Chelsea boss AVB plans early Hazard bid to avoid summer auction
Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas is eager to avoid a summer auction for Lille star Eden Hazard.
The People says Blues technical director Michael Emenalo was in Marseille last week to watch Hazard play for Lille – fuelling speculation that the Belgian play-maker could be heading for Stamford Bridge before the January window closes.
Emenalo’s trip to France is a clear sign that boss Andre Villas-Boas is stepping up his pursuit of the 21-year-old, who is also being courted by Manchester United and Arsenal as well as Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Villas-Boas would prefer to land the youngster now rather than risk the scramble of an auction in the summer.
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Comments (7)
AVB COULD YOU TRY THIS FORMATION.
Play Torres just behind Mata and Daniel in a sort of V Formation.With Torres's vision he could easily thread a breath taking pass to either Mata or Daniel,with the that speed and their dribbling skills could present a few problems to the back line.While the most leather finisher hovers around the six yard box.With Willian on the bench you are never gona go wrong.
Get hazard,willian,gotze and release lampard kalou and malouda at once,cuz are disturbing d team harmony
what a joke. "why not just go out and buy these four obscenely expensive players who will be near impossible to pry away from their teams? whats stopping you, AVB?"
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