Shevchenko could see out his career in the
MLS.
Reports in England claim
that Chelsea are prepared to write off more than £7 million by
paying up the remaining year of Ukraine striker
Andriy
Shevchenko's contract.
Shevchenko is due to return to Stamford Bridge in the summer after
a loan spell at his former club AC Milan that was even less
fruitful than his two seasons at Chelsea.
The Blues' owner, Roman Abramovich, brought the player to London in
2006, Now, he is ready to pay up the remainder of the 32-year-old's
original four-year contract.
The former Ballon d'Or and Champions League winner's £30 million
move from Milan to Chelsea was little short of disastrous for his
career, even though he was reputedly on £140,000 a week, and the
purchase has come to symbolise that club owners and chairmen are
not necessarily better judges than managers in the transfer
market.
Shevchenko scored 22 goals in 75 appearances, many as a substitute,
for Chelsea over the two seasons he was at the club. And since
returning to Milan he has managed just two goals in 26 appearances.
It is now thought that he will likely head off to the United States
to see out his career in the MLS.
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