by J@3 on Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:49 am
Chelsea are fucking up the World I've decided... I mean I have no trouble with a big team buying big name players and being successful, but 90% of their signings just seem to be for the sake of signing someone. Scott Parker, he was the heart and soul of Charlton on the field and was basically dominating the EPL at the time they signed him... they played him a few times then we never saw him again.
Hernan Crespo was a smash hit... on loan at Milan. When Mutu got busted doing drugs he wasn't playing anyways so no one cared. They signed Kezman, a 23(?) year old striker who was apparentely a World class prospect... what's he doing now? Being sold to Atletico Madrid or something like that. They signed Drogba based on God knows what, he scores a few goals and they're shopping him too. Glen Johnson was a potential star when he was bought by them. Their first signing after Roman took over I think.
I really don't get what they're trying to achieve, you can have a successful team without screwing up the development of loads of players while you're at it.
As far as Vieira goes... I read Juve originally offered something ridiculous like 3 million and Stephen Appiah... as good as Appiah is, he aint no Patrick Vieira.