Shevchenko deal exposes Chelsea's short-ter …
大意︰
今年切爾西收購新球員的政策令人不免懷疑莫里尼奧要孤注一擲奪取歐冠,成為第三位
曾在不同聯賽執教獲得歐冠的重大成就。這幾名球員的年齡都屆滿30歲,對照阿森納和
曼聯投資在年輕球員身上,莫里尼奧似乎想要有及時戰力的部隊。且這樣龐大的薪資和
缺乏轉賣價值似乎離肯揚先前曾說未來切爾西的財務可獨立自主的目標越來越遠。這樣
的陣容讓英超其他球隊對於競爭性感到沮喪,不過想拿第三座英超冠軍也沒那麼順利,
莫里尼奧每次只能先發11人,其他優秀的球員無法上場肯定會感到失望。
http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/chelsea/article623374.ece
Shevchenko deal exposes Chelsea's short-term aims
By Glenn Moore
Published: 02 June 2006
Andrei Shevchenko's arrival at Chelsea, and Jose Mourinho's determination to
add Roberto Carlos to a list of summer signings that also features Michael
Ballack and Salomon Kalou, may have Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal
wondering if there is any point in contesting next season's title. The rest of
the Premiership, which has long given up on such a quest, will have little
sympathy.
A third Chelsea success is not, however, clear-cut. Mourinho can only field
11 players at a time, which means some big egos are going to be disappointed.
There is also the potentially corrosive effect of Ballack and Shevchenko's
wages, and the latter's friendship with Roman Abramovich, the club's owner.
It was with a nod to the latter issue that Mourinho insisted, after the
£30.8m Shevchenko deal was completed late on Wednesday night, that the move
represented "a dream become reality. Andrei has always been my first choice for
Chelsea since I arrived."
It would be no surprise if that was so. Shevchenko has been one of the most
sought-after strikers in Europe ever since he stunned Barcelona with a
hat-trick for Dynamo Kiev at the Nou Camp in the 1997-98 Champions' League.
Milan secured him and he rarely let them down.
If it is Mourinho's signing one thought does arise: the Portuguese appears to
be going for broke. Shevchenko and Ballack will both be 30 in September, and
Roberto Carlos is already 33. Compare this with Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex
Ferguson's ongoing investment in young players. This is not the approach of
someone building a club, more one of someone delivering an instant team. The
suspicion grows that Mourinho will remain at Chelsea only as long as it takes
to win the Champions' League.
He would then be one of only three men to have won the competition at different
clubs (Ernst Happel, with Feyenoord and Hamburg, and Ottmar Hitzfeld, with
Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich are the others). The prospect of becoming
the first coach to do so with three clubs could be irresistible, as could the
challenge of being the manager who tames Real Madrid's executives and
dressing-room.
Also of long-term interest is the club's financial management: given the wages,
and lack of resale value, of Ballack, Shevchenko and Roberto Carlos, the
oft-stated aim of Peter Kenyon, the chief executive, of the club becoming
self-financing looks to be as far away as ever.
* Portuguese goalkeeper Hilario, 30, says he has completed his move to Chelsea
after undergoing a medical. He will join on a two-year deal from Nacional.
Abramovich's top 10 buys
Andrei Shevchenko May 2006, from Milan. £30.8m
Michael Essien August '05, Lyon £25.98m
Didier Drogba July '04Marseilles £24m
Shaun Wright-Phillips July '05, Man City £21m
Ricardo Carvalho July '04,Porto £19.85m
Damien Duff July '03, Blackburn Rovers £17m
Hernan Crespo August '03, Internazionale £16.8m
Claude Makelele Sept '03, Real Madrid £16.7m
Adrian Mutu August '03, Parma £15.8m
Juan Veron Aug '03, Manchester United £15m
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