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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Mourinho to Inter Milan, targets Chelsea trio. The Special One lands at Inter, and speculation is he will go after Essien, Drogba and Lampard.

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This guy might have something to say about that.

Or not.

In all seriousness, I fully expect at least one (if not two) of those names to be going to Inter, and I'd even add Carvalho to the list of possibilities. Drogba probably is the most likely: he's been unhappy on and off all season, and his lack of judgment in the CL final won't endure him to many of their fans. Selfishly, I hope Essien stays, just so I'll get to see him play more often.

I hope he takes the whole damn lot with him.

Ancelotti makes no sense for Chelsea, so I'd be surprised if that turns out to be anything other than an unsubstantiated rumor. If Rijkaard wasn't now officially damaged goods, I'd say that's who Chelsea would go after. I think Grant got a raw deal though. As far as Jose taking any of those three, I think that the only one he might get is Drogba. I think Lampard will eventually sign and there is no way that Chelsea lets Essien go as Makalele's career is all but over. Carvalho, as you mentioned trox, may also be a target, but again, he may be too valuable to Chelsea to just let go. Maybe Paulo Ferreira, who also followed Mourinho from Porto to Chelsea will go to Inter.

I would just like to drop by and say that I am fantastic. Yours sincerely Jose Mourinho

I would like to second what I just said. Sincerely, and special, Jose

I'm back.

Will he be another Flip Saunders, though? Inter have some outstanding players and with a big purse for this summer should only get better but TSO will still have to get past the likes of AC, Real Madrid, Liverpool and especially Chelsea and ManU to get the prize his new bosses hired him to win.

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