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Mahrez backed to improve Chelsea

4 hours ago Sky Sports

Former Gunner Ray Parlour believes the Algerian should look to move to a top six club
Parlour: I am surprised he’s still there. Because he’s been superb, he really has. He had that run where he didn’t play well and now he’s got back to his best. This is the Mahrez that won them the league, him and [Jamie] Vardy.

''Mahrez would fit into a lot of sides. I know my old club was mentioned, Arsenal, but that’s the sort of side he’s got to look at now, he’s got to look at the top six. I’m sure he’d improve quite a few, someone like Chelsea, who knows.''

 

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Mm nadhan hatukasajl mchezaj yeyote. Board wanatuletea tetesi

 

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Emerson Palmieri Move Is Still on as Roma Reportedly Pull the Plug on Edin Dzeko's Move to Chelsea

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Toby Cudworth29 JAN 2018

Roma have reportedly backed out of the deal to sell striker Edin Dzeko to Chelsea, but full back Emerson Palmieri's move is still on, according to reports in Italy.


The 31-year old's proposed switch to Stamford Bridge has stalled over the last few days, with reports suggesting the Bosnian international wishes to stay in the Italian capital.


As reported by Football Italia, Italian news outlet Il Messaggero are reporting that Roma now plan to keep Dzeko, despite the Blues wilingness to attempt to conclude a deal.



News of Dzeko's move breaking down seemingly will not impact Chelsea's attempts to sign left back Emerson Palmieri though. The report suggests that a fee of €24m plus €5m in bonuses could be agreed for the 23-year old, who has played just a single Serie A game this season after recovering from a torn ACL.


There has been no official confirmation yet of Dzeko's move breaking down, but should the deal collapse, it will represent another bitter blow to Chelsea boss Antonio Conte. The Chelsea manager has cut a frustrated figure throughout the transfer window, as his search for a target man to challenge Alvaro Morata has so far proved unsuccessful.



The Blues manager has been linked with a host of Premier League strikers over the course of the month, with Arsenal's Olivier Giroud the latest name to be linked with a move across London.


Giroud would reportedly like to stay in the capital, but it is unclear whether or not Arsenal would sanction a loan move to Chelsea or whether the Blues would meet their reported £35m valuation.

 

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Sheffield Wednesday v Notts County or Swansea
West Brom v Southampton

Chelsea v Hull City

Leicester v Sheffield United

Huddersfield or Birmingham v Manchester United

Millwall or Rochdale v Newport or Tottenham

Brighton v Coventry

Wigan v Manchester City

Ties to be played between the 16th and 19th of February

 

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BREAKING! Chelsea and Arsenal reach agreement for Olivier Giroud. £15 million plus bonuses.

The deal will be completed once Arsenal complete the remaining details in the Aubameyang transfer, Borussia Dortmund could replace the Gabonese striker with Michy Batshuayi (Di Marzio)

 

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Chelsea Latest Detail
Chelsea very close to signing proven goalscorer from rivals, talks progressing well


Chelsea are looking to sign Olivier Giroud from Arsenal this month.

Antonio Conte is determined to sign a target man in order share the goalscoring burden with Morata and the Italian has identified Giroud as an option.

The Blues were expected to sign Edin Dzeko from Roma initially. However, the player did not accept the personal terms and the move has broken down.

According to Gianluca Di Marzio, Chelsea are closing in on the French international now and talks have been progressing well between the two clubs.

[HASHTAG]#Giroud[/HASHTAG] is closer to Chelseafc: talks ongoing well with Arsenal @SkySport @SkySportsNews

— Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) January 29, 2018

Arsenal reached an agreement to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang earlier today and they can afford to let go of Giroud now.

The Frenchman has been a back up to Alexandre Lacazette so far this season. It will be interesting to see whether Chelsea are planning to start him alongside Morata every week.

The 31-year-old has shown that he can score goals consistently and his style of play at Arsenal proves that he can link up with players like Hazard and Morata with ease. Giroud has scored 98 goals in his last five seasons for Arsenal.

Despite his age, Giroud has the ability to improve Chelsea in attack and make a difference for them during the remainder of the season.


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Edin Dzeko's proposed move to Chelsea has fallen through
Emerson Palmieri will fly to the UK on Tuesday to undergo a medical with Chelsea - but the Blues will not be signing his Roma team-mate Edin Dzeko.
Sky in Italy reported the clubs have agreed a deal of £17.6million plus £7m in add-ons for the left-back to move to Stamford Bridge.
Palmieri leaves Italy on Tuesday and will undergo a medical in London ahead of the move.
Striker Dzeko, however, will not be joining up with Antonio Conte because of the amount of money and length of contract being requested by the player.
The Bosnia international is asking for a three-and-half-year deal worth around £120,000 per week.
Chelsea, who were willing to pay a fee of up to £26m for the former Manchester City forward , are closely monitoring Olivier Giroud's situation after Arsenal agrred a £60m deal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has said he will
only allow France striker Giroud to leave the Emirates if they sign a new striker before the transfer deadline and the Aubameyang deal is ready to go once Borussia Dortmund find a replacement.

