by Red » Mon Feb 09, 2004 4:33 am
I really think Sven visited all those chelsea games to check out players, heck If I was him, I'd go to see Crespo, Dunn, Veron, Mutu all playing together as well. Not to mention Lampard got an English Jersey not long after, Johnson, Bridges, Hasselbank and Terry were probably being checked out also. If anything the new players have pushed and helped these guys to a new level.
Not that I'm an expert, but didnt all the Sven/Chelski speculation appear after he showed up to all their early games? With the russian buying players from all over and the Manu business manager one Journo probably thought, "why wouldnt he buy a manager too?". Then started printing his fancifuls... now I could be totally wrong about this, but, thats the gut feeling I got at the time.
As to affording Sven, well we dont have to pay a transfer fee now do we?
Football is a simple game, all you have to do is pass the ball to a player in a red shirt.