Mourinho Hints At Falcao Deal - Here's Why Chelsea Fans Should Be Excited

Jose Mourinho hinted at a possible move for Monaco star, Radamel Falcao according to the Telegraph, who reported from an interview with French television company, 'Canal Football Club'. He was quoted as saying: "I have a team, but no striker" and he later he added "A player like him can't play in front of 3,000 people. Monaco is a club to end [your career with]." 

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Mourinho Says Torres Is Enjoying His Football Again - But Do Chelsea Still Need Reinforcements?

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has told the Daily Mail that Fernando Torres is enjoying his footnall again at Stamford Bridge and has thrown his support behind the Spaniard.

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MLS Bound? Why Letting Eto'o Leave Might Not Be A Bad Idea

When Samuel Eto'o arrived at Stamford Bridge in the summer Chelsea fans were rightly excited. The Cameroon legend had represented some of the biggest clubs in Europe and has scored a shed load of goals, but his best days seem behind him and he's struggled to find his feet at the club. Now as we approach the end of the year it seems as though the striker has other things on his mind, as the Telegraph report that he is thinking about a move to the MLS in the summer. But would he be missed?

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Jose Knows Best: Why Dropping Hazard Worked Out Perfectly For The Chelsea Boss

Last Wednesday night, Chelsea sailed to victory with a 3-0 defeat over German side Schalke in the Champions League. The game was well played by the blues, and in it, fans finally got to see what new summer signing Samuel Eto’o was capable of. He netted two goals, while fellow striker Demba Ba scored the final, giving Chelsea the three-goal advantage. The three points from this win put Chelsea in first place in the Group E standings, which is pretty good considering they dropped points early on in the season, losing their opening match of the group stages to FC Basel.

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Torres Ruled Out Of Schalke Clash, But Will Chelsea Miss Him?

Due to a thigh injury Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has been ruled out of Wednesday night’s Champions League match against Schalke. Bad news for Chelsea, yes, but for Torres himself it is even worse.

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Why Samuel Eto'o Could Prove Vital To Chelsea's Ambitions

If reports are to believed, Samuel Eto's wage packet at Anzhi was somewhere in region of £300,000 a week. A week! Unbelievable. It is debatable whether or not any footballer is worth that much, never mind Samuel Eto'o.

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Is Samuel Eto'o A Feasible Option For Chelsea? (video)

There have been many rumours going around that Cameroon legend Samuel Eto'o will be on his way to Stamford Bridge if Jose Mourinho gives up on trying to buy Wayne Rooney. Eto'o, currently at Anzhi Makhachkala, will cost Mourinho around £5m but I think his wages will be incredibly higher. The former Inter striker has scored 55 times in 112 games for his country.

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Should A Salary Cap Be Introduced In Football?

With the news that Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a new and improved deal with Real Madrid that makes him the second highest paid player in the world, is it time that football introduced a worldwide salary cap before it ends up destroying itself with astronomical wage bills?

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Can Samuel Eto’o Still Cut It At The Highest Level?

With Samuel Eto’o’s club Anzhi in financial meltdown and making every first team player available for transfer, should big European teams be eyeing the Cameroonian forward as a purchase? I thought I’d have a look who would need him.

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Anzhi Makhachkala - Proof That Spending Billions May Not Protect A Club

It is an argument that has been rumbling on for a number of years now, ever since Roman Abramovich took charge of Chelsea. He introduced a system of spending a huge sum of money on players to completely change the team which in turn will make them a success. As we all know, Chelsea did succeed. The old system of developing the core of the team while spending money wisely in order to improve your options changed after this event -now teams who want to challenge for the biggest trophies must spend big in order to get there. Arsenal are an example of how spending little, yet wanting to challenge for the biggest trophies, has it's obvious flaws.

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Top 5 fastest footballers (Video)

Footballers and sprinters are often interchangeable, with Olympians such as Greg Rutherford, Christian Malcolm and Darren Campbell all turning down the chance to play football to focus on athletics.

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Before Messi was king (Video)

Although Barcelona are now synonymous with their little Argentine striker, a few years previous saw him regularly used as a substitute out on the right wing. He was still a long haired teenager at the time and just finding his way in a star filled squad of world famous players. At the time there was another player who received all the accolades and love from the fans, completely different in both character and footballing style, but at his peak just as good as Messi.

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Victor Moses - Africa's next superstar? (video)

3 time African Player of the Year winner Samuel Eto'o is renowned for his acceleration and clinical finishing. 2 time winner Didier Drogba is renowned for his strength and power. 22 year old Nigerian Victor Moses has the potential to become renowned for all these abilities and to become Africa's next superstar.

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Failure to qualify for Africa Cup of Nations could spell sorry end for Eto’o’s international career (Video)

In the end, even the return of legendary striker Samuel Eto’o from international exile was not enough to take Cameroon to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.

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Chris Samba's move to Russia proven to be right decision

When Christopher Samba announced that he was due to move from Premier League side Blackburn Rovers to relatively unknown but recently wealthy Russian Premier League outfit Anzhi Makhachkala he was heavily criticised on all fronts. Those critics have been forced to eat a huge slice of humble pie since.

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