£175pw for Torres :blink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Olivier's xmas twist
Wenger to offer £45kpw and £4m then complain how the game has gone to shit...
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£175pw for Torres :blink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Olivier's xmas twist
Wenger to offer £45kpw and £4m then complain how the game has gone to shit...
:lol: I get more than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Injury Time
Performance related pay :whistle:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
Earned every penny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Injury Time
You :blow: orQuote:
Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
Torres :tumbleweed:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...ent-basis.html
Chelsea fans :lol:
Ba :bow:Quote:
Newcastle forward Demba Ba, who has recently been linked with a lucrative January move to Chelsea, has claimed he is "detached" from money.
Magpies manager Alan Pardew has criticised the 27-year-old's agents for "misrepresenting" the striker amidst his failure to sign a new deal and interest from the Blues.
But the striker, who has scored 13 goals in 20 Premier League appearances this term, insists he is not motivated by financial gain thanks to his Islamic faith.
"Something which is easy for me to give is money - I feel detached from it," he told The Sun.
"I look after myself and my family but I won’t forget people who struggle. My father lives in Senegal. They are from the smaller villages and know how to distribute money to people who need it.
"People sometimes have a bad image of Islam but that is an image of what people are doing with Islam. It gives me so much."
The Senegal international went on to recall a period following his initial move to England in which he had so little money that he struggled to buy food.
"In those days, we were eating only crisps and drinking water. We had no money but we had a lot of fun," he continued.
"We were just having a good laugh in the African style. It doesn't matter what you have, as long as you're happy with the people you are with."
Ba also spoke of the "gamble" he took in joining West Ham on a deal which could have been terminated at any time due to his battle with a knee injury.
He continued: "West Ham inserted a clause that they could terminate my contract if I did not play a certain number of matches that season.
"I said to myself, 'Take the gamble man, you've come from nowhere. If you go back to nowhere, it’s no problem.'"
Hope he does well
wonder how long it will take the chavs to turn him into a ****?
You automatically become one by default :good:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...ampard-1517826
Honest Frank. :wave:
http://blogs.thetimes.co.uk/section/...dd4aa4d829ddfcQuote:
Rafael Benitez is not the only one who has grown exasperated by continued discussion of Frank Lampard’s future, but one point merits repetition. Chelsea’s decision to release him cannot be purely economic, as the club’s contradictory treatment of his team-mate Florent Malouda demonstrates.
Like many politicians football clubs often seek to have it both ways, claiming to be acting out of principle when it suits them, yet equally content that their hands have been forced by economic circumstances when it does not. Chelsea’s contrasting approach to Lampard and Malouda represent a case in point.
It is not widely known, but after winning the Champions League and before heading to the European Championship last summer Malouda asked to be released from the final year of his contract at Chelsea to pursue the final years of his career elsewhere.
The France international stated that he did not want a penny of the money owed to him, thus potentially saving £5million to a club eager to cut their wage-bill, but Chelsea refused.
Malouda was told that he would not be permitted to leave for free, and that the club wanted a fee of £10m, which as he pointed out seemed somewhat unrealistic for a 32-year-old in the final year of his contract, particularly given Chelsea had only paid £13.5m for him six years earlier.
Intriguingly these negotiations were conducted by Marina Granovskaia, Roman Abramovich’s PA, who is increasingly influential at Stamford Bridge.
Malouda responded that in the light of the club’s excessive demands he would happily see out the final year of his contract, since which Chelsea have made little effort to shift him.
He is highly unlikely to move on during this month either, not due to greed or a lack of ambition, but because his children are settled in London schools and he is concentrating on getting as fit as possible in the hope of finding a new club in the summer. “A 12-month pre-season, the best of my life,” is how he has described his current activities.
Malouda has not been seen since Euro 2012, with Chelsea banishing him to the reserves, hardly a pragmatic response to a delicate contractual stand-off with a player who helped them to win the Champions League, particularly as their squad has been short of midfield players all season.
Despite this shortage, which was noted by Rafael Benitez as soon as he took the job in November, there is no way back for Malouda, with the club sticking with the line that he will not be called upon and that no players will be permitted to leave for free.
His exile is such, that when asked recently whether the arrival of Benitez could make a difference, Malouda replied that he had not even met the Spaniard.
Chelsea have continued to pay him handsomely however, despite coming nowhere near kicking a ball competitively, an approach which jars with club’s supposed economy drive.
If Chelsea are willing to pay Malouda £100,00-a-week to do nothing then Lampard’s £150,000-a-week wage demands are something of a bargain.
I genuinely thought he had left in the summer and disappeared off to the Middle East.
the avb fall out continues :lol:
Malouda is still there? Oh dear. :lol:
Although being paid 100k a week to do fuck all must be pretty awesome.
Letters :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Why haven't we been linked with Kalou? Has he retired? Is he dead?
New one year extension for Cashley apparently.
The Old Boys will never die!
Will be very funny if Honest Frank is still let go anyway though.
I don't have a Kalou!Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
He's at Lille, 21 games 3 goals, he's sh*t. Can't believe people wanted us to sign him.
He's coming to us don't you know?Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Eurgh. I perish the thought.
He's been a pretty good signing for them to be fair, probably one of the bargains of the PL.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
scared :lol:Quote:
Materazzi added: "At Inter's training centre, there were photos on the wall of all the most successful past coaches. Benitez had the ones of Jose Mourinho taken down. With that gesture, he showed his character; that of a weak person."
