Dec 18 - Chelsea have made France striker David Trezeguet their transfer priority and are willing to pay Juventus up to £25million to secure his signature next month.

Discussions have already taken place between the clubs, although Juve's general manager Luciano Moggi is understood to have insisted that Trezeguet is not for sale.

That rebuttal barely even registered with Roman Abramovich, however. Chelsea's billionaire Russian owner has authorised a top European agent to negotiate the 26-year-old's move to Stamford Bridge at any reasonable cost.

Sources close to Abramovich last night pointed out that Juve also refused to sell Zinedine Zidane to Real Madrid two years ago before agreeing to a world record deal worth £45m.

In fact, Abramovich actually began the haggling process personally when he met Moggi last July - the day before Chelsea played Lazio in a friendly in Rome in his first game as the club's new owner.

At that time, the main topic of conversation was Edgar Davids, but the possibility of purchasing Trezeguet and Pavel Nedved was also discussed at a meeting in Turin.

While Juve are determined to retain a player who has averaged a goal every two games since he signed for them for £23m from Monaco three years ago, Chelsea have been given encouragement by the player's representatives that he would be willing to make the switch.

Trezeguet is furious that - despite his contribution to the two Serie A titles and the Champions League runners-up spot achieved since he joined - he remains one of the lowest paid players at the club on £1.5million per season.

Juve indicated they would extend and upgrade his contract last summer, only to renege on the offer at the last moment in favour of striking a new deal with Alessandro del Piero instead for £6.5m a year.

Parity with the Italy international is the demand which has been made by Trezeguet's father Jorge, who is his agent, but so far Juve have failed to open talks on a new deal. Chelsea are willing to better any offer made by his current club.

Ideally, manager Claudio Ranieri would want the player in the January transfer window but Chelsea are prepared to wait until the summer when they will offload Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink by virtue of freedom of contract and make Eidur Gudjohnsen available for transfer.

Trezeguet may be one of five new players Chelsea want over the next seven months, with one other striker, a central defender and a full back for either flank sought in a spree of up to £100m.

The club's acting chief executive Paul Smith surprised the club's directors yesterday, however, when he apparently made public comments about what the recruitment policy will be.

Smith, who will be replaced by former Manchester United chief executive Peter Kenyon next month, was reported to have put forward the name of Ruud van Nistelrooy as a player Chelsea would consider buying.

"If Pele was on the market today for £100m then we'd maybe go for him, but we won't pay £30m for Joe Nobody. If Ruud van Nistelrooy was priced at £60m and we considered it a good investment, then we would probably pay that. It's not about the fee but about getting good value. We want the right quality and the right value," Smith said yesterday.

An official statement from the club denying any interest in United's Holland striker quickly followed, causing embarrassment to Smith who is thought to be moving to take up a new role as head of marketing at the club once Kenyon moves in.

Smith, who is given his instructions about transfer business by Abramovich's trusted aides, did admit that a realistic budget was set for each player targeted by the club.

"We do care about the money and it's a misconception that we don't. There's not a finite budget but we want to get good value. Roman is a businessman and is determined not to be ripped off. We won't pay the tourist price."

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:confused: geez there has to be a limit doesnt there??

they should just get Mexes

maybe we should start a transfer or transfer speculation thread, kinda waste space with all these threads
trez will definitely not be the third striker drom serie a to join chelsea

Juve should go for it. It would be better for Juve and Trezeguet. He will get the money he wants and Juve will sign a better replacement.

He is a great finisher but the problem is that he is invisible in wayyy too many games.

25 Mil though ? heh... Juve should try and squeeze out 35 out of Roman.

i know what u are saying blu, but i dont think Trez's game is really about touches and how much he had the ball....maybe thats why he might not be rated highly ...but he is the player that can be invisible for the whole game and pop up and grab a goal...sort of like a Del Piero but in a whole different way since DP's technical skills and overall game surpass Trez especially since Trez is a totally different player...saying that...if u could get 25 Million...do it lol....got to many players who could replace him not to get 25 million ...and maybe more...now saying THAT....its just a bull**** story anyway lol... but if not Juve should squeeze every penny they could get from Roman

Jim Floyd Hasselbaink for Trezeguet. That is really dumb. J.F. Hasselbaink is much better than Trezeguet. Chelesa already has a log jam at striker well at most postions for that fact. I don't see this as being an upgrade. I think it is a downgrade.

exactly ... i hear ya... i know what you mean about him being invisible and then grabbing a goal, bu the unfortunate part is that it hardly happens... when hes invisible, hes just invisible (:/)

The stats indicate that he has scored a lot but i just don't feel that the goals he gets are as crucial as the ones some of the other players get.

