Mourinho: Happy with my group

<img src="http://www.chelseafc.com/content/cfc/en/homepage/news/boilerplate-config/latest-news/2015/01/Mourinho-happy-with-my-group.img.png" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">T<br /><a name="more"></a>he Premier League title <span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_2" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">race</span> gives way to the FA Cup fourth round this weekend and there were still plenty of reporters at Friday afternoon’s media conference at Cobham. They heard the Chelsea manager look forward to the game against League One opposition.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">Mourinho is resting some players, <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/john-terry.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">John Terry</a> included, but is not drafting Academy players into his starting 11. <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/petr-cech.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Petr Cech</a> will play and <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/andre-schurrle.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Andre Schurrle</a> and Mohamed Salah will both be involved.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">‘At this moment we have all the reasons to be smiling because we don’t have injuries,’<a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/management-team/jose-mourinho.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;"> Mourinho</a>reported.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">‘My team tomorrow will reflect the fact that if we lose the <span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_3" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">game</span>, we are out [of the FA Cup] and if we draw we have to go to Bradford. We don’t want to be out and if possible, we don’t want a second match. My team will reflect our desire to go to the next round and the respect Bradford deserve from us. This season we have already played Championship and League One teams and I don’t remember an easy game.’</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">Both<a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/andre-schurrle.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;"> Schurrle</a> and Salah have been subject to transfer speculation in the media this month but<a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/management-team/jose-mourinho.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;"> Mourinho</a>explained there is no desire in the <span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_10" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">club</span> for any <span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_4" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">player</span> to leave or any new signing to be made. Only offers for players from other clubs that might come under consideration due to the requirements of Financial Fair Play could change that, as they have done in past transfer <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/01/Mourinho-happy-with-my-group.html#" id="_GPLITA_2" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6NjQ5NTk6NDp3aW5kb3dzOjg1MjY0YTk4NjAxZDE2M2JiNjJhMzA2MGI5ZmExNDhhOnotMjI0Ny0xNjM4OTc1NDp3d3cuY2hlbHNlYWZjLmNvbToxOTYzMDc6MTJkYjBkZjkyNTI3MGJmOGU2MjY0ODBmNjQ5Mzk1MDE6MjAxZWNjNTE4MTA2NDIxMTg2YWNkMTE2YzRjN2NhZDk6MTpkYXRhX3NzLDcyOHgxMzY2O2RhdGFfZmIsbm87OjQ0MDA3NTE&subid=g-16389754-3116af93d6324a8cbbff7df28a9bbba3-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=P" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;" title="Click to Continue > by InText">WINDOWS<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a>. If a player is sold then a new one will arrive.  </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">‘Our desire is to keep the same squad which reflects we are happy with the players and the work we did in the summer to prepare for the season, and the trust we have in the group,’<a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/management-team/jose-mourinho.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;"> Mourinho</a> clarified.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">‘I like<a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/andre-schurrle.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;"> Schurrle</a> and Salah and I need and I trust them. I can’t select the same 18 players every game and I can only start 11. Salah is not playing a lot,<a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/andre-schurrle.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;"> Schurrle</a> is <span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_1" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">more</span> than him, but they been involved in every competition including the Champions League. I count on them and tomorrow both are selected to play.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">‘The way <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/eden-hazard.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Hazard</a> and<a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/willian.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;"> Willian</a> are performing, with the stability of their performances in attack and defence and transition, unless I find a tactical system with three wingers it is difficult to be in front of them [for selection] because they are playing so well.’</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">Having made a scoring contribution as a substitute at Swansea,<a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/andre-schurrle.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;"> Schurrle</a> missed the midweek game at Anfield due to a minor illness which has now passed. <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/didier-drogba.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Didier Drogba</a> was similarly absent for Swansea.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">‘We have a way of dealing with these little <span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_5" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">health</span> problems,’ the manager explained. ‘When somebody shows the first signs of something we say go home. We prefer to lose a player who is a little doubt than risk keeping him with the other players and then losing two, three or four as a consequence. Every little problem the player goes home and the <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/01/Mourinho-happy-with-my-group.html#" id="_GPLITA_4" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6Nzg4OTE6ODU0NTpkb2N0b3JhbDozM2ExODYzYWJkYTEzZGZhYWEzMDcwZjY5ODVjZWZlMjp6LTIyNDctMTYzODk3NTQ6d3d3LmNoZWxzZWFmYy5jb206MjM0NjEwOjQ5YTZiNDZlODFiYzgzNmRiZmUxYzllZjYxMjE5OThlOmY0NThhZGNlZjNlZDQ5NThhNTA5NGE2OGYyNGUzNDRmOjE6ZGF0YV9zcyw3Mjh4MTM2NjtkYXRhX2ZiLG5vOzo0NDI1NTU3&subid=g-16389754-3116af93d6324a8cbbff7df28a9bbba3-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=P" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;" title="Click to Continue > by InText">DOCTORS<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a> take care of him at home.’</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">With <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/first-team/john-terry.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">John Terry</a> not starting tomorrow, the path is open for <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/content/cfc/en/archived/players/kurt-zouma2.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Kurt Zouma</a> to begin his third <span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_6" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">match</span> of the month.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">‘We are impressed,’ is<a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/teams/management-team/jose-mourinho.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;"> Mourinho</a>’s assessment of the 20-year-old.  </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">‘We bought a talent but that talent was far from ready and at the beginning of the season people were thinking it would be better for him to go somewhere [on <a href="http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/01/Mourinho-happy-with-my-group.html#" id="_GPLITA_5" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6NjA1MDM6NDQzNTpsb2FuczowN2FhNTE3ZjIzYmMyZjEyYTA4ZjJkOGU3NTFiZmFlODp6LTIyNDctMTYzODk3NTQ6d3d3LmNoZWxzZWFmYy5jb206MTg1NDA1OmEzYTc0MzQzYTcwNjVjNzMwMzhhNWZkN2RlMTQ4ODQ5OjhiYmE5NGZjMzljYjQ1Y2FiMjVmZjc1NjllNzAwODY2OjE6ZGF0YV9zcyw3Mjh4MTM2NjtkYXRhX2ZiLG5vOzoyMDc4NDQ2&subid=g-16389754-3116af93d6324a8cbbff7df28a9bbba3-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=P" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;" title="Click to Continue > by InText">LOAN<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="background: transparent !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a>] and play, but we thought It was better for him to stay and learn here in this habitat where for sure he will be a player for many years. We are very happy with him.’ </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">From Chelseafc.com</div>

