The Players Chelsea FC Should Have Signed This Transfer Window
By Rudi Van Chamaa
Now that the transfer window is shut, and everyone is settled we will finally get a break from attention-grabbing speculations to absurd rumours . But I would like to talk about a few players we, as Chelsea, should have considered.
Firstly:
Royston Ricky Drenthe
Player Profile:
- Birthday: 8th of April 1987(23 years old)
- Country of Origin: The Netherlands
- Club: Hercules C.F (on loan from Real Madrid)
- Position: Left Wing Back
The young Dutchman has gone on loan and who can blame him as he was told personally by Jose Mourinho that he isn’t in the manager’s near future plan as he would be the fourth choice after Marcelo, Garay, and Arbeloa(the latter alternating from right back to left back according to Sergio Ramos’ fitness).
We could have used him as back up for the mighty great Ashley Cole, though if we were living in my dream world we would have gotten Gareth Bale but Tottenham would never sell him to Chelsea.
Secondly: Rafael van der Vaart
Player Profile:
- Birthday: 11th of February 1983(27 years old)
- Country of Origin: The Netherlands
- Club: Tottenham Hotspur
- Position : Attacking Midfield
The same problem as Drenthe quite frankly, with the arrivals of Mesut Ozil and Sergio Canales, and after Kaka recovers from his knee surgery; Rafa will fall down the pecking order.
Real Madrid didn’t make it a secret that that the Dutchman was out of favour, and the proof was the drama of his transfer to Tottenham that went on late after the deadline was past. We could have got van der Vaart as a replacement for Joe Cole or we have gotten……..
Thirdly: Stephen Ireland
Player Profile:
- Birthday: 22nd of August 1986(24 years old)
- Country of Origin: Republic of Ireland
- Club: Aston Villa
- Position: Attacking Midfield
After the arrival of Roberto Mancini to Eastlands; Ireland’s appearances for City started decreasing.
As the Transfer gates opened, rumours of Ireland leaving Manchester City were filling the web. He finally joined Aston Villa in a deal that saw James Milner, City’s top target, go to Eastlands. Ireland himself could have been Joe Cole’s replacement or maybe the player who would have followed in Frank Lampard’s footstep as many, me included, rates him as the next Lampsy.
Finally: Gervinho
Player Profile:
- Birthday: 27th of May 1987(23 years old)
- Country of Origin: Ivory Coast
- Club: Lille
- Position: Center Forward/Winger
In my opinion Gervinho would have been a much safer risk than Neymar, and quite cheaper. The Ivorian firstly is better physically built than Neymar and we all know that the Premier League is a very physical league.
Gervinho is very athletic and versatile he can play anywhere in the frontline, and with Ivory Coast teammates Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou in our squad there would have been a chemistry flowing with them three. The agile Ivorian could have been used as a super sub where it would have been Neymar’s Job as well.
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