 

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SKY SOURCES: Daniel Sturridge to join @WBA on loan from lfc. [HASHTAG]#SSN[/HASHTAG] Sky Sports News on Twitter

 

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Manchester City could be set to battle Real Madrid for the signature of Neymar, according to reports. (Source: MEN) Transfer News Live on Twitter

 

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[1/29, 21:39] ‪#LATEST: Emerson Palmieri is done and dusted to Chelsea. Medical tomorrow. (Sky Italia) [HASHTAG]#CFC[/HASHTAG]
[1/29, 21:39] ‪Emerson Palmieri to Chelsea is close. The agreement for the player will likely be around €20m plus 6m in bonuses. Deal could be closed this evening and he could join Antonio Conte's squad tomorrow if everything continues to go in this direction. (Dimarzio) [HASHTAG]#CFC[/HASHTAG]
[1/29, 21:39] Manchester City's Leroy Sane says no Premier League player can compete with Eden Hazard in terms of ability. [HASHTAG]#CFC[/HASHTAG]
[1/29, 21:39] ‪#Baba Rahman has today returned on loan to Schalke until the end of next season...☑
Emerson Palmieri to Chelsea is a done deal. Medical tomorrow. [HASHTAG]#CFC[/HASHTAG] (Sky Italy
Chelsea have rejected Dzeko's wage demands (€7m per season). Conversations over Emerson Palmieri are ongoing. [HASHTAG]#CFC[/HASHTAG] now targeting Olivier Giroud. (Di Marzio)
Done deal: Emerson Palmieri to Chelsea, €20M + €8M add ons to Roma. [HASHTAG]#transfers[/HASHTAG] [HASHTAG]#Chelsea[/HASHTAG] [HASHTAG]#CFC[/HASHTAG]
[HASHTAG]#Emerson[/HASHTAG] from @OfficialASRoma to Chelseafc, deal done ✅ @SkySport @SkySportsNews

 

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*```A better finisher than Morata? Batshuayi proves he has been harshly treated by Conte*```



The Blues striker hasn't had many chances at Stamford Bridge but he provided the goals in a rare start for Antonio Conte's side against Newcastle

Michy Batshuayi is having a pretty good run in the Chelsea first team - with Alvaro Morata having missed the last three games - and he showed his worth with a brace versus Newcastle United in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday.

His appearance at Stamford Bridge saw him make his fourth start in three weeks and he looked much sharper as a result.

He fired in a double to put himself just two goals behind Eden Hazard and Alvaro Morata in Chelsea's scoring charts this season on 10 strikes.

Chelsea ran out 3-0 winners on the afternoon with Marcos Alonso adding a trademark free-kick in the second half, while Antonio Conte gave a debut to academy starlet Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Many of Batshuayi’s goals have come against weaker teams but Batshuayi has been afforded few chances under Conte since arriving at the club in the summer of 2016.

Sunday's two-goal performance suggested that perhaps he has been a little harshly treated by his manager.



His finishing ability has never been in question at Chelsea having scored a goal every 99 minutes in a blue shirt. However, it is true that he lacks the presence offered by a Morata or Diego Costa as a target man, while his link up play is often lacking.

Conte likes his striker to be the pivot or focal point of the attack, allowing the likes of Hazard and Pedro to flourish behind the No.9, but Batshuayi has never convinced his manager in this respect.

The 24-year-old hasn't had the easiest of times adapting at Chelsea after stepping up from Ligue 1 to the Premier League in a £33 million move from Marseille. He didn't know the language and quickly discovered that his manager didn't have much trust in his ability.

There's no doubt Batshuayi is capable of developing into a better player but he needs to be playing games and his time at Chelsea has left him fearing for his World Cup place with Belgium.



Chelsea look set to loan Batshuayi to Sevilla this month providing they find a replacement, with the west Londoners in painstaking talks with Roma for their star striker Edin Dzeko.

Conte has performed miracles at Chelsea, winning the title last season after the club had finished tenth the year before, but he hasn't been able to get what he wanted out of the young Belgian.

Batshuayi may have worked better in a front two after initially being earmarked by Conte to work in a 4-2-4 system he was trialling when he first joined - but this formation never came to fruition.



Perhaps under a different manager, Batshuayi could have flourished into a star but he will likely have to prove his worth elsewhere from February.

