Chelsea

Nickname: The Blues
Founded: 1905
Address: Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London SW6 1HS
Home Ground: Stamford Bridge
Capacity: 42,449
Home Kit: Royal blue with white and amber trim shirts and shorts
Away Kit: White shirts and shorts with royal blue/yellow trim
Chairman: Bruce Buck
Manager: José Mourinho
Official Website: http://www.chelseafc.co.uk/
Squad:
Cudicini, Carlo; Pidgeley, Leonard; Cech, Petr; Ma-Kalambay, Yves; Carvalho, Alberto Ricardo; Johnson, Glen; Jarosik, Jiri; Terry, John; Geremi, Njitap; Ferreira, Renato Paulo Huth, Robert; Bridge, Wayne; Gallas, William; Grant, Anthony; del Horno, Asier
Tiago, Cardoso; Makelele, Claude; Duff, Damien; Lampard, Frank; Cole, Joe
Diarra, Lassana; Wright-Phillips, Shaun; Robben, Arjen; Cole, Carlton; Drogba, Didier
Gudjohnsen, Eidur; Crespo, Hernan; Sinclair, Scott; Essien, Michael

I think Chelsea is a very different team now. Years ago, they are just a middle league team. With players like Gianfranco Zola, they played some attractive football. Now, they are a big and rich club after Roman Abramovich bought over the club. Last time, they barely use more than 10 million pound to buy players. Now, they had spent more than 100 million pound on players and changed the entire squad including the manager. And if you say money can’t buy the title, you are very wrong. Last season, Chelsea had been crowned as the Premiership champion. Impressive!!! Chelsea’s title is their first Premiership title after 50 years!! Chelsea’s manager, Jose Mourinho is probably the man behind Chelsea’s success. Now Chelsea is a brand new team with a new logo, a new sponsor and probably more new players. The transfer window reopens and you will wonder which star player will moves to the Blues and how much Chelsea will spend this season? Well, I guess the biggest move is Michael Essien from Lyon. His move cost Chelsea 25.9 million pound!!! Other than that, Shaun Wright-Phillips moves to Chelsea with a transfer deal that cost 21 million pound and Asier Del Horno moves to Chelsea from Athletic Bilbao with a transfer deal that cost 8 million pound!! So, Chelsea had spent around 55 million pound!!! But, of course there are some players moving out such as Mikael Forssell (Birmingham City), Juan Pablo Veron (my mistake.... it should be Juan Sebastian Veron)(Inter Milan), Scott Parker (Newcastle United) and Mateja Kezman (Atletico Madrid). Now, the season kicks off and Chelsea will celebrate their 100th years anniversary (founded in1905) by trying to retain the Premiership title. But do not underestimate teams like Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham. I believe that the challenges will be bigger and it will be a 5-horse race for the Premiership title. But Chelsea seems to be stronger one if you judge them by last season’s performance. Only time will tells……..


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