Real Madrid have not been shy of their interest in the flying dutch man. Its heard that Real had officially tabled an offer with Chelsea at least 3 weeks back. The negotiations battled on and last week it was rumored that Real are ready to offer 40M for a double swoop on Robben and Ballack. The German later denied any fact in these rumors and signalled his desire to stay with the West Londoners... Robben senior Hans who is also the player's agent claims that an accord between both the clubs would be struck in less than 24 hours. Chelsea is probably holding out for a few million just to make sure that they get the best deal and that the Spanish champions should not push them for a deal. Real for the first time would be struggling here to do business with a club for whom money would be the last option. The only notable advantage in this case would be that Robben himself wants a move to the Bernabeu. With a possible offer tabled by Chelsea for Dani Alves, i decided to club these two possible transfer news in the same blog, as Chelsea would not hurt with some cash from the Robben deal, if they are to price out Dani from Sevilla.
One of my friend's did mention that Robben is injury prone and him being a Chelsea fan was happy to see Robben off the squad list especially since the arrival of Malouda. Robben is a class act no doubt and i don't think he has been effectively used at Chelsea. Robben has the same problem any winger has, rather it is how wingers like to play. He needs to keep the ball a lot and dribble his way through. Well Premiership is not a good place for such players, but Spain is. His pace and attacking flair is what Madrid lacks in midfield. Real have some effective strikers and some strikers like Raul and Higuain who are forced to connect more with the midfield by tracking back. A player like Robben will help the strikers to stay up.
Media across the world especially the Spanish media had been hounding Robben for a comment and earlier today he was quoted saying " I would love to send a message out to the Real Madrid fans but till the time the deal is done, i have been prohibited from having any media contact".
On the other hand it has been Alves who has been speaking endlessly on a move to Chelsea, amidst all the rumors neither clubs have confirmed an offer. Dani claimed today that " Chelsea have made an official bid and it is up to Sevilla to act professional" He went on to say that " I have been a professional at Sevilla all through the years and it is now time for me to play at a bigger stage and i hope Sevilla will also be professional"
Even though there are such a lot of new clauses that protect smaller clubs in the new transfer rules, if the player wants to leave and if a club is willing to pay a reasonable amount of money, there is no way a team like Sevilla or any other team can retain the player. Well for a club like Chelsea what is a "reasonable offer"? We need to check with their Billionaire owner Roman.
No comments:
Post a Comment