Chelsea open
Shevchenko talks with AC Milan
Andrei Shevchenko has told AC
Milan he wants to leave the Italian giants.
Chelsea have opened talks with Milan over a mega £60 million deal for the Ukraine
international. Negotiations kicked off yesterday and a deal would
shatter the previous world record fee Real Madrid paid Juventus for
Zinedine Zidane by a staggering £15m.
Boss Jose Mourinho is a huge admirer of the 29-year-old, who has
been top scorer in Serie A for the past four seasons.
Chelsea may offer either strike aces Didier Drogba or Hernan Crespo
- who was on loan with Milan last season - plus £45m in football's
biggest deal.
Shevchenko's love affair with Italy appears over after falling out
with skipper Paolo Maldini - a legend at the club.
He has already been involved in a series of rows with boss Carlo
Ancelotti, including one for delaying a nose operation until the
end of his summer holiday, which meant he returned to pre-season
training late.
Shevchenko did not even fly out for the pre-season World Series of
Football tournament in which Milan lost 1-0 to Chelsea on
Sunday.
Last season's beaten Champions League finalists are based in
Chicago while Chelsea are in New Jersey.
Now Mourinho is now ready to pounce using billionaire owner Roman
Abramovich's cheque book to land the striker he has always
wanted.
What ? 60 million
pounds for a 29-yr-old ?
