Brazilian fullback Maicon is close to sealing a £6 million switch from Inter Milan to Chelsea and his agent is due in London for talks this week, according to reports in the Metro.
Rumours of the player joining the Blues have been prominent for the past week now and fans of the club have given the player mixed reviews. One thing is for sure, after Jose Bosingwa has left the club we need to bring in a new right-back and Paulo Ferreira doesn’t have enough in him to challenge Branislav Ivanovic for his place.
Those in the pro Maicon camp suggest that signing the 30-year-old could be perfect as the price is fairly modest and he still has a good few years in him, which gives the likes of Todd Kane time to develop until he’s ready to break into the team in a similar way to Ryan Bertrand, who put in plenty of graft before getting in our first team and was rewarded with a starting spot in the Champions League final.
And then there’s those that are against Maicon, who say that we should seek to bring in a younger right-back as a longer term option, like a Lukasz Piszczek or Mathieu Debuchy. The Metro also reckon Roberto Di Matteo has an interest in both Gregory van der Wiel and Rafael da Silva, but they’re both non-starters as far as I am concerned.
I think we definitely do need to bring in a player who is well equipped when going forward as it’s not really one of Ivanovic’s strengths, he’s a real threat from dead-ball situations but doesn’t offer the sort of width we need in open play in a similar way to Ashley Cole on the left. Could Inter’s Maicon be the man to help provide width from the fullback position on Chelsea’s right flank?
Whether you’re for or against, it seems increasingly likely that we will be signing the player as he has rejected terms with Real Madrid and his agent will be in London to discuss a three-year deal worth £80k-a-week.
In other news, there have also been reports that Chelsea are showing an interest in promising Southampton left-back Luke Shaw and have lodged a £4m bid for the 17-year-old.
Source: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/904027-maicon-close-to-sealing-6million-chelsea-switch?
i think it’s a good one, compared with rb we have before. And with is experience he will clear alot of our cleanshet.
This makes alot of sense, I’ve said it before. He’s class, that we all know; age is actually a benefit as he’s cheaper for it and it means we rotate him with Ivanovic to keep him sharp with all the games we have next year and it means we have the chance to start to slowly bring in Todd Kane; youth prospect at RB who apparently has bags of talent and is very highly thought of inside Chelsea. Could be a very clever signing all round.
I love the signning….fans dont ppf….is coming from the other hand…
Signing Maicon is a gud one. The guy still hsve d talent 2 prov himself in f EPL. So gt him. And give d young ones time 2 mature. Is a gud deal.
Lovely wise signing @6m.
Chelsea shud luk 4 a young talented r4 dat is round 21 to 24yrs dat can bk ivan, rada dan buying such an old player lyk maicon.
Maicon is a great player,he knws hw 2 put oponent down.he’s jst 30 nt 2 old.we ve players coming 4rm de youth term,dey re gud,4 de period of 3yr dis young player wil break into our first term.it wil be nice 4 cfc 2 ve maicon,who cross n giv chokin passes.it wil be a nice signing 4 jst £6m.gud maicon,gud chelsea
We need a younger team so i don’t buy the idea of bringn maicon cfc let go youngere player dat can learn 4rm our vast xperience defender just as cahill is learning 4rm jt & that still ave market value
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