Chelsea hold out for higher Duff offer

[Lamp]

Damien Duff's move to Tottenham was on hold last night after Chelsea told the north London club to increase their offer.

The Premiership champions confirmed that they have received an offer from Spurs for the 27-year-old winger but insisted that no agreement had been reached and that he has not had a medical exam.

According to Chelsea sources, Tottenham have tabled an offer of around £6 million for the Irish player, who became the first major signing of the Roman Abramovich era when he moved to Stamford Bridge from Blackburn for £17 million three years ago.

Chelsea want at least £10 million for Duff, but despite the haggling over the price it looks likely that Duff will eventually move on after manager Jose Mourinho agreed he could leave.

With the arrival of Michael Ballack and Andrei Shevchenko this summer, Mourinho is expected to change the way his side play.

Instead of the 4-3-3 system he has traditionally favoured he is likely to switch to 4-4-2 to make the most of his expensive new signings.

That would mean that Duff could be surplus to requirements and though he was once considered Abramovich's favourite player, he is now free to go, provided the right fee can be negotiated.

 

[ilaya]

seems he's heading to the toon army!!

good player, i like him

 

[nakkiel]

seems he's heading to the toon army!!

good player, i like him

Looks like he's got down syndrome

 

[Bracken]

Can we not talk football please? It's depressing...

 

[cHodAX]

I would love to see United buy him, the guy is a diamond in the rough.

 

[nakkiel]

nah we'll prolly buy the new, younger and shittier djemba djemba

 

[[HB]Jpeg]

said on sky sports liverpool and newcastle have came in for him now also.


IMO he would be AWESOME at liverpool . get rid of kewell and play duff there.

actually come to think of it he prolly wil goto spurs or newcastle cos they wont want liverpool to have him. with garcia/alonso gerrard and duff in midfield and bellamy/crouch/flower up front "well 2 of those" u can be sure they gonan give teams a runaround.

liverpool have 3 strikers now with v different playstyles. fowler is more of a predator knocking em in from 6 yard box from passes ... crouch the target man for heaers n stuff and now bellamy who has a lot of pace to run onto balls played frok crouches head. and wich alonso's pinpoint crosses and gerrard/garcia and possibly duff providing threaded balls or croses in i think liverpool are gonna do reallly well this year and push chelsea all the way.

 

[soze]

man u wont buy him they have thier eyes on half the Juventus team and them and chelski are the only teams in england that can pay the wages to get them i think

 

[cHodAX]

man u wont buy him they have thier eyes on half the Juventus team and them and chelski are the only teams in england that can pay the wages to get them i think

Half the players United wanted from Juve have already gone to Barca and Real, they need to get thier finger out and start snapping up these players asap. It is a fucking disgrace that Duff has become available again and United aren't chasing him.

 

[Raven]

how much is the premiership title costing this year?

 

[cHodAX]

how much is the premiership title costing this year?

Chelsea haven't spent half as much as last season

 

[Turran]

Damien Duff Signs For Newcastle! - (Doesn't Say A Fee Payed)

 

[cHodAX]

Damien Duff Signs For Newcastle! - (Doesn't Say A Fee Payed)

I am hearing £11 million which seems a very fair price, how Spurs thought they could get him for £7 million I have no idea.

 

[Turran]

I am hearing £11 million which seems a very fair price, how Spurs thought they could get him for £7 million I have no idea.

Good signing for the toon army, shame Leicester aren't there to beat them! (Next Season Though)

 

[soze]

Chelsea haven't spent half as much as last season

Still 40 or 50 mil isn't it?

 

[cHodAX]

Still 40 or 50 mil isn't it?

Aye, would be happy if United spent 50p at the moment to be honest. The lack of ambition is soul destroying.

 

[soze]

Aye, would be happy if United spent 50p at the moment to be honest. The lack of ambition is soul destroying.

being a Arsenal fan i cant ever see Wenger spending 50 mil unless it gets 5 or 6 players But fergie might be doing what wenger dose waiting for chelski to get out of the way so you dont end up in a pointless bidding war with them

 

[Litmus]

Aye, would be happy if United spent 50p at the moment to be honest. The lack of ambition is soul destroying.

I realy dont see any future for man utd in the next few years, main reason is £££. The club is basicaly a money makeing machine for the new owner, who tbh couldnt give a shit.

He has only gave ferguson a budget of roughly £20m to spend this season which wont go far, it can maybe buy 1 decent player, or 2 "ok" players, but nothing on the scale chelsea seem to get. Also in the last few years the players ferguson has bought, expecialy the youngsters havent been so hot unlike the signings arsenal/liverpool seem to get. Lets face it, O'Shea, Flecher, Richardson aint exactly the next david beckham.

Next problem is the midfield. In the next 2/3 season man utd are gonna lose players like Scholes and Giggs, and maybe even Ronaldo. Who are all huge players for man utd, and have been for some years. It dont seem long since man utd prolly had the best midfield in the world when it was giggs/keane/scholes/beckham. And if ferguson only keeps getting £20m to spend each season i really cant see how he can afford to replace worldclass(or used to be) players and also invest in new young tallent.

And lastly, as you've already prolly noticed man utd seem to be finding it harder and horder each season to attract the worldclass players, 4/5seasons ago they could maybe sign any player they wanted in the world, now they have been snubed by quite afew high profile players such as, Ronaldhinio, Robben, Obi Mikel, just to name afew.

Anyway, theres my 2cents

just dont think it will be long until we see man utd finishing below 5th in the league.

