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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Chelsea After Edinson Cavani
Is a striker Chelsea’s most immediate need? Probably not. But that isn’t stopping them from pursuing one of Europe’s best over the last couple of seasons, Edinson Cavani of Napoli. Like others the club has sought after this summer, Cavani seems like quite a long shot.
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Fernando Torres Opener Not Enough in Charity Shield (Manchester City vs Chelsea)
Played at Villa Park, the 2012 Charity Shield went to the champions, deservedly so, outplaying a pretty similar Chelsea to the one we saw last season in terms of style and what they try to accomplish in the match. Manchester City won 3-2 with goals from Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez and Samir Nasri, while the FA Cup holders were mostly hurt by the sending off of Branislav Ivanovic.
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Hulk – Ready to Leave Porto and Join Chelsea
Maybe it was all about waiting for the Olympic tournament to be over, so he can fully concentrate on bringing a gold medal back to Brazil. Hulk had a good tournament, but failed at the finish line, losing to Mexico 1-2 in the final. Now he feels ready to move on, leave Porto and join a Premier League team, probably Chelsea.
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Chelsea – Finally Signing Victor Moses?
With the Community shield match coming up and more than one unconvincing performance in the preseason, Chelsea are in a desperate mood for additions before the season begins, with Wigan’s Victor Moses first in line, hopefully finally completing the negotiations for the 21 year old after a month or so of chasing the player.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Ashley Cole Wants PSG Money
What Ashley Cole has earned up to this point in his career playing for Chelsea and Arsenal hasn’t been enough. With one year remaining on his contract with the European champions, it’s rumored that the England left back is looking for PSG to come up with a mega contract he thinks he deserves for the final substantial part of his career.
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Arsenal – Arsene Wenger Doesn’t Like Chelsea, PSG and Manchester City Spending More than him
This is why Arsenal directors are so in love with Arsene Wenger – He’s about the money, about saving money, about making money. He’s not about signing players for mega-bucks, like other clubs he loathes and envies all at once, like Chelsea, Manchester City and lately PSG. He’s about turning in a profit, but that hasn’t really helped him and Arsenal win anything for quite some time.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Oscar Almost a Chelsea Player
All great transfer sagas come to an end, and Oscar dos Santos isn’t any different, as it seems the only thing keeping the 20 year old Brazilian from completing his move from Internacional to Chelsea is getting a work permit. Considering he’s played six times already for the national side and will play for Brazil in the Olympic games, it’s safe to assume he’ll get a permit.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Chelsea Also After Robert Lewandowski
Not just Manchester United, but now also Chelsea. Good player never attract just one big team’s attention. Robert Lewandowski of Borussia Dortmund and one of the most productive strikers in Europe last season is now being chased by the Blues as well, although Chelsea’s initial offer is way too low for what Dortmund have in mind.
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Interesting First Taste (Chelsea vs PSG)
One of the more interesting preseason friendlies took place at Yankee Stadium in New York as Chelsea took on PSG as part of the World Football Challenge, with both teams not fielding their strongest lineups due to various reasons, ending the entertaining friendly in a 1-1 draw.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Chelsea Bids Keep Getting Rejected
The list of players Chelsea want is long – Hulk, Oscar dos Santos, Victor Moses, Willian, Andre Schurrle. The common denominator? All the bids for these players have been rejected so far, making it hard to keep track of who Chelsea are really after and what’s the priority.