Chelsea to spend more in 2011 summer transfer window
Even after the recruitment of £50-million http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 and £25-million David Luiz, it has been reported that the Premier League champions Chelsea will spend more in the 2011 summer transfer window.
According to recent reports, Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich has given a green signal to the club to spend more money in bringing new players to Stamford Bridge. He wants to freshen up the current squad to make sure that they stay on top of the Barclays Premier
League.
Chelsea were the heavily involved club on the last day of 2011 winter transfer window as the Premier League champions broke all previous records to land Fernando Torres and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Luiz-c10542.
It has been confirmed by Chelsea’s sporting director, Frank Arnesen, that Ajax and Netherlands’ talented right back Gregory van der Wiel is one of the club’s top targets in the summers.
When asked about http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786’s interest in Gregory van der Wiel, the sporting director of the Blues said, “He is on our number one list, but not currently at the top.”
Frank Arnesen also confirmed that Jose Bosingwa or http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paulo-Ferreira-c29445 is likely to depart in the summers.
Moreover, two other players, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yuri-Zhirkov-c37683 are expected to move away from the Bridge. Sturridge is currently on loan to Bolton Wanderers and it has been reported earlier that the young English striker is not happy with his condition at
Chelsea and would pursue his career elsewhere.
However, the Blues are reportedly linked with a number of players which include Stoke City’s in-form keeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Eden-Hazard-c11863.
Moreover, Chelsea’s interest in Anderlecht’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Romelu-Lukaku-c31672 has been confirmed by Anderlecht general manager, Herman Van Holsbeeck who claimed that the club have rejected Chelsea’s £30-million bid for the striker.
Van Holsbeeck said, “Chelsea wanted him this winter but, after consultation with his agent, we decided to decline the offer. He is not ready yet, and we still want to hold on to him for one to two seasons.”
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