Arsenal have overtaken Chelsea in the ‘rich list’ of European clubs. Moving up to fifth place on the list.
The Deloitte Football Money League has Real Madrid and Barcelona in the top two spots but mainly due to the continuing decline of the pound against the euro. The Deloitte list is based on clubs’ revenue excluding transfer fees.
Arsenal moved ahead of Chelsea as the Gunners recorded a 7% rise in revenue to £224 million compared to Chelsea’s’ £20 6million – a 3% fall in revenue.
Dan Jones, partner in the sports business group at Deloitte, said: Read more... (287 words, 2 images, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)
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John Terry needs a hug,
I would oblige and give him one, but I think the controversial defender would prefer to receive one from a busty female fan.
You see Terry is tired of the stories surrounding him about his infidelity and he wishes that people would only judge him by his actions on the pitch. Well nobody has ever proclaimed that the guy has any serious problems on the pitch (hence why he is still on the national team), so no wonder that’s the way he wants it. Read more... (753 words, 5 images, estimated 3:01 mins reading time)
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Let the play on the field “talk”.
Craig Bellamy had the following to say about John Terry after his Manchester City squad defeated Chelsea 4-2:
”You guys [the media] make a lot more of it you know. I know what JT is like and nothing surprises me about it, so I’m not going to comment on that. I think everybody in football knows what the guy is like, but that’s off the field.”
”On it he’s an outstanding player. He’s a great captain for Chelsea. It’s always going to be difficult when you play him and his team.” Read more... (366 words, 4 images, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)
In what was one of Chelsea’s better performances in Europe as they lost 2-1 to Inter Milan in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie.
It took Inter only three minutes to score as Thiago Motta served Eto’o and an instinctive dummy from Sneijder let the ball roll through to Milito, who turned Terry before firing past a hapless Petr Cech.
Inter mostly limited Chelsea to long range shots, but the visitors did come close to scoring when Didier Drogba hit the underside of the crossbar with a fantastic 30-yard free kick. Read more... (290 words, 2 images, estimated 1:10 mins reading time)
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On the field is where it’s at.
John Terry has asked that he be judged by happens on the field of play instead of by what happens in his personal life. On the one hand I want to say, “Amen, brother! Tell it all!”, and on the other hand I want to say, “Can you really expect that?” Read more... (339 words, 4 images, estimated 1:21 mins reading time)
When the draw was made back in December, everyone looked at this matchup as the glamour tie of the round of 16. Back then Chelsea were riding high and Inter were struggling as little, and nobody gave Inter much of a chance against probably the second best team in Europe.
But luckily for Inter the games are being played now instead of before Christmas. Chelsea do not look as formidable defensively as they did a couple of month ago. Ashley Cole is out injured and John Terry has looked very distracted the last couple of weeks. Read more... (463 words, 2 images, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)
The off the field mind games between Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho and Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti might be more enjoyable than the actual games between the two teams.
The two managers are quite open in their dislike for each other. When Ancelotti was at AC Milan the two managers clashed often and Ancelotti took a number of swipes at Mourinho in the autobiography he published last year, referring to the self-anointed Special One as ‘His Speciality’.
But two months after hearing Mourinho express a desire to return one day to Stamford Bridge, Ancelotti chose the week of their last-16 encounter at the San Siro to reignite their long-running feud. Read more... (212 words, 3 images, estimated 51 secs reading time)
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Instead of a throw-in Chelsea threw a grenade on their PR…
Recent revelations about Chelsea’s Ashley Cole have raised questions about whether the club will take a tough stance against Cole and fine him, sanction him, or do something to get their point across.
Now, I noticed that Carlo Ancelotti said he wanted to take a “hard line” against players who damage the team’s reputation, but I have to say this again.
You’re making it worse!
Apparently, no one in Europe knows how to handle these things. You have to come out and say to the media: Read more... (324 words, 4 images, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)
Chelsea left back Ashley Cole broke his left ankle in the game against Everton last night, an injury that will keep him out of the Chelsea line-up for three months, and puts his World Cup in doubt.
Cole’s injury means we might see the combination of Wayne Bridge and John Terry playing along side each other when England play Egypt on 3 March at Wembley.
Three months from now puts Cole’s timetable for being fit round May 11th. Chelsea’s season will end May 8 or 9 unless it advances to the final of the FA Cup on May 15 or the European Champions League on May 22. Read more... (155 words, 2 images, estimated 37 secs reading time)
Yes, it’s true that Wayne Rooney scored a thousand goals against Pompey to bring ManU 1-up on the Premier League table over Chelsea, but we’re all forgetting that Chelsea plays on Sunday…against Arsenal.
Now, it could be very easy for us to say that ManU is on fire. Carlo Ancelotti even said that he thinks Wayne Rooney is the best player in the world right now. Ok. However, Chelsea still fields John Terry and Didier Drogba. They haven’t been overtaken in an overwhelming fashion, but United has made the race much tighter. Read more... (325 words, 3 images, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)
