Exclusive: £10m Nicolas Anelka to Chelsea
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00260/AnelkOrig_260608a.jpgOliver Kay and Matt Hughes
Chelsea are close to making their first significant acquisition of the new transfer window, having entered formal negotiations with Bolton Wanderers over a £10 million deal to take Nicolas Anelka to Stamford Bridge. The approach was made before the new buying season opened at midnight last night, with Peter Kenyon, the Chelsea chief executive, beginning talks with Phil Gartside, the Bolton chairman, over the weekend.
Discussions continued yesterday, with all parties confident that a deal will be finalised by the end of next week. Anelka has been kept informed of developments and is understood to be in little doubt that his appearance against Derby County tomorrow will be his last for Bolton.
Manchester United had also shown interest in the 28-year-old France forward, having made an informal inquiry to Bolton in May, but Sir Alex Ferguson is more eager to pursue Dimitar Berbatov, who is unsettled at Tottenham Hotspur. Emil Dantchev, Berbatov’s agent, is understood to have been referring to United and Chelsea when he stated yesterday that the Bulgaria forward plans to join “a club that corresponds to Dimitar’s class and ambition”.
United’s hopes of signing him this month are unclear, with a summer deal preferable from a financial view-point, but The Times has learnt that contact was made with Tottenham at boardroom level four weeks ago.
While Berbatov is likely to stay put this month, Anelka’s move to Chelsea seems certain to go through. Gary Megson, the Bolton manager, has reluctantly agreed to sell to raise funds to reinforce his squad and is unlikely to play him in the FA Cup third-round tie at home to Sheffield United on Saturday. Chelsea will be Anelka’s eighth club in a career that has taken him to Arsenal, Real Madrid and Liverpool, to name but three.
The acquisition of Anelka is regarded as essential by Avram Grant, the Chelsea first-team coach, not only to cover the absence of Didier Drogba, who will depart to play for Ivory Coast in the African Cup of Nations as soon as he recovers from a knee injury, but also to provide much-needed fire-power in the longer term. Unlike last January, when José Mourinho was denied funds to sign defensive reinforcements, Roman Abramovich, the Chelsea owner, has promised to back Grant in the transfer market, with Anelka likely to be followed by at least one other signing.
Grant did his best to keep his cards close to his chest yesterday. “When we have news, we will tell you,” he said. “Our options are open. We don’t want to bring players in only for the next few months because of problems we have at the moment. We’re looking more long term than that.”
~泰晤士報 一月保頓無曬Anelka + Diouf ,威武臣上唔上到位呢:icon101:
有呢10M ,補番一個前鋒之後 ,其實都唔係剩好多 :bye: 杜奧巴? 終於回歸大會了:icon069: :icon063: :icon062: 以為要20M添:icon101: 原帖由 Smithy 於 2008-1-209:40 AM 發表 http://www.hkcmforum.com/images/common/back.gif
終於回歸大會了:icon069:
遲下再去埋曼聯就真係正:icon101:
4強都去過曬:icon101: 原帖由 chungundertaker 於 2008-1-201:42 PM 發表 http://hkcm.hkehost.net/images/common/back.gif
遲下再去埋曼聯就真係正:icon101:
4強都去過曬:icon101:
曼魚有法國首席射手saha啦:icon101:
駛乜要埋安歷卡呢d2打6:icon101: 原帖由 Smithy 於 2008-1-201:46 PM 發表 http://www.hkcmforum.com/images/common/back.gif
曼魚有法國首席射手saha啦:icon101:
駛乜要埋安歷卡呢d2打6:icon101:
沙夏:icon101:
佢都就黎變2打6換貝碧過黎:icon101: 軍刀+杜奧巴+安歷卡
唔知會點用呢:peanut: 原帖由 garyi 於 2008-1-202:21 PM 發表 http://www.hkcmforum.com/images/common/back.gif
軍刀+杜奧巴+安歷卡
唔知會點用呢:peanut:
呢三個前鋒一月後一齊喺車仔機會低過2017普選:o 原帖由 chungundertaker 於 2008-1-201:49 PM 發表 http://hkcm.hkehost.net/images/common/back.gif
沙夏:icon101:
佢都就黎變2打6換貝碧過黎:icon101:
你就2打6:icon101:
貝碧過到黎我睇下邊個坐板:icon101: 原帖由 garyi 於 2008-1-202:21 PM 發表 http://hkcm.hkehost.net/images/common/back.gif
軍刀+杜奧巴+安歷卡
唔知會點用呢:peanut:
4-3-3:peanut: 原帖由 Liverman 於 2008-1-202:29 PM 發表 http://hkcmforum.com/images/common/back.gif
呢三個前鋒一月後一齊喺車仔機會低過2017普選:o
:icon101: 咁又未必
真高睇唔出會去得邊
杜奧巴二月頭都未返 ,(唔好忘記仲有卡奴)
前面到頭來都係得返3個 心水之一,但法國人黎講想要Benzma多d. 原帖由 Smithy 於 2008-1-202:43 PM 發表 http://www.hkcmforum.com/images/common/back.gif
你就2打6:icon101:
貝碧過到黎我睇下邊個坐板:icon101:
沙夏居多:icon101: 原帖由 ~~Miguel~~ 於 2008-1-203:06 PM 發表 http://www.hkcmforum.com/images/common/back.gif
心水之一,但法國人黎講想要Benzma多d.
:icon075:
但賓施馬一定貴好多:icon080: :icon101: 原帖由 chungundertaker 於 2008-1-203:13 PM 發表 http://hkcm.hkehost.net/images/common/back.gif
沙夏居多:icon101:
又話當豬頭骨送人走:icon101: 原帖由 ~~Miguel~~ 於 2008-1-203:06 PM 發表 http://hkcmforum.com/images/common/back.gif
心水之一,但法國人黎講想要Benzma多d.
歐聯 cup tied會係其中一個考慮因素 原帖由 熱刺#29戴維斯 於 2008-1-203:24 PM 發表 http://hkcmforum.com/images/common/back.gif
歐聯 cup tied會係其中一個考慮因素
係既.
希望仲會有人加盟.
有冇朋友知道Malouda係傷左定還是同Grant有仇?sub都冇得坐?:(