Arguement I need help

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Guys its early in the morning im having a arguement one of the lads from work about naming all of jose's signings for chelsea , We have'd named a few but we are having a huge arguement over who signed peter cech ! HELP

county

jose signed him am sure of it

s8n

nope, twas the tinker man who signed cech

Big Nelly

Tinkerman, but he didnt arrive till Jose was there. Was signed in the transfer window

county

http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?article=329361&Title=History+-+Stadium&lid=Navigation+-+History&sub=History+-+Stadium&nav=&sublid=

The Muppet

Claudio Ranieri definitely signed Cech but he didin't arrive/play at Chelsea until after he got the bullet.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/3411707.stm
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county

county wrote:

http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?article=329361&Title=History+-+Stadium&lid=Navigation+-+History&sub=History+-+Stadium&nav=&sublid=

check down at the bottom of the page

okidoki987

Claudio Ranieri definitely signed Cech but he didin't arrive/play at Chelsea until after he got the bullet

100% bang on.
Nice start to your career having a goalie like that.
Good goalies are always very hard to find.

The Muppet

county wrote:

check down at the bottom of the page

???

Look at the date on the BBC article I linked to. Tinkerman signed him in February he didn't arrive until the summer by which time Jose was in charge.

county

The Muppet wrote:

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Look at the date on the BBC article I linked to. Tinkerman signed him in February he didn't arrive until the summer by which time Jose was in charge.

just read it now,i stand corrected

20 Times 20 Times

So then he is correct the tinkerman signed cech ?

MrJoeSoap

Yep, Ranieiri signed him, 2 years ago today.

Ranieri left Chelsea in a very good state for the Special One to inherit. There is a perception that Mourinho signed Arjen Robben, and Petr Čech, which is not the case, they were signed by Ranieri. Ranieri also signed Duff, Lampard, and Makelele, and gave Terry his chance in the first team. These six players are the backbone of Chelsea. Mourinho has made two good additions in, Carvalho, and Ferreira. The money he spent on Drogba and Kezman could have been better spent, but, a successful Premiership campaign (their first in 50 years) and a Carling Cup victory, have made this season a successful one for the London club.

The Muppet

Sarge wrote:

So then he is correct the tinkerman signed cech ?

Yep.

redspider

Yes, its true that the revolution at Chelsea started long before Mourinho got there. Abramovich accelerated the transformation with the signings of:

Robben, Cech, Cuducini(?), Duff, Lampard, Makelele, Gallas, Geremi, Carvalho, Ferreira, Crespo, Drogba (Mutu, Kezman), SWP, Maniche
Terry was there pre-Abramovich.

The transformation also was happening to a certain degree before Abramovich as Bates was investing/spending "heavily" looking for success, although his level of spending was peanuts compared with Abramovich's open cheque book.

Mourinho has helped to shape the team better than Ranieri, although the latter produced more entertaining football arguably and had built the current team up, more or less.

If Barca knock out Chelsea, Uefa and Europe will breath a sigh of relief. If Chelsea win the CL however, there will be a lot of scratching of heads across the football world.

redspider

county

redspider wrote:

If Barca knock out Chelsea, Uefa and Europe will breath a sigh of relief. If Chelsea win the CL however, there will be a lot of scratching of heads across the football world.

redspider

your point being?

Nimrod's Son

redspider wrote:

Yes, its true that the revolution at Chelsea started long before Mourinho got there. Abramovich accelerated the transformation with the signings of:

Robben, Cech, Cuducini(?), Duff, Lampard, Makelele, Gallas, Geremi, Carvalho, Ferreira, Crespo, Drogba (Mutu, Kezman), SWP, Maniche
Terry was there pre-Abramovich.

I'm pretty certain Cudicini, Lampard and Gallas were all there pre-Abramovich as well.

MrJoeSoap

THE ABRAMOVICH-ERA SIGNINGS

Didier Drogba £24m
Ricardo Carvalho £19.9m
Damien Duff £17m
Hernan Crespo £16.8m
Claude Makelele £16.6m
Adrian Mutu £15.8m
Juan Sebastian Veron £15m
Paulo Ferreira £13.2m
Arjen Robben £12m
Scott Parker £10m
Tiago £8m
Wayne Bridge £7m
Petr Cech £7m
Geremi £7m
Joe Cole £6.6m
Glen Johnson £6m
Mateja Kezman £5m
Alexei Smertin £3.4m
Jiri Jarosik £3m *
(* Estimated fee)

Thats from April '05

Big Nelly

Alexei Smertin £3.4m
Jiri Jarosik £3m *

Are the 2 dodgy ones, anyone think money was being put under the table or something? when Smertin arrived Ranieri hadnt a clue who he was and said it was one for the future?? he was 29 or so at that stage. Has been loaned out most of the time

Jarosik came and as well wasn't really playing and was loaned out. Looks a decent player at Brum, One of there best but he won't knock any of the midfielder out of the Chelsea team

PHB

Jarosik did a job for CHelsea in the second half of last year, and Smertin was just a bad buy.

We also have to add to that:

SWP - 20?
Del Horno - 13?
Essien - 20?

mada999

ha ha ha ha Chelsea will not win the champions league...

The Muppet

I always thought Smertin was purchased so that Roman could have a "Russian" player at his club. I doubt the managers had anything to do with his purchase.

shepthedog

The Muppet wrote:

I always thought Smertin was purchased so that Roman could have a "Russian" player at his club. I doubt the managers had anything to do with his purchase.

Yep I agree, I think this was a PR stunt, probably was big news in Russia when Chelsea signed the Russian captain.

Raneiri did make some very good transfers, Cech being one of the best

dcarroll

But Mourinho hasn't made a good signing so far, ie pulling a Patrick Vieira out of the AC Milan reserves and building your team around him for the next 9 years