Mourinho: Happy with my group

T he Premier League title  race  gives way to the FA Cup fourth round this weekend and there were still plenty of reporters at Friday aftern...

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Real Madrid sign Lucas Silva

<img alt="Real Madrid sign Lucas Silva" src="http://static.goal.com/522800/522811_heroa.jpg" /><br /><a name="more"></a><br />Real Madrid<span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> have confirmed the signing of Brazilian starlet </span>Lucas Silva<span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> from </span>Cruzeiro<span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">The midfielder has signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with the European champions, who have been linked with the South American for a while.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">The 21-year-old - who had been linked with a host of clubs over the past few months and is reported to have snubbed Arsenal to link up with Carlo Ancelotti's men - has featured for Brazil's Under-20 and Under-21 levels</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">A statement released on Friday said: "</span><span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">Real Madrid</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> and Cruzeiro have reached an agreement for the transfer of the </span><span class="em6kz" id="em6kz_1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">player</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> Lucas Silva, who has signed for the club until June 30, 2020.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"The player will be presented on Monday, January 26, at 13:00CET at the Santiago Bernabeu, after undergoing a </span><a href="http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2015/01/23/8210972/real-madrid-sign-lucas-silva#" id="_GPLITA_0" in_hdr="" in_hover="" in_rurl="http://s.srv-itx.com/click?v=VVM6ODA0ODg6OTAwMjptZWRpY2F0aW9uOmJmYzkyNzg0NGFkMGNlOTIxMzViNzRiNGFhYmE3MjMwOnotMjI0Ny0xNjM4OTc1NDp3d3cuZ29hbC5jb206MjM4MjU3OjBhYWZiMjkxMzI5YmRkN2UzYWRhMGNmZWU0NWJmNDI0OjM2OTUwMzg2NGUyMTRkNDNhNjQ2NGYwYTcxN2VlMTgzOjA6ZGF0YV9zcyw3Mjh4MTM2NjtkYXRhX2ZiLG5vOzo1MjM2MDg1&subid=g-16389754-294c91842b3542999c6edb8080a9079d-&data_ss=728x1366&data_fb=no&data_tagname=DIV" style="background-attachment: initial !important; 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background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: 10px !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: super !important; width: 10px !important;" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;"> examination.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"Later, Lucas Silva will go out on to the turf of the Bernabeu with the shirt of Real Madrid and meet the media in the press room</span><a class="twitter-share-button" data-via="SoccerGlee1" href="https://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script>

