Was it really only two days ago I was patting Chelsea on the back for ‘doing the right thing’ where Andriy Shevchenko’s concerned?
Well, obviously I spoke too soon, because a mere two days later, Adriano Galliani has revealed talks over a potential deal are “frozen” because the ‘agreement’ stage was never reached. How unusual for the press to get it wrong!
You see, despite reports suggesting Sheva should’ve been back in Milan by now with Chelsea paying the Italian outfit for the privilege, Galliani told Gazzetta dello Sport yesterday “Negotiations for Shevchenko are at the moment frozen.”
So what happened to the supposed meeting between Berlusconi and Abramovich in Sardinia last week where this was reported to have been all but done and dusted? Well, apparently the deal needed more than just a lick and a promise before it was actually finalised, because Galliani says “Milan had wanted to take the player on loan with the right to buy him (not much to ask after they’d sold him for £30million), but Chelsea said no because they wanted us to buy him outright.”
And whilst I feel sorry for the prodigal son who may lose out on a return back to a club where he remains a firm favourite in favour of yet another season on the sidelines at Chelsea, maybe it really isn’t such a bad thing that Chelsea aren’t prepared to pay another astronomical wage only to see a player they own running out every week in someone else’s colours.
Or should Chelsea just cut their losses?
Blue is the colour
