Chelsea's £10m bid for Chimbonda
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Chelsea have lodged a £10million bid for Tottenham’s Pascal Chimbonda. Jose Mourinho has identified Chimbonda as the man to fill the problem right-back position at Stamford Bridge after being impressed by the France defender’s debut season at Spurs. And while Martin Jol would be reluctant to lose his talented defender, Sportsmail understands that the chance to make a £5m profit on the player who moved from Wigan last summer may be too good to turn down.
Mourinho has turned to Chimbonda after uninspiring performances at right back by Paulo Ferreira, Khalid Boulahrouz and Geremi this season. Although Glen Johnson will return to Chelsea after a season on loan at Portsmouth, he is likely to play understudy to Chimbonda should the bid be successful.
Chimbonda has been a regular in JolÂ’s starting line-up this season, making 49 appearances in all competitions, and he has revealed his desire to stay with Spurs. He said: "IÂ’m very happy at Tottenham and really enjoyed my first season with the club. I hope that continues next year. IÂ’m totally focused on Tottenham and have three years left on my contract."
Meanwhile, Tottenham’s path to the £6m capture of Southampton left back Gareth Bale appears to have been cleared with Manchester United unwilling to match their bid. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is a committed fan of the 17-year-old Wales defender, but considers a transfer fee which could rise to £10m to be too expensive. -
bye ferreira
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glen johnson is good enough...
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tok JM said he will nt spend so-call big $ again?
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He's not the mouth of EPL for no reason.Originally posted by a-Lost-9uY:tok JM said he will nt spend so-call big $ again? 
Cheers.
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why they didn't take him last season from wigan sia. glen johnson is good at attacking, but terrible at defending.
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Cos they went for Boulahrouz what... They rather pay more for him than get Chimbonda last season.Originally posted by stellazio:why they didn't take him last season from wigan sia. glen johnson is good at attacking, but terrible at defending.
And yeah true, you have a point... Johnson is terrible at defending... He is a kan chiong king... he could be worse than Boulahrouz and Ferreira... -
Tottenham sold Carrick and now, maybe Chimbonda?
Haha, a joke. How to win EPL this way? Maybe ten years later. -
tats why... spurs musnt sell their key players.
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Spend Chelsea.. SPEND
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dont sell please .. Dont always let them have their way
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is chimbonda really a mourinho signing again??
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Think Mourinho should start learning how to survive without huge transfer budgets now.
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chimbonda is really going up the ladder. first from some unknown french club to lowly wigan. then had his big break at spurs and now chelsea. it would do great to his long and promising career. but chimbonda is good enough to sustain a permanent place in the squad