Source: Goal.com

 

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Top 5 Epl Clubs With The Highest

Revenue
1) Man Utd - $2.23bn
2) Arsenal - $2bn
3) Man City - $1.9bn
4) Chelsea - $1.7bn
5) Liverpool - $1.5bn


Top 5 Epl Clubs With The Highest
# Stadium_Capacity
1) Man Utd 74,944 (Old Traford
2) Arsenal 59,867 (Emirates)
3) Man City 55,097 (Ethiad)
4) Liverpool 54,074 (Anfield)
5) Chelsea 41,631 (S'Bridge)


Top 5 Epl Clubs With The Highest [HASHTAG]#Fans[/HASHTAG]
1) Man Utd - 750m
2) Chelsea - 200m
3) Arsenal - 142m
4) Liverpool - 85m
5) Man City - 30.9m


Top 5 Epl Clubs With Highest The
# Trophies
1) Man Utd - 66 Trophies
2) Liverpool - 59 Trophies
3) Arsenal - 46 Trophies
4) Chelsea - 27 Trophies
5) Man City - 25 Trophies


Top 5 Epl Clubs With #Ballon_D_Or_Win
ners
1) Man Utd - 4
2) Liverpool - 1
3) Arsenal - 0
4) Chelsea - 0
5) Man City - 0
With No Argument.
R O Y A L T Y !

 

[Lee]

BREAKING: Chelsea Football Club owner Abramovich among 96 Russian oligarchs blacklisted by US administration, subjected to corruption investigation - and could face international sanctions

 

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Chelsea offered Batshuayi for Llorente

an hour ago David Ornstein

Tier 1 source for Arsenal David Ornstein clarifies this complicated mess a bit
Gianluca Di Marzio broke then news yesterday that Olivier Giroud was 'very close' to moving to Stamford Bridge. However, as another source Ornetein adds, there's still no clarity in the deal.

Ornstein: ''Merry-go-round: Giroud was lined up to replace Aubameyang at Dortmund then got offer from Chelsea & was keen, so Dortmund turned to Batshuayi. But Chelsea baulked at Giroud fee so discussed Batshuayi/Llorente swap with Spurs, which nobody agreed on. Deadlock.''

The deal is massively complicated by the fact it's practically three clubs trying to achieve a swap & so each transfer depends on the other's completition. Chelsea are understood to be the most desperate of all so each option is considered.



Why can't we even but a 30something striker properly?

 

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Chelsea Latest Detail
Chelsea, Arsenal, Dortmund in deadlock over Giroud, Aubameyang, Batshuayi deals

With less than 48 hours to go in the January transfer window, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Borussia Dortmund have managed to create a right ol’ mess, which has left all three teams wondering if any of the others will blink first.

Or, if you prefer your analogies in GIF form, here’s one from Twitter that quite accurately describes the situation. Take your pick which of these three doofuses is which team in this situation.

Dortmund won’t finalise Aubameyang transfer until they get Batshuayi off Chelsea who won’t finalise selling until they get Giroud off Arsenal who won’t finalise selling until they get Aubameyang pic.twitter.com/s4YL7KHuiA

— Liam (@fitzycfc) January 29, 2018
The BBC’s David Ornstein, attuned to the Arsenal beat as usual, breaks down the situation quite succinctly, including the minor detour into Llorente-land from Chelsea once again.

It goes something like this:

Arsenal agree deal with & for BVB’s Aubameyang
BVB line up Arsenal’s Giroud
As Dzeko starts looking unlikely, Chelsea start looking at alternatives, including Giroud
Giroud prefers to stay in London, favors Chelsea offer
BVB approach Batshuayi; he is keen
But Arsenal want too much for Giroud (is this the initial £35m asking price?)
Chelsea return to Llorente (loan); Spurs wants to sell instead or swap with Batshuayi
Batshuayi rejects Spurs angle because Michy is a good man. Also, he wants to play more not just be backup again.
So where does that leave us?

Michy is okay with the BVB option and they’re okay with selling Aubameyang and gettin Batshuayi instead (unclear if this is a permanent move or just a loan — hopefully the latter, but a sale with a buyback is fine by me as well).

The question now becomes how badly Arsenal want Aubameyang, because in order to do that, they’ll have to let Giroud join Chelsea, which then frees up Batshuayi, which then frees up Aubameyang. (Unless BVB find a different replacement of course, but that doesn’t seem to be a realistic option at the moment.)

Di Marzio claimed that a £15m agreement had been found between Chelsea and Arsenal, but more recent reports disagree.

No agreement between Chelsea and Arsenal as yet for Giroud but talks ongoing - latest to come on @TeleFootball

— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) January 29, 2018
Tick-tock, Arsenal, tick-tock.