Real Madrid sign Lucas Silva

Real Madrid  have confirmed the signing of Brazilian starlet  Lucas Silva  from  Cruzeiro . The midfielder has signed a five-and-a-half-year...

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Shakhtar Donetsk's Douglas Costa eyes Chelsea

<div style="background-color: white; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px;"><img src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQIlbiwsB5I2gulfqJh3Tu25e2_B7_J8kLSnY_--iJGJZm8lcemKg" style="background-color: transparent;" />S</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px;"></div><a name="more"></a>hakhtar Donetsk midfielder Douglas Costa has told <a href="http://globoesporte.globo.com/rs/noticia/2015/01/douglas-costa-admite-proposta-do-chelsea-e-diz-que-quer-sair-sonho.html" style="color: #1eb848; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Globo Esporte</a> that playing for Chelsea would be a "dream" amid reports that the Premier League leaders are targeting the Brazilian this winter.<br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px;">Costa, 24, has been linked with a move to Stamford Bridge by the British media in recent days, with the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2923169/Douglas-Costa-hails-potential-Chelsea-transfer-dream-Shakhtar-Donetsk-reject-Blues-initial-16m-bid.html" style="color: #1eb848; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Daily Mail</a> reporting that Shakhtar have rejected an initial 16 million-pound offer for the midfielder.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px;">The Ukrainian club are currently on a tour in South America, and Costa is quoted by Globo as saying on Thursday: "It's a dream to play at Chelsea, a unique chance. I will try to negotiate."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #282a2f; font-family: BentonSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px;">Any move for Costa is likely to be dependent on Chelsea letting either Andre Schurrle or Mohamed Salah leave the club this month, while sources told S-G earlier this week that Jose Mourinho is also targeting a January deal for Fiorentina winger Juan Cuadrado.</div>

Shakhtar Donetsk's Douglas Costa eyes Chelsea

S hakhtar Donetsk midfielder Douglas Costa has told  Globo Esporte  that playing for Chelsea would be a "dream" amid reports that ...

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Fiorentina ACCEPT £23m Chelsea bid for Juan Cuadrado

<a class="twitter-share-button" href="https://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/share_button.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.facebook.com%2Fdocs%2Fplugins%2F&layout=button" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe><h1 itemprop="headline" style="-webkit-transform: none !important; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #292221; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 35px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; transform: none !important;"></h1><h3 style="-webkit-transform: none !important; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #292221; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; transform: none !important;"><img src="http://images.dailyexpress.co.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/img/dynamic/67/590x/juan-cuadrado-553610.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /><a name="more"></a>CHELSEA have had a bid of £23million accepted by Fiorentina for winger and Manchester United target Juan Cuadrado. </h3><div><i>This news is not officially confirmed but rumoured by</i></div><div><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/553610/Chelsea-Juan-Cuadrado-Man-Utd-Fiorentina-Andre-Schurrle-Mohamed-Salah"><i>Express</i></a></div>

Fiorentina ACCEPT £23m Chelsea bid for Juan Cuadrado

Tweet CHELSEA have had a bid of £23million accepted by Fiorentina for winger and Manchester United target Juan Cuadrado.  This news is not o...

