http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 boss Andre Villas-Boas has claimed he will not bring back Alex to the first squad despite injury to defender Branislav Ivanovic.
Brazilian defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nicolas-Anelka-c27786 reportedly handed in transfer requests, which have been accepted by the club. As a result of this, the players have now been playing with the reserve team as they await their departure.
However, injury to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Luiz-c10542 has left the Blues a little short on defenders. Despite that, Villas-Boas confirmed he would not be recalling Alex to the first team for the upcoming clash against
Fulham.
Ivanovic picked up a knock against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane last week, which has made him unavailable for the Fulham clash. However, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 boss was certain the Blues would manage to do fine with the players they had available.
Villas-Boas said while speaking to reporters:
“Hopefully, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-c10409 can return for contention for the game against Fulham.
But, if not, from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paulo-c29431 has done it in the past.”
Apart from Luiz, there are other players who are eager to prove themselves in whichever position available. The likes of Oriol Romeu, Jose Bosingwa and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paulo-Ferreira-c29445 will be looking for first team action and the perfect opportunity has come up for them
it seems.
The Portuguese manager confirmed that Alex’s transfer request had been accepted, as a result of which the Blues were looking for a central defender in the upcoming transfer window. Chelsea have been linked heavily with Bolton Wanderers defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gary-Cahill-c14439,
but Villas-Boas refused to comment on the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 defender.
Villas-Boas continued:
“I think you know that we will be in the market for a centre-half. It's pretty obvious based on the fact that we've accepted Alex's transfer request.
We'll have to let the market open and then find out what happens regarding Alex.
We will have to respond quickly in the market, not because of the urgency but because we're willing to fill that position with one more central defender.”
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