Ivanovic

[Sinos]

What has happened to this fella since Chelsea signed him for £10mil?

[Kahnee]

Had a sex change and took up tennis apparently

 

A quick check on Soccerbase shows him to have played no games. That's another £9m paid to a Moscow club for no apparent reason then. When the f*** is someone going to actually look into this?

Edited May 12, 2008 by Kahnee

[Maldini]

He's actually really good, but it's bizarre he hasn't played, I don't think he's been injured or anything. Maybe there's a work permit issue, surely they'd have preferred to use him at RB instead of Essien.

[Kahnee]

He's actually really good, but it's bizarre he hasn't played, I don't think he's been injured or anything. Maybe there's a work permit issue, surely they'd have preferred to use him at RB instead of Essien.

 

Maybe they didn't want him injured before he's shipped off somewhere on loan come August

[floyd]

Bit of "money washing", from our favourite Russian with an insurance policy.

[Kahnee]

Bit of "money washing", from our favourite Russian with an insurance policy.

 

Bit? It's becoming an annual f***ing event

[fyds]

Yep - proverbial dog's back leg.

[growler]

when you have 11billion is 9 million that big a deal?

[nvdm]

Who?

[Maldini]

By the way it was CSKA Moscow that Abramovich was involved with so I don't think he's using that old trick with their biggest rivals.

[Kahnee]

when you have 11billion is 9 million that big a deal?

 

It's not the amount, it's the recurring theme of buying a player from Russia every year that doesn't seem to be needed