British tabloid The People claims that Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari wants to bring Barcelona forward and French international Thierry Henry (31) to Chelsea during the January transfer window.
Scolari wants to sign an experienced top-class striker and knows Henry could be persuaded to quit Barcelona and return to London. The Frenchman would be frustrated at being played in a wide role by Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola, the same situation he frequently faced under previous manager Frank Rijkaard.
Scolari nevertheless knows that he will struggle to convince Chelsea president Roman Abramovich to fund the deal. The Chelsea owner would be unwilling to splash the cash during a time of global financial uncertainty, which has seen millions wiped off the value of his assets.
Scolari has been told that he must do with loan deals or free transfers if he wants to strengthen in January. Even a transfer fee of around 12 million euro° could be too much for Chelsea, certainly when added to Henry's salary demands.
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Monday, 10 November 2008
Chelsea manager wants Henry in January
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12 million euro =
15 million us dollar
10 million british pound
i really wanted henry to leave during the summer, because of his contribution/ salary ratio. i would still prefer him going out and lets say benzema coming in, but in the summer! he is a valuable first team member and it would be really stupid of the management to let him leave right now, when team is performing so well. obviously, he is not in his top form, but getting rid of him just save few millions would be a silly move..
we need a second striker after eto.board knows this and are looking into targets.henry will leave but in the summer not in january,our team wont make any transfers in the january table
I agree with all of you. I was a true admirer of Henry while he was playing in Arsenal. He doesn't perform well anymore and I was stunned when Barca bought him.
Anyway, I think he won't be sold in January for one simple reason - Barca would not find his replacement this winter because no-one will sell.
Also, he won't join any other club in England except Arsenal. So, maybe he'll join PSG or Lyon (if FCB ask 12M for him then it won't be problem to sell him).
And, to me, reason to sell him is his enormous wage.
I'd solve this situation to renew Eto'o and buy another striker.
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