 

[cHodAX]

being a Arsenal fan i cant ever see Wenger spending 50 mil unless it gets 5 or 6 players But fergie might be doing what wenger dose waiting for chelski to get out of the way so you dont end up in a pointless bidding war with them

Instead Wenger will get 5 good young players for £20 million and turn them into superstars, the fella just has the knack. Fergie is good at bringing young players through but we just don't have that many coming through right now so we have to spend. That is the problem, for every good buy Fergie makes he makes a shocking buy as well, he has pissed away tens of millions in the last 7-8 years on sub-standard foreign players who only joined for the money/fame and not because they wanted to be Manchester United players. Arsenal rarely have that problem because Wenger is canny enough to do his research before he commits his money.

Chelsea have the best of both worlds, they can buy the best and they can also afford to lose money taking risks on young players or unproven foreigners. It is a damn nice situation to be in for them, at the end of the day though they still have to go out and put the points on the board and for 2 years they have done just that, you have to respect that if nothing else.

 

[cHodAX]

I realy dont see any future for man utd in the next few years, main reason is £££. The club is basicaly a money makeing machine for the new owner, who tbh couldnt give a shit.

He has only gave ferguson a budget of roughly £20m to spend this season which wont go far, it can maybe buy 1 decent player, or 2 "ok" players, but nothing on the scale chelsea seem to get. Also in the last few years the players ferguson has bought, expecialy the youngsters havent been so hot unlike the signings arsenal/liverpool seem to get. Lets face it, O'Shea, Flecher, Richardson aint exactly the next david beckham.

Next problem is the midfield. In the next 2/3 season man utd are gonna lose players like Scholes and Giggs, and maybe even Ronaldo. Who are all huge players for man utd, and have been for some years. It dont seem long since man utd prolly had the best midfield in the world when it was giggs/keane/scholes/beckham. And if ferguson only keeps getting £20m to spend each season i really cant see how he can afford to replace worldclass(or used to be) players and also invest in new young tallent.

And lastly, as you've already prolly noticed man utd seem to be finding it harder and horder each season to attract the worldclass players, 4/5seasons ago they could maybe sign any player they wanted in the world, now they have been snubed by quite afew high profile players such as, Ronaldhinio, Robben, Obi Mikel, just to name afew.

Anyway, theres my 2cents

just dont think it will be long until we see man utd finishing below 5th in the league.

United actually have about £40 million in funds with the Obi Mikel transfer money but I know what you mean, the club has been saddled with so much debt I doubt we will see any kind of dominance from United again for at least a decade. Hurts like hell to say that as well. The thing is, Giggs, Neville, Scholes, Van der Saar and Ole are coming to the end of thier careers. Rudd wants out, as does Ronaldo which doesn't leave an awful lot left to shout about. To replace those players United are going to spend vast amounts of money or develop youngsters into replacements, the truth is we just don't have enough good young players and the money will not be there to buy world class replacments. It is a sad state of affairs for United fans but more importantly it should be a lesson to every other club in the league, the last thing you want to do is let your club be bought out by people who have no interest in football as a sport, only a buisness.

 

[soze]

Instead Wenger will get 5 good young players for £20 million and turn them into superstars, the fella just has the knack. Fergie is good at bringing young players through but we just don't have that many coming through right now so we have to spend. That is the problem, for every good buy Fergie makes he makes a shocking buy as well, he has pissed away tens of millions in the last 7-8 years on sub-standard foreign players who only joined for the money/fame and not because they wanted to be Manchester United players. Arsenal rarely have that problem because Wenger is canny enough to do his research before he commits his money.

Chelsea have the best of both worlds, they can buy the best and they can also afford to lose money taking risks on young players or unproven foreigners. It is a damn nice situation to be in for them, at the end of the day though they still have to go out and put the points on the board and for 2 years they have done just that, you have to respect that if nothing else.

Yeah i remember reading that after the anelka sale Wenger was actually in profit for his transfers. I think where Wenger is good on the transfer market is his scouts he seems to send them elsewhere from everyone else. Like when the world were buying from Brazil he went to europe now european players are over priced (in wengers eyes) he has gone to affrica for his young talents. I think where wenger is lucky is the Arsenal board or fans accept that alot of his signings are not for the now but for the future. How many clubs would stand for the signing to Theo for 10-15mil and then not even seeing him get a game.

I think the biggest problem for Man U will be a big rebuilding season or two and if the new owners will contiue to invests while ferggie turns his young hopefulls into the next giggs neville beckham ect group of players. As is no one can beat chelski on the transfer market so building a good team is the only way to go.

 

[Tasslehoff]

For Liverpool/arsenal/Man U it's all about getting the younger, unknown players and getting players through their own talentprograms!
Like Liverpool buying Agger, great player at 20, who "only" cost about 6 millions.
And I think Man U will do well, they have Vidic, Ronaldo, Park, Rooney. Then they have people like Rossi and Bardsley coming up.
I think they have their base for a good future

 

[cHodAX]

For Liverpool/arsenal/Man U it's all about getting the younger, unknown players and getting players through their own talentprograms!
Like Liverpool buying Agger, great player at 20, who "only" cost about 6 millions.
And I think Man U will do well, they have Vidic, Ronaldo, Park, Rooney. Then they have people like Rossi and Bardsley coming up.
I think they have their base for a good future

Agger is a cracking young player, I even have him in my Football Manager 2005/06 team

 

[ilaya]

stop calling manchester utd.. United, as its insulting to newcastle, west ham, leeds etc fans.

 

[Turran]

stop calling manchester utd.. United, as its insulting to newcastle, west ham, leeds etc fans.

Become a Notts Forest fan... No one else is called Forest... But that name just offends me at the sight of it. "We Hate Forest" As we shall sing!