyo(mean man) anceloti and my greatman abramovic buy pato, aguero and ashley young i can't wait 2 c 'em in that magnificient samsung branded blue.

By Matt daniel gofup.. Posted June 28 2009 at 12:17 PM.

pls, dont sell kalou and bosingwa. such players are very good you need them because they have the peace and are still young to grow with the team and they are skill full

sell deco, shevchenko, hiralio, belleti, anelka and de satoz. they are no longer needed they had their time to prove themselves and we have seen what they can offer and its below par at chelsea

By simeon kampata.. Posted June 28 2009 at 12:22 PM.

frm my point of view chelsea didnt sell joe cole, he has got a great talent.v can sell deco,ballack,anelka,kalou , bosingwa,and look to sign ibrahimovic , pato , ribery , and daniel alves.our starting lineup should be

chec
alves , ivanovic(alex) , terry , a.ole
essien
ribery , lambard , malouda
drogba , ibrahimovic



By Anish.. Posted June 28 2009 at 12:21 PM.

We should not sell J.cole as would need a regular wing man in which he has done well for the blues. We must try and keep our English players at the club.

By Unloksouls.. Posted June 28 2009 at 12:07 PM.

If selling joe cole is our problem, why not sell the whole chelsea so that we'll know we have being disappointed. Don't over spend to sign also sell(shev,ferreira, deco, carvalho, belleti) etc.

By Ken neffy.. Posted June 28 2009 at 11:47 AM.

Sell:
Kalou, Deco, Carvalho, Bosingwa, Hilario, Ballack,

Loan Out:
Di Santo (1/2 of season), Stoch (1/2 of Season)

Buy:
Sturridge, Zhirkov, Turnbull, Shevley, Johnson, Maicon, Ageuro, Pato


By charlie.. Posted June 28 2009 at 11:31 AM.

Joe Cole needs to leave Chelsea to fulfil his potential. His career has stagnated at the Bridge and he's in danger of being a 'failure' of mammoth proportions.

By Blimey.. Posted June 28 2009 at 11:27 AM.

if i were chelsea id sell, anelka, carvalho, deco & bosingwa. id try & get maicon along with pato & try & get a quality right winger to start playing 4-4-2. cech, maicon, alex, terry, cole, BUY, essien, lampard, zhirkov, pato, drogba

By kevin.. Posted June 28 2009 at 11:27 AM.

But the perfect summer and most exciting 4 chelsea would be. -Pato, aguero,ribery, and maicon or villa- if we fail, we should luk at ashley young,giovinco,rossi. plus the new back ups, sturrige,turnbul and zhirkov. And out shevchenko, carvalho, maneiro, deco, di santo, ferreira and sadly kalou, i tink he deserve better. and if it wasnt 4 his gud form at the end of last season then id say malouda.hope kenyon reads this and gives it serious consideration.

By boitjie.. Posted June 28 2009 at 11:26 AM.

Whats the point in selling joe cole and bosingwa, bosingwa has been one of the best right backs this season and joe cole has already proven he is worth anything, we should buy pato as he is only 19 and so he would have time to grow and fit into chelsea, take malouda for example, he took 2 years and now he is suddenly a good player, pato has a good 14 years or so of football left, we wont sign the liverpoo players and such, but who needs them when we have our quality player and hopefully bringing in 1 or 2 more.

By Calum.. Posted June 28 2009 at 10:51 AM.

i realy think pato wil be a great signing because we realy need a fast and acurate striker.if we had a player like him last season, we wud of neva lost to barca.bcoz he needs only 3 chances 2 score unlike drogba n anelka or tevez deco n carvalho plus cash for maicon.bosigwa n cash for ribery.ferreira, balack and anelka can be dropd. but joe.c must stay.

By boitjie.. Posted June 28 2009 at 10:32 AM.

Too much football manager I think from some people, settle down and let the football people sort it.

By titco.. Posted June 28 2009 at 10:01 AM.

pls chelsea should sell ballack and deco

By ebeuwehi.. Posted June 28 2009 at 9:52 AM.