With 25 mil, Juve could easily sign Cavenaghi who is younger and better.

But yeah, most probably this is just another rumor as Chelsea have been linked with almost every player.

We need to stop these rubbish threads till theres some concrete deal in place... too many chelsea rumor threads...

merge them all into chelsea transfer rumours. It is stupid. Media is just making up stories.

They can take Heskey off our hands for lets say, a cool 15 mil would be nice. ;)

Roman may pay a bit more, but his not dumb John :p

Although it's very unlikely, I'd like to see Trezeguet alongside Henry at Arsenal. The two have an excellent understanding - just watch any France match and they go together like bread and butter. We'd rip apart any defence in the Premiership. (bar United)

Oh, right. We don't have any money. :(

I agree with Ice on the principle that Chelsea are stupid with money, and every club, despite what the acting ceo said yesterday, should realise that they are willing to pay over the odds for any player. Bleed 'em dry. If they offer £25m ask for £40m, chances are they'd pay.

Was thinking about the Van Nistelrooy £60m bollocks and thought the response should have been. 'No f-ing way! But give us £80m and you can have Forlan.'

Wow IMO Juve should go for this;)

maybe they can even try to get a little more from Roman

and you must remember that Juventus hvae Di Vaio and he had been playing great when Del Piero wasn't it

P.S. Juve also have Miccolli and with the money that they would get, Juventus would be able to buy whatever they need

del piero, di vaio, miccoli and zalayeta!!!

umm 4 strikers that are actually performing well deserve their spots, although trez is a great player i feel that i cant put him in our list of strikers. i also think that juve should sell him. but it wouldnt be good see as 2 seasons ago he was our top scorer. but ai thats life. this year he hasnt been to good at the bianconeri.

If they sell Trez they should replace with

Cavenaghi
Vieri(getting old)
RVN or
Henry

Trezzeguet is a much more likely possibility than Henry or Van Nistelrooy. But, I am surprised that Juveh are treating him this way after what he has done for them...............shame, shame !

Roman Abramovich has everybody' s envy..not Chelsea!

Juve could be getting ~35 for Trez.. He's not too old or anything, he just propably isn't enough for Juve. Juve should definetely go for it..

If I'm Juve, I do it. You're never going to get anything better for him anyways. With the money, they could get 2 or 3 quality young players. Perhaps a nice young CB and a playmaking mid to be Nedved's understudy. Rosicky perhaps?

As a Juve fan, I'm not sure it's a good idea.

Granted, Trez isn't the most technically sound Striker out there, but Juve doesn't ask him to be. Also, I'm not usre that DiVaio can be counted on in the long run, he is way too hot and cold for me, I like him in the current situation that he is in.

That's a lot of money, though. If they can get Tevez or Cavenaghi, it may be something to take a look at.

Why would Trezeguet want to join a wastepipe team like Chelsea? What a joke.

Originally posted by Master Kush
Perhaps a nice young CB and a playmaking mid to be Nedved's understudy. Rosicky perhaps?

I believe Nedved made a formal recommendation for Rosicky a while back, but he's still with us until 2007, he plans on respecting it. I admit, I'd rather see Rosicky wear the black and white than join Liverpoop. ;)

wtf are you people talking about???
trez not good for juve???
for christ sakes!
he was the f*cking capocannoniere 2 years ago, and last season wasnt good because of all the injuries!
this season he is our top scorer and who cares if he sucks! he still puts the ball in the net! and thats what counts

hrmmm!
Trez has 10 goals on half the chances Di Vaio gets. Di Vaio is the one that isnt technically sound.

Di Vaio is technically better in almost every department... Notice how he takes the ball wide, creates an angle and then slots it past the keeper unlike Trezeguet who just shoots and hopes the ball goes in.

