Lampard out, £15m Deco's in
-
Lampard out, £15m Deco's in: Chelsea plot major transfer moves without a manager
Barcelona midfielder Deco is poised to sign for Chelsea as the London club continue their transfer plans for next season despite not having a manager in place.
The Brazilian-born Portugal player will cost £15million and is expected to turn down an offer from Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan and join Chelsea instead in a deal that is likely to clear the way for Frank Lampard to leave Stamford Bridge for Inter.
Sources close to Deco have indicated that he is on the verge of deciding between the two offers from Inter and Chelsea and, despite being quite close to his compatriot Mourinho, he is said to favour the Chelsea deal.
Deco, who starred in Portugal's 2-0 win over Turkey last night as Euro 2008 kicked off in style, has discussed the move with Ricardo Carvalho and Chelsea's new rightback, Jose Bosingwa.
Deco's decision will inevitably fuel speculation that either Frank Rijkaard or Luiz Felipe Scolari will be appointed as Chelsea's new manager. Both have a good relationship with the player. Rijkaard managed him when he was at Barcelona while Scolari, of course, is his national team manager.
Chelsea have insisted they will not be rushed in the process of finding a new manager and have refused to comment on claims that their chief executive, Peter Kenyon, had returned to Italy in a fresh bid to persuade Carlo Ancelotti to take up the job. But the club also insist that the search for a new manager will not hold them back from pursuing their summer transfer targets, which have long since been identified.
Chelsea favourite Lampard, who is due to hold talks with Kenyon later this month about his future at the club, is expected to tell him that he wants to join former Chelsea manager Mourinho at Inter. His departure would be upset many fans at Stamford Bridge
-
i dont think deco is a better replacement than lampard.
-
deco is a better midfielder than lampard but of course he cant score as many goals.
-
the point is this: what and why the hell are they doing all these things without a manager?
it is the manager who will have to piece together a team which can play together..
methinks Abramovich just got Championship Manager 2008/2009 edition and is playing it in real life
-
the way chelsea run their club are like real madrid. ruthlessness.
del bosque won the CL and was fire!.
capello won the la liga and was fire!
they dont care about what the manager need. rather what the president like or want and the manger has to piece them together later! if not, you are fire!
-
sounds like scolari?