Chelsea should sign ibrahimovic, pato,teves,aguero,ribery.

By AKIODE FATAI.. Posted June 28 2009 at 9:52 AM.

Sell essien bt kip mikel

By Chychi.. Posted June 28 2009 at 9:56 AM.

chelsea should sell: Deco, carvalho, shevchenko, bosingwa, drogba (but only to a foreign team) not sure about j.cole and maybe ballack so we could give mikel constant games
Buy: Ageuro or pato, sturridge, give kalou,zirkov as a back-up left or right back and manciennie and other teenagers more games
line up:
cech
ivanovic alex terry a.cole
mikel
Anelka essien lampard malouda
Ageuro/pato
subs: hilario(gk)manciennie(df) Zirkov(df)j.Cole(mf)Kalou(mf/fd)di santo(fd)stoch(wg)

By tom butler (chelsea fan).. Posted June 28 2009 at 9:58 AM.

Wat we really need ard players in their early 20's,this's 4 D future of D team.Chelsea should go 4 a player in D mould of Tevez & Ashely Young,they'v premiership xperience&highly talented.

By Ogbonna Chukwuma.. Posted June 28 2009 at 9:37 AM.

i think we to keep the likes of malouda, as he proved himself at the end of the season, bosingwa should go or start playin right mid as he was a waste of money, we need to keep Lampard, Terry, Drogba, Essien, Cech, Alex, Joe Cole, Ashleigh Cole, Anelka if we want to win the champions league.

I think good signings this season would be Maicon, Tevez and maybe the big Adriano, as chelsea have to look realisticly at there budget.

Pato would be a waste of money as he is young and what will drogba and anelka do, i think if we do sign pirlo that would be a waste of money as he is to old, chelsea need to start looking for the future and our youth

By Brady chelsea fan.. Posted June 28 2009 at 9:37 AM.

Mathew, Chelsea WILL get some of the players mentioned, we already have 3 of them in Zhirkov, Sturridge & Turnbull (a very promising young keeper as cover to Cech) and we will probably get one or two of the others mentioned, personally i would like to see Tevez & Ribery, that should give us a great chance of the League & Champions League next season, and Joey Cole will go no-where, he is Chelsea through & through.

By Chris.. Posted June 28 2009 at 9:35 AM.

Why all the talk of selling Bosingwa, one of the best wing backs in world football? Has he fallen out with the Chelsea hierarchy because we have been linked with Glen Johnston and Maicon?
Instead let's off-load some "deadwood", Ballack, Deco, Ferreira, Shevchenko, Pizzarro, etc.
One last plea, do not please under any circumstances sign Ibrahimovic, the most overrated striker in world football.

By stephen.. Posted June 28 2009 at 9:25 AM.

abramovic can even buy maradona! we don`t mind... but please keep the drog, you must keep this tiger, please keep drog . wenger watching and he`ll get the drog if you let him go!

By kyffy.. Posted June 28 2009 at 9:18 AM.

Chelsea would be mad to get rid of Joe Cole. He is one of our finest. Possibly our most skilled players. We must keep him and sign a creative marquee player. But it is starting to look likely that this will not happen.

By Joshua Southgate.. Posted June 28 2009 at 9:11 AM.

The players that must go are Deco, Carvallo, Malouda, Minheiro, Ferreira, Ballack, these players are all over the hill. We only need one creative midfielder and a left winger that can actually dribble past opponents and also score goals to add to the signings of Zirkov and Sturridge and Turnball. We must also encourage the youth especially local youth as the new rules may come in soon. We also need to send one or two youngsters on loan.

By Ray.. Posted June 28 2009 at 9:04 AM.

chelsea need to buy a top striker like pato or tevez
and we need to get a real winger like ribery or some elsa

By tom ground.. Posted June 28 2009 at 8:56 AM.

Boswinga and Joe Cole have been 2 of Chelski's best players, I'd have them rather than a £50m punt on an unproven talent (Pato).

