Villa, Ancelotti, Kaká, Lord Lucan, Jesus all possibly heading to The Bridge

By: Rob | April 10th, 2009

All the transfer window seems to have achieved, is making press coverage of potential transfers last for ages. Last season I made the mistake of thinking the transfer window looked quite interesting, with potential moves for Berbatov, Ronaldo, Lampard and Barry. Sadly they were all rather dragged out and untill the thrilling last day, a bit dull.

This summer, it seems the focus is on under-achieving Chelsea, who the press seem to think are going to go through a massive transformation this summer, after a year of more impatient underachieving.

So the rumour mill is again full with whispers of David Villa to come and score them some goals, of Carlo Ancellotti to bring back the glory years. Those are the two more realistic ones, I’ve seen everyone from Kaká to Ronaldinho (again) linked with a move to the club. Who next, Lord Lucan? Jesus*?

What Chelsea actually need of course, is a new manager to come in and pretty much start again. Something evidently isn’t quite right, and selling a few names and bringing in some different ones could be the way forward for the Blues.

I’m not entirely sure Ancelotti is the man for that. He seems quite loyal to big names – witness the aged genius of the Milan side, and with situations like the Beckham one, the suspicion must be that he’s willing to accept who the board will buy. Which Roman will undoubtedly love, but on the other hand, I’m not sure how good it’ll be for the club. Ah well, Shevchenko might actually get a game…

Villa however, I’d love to see over here. The world’s best striker for me at the moment, he could prove absolutely deadly in the Premier League. Mind you, we all said that about Sheva. Hopefully Villa would have a bit more success.

Anyway, my point is Roman has to realise (like Man City do) is that he can’t literally buy success. He can buy the ingredients to make a successful team, but he’s still going to have to leave it a while if he wants to get results. Is he going to find anyone he can trust enough to leave them to it? The reason Jose was a success, is that he had the sure-mindedness to hold Roman at bay. I’m not sure who else will be able to do the same.

*Tasteless Easter Joke: I hope Jesus doesn’t play in goal – I hear he has holes in his hands.