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Chelsea make move for Carlos Tevez and Franck Ribery
16.06.09
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has made a late bid for Carlos Tevez as it emerged the Blues have put in an offer for Franck Ribery.
Striker Tevez, who would cost £26million, had been set for a move to Manchester City but was called by Ancelotti on Sunday. The Blues boss used close friend Hernan Crespo to help make contact and Tevez is believed to have been impressed that the Italian made a personal call.
Bayern Munich confirmed today that Chelsea, Manchester United and Barcelona have all bid for midfielder Ribery. However, Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: “We want to keep Ribery.”
Reader views (10)
The sky is blue and that is where God is living, The best club for Tevez to be fulfilled without rancor is CHELSEA. A club where there is no spirit of racism.
Carlos Tevez, you'll love to be seen there: Everything in common, The sky is blue, Fans' language is blue, blue - the symbol of love. Stamford bridge, a place of no regret.
- Paulove, Oyo State, Nigeria
Dave, Manchester- He may come to Chelsea mate, after all, London is a far, far better place to live than Manchester.
The Mancs even read our newspapers' websites!
Come to Chelsea Carlitos, you'll love it- great football, great fans, good food, clean streets, less crime, cleaner air, good looking girls- we've got it all!!
- Fresh, London
dave clearly is not worried that ronaldo has flown the coop. Maybe the state of uk pound and tax hike will make it difficult for any foreign players to leave europe at this point in time. But if they do i am sure they would prefer chelsea and london than gunchester and northern bores.
- Mark, london uk
Dave, Manchester - Blue or Red? I assume blue as you come from Manchester. Money wont buy them everything either. As for the red side of Manchester. Can't keep one of the worlds best players. As for Tevez, class act, but again, he also don't want to play for the reds either.
- Dom, London
Your a bunch of MUGS
Chelsea are a quality footballing side - its not all about 100 passes then score its about winning!
Tevez would fit in perfect at Chelsea as he would actually be loved by the management unlike that northern scum
Chelsea prem champs 09/10
- Chris, Cheltenham
John Jones, Westminster, certainly is a tricky one that you posited there! As finance is not the problem that Chelsea have in signing players, and, national bias is neither when you look at the ethnic make-up of the team, what on earth can explain the lack of representation in the 'top 4' premier clubs of home grown players? Durrrrrr!
PS Glen Johnson at £17million might give you a clue!
- Kevin Sullivan, Roehampton, London.
So Chelsea fail to lure Kaka, get told to get lost by Aguero, Ribery and Villa. Even Glen Johnson doesn't want to go back to Chelski. If Tevez turns them down as well, and moves to City or stays at United, it shows just how far Chelsea's stock has fallen.
Mud sticks, and there's a whole trail of players who've left Chelsea saying what hell it was to be there, you can add Carvalho and Deco to that list now too.
No matter how much money Abramovich pumps into the club it will never earn Chelsea any respect or make them a big club. The trail of unhappy players, revolving door management policy and all the on and off pitch histrionics mean that all the biggest players don't want to move there.
From hereon in Chelski will only be able to attract the selfish, money-driven, overrated prima-donnas or the ageing galacticos looking for a last hurrah, not the decent players they need to replace the ageing spine of their team.
Stay well clear Carlos, you're better than this club deserves!
- Dave, Manchester
Chelsea are boring
end of!
- Frank Gm, London
Chelsea should be seeking home grown talent instead of wasting tens of millions on over-paid foreigners.
English football can only progress when English players get to play in the Premiership.
- John Jones, Westminster
Carletto is THE man.
- Charlie, Nr. Crackpot, North Yorkshire