There are plenty of flops in their squad, I'm suprised at those facing the axe.

As for getting Torres, Alonso or Fabrigas... they haven't got a cats chance in hell.

By Rob.. Posted June 28 2009 at 8:57 AM.

Please exchange deco with little some 4ibrahamovic. And look for another point man like pato or teves.

By Babatunde.. Posted June 28 2009 at 8:56 AM.

chelsea need to buy a top striker like pato or tevez
and we need to get a real winger like ribery or some elsa

By tom ground.. Posted June 28 2009 at 8:54 AM.

if we want to be a great club, we should buy two or three good pleayers in coming season but we must not let go joe cole and bosinwa because we are known by them.In myanmar most of the chealsea's fans are love joe cole.and my thought is we must not buy an old age man like deco, and pialo from ac milan.
a good stricker need in these season.

By bisnuulal .. Posted June 28 2009 at 8:50 AM.

Chelsea is a formidable team as it is now,with few tired legs or over relaxed ones like ballack and mikel,they should be more goal oriented.i am a Nigerian,but i would say this mikel is competing in goals with cech,he is a good midfielder,but a terrible goal scorer.pls quresma if still at chelsea would be a great asset,he is a good play maker.pls retain joe cole if possible,players like him,drogba,terry,lampard,essien,ivonovic,bossingwa,ashly,alex,cech,kalou,malouda,etc play d game with so much passion,it mks it great to be a fan of chelsea.we need a striker to assist d ones we v now,so we dont over work them in all a campaigns.anelka is good,and getting better.u v a large fan base in Nigeria.i figure ppl could pay as much as $50 to watch u guys here.keep up d good work.

By Babalola Dele.. Posted June 28 2009 at 8:36 AM.

is Pato really worth that amount. he will end up being a flop like Deco. what CHELSEA needs is a defender to replace CARVALLHO

By oghasu.. Posted June 28 2009 at 8:23 AM.

Pls,do nt offload J Cole and Bosingwa.They are both match winner.Instead Deco should go.

By Olumide.. Posted June 28 2009 at 8:14 AM.

There's somethin' wrong at Chelsea! What reasons do we have for selling Cole en Bosingwa?????

By Robert kamoga.. Posted June 28 2009 at 8:05 AM.

to be franc, im scared for chelsea future, i think with have done a u-turn getting ancoltti, the guy dont speek english....... roman a muppet if they sell joe cole the guys part of our back bone JOE OUR LEGEND

By karl.. Posted June 28 2009 at 8:10 AM.

Please Mr Kenyon don;t let Joey and Bosi leaves our club because they are asset to our future aspirations on local scene and around European sucess - Yuri and Pato adds more talent to our club empire.- Up the blues .

By mike chelsea fan malta.. Posted June 28 2009 at 8:07 AM.

Chelsea should try nd capture pato though he has a huge price tag on his head but remember he is only 19 and has a lot of skills a few more years he would be a world best

By Diehardfan.. Posted June 28 2009 at 7:25 AM.

If Ancelotti sells J.Cole, i will stop watching football

By Joe Cole fan.. Posted June 28 2009 at 7:27 AM.

Chelsea should get player like pato,giovinco,

By Waduga.. Posted June 28 2009 at 7:16 AM.

chelsea must buy pato and ribery...
also tevez...but dont sell joe cole...

By chelsea fan.. Posted June 28 2009 at 7:00 AM.

chelsea are only linked to big players but, it seems that these players dont want to play for chelsea

By abhishek.. Posted June 28 2009 at 6:52 AM.

Ya I agree.. please somebody told Ancelotti not to sell Joe Cole for any price... Joe Cole is somebody that we need... he can provide that something we lack last season..

By OliverCFC.. Posted June 28 2009 at 6:21 AM.

please dont sell JOE COLE
great player he is please carlo do9nt sell joe cole(10)

By shiv.. Posted June 28 2009 at 6:09 AM.