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David de Gea could leave Manchester United, claims agent

<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><img height="400" src="http://media3.corbisimages.com/CorbisImage/hover/56/20/5107/56205107/Corbis-42-56205107.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="266" /></div><a name="more"></a>David de Gea’s agent has refused to rule out the goalkeeper leaving Manchester United for <span class="x38j0w7g6" id="x38j0w7g6_4" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">Real Madrid</span> this summer.<br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">De Gea’s contract expires at the end of next season but United want to keep himand Louis <span class="x38j0w7g6" id="x38j0w7g6_5" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">van</span> Gaal has insisted he is confident the Spain international will sign an extension.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">De Gea’s agent said, perhaps unsurprisingly with contract talks on the horizon, that the <span class="x38j0w7g6" id="x38j0w7g6_6" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">player</span>’s future was not certain. Asked whether he could see De Gea joining Madrid, Jorge Mendes told Marca: “David is amazing, he’s brilliant. He’s a Man United player and has a contract there. You have to respect that but things change every five minutes.”</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">Van Gaal signed the former Barcelona goalkeeper Víctor Valdés this month on a deal until the end of next season but regards him as back-up to De Gea and not as a replacement.</div>

David de Gea could leave Manchester United, claims agent

David de Gea’s agent has refused to rule out the goalkeeper leaving Manchester United for  Real Madrid  this summer. De Gea’s contract expir...

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Three reasons why Real Madrid are right to sign Martin Odegaard

<h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: CircularStd-Medium, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Martin Odegaard has completed his move to Real Madrid. (©GettyImages)" height="413" src="http://gms.cachefly.net/images/f8247f96d356d41ac4874637ab0b8756/960.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="640" /><a name="more"></a>POTENTIAL</h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When the best young players become available, the elite clubs in World football have to be in the market.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We live in a world now where the sums on offer are astronomical but that's hardly the players fault.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Clearly Odegaard has the skills to pay the bills and those within the game that have seen him first hand, suggest that Real Madrid have got themselves a player with his head screwed firmly on. 16 going on 26 if you like.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A decision made purely with a notion of receiving the best education possible in Madrid, which will be reciprocated by the club. </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No Freddy Adu this.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: CircularStd-Medium, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">UNIQUE</h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Madrid have some of the best exponents in world football, of that there is no doubt.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">However, they don't have a player like Odegaard. In many respects his skillset will be unique for Los Blancos.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The pace of Bale allied to the trickery of Ronaldo plus a helping hand of a passing range similar to Kroos...yes, the kid has it all.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Why wouldn't you want to purchase a player that offers you so much? Age is just a number right? Lionel Messi made his debut for Barca at 17 remember...</div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: CircularStd-Medium, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">EVOLUTION</h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Players get old. Players move on. It's a fact of football life.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sooner or later any team needs to undergo some sort of evolution.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Madrid's side is top-heavy with players in their late 20's or early 30's at present and so arguably there needs to be some youth injected at the appropriate time.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By the time of Ronaldo's retirement, Odegaard will have been schooled at the club for at least a couple of years but will still be just 18 or so.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: open_sanslight, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alongside the likes of Jese and co., the Norwegian can rule the roost at Madrid for years.</div>

Three reasons why Real Madrid are right to sign Martin Odegaard

POTENTIAL When the best young players become available, the elite clubs in World football have to be in the market. We live in a world now w...

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New loan for Chalobah

<div class="parsys main" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><div class="text parbase section" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span class="summary-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #595959; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img src="http://www.chelseafc.com/content/cfc/en/homepage/news/boilerplate-config/latest-news/2015/01/new-loan-for-chalobah-.img.png" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" /></span></div><a name="more"></a>Nathaniel Chalobah has today (Thursday) joined Championship side Reading until the end of the season.<br /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;">The versatile 20-year-old, who can operate in defence or midfield, spent the first half of the campaign on loan at Burnley. He is an England Under-21 international.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif;">Reading, who are managed by former Chelsea man Steve Clarke, are currently 18th in the Championship.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Syntax, Arial, sans-serif;">From Chelseafc.com</div></div></div><div class="sharebar parbase" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><div class="social clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="gigyaSocialListContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul class="gigyaSocialList" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="gig-button-container gig-button-container-count-top gig-button-container-facebook gig-button-container-facebook-count-top gig-share-button-container gig-button-container-horizontal" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px; vertical-align: top;"></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="tagcloud" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div>

New loan for Chalobah

Nathaniel Chalobah has today (Thursday) joined Championship side Reading until the end of the season. The versatile 20-year-old, who can ope...

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