Isn’t transfer season fun?

 

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*Olivier Giroud 31yrs*

2017/18 stats

UEL 6 =3gls

PL 1(14)=4gls

League Cup 3 =0gls

Ft=9 Sub(15)

Apps =24 Goals =7 Assists=0

Michy Batshuayi 24 yrs*

2017/18 stats

UCL 1(3)=2gls

PL 3(9)=2gls 1 ast

FA Cup 3=3gls

League Cup 3(2)

Ft =7 Sub =(17)

Apps=24 Goals=10 Assists=1

 

[FUSO]

Chelsea agree £25m deal for Roma ace Emerson Palmieri

Meanwhile

Chelsea will not sell Eden Hazard to a Premier League rival under any circumstances and would even reject a world record £200m bid.

 

[FUSO]

Kwa nini Chelsea inataka mshambuliaji? kutana na wachambuzi Nguli wanakudadavulia..


Chelsea search for a target man explained by Danny Higginbotham

 

[Numbisa]

Kufanikiwa kwa Arsenal kumnunua mshambuliaji wa Borussia Dortmund Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang kwa £60m kutategemea makubaliano kuhusu wachezaji wengine wawili.
Na mshambuliaji wa Gunners Olivier Giroud ndiye huenda akawa na usemi zaidi kuhusu iwapo mkataba wa kuhama kwa Aubameyang utakamilishwa kabla ya muda wa mwisho wa kuhama wachezaji kipindi hiki, Jumatano saa 23:00 GMT.
Arsenal wamekubali kulipia gharama na mikataba ya kibinafsi ya mchezaji huyo kutoka Gabon mwenye umri wa miaka 28.
Lakini Dortmund itaidhinisha hatua hiyo kama watapata mchezaji wa kuchukua nafasi yake.

Mchezaji soka wa kimataifa wa Ufaransa Giroud, mwenye umri wa miaka 31, aliorodheshwa kuwa ndiye mchezaji atakayechukua nafasi hiyo, lakini binafsi angependelea kubaki London.
Hatua ya Chelsea kuanza kumtafuta ilimpatia nafasi hiyo ya kusalia London muda unaomfaa - na hivyo basi Dortmund wameelekeza matumaini yao kwa mshambuliaji wa Chelsea Mbelgiji Michy Batshuayi, ambaye anaweza kuwa tayari kuhama.
Batshuayi akahamia Dortmund basi Chelsea wanaweza kufanikiwa kumchukua Giroud.

Batshuayi, mwenye umri wa miaka 24, amekuwa akichezeshwa sana kama mchezaji wa kuongeza nguvu mpya katika kikosi cha Chelsea na anataka kucheza zaidi kikosi cha kwanza katika mwaka wa Kombe la Dunia.
Hata hivyo, the Blues wanasita kukubali bei ya Arsenal ya kumnunua Giroud ambayo iliripotiwa kuwa ni kati ya £30m-£35m.

Matokeo yake Chelsea ilifanya mazungumzo na Tottenham Hotspur ikitaka imchukue Batshuayi na kuipatia Chelsea mmshambuliaji wake Fernando Llorente raia wa Uhispania mwenye umri wa miaka 32.
Spurs wako makini kuingia mkataba wa kudumu, ingawa Chelsea inapendelea uhamisho wa mkopo
Bado hilo limetatizwa na haja ya Batshuayi kuwa katika timu ya kwanza ya soka.

Hii ni kwa sababu ana nafasi ndogo sana yake yeye kumuondoa mshambuliaji mkuu wa Spurs Harry Kane - ambaye ndiye mchezaji mwenye magoli mengi.
Batshuayi hataki kuwa mshambuliaji wa akiba katika klabu nyingine.
Kama Arsenal haitaweza kufikia mkataba na Chelsea kumhusu Giroud, hatua ya Aubameyang itategemea kama Dortmund watapata mchezaji mwingine mbadala kwingine.

Kama hapatapatikana mtu wa kuchukua nafasi yake, atabakia Dortmund - kama klabu hiyo ya Ujerumani ilivyoelezea.
Kocha wa Arsenal Arsene Wenger anampenda Giroud, lakini Mfaransa huyo amekwishaambiwa kuwa hatapata muda wa mchezo katika uwanja wa Emirates na anajua anahitaji kuwa anacheza ikiwa anataka kushiriki katika Kombe la Dunia.
Arsenal wanamtafuta Aubameyang kuchukua nafasi ya mshambuliaji wa Chile Alexis Sanchez ambaye alijiunga na Manchester United mapema mwezi huu, kwa kubadilishana na kiungo wa kati Henrikh Mkhitaryan.