I'm happy that if we already sign somebody with high talent.. like Zhirkov.. but please don't let J.Cole go, he somebody who can make a different for Chelsea team.. and also we need J.Cole when the new rule (FIFA) come out, bcoz he is an England player..

By OliverCFC.. Posted June 28 2009 at 5:49 AM.

personally, i think the two stellar signings have already been agreed, ribery and villa. valencia wanted villa to accept chelsea's offer and i think the fact valencia have said he is not for sale is a cover up so madrid and other clubs look elsewhere which forces villa to chelsea and i think the fact wer'e looking for another right back means bosingwa who bayern wanted will be part exchange and the fact they have now said he is not for sale suggests a deal has already been made, as if we would sit back and wait while madrid snap up europe's talent, chelsea aint stupid and even if its not ribery and villa, im positive deals have already been agreed on the low, and will be announced after ancellotti is unveiled.

By sean.. Posted June 28 2009 at 5:19 AM.

Chelsea suppose to buy frank ribery and pato,

By Kingsley.. Posted June 28 2009 at 5:15 AM.

we are tired of all d noise about who to sign! chelsea stop barking d time 2 bite is over due! pls sign players...............................................

By ILEMONA.. Posted June 28 2009 at 3:13 AM.

Pato woud be a good addition to chelsea, but does'nt really worth the hype surrounding him. He does not deserve to be bought more than, at most,25 million pounce. Yuri Zhirkov and Frank Ribery with Bruno Aves and one other midfielder,Andre Pirlo would be perfec fof chelsea.

By Oluwafemi Ekundayo.. Posted June 28 2009 at 2:35 AM.

Chelsea needs ribery and tevez and ibramovic and one mo good mitfilder captevila from vilareal.can be the best time ever bay going out kalu 4sure.anelka is 2slow.i'm still shock't from the last year what happen to au.i wish like to all chelsea supporters.

By leonard.. Posted June 28 2009 at 2:33 AM.

I think we should get a young GK (neuer being my first choice), a right back, Zhirkov, Ribery, Sturridge and Tevez. No more after that were all forgetting about Joe Cole who i think is part of the heart and soul of Chelsea and hes passion for the game is something that you cant buy.

Starting XVI

Cech

Ivanovic Terry Alex A Cole

Essien
Lampard Ribery
J. Cole Malouda
Drogba

By Freddy.. Posted June 28 2009 at 2:25 AM.

pato will only leave if milan get adebayor or the bloke from wolfsburg. lets hope they get the former. pato overrated imo as well. i agree that tevez would have been a lot better

By gooner67.. Posted June 28 2009 at 2:20 AM.

What chelsea really need is young player in midfield and forward because 3 of their midfielders and strikers are 30+.

By Tutie paloi.. Posted June 28 2009 at 1:47 AM.

£100m wouldn't even get you Torres, never mind the lot.

By JacksonRIP.. Posted June 28 2009 at 1:42 AM.

A good summer for Chelsea will be the three already mentioned (Zhirkov, Sturridge and a new GK) plus just one stellar signing preferably out of Pato, Aguero or Ribery. That's it.

That squad (with departures of Deco and Carvalho the most notable) would be more than good enough for a good stab at all four competitions next season.

By Will.. Posted June 28 2009 at 12:35 AM.

JOE COLE is chelsea if roman muppit footy club owner does not give him what he wants all you true blue pre trotski fans just go i mean that from the bottom of my chelsea HEART JOE COLE IS CHELSEA

By bigstu.. Posted June 28 2009 at 12:34 AM.

why not abramovich wanted Carlo Ancelotti ever since he came and he was first choice after mourinho got sacked no wonder abramovich didn't spend because he was just waiting for Ancelotti. but still it is is a bit hard to believe about torres and fabregas but i do believe what they say about zhirkov and turnbull and sturridge and frank ribery and pato

who knows abramovich might be think this is a new beginning.

By gzam.. Posted June 28 2009 at 12:04 AM.

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