Real Madrid midfielder Rafael van der Vaart expects to join Chelsea this summer.
Fed-up with the lack of action he's seeing at Real, Van der Vaart wants to move to Chelsea so he can stay in Holland's World Cup plans.
He is quoted by Sport saying: "Fortunately for me, Chelsea wants me. So I have everything clear.
"If (Guus) Hiddink remains at the helm of Chelsea, I hope that the signing will be closed soon. I want to leave Real Madrid."
he not bad.. but i thought he is a flop at madrid or something?
sure sure :]
got space for u
Originally posted by Y_Shun:sure sure :]
got space for u
Y not come Arsenal?
madrid signed a lot of players but put them on the bench.
they get frustrated and leave the club but at a higher fee.
if he is smart enough, he should know chelsea cannot guarantee first team football wat.
if he want to play football day in day out, should consider second rated team, such as villareal, sevilla, valencia, Aston villa.
Originally posted by dragg:madrid signed a lot of players but put them on the bench.
they get frustrated and leave the club but at a higher fee.
chelsea sure wun pay higher fee this time.
if he does come
the shirts manufacturer better not print his name on the shirt yet 
Real's policy is crap, they only play players of superstar price. Look at Owen, because he was bought at a measley 8m even though he was their most on-form striker, he wasn't given a guaranteed start.
They are smart in a way... They use their club's "big name" to attract these so called good player with little time left on their contracts and buy them cheaply then keep them on the bench for a season then when they cannot take it anymore... Agree to go and they will ask for a huge transfer fee like in the case of Owen...
I think they have done this quite a number of times already... Saviola is also another one... They sign him for free when his contract finish then keep him on the bench. Then if anyone want, ask for big money... I think Wenger was quite interested last time but when he was quoted the fee... Wenger forget it...
I think they were planning the same thing with Jermaine Pennant also... His Pool contract over this June and they suddenly became interested in him... I guess cos he could join for free... They could keep him for a season then sell him back to some mid table English clubs for anything from $6 to 8 million profit...
Money making policy in signing slightly above average players... Cos even mid-table clubs need to buy mah...