Di Vaio needs a few more chances as most of the time he plays in a deeper role than Trezeguet.

Having said that, if Trezeguet goes, Juve will definitely need another poacher as a replacement and like i said before, Cavenaghi would be my first choice.

ill prefer to loan zalayeta and get cavenaghi :p

Ale Fabri David Marco and......forgot the first name of cavenaghi:crazyboy:
amaizing :rockman:

oh there are many rumors that say that juve wants vieri again....if we get him (i doubt it) then it would be ok to sell treze :p

Originally posted by IceBlu
We need to stop these rubbish threads till theres some concrete deal in place... too many chelsea rumor threads...

what jedi said

If i was Trez i would have left that hole in the ground a long time ago, only 1.5 a year??:kader: Though you guys say he isnt the best in the world isnt he worth a bit more than the young players at Ajax? Mido bought a Ferrari as soon as he signed his contract at Ajax....thats when he was 19 and just fresh from Egypt, almost 3 mill his first season.:o


Anyway, Trez would do so much better at Chelsea.

Originally posted by AhmedK
If i was Trez i would have left that hole in the ground a long time ago, only 1.5 a year??:kader: Though you guys say he isnt the best in the world isnt he worth a bit more than the young players at Ajax? Mido bought a Ferrari as soon as he signed his contract at Ajax....thats when he was 19 and just fresh from Egypt, almost 3 mill his first season.:o


Anyway, Trez would do so much better at Chelsea.

at 1.5 million a year, trezeguet is underpaid compared to his colleagues. but he's the one that signed that contract a few years back. now when juventus said they'd renew or renegotiate his contract last summer and didn't and instead, signed del piero to a renewed contract, then that's another story. but yea, i guess you could say trezeguet is worth more than a player like mido. but his salary and wages really depend on when he signed that contract. would he have been worth 50,000 pounds or 75,000 pounds or 100,000 pounds four years ago?

and i dunno if he'd do that much better at chelsea. i think they've got a superb partnership of the future. mutu and crespo partnership, i think, could be amazing. trez's already at a massive club, playing well for that club, and has a chance at major trophies every year.

what do you mean a player like Mido? Mido is amazing, you cant keep the guy froms coring. 8 goals in 4 matchs in his short time at Celta, and two goals in 2 games in the CL...this is just the past few weeks...:kader: :)

Originally posted by AhmedK
what do you mean a player like Mido? Mido is amazing, you cant keep the guy froms coring. 8 goals in 4 matchs in his short time at Celta, and two goals in 2 games in the CL...this is just the past few weeks...:kader: :)

i said a player like mido because you mentioned him first. you mentioned the young players at ajax and then mentioned mido, thus my reference to him. get it?

It seems that Barcelona has also made an offer for Trezeguet.

The offer would be money+ Saviola or Motta, but the total amount would be lower than Chelsea.

Originally posted by panxoman
It seems that Barcelona has also made an offer for Trezeguet.

The offer would be money+ Saviola or Motta, but the total amount would be lower than Chelsea.


I'd take that. I like Saviola and Motta ain't to shabby either.

Saviola would only hinder Di Vaio's progress seeing as how they're in the same mould of the deeper lying striker.

Juventus should get a target man to cover for Trezeguet.

yea i think saviola, del piero, and di vaio are all too similar in terms of playing style. they're not out and out strikers who can play off of their deep lying forwards.

if chelsea continue like this they will get into trouble. :kader:

they have enough players already and the more players they buy the less chance a player will get of playing in a match.

u cant just buy excellent players and then expect them not to lose any matches :kader:

i think there should be a limit of how many players a team can buy :confused:

There' s not limit .. I like to wathc this stuff.

i don't think there should be a limit. they're free to do whatever they want. they have an endless amount of cash, and they're entitled to use it however they please.

but i can't imagine how the players will start feeling if they start adding more players in january or in the summer. sure they'll all say the obligatory "we just want to win" or "winning's more important than playing time" or whatever. but sooner or later, if they keep adding players, players are going to start rumbling and grumbling. they might not make it public, but it's hard to imagine all the world class players and regular internationals on that club being pleased with part time roles and irregular starting positions