WALKER BACKS BOSINGWA’S CHELSEA

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Tottenham defender Kyle Walker has said that he wants Chelsea to win the Champions League final this season. Chelsea qualified for the Champions League final after beating favourites Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate. The 1-0 win from the first leg was followed by a 2-2 draw in the second leg. Fernando Torres and Ramires scored the vital goals in the second leg to send Chelsea into their second Champions League final at the Allianz arena. This will be facing Bayern Munich, who will be playing on their home ground, after the Germans eliminated Real Madrid from the competition on penalties.

Kyle Walker reckons that it would be tough to support Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League because of the fact that Chelsea are an English team. If Chelsea win the Champions League, then it could potentially mean Kyle Walker missing out on the prospect of playing Champions League football next season. If Chelsea win the Champions League, then the fourth placed team in England will have to be content with the Europa league football. Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has called this rule absurd. Tottenham are currently in the fourth position right now, and Chelsea are almost out of the running.

“Ordinarily you would get behind an English team playing in the final but I won’t deny the Bayern Munich scarf might be coming out that night. The players are conscious of what is at stake and if we finish fourth and Chelsea win the Champions League they will qualify instead of us. That would be an extremely difficult situation to stomach. But hopefully it won’t come to that and we will pip Arsenal to third place because I can’t say I’m entirely comfortable supporting a German club over an English one,” Kyle Walker said about the Champions League final.

CHELSEA CHASE CRISTIANO RONALDO

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Chelsea are looking at the prospect of bringing Cristiano Ronaldo back to the Premier league after it was revealed that they are considering offering a world record transfer fee of £ 100 million for the player. Cristiano Ronaldo transferred to Real Madrid in the summer of 2009 four world record fee of £ 80 million. However, his stay in Spain could come to an end in the summer after it was revealed that Chelsea are one of the club’s interested in signing him. Chelsea are looking for an overhaul of the squad in a major way. It is thought that they intend to build a team around Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Portuguese has recently become the fastest player to reach 100 goals in Spain after he achieved the landmark in just three years. He has already scored 34 goals in the league this season, while his tally in all competitions stands at just under 50. He could well be the kind of player to reinstate a belief back into the Chelsea players. Chelsea are currently struggling to make it into the top four itself, which would make this season as the worst under Roman Abramovich. Hence, the Russian is planning to back the club in a major way in the summer to make the squad once again competitive.

There have also been rumours that the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo would also mark the return of José Mourinho, who has managed to extract the best from the Portuguese. Gonzalo Higuain is also rumoured to be a transfer target. If in the situation that Chelsea do not get both these players, they could the target Napoli strikers Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi. Players like Saloman Kalou, Didier Drogba, and Florent Malouda are expected to leave Stamford bridge at the end of the season.

NO CRISIS AT CHELSEA

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Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa has once again said that Chelsea do not have any crisis at the moment, despite many press reports suggesting otherwise. He also added that manager Andre Villas-Boas as the full backing of all the players. There have been reports of many dressing room unrest within the Chelsea squad. It has been one of the reasons for Chelsea underperforming in the domestic and European campaign this season. Andre Villas-Boas was thought to have cost Chelsea around £ 30 million in total to bring him to Stamford Bridge. However, early reports suggested that he may not be at the end of the season after overseeing one of the poorest Chelsea performances in a season.

Former Brazilian manager Scolari currently has the record for being the worst Chelsea manager under Roman Abramovich. New manager at Chelsea, Andre Villas-Boas has managed to comfortably beat that record but having a win percentage of just 45%. Chelsea have recently gone behind Arsenal in the Premier league table, which now puts a doubt into their prospects of qualifying for the Champions League next season. Roman Abramovich has been a frequent visitor at the Chelsea’s training ground, which has prompted suggestions that Andre Villas-Boas could be sacked within the next few weeks.

“To finish outside of the top four at the end of the season will be a disaster, so we promise to carry on fighting and we need the support of the fans. The dressing room has confidence in the coach. Villas-Boas is a good coach and he’s demonstrated that with his success in Portugal,” Bosingwa told reporters amidst rumours of a dressing room rift between the players. It is thought that Andre Villas-Boas is keen on shipping out the players signed by former Chelsea manager José Mourinho.

HANSEN CRITICISES BOSINGWA

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Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas and Liverpool defender and a current pundit Alan Hansen will once again begin their war of words after only about few weeks of silence.

It was only a few weeks ago that Andre Villas-Boas came out with stern criticism about the media’s portrayal of the current squad. There were a number of doubts regarding the ability of Chelsea to win the title this season, which prompted many amongst the media to question the manager and also the players. David Luiz one of the target for the media in this campaign, which prompted an angry response from Andre Villas-Boas.

Now, Alan Hansen has once again criticised the Brazilian defender, while José Bosingwa has also been subjected to recent criticism by the BBC pundit. This has provoked a response from Andre Villas-Boas, who has said that it is an extreme pleasure to work with the current crop of players he has at Chelsea. After making an indifferent start to the season, Chelsea looked like getting back on track after three consecutive wins against Newcastle, Valencia, and Manchester City. However, a disappointing end to the year 2011 meant that Chelsea now face the challenge to finish in the top four.

“I really can’t get myself involved with these people again. Alan doesn’t have the privilege that I have, to work with these players every day. If everybody had perfect games, first media pundits would have no jobs because there would be no one to criticise,” Andre Villas-Boas said ahead of the match with Sunderland. Chelsea come into the match after winning against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday night. Fernando Torres started the match for Chelsea due to an injury for Didier Drogba. The Spaniard showed glimpses of form and is expected to start against Sunderland as well.