Barrigada de Chelsea

Chelsea are expected to wrap up the signing of Feyenoord wing-back Roysten Drenthe this week.



The People says the star of Holland's Under-21 triumph in the European Championship has flown in to sort out personal terms ahead of a £4million move from Feyenoord.

Drenthe, plus his advisers, jetted in to push through the transfer before rivals could react as the Blues moved fast following rumours that Real Madrid were keen.

Drenthe wants to try to crack Jose Mourinho's side this season, although there is some thinking at Stamford Bridge that he could be sent back to Feyenoord for a year.

However, that is a minority view as Drenthe can compete with Arjen Robben for a game on the left-wing and also cover in other areas, where his skill and speed will be a certain asset.

Roysten Drenthe, que fez o diabo contra nós no europeu, pode estar a caminho do Chelsea de Mourinho. Segundo este site, o holandês pode competir com Robben, caso este não rume a Madrid.

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Former Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann has revealed he turned down the chance to manage Chelsea this summer.



He told the Sunday Mirror: "I realised that as a family we had to move back to Europe if I was going to take such a big job. I did not want to do that to my family.

"For me personally it was not the biggest problem if I had to go back to Europe. But for my family it was not a healthy situation.

"In California my wife and children are who they are. In Europe they would be the wife and children of Jurgen Klinsmann.

"There would be constant attention, media focus and pressure that I would never want to put on them.

"The reason I packed up my job as national coach of Germany was the same as why I wanted to leave London and move to California in 1998 after I finished playing.

"It's a family decision why I decided not to take up one of the biggest jobs in football.

"I want my kids to grow up in surroundings where they are left alone and where the past and name of their father is not haunting them."

Klinsmann explica porque rejeitou a oferta (?????) do Chelsea para entrar ao serviço ainda este verão. É provavelmente o 541º treinador apontado para render Mourinho este defeso.

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Jose Mourinho has distanced himself from reports that his former Porto side are guilty of bribing referees.



The Portuguese giants have found themselves caught up in a controversy over their title success in 2004.

Porto president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa has been accused of corruption by bribing referees in Portugal, leading for calls for Porto to be stripped of their title.

Mourinho has not been implicated in the inquiry and the Chelsea boss has rejected the suggestions that his success with Porto was helped by bribes.

"The only thing I know is my team at Porto did a fantastic job, crowned with national and international conquests," Mourinho is quoted as saying in the News of the World.

"I know what I did, the pride I have in it, the contribution I made towards those successes.

"I believe all those who took part with me are all as proud and professionally fulfilled as I am by their contribution."

José Mourinho é um grande treinador, e como tal, ego à parte (desta vez, pelo menos) recusa acreditar ou aceitar que tenham existido subornos nas suas conquistas em 2004.
Dizem os que lhe são mais próximos que esta noticia lhe deu vómitos ;)