JesseRawlins

You mean anti like when he substiuted Gerrard with Lucas and then we won?

confirmed by the club now also

Well.... Instagram

The manager replied: "My conversations with players will always remain private. I'll never disclose any conversation between a player and I. So he probably did promise Luis that he would be allowed to leave this summer if we didn't qualify for the CL

:whoops: August 3

We're playing Olympiakos on July 3,so I guess they head back right after the game today.Probably back on monday ?

"The fee for Torres was dependent on what Newcastle asked for Carroll,'' Henry told the Guardian, explaining they simply wanted a difference of £15million. "The negotiation for us was simply the difference in prices paid by Chelsea and to Newcastle. Those prices could have been £35million [from Chelsea for Torres] and £20million [to Newcastle for Carroll], 40 and 25 or 50 and 35. It was ultimately up to Newcastle how much this was all going to cost. They [Newcastle] made a hell of a deal. We felt the same way.'' Kenny wasn't alone in this,not by far.FSG probably felt that a young (Moneyball) player + £ 15 mill was a very good business-deal

"Chelsea football club can confirm that yesterday it made a written offer to Manchester United for the transfer of Wayne Rooney. "Although the terms of the offer are confidential, for avoidance of doubt and contrary to what is apparently being briefed to the Press in Sydney, the proposed purchase does not include the transfer or loan of any players from Chelsea to Manchester United."

But why choose that when you can get higher wages elsewhere no matter how you perform.I'm afraid this system only works if everybody does it.

It's good only if Reina goes.If he stays and ends up being the starter,we have a £ 9 mill back-up.If he stays and ends up being a back-up,we have a player who collects £ 80-105 K a week on the bench

Still we got the second-highest amount of clean sheets (16) this season but I guess that's mostly down to our excellent defence.... Reina collected three Golden Gloves in a row.You put a proper defence in front of him and he will be back at that level so the problem is not the keeper.

3 -Rafa Benitez is the only coach beside Udo Lattek, who managed to win 3 UEFA competitions with 3 different teams. Legend.(via @OptaFranz)

Yeah,that was really bad.How he managed to lose to both Juve and Shaktar away is beyond me.