[FLAMESUIT=ON]After seeing him bantering with the Fulham fans mid match I don't mind him too much...for a Chav[/FLAMESUIT]Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Hmm for a Chav. That could still mean he makes you physically sick every time you see or hear him.
I don't mind Honest Frank.
There, I said it.
More of a sicky burp tbh :sick:Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
He'll forever be your Teddy SheringhamQuote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
:lol:
He's just never really bothered me as much as others. No sleazy stories in the papers and isn't really much of a **** on the pitch.
I think Chelsea were right to make the complaint based on what Ramires said, howeveb there reemed to leaks to the media in the aftermath of the Utd loss whkch was pretty pnor tbh.
They want Drogba back apparently.
Torres :haha:
Chelsea are considering offering Honest Frank a new contract. :lol:
:haha:
It's either the Chelsea players or Abramovich or sometimes even both that keep the cycle going every season.
Need him to stayQuote:
RAFA BENITEZ faces the axe at Chelsea if he loses at home to lowly Wigan today.
And Latics boss Roberto Martinez is a surprise name in the running to replace him at Stamford Bridge.
A dismal run of just one win in six matches has left the unpopular Benitez teetering on the brink.
Another setback against third-bottom Wigan could spell the end — less than three months after the Spaniard took over as manager.
Chelsea are unlikely to finish in a top-four Champions League spot on current form, having taken just five points from a possible 12.
And that would be catastrophic in their attempts to attract a top new boss and key signings in the summer.
Senior sources at the club expect ruthless Russian owner Roman Abramovich to act quickly if the depressing slump continues.
One key figure said: “Roman is loyal to Benitez and desperately wants him to stay in charge until the end of the season.
“But that loyalty will be tested to the limit if Rafa fails again.
“The be-all and end-all at this club has always been that we at least finish in the top four — and current results mean that could now be in serious doubt.
“And, let’s be honest, he has sacked managers for far less.”
Last week’s 3-2 defeat at Newcastle was Benitez’s latest failure against Premier League strugglers.
It followed draws with relegation-haunted Reading and Southampton — with hapless Chelsea surrendering a 2-0 lead in both games.
And there have been further embarrassments with the FA Cup fourth-round stalemate at League One Brentford and the toothless Capital One Cup semi-final exit to Swansea.
Benitez, who has the worst record of any boss in the Abramovich era, has also suffered defeats to West Ham and QPR during his time with Chelsea.
If Wigan join them, then the manager’s humiliation will be complete.
Ironically, Latics boss Martinez is now being spoken of as a potential successor.
The top choices remain Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp, David Moyes and Manuel Pellegrini.
But there are those in the Abramovich circle who also champion Martinez.
The Spaniard has done a good job at Wigan — despite operating with limited resources.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2KMHrxDj3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21433772Quote:
Frank Lampard signs children's book deal
Lampard said he had been inspired by reading stories with his daughters
England and Chelsea footballer Frank Lampard is to write a series of children's books, publisher Little Brown has announced.
The midfielder, whose contract expires at the end of the season, will pen five books, called Frankie's Magic Football, for children aged five and above.
The stories will follow the adventures of a school boy, Frankie, his football-loving friends, and pet dog Max.
Lampard said the stories were "loosely based on friends and team mates".
The 34-year-old will publish his first book, Frankie Versus The Pirate Pillagers, in June, followed by two more this year and another two in 2014.
"I first had the idea of Frankie and his Magic Football when reading stories to my own children," he said in a statement.
"Sport and reading are two essentials for us at home, so I decided to make up my own football stories and adventures."
'Wacky adventures'
Lampard has two daughters, aged five and eight, with his former fiancee, Spanish model Elen Rivas. He is currently engaged to TV presenter Christine Bleakley.
The vice-captain of Chelsea FC, Lampard currently earns £150,000 per week. He started his career in 1994 at West Ham United, where his father, Frank Lampard Sr, had also played
.
He has represented England more than 90 times, scoring 27 goals - but he may be best remembered for a shot he took in a 2010 World Cup match against Germany.
The ball crossed the line, and players and fans believed Lampard had scored a goal - but it was disallowed. The resulting furore prompted football's world governing body, Fifa, to investigate the introduction of goal-line technology, which was used for the first time in a Club World Cup match last December.
Lampard's book deal was brokered by Neil Blair and Zoe King, who also represent JK Rowling. They said the books were "full of loveable characters on wacky adventures" and destined for "great things".
He is not the first footballer to write fiction - Arsenal star Theo Walcott has written a series of children's books and former England manager Terry Venables co-wrote a series of crime novels.
This part just has me worried :unsure:
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Lampard said the stories were "loosely based on friends and team mates".
I'm sure Little Man will make an appearance.
"Ashley got a mobile phone for Christmas, can you guess what he did with it next?"
"What's a Nigger?" Frankie asked. "Uncle JT called Ca$hley that after he shot me when it was his turn babysitting mummy on his lap".
He didn't do anything anyway.
According to Caroline Cheese (:bow:) Rafa has finally cracked and had a go at the fans, and said he will be off in the summer and it was a mistake to make him manager.
:popcorn:
On 5Live now, fans having a go at him. Saying the fans never booed him or asked for his head :haha: