Reports emerging from Europe indicate that Chelsea of England manager, Jose Mourinho, may have suffered his first major professional set-back as Blues’ manager; as Turkey International and Blues’ long-term target, Arda Turan, after weeks of negotiations, recently completed a transfer to European Champions, Barcelona; a
\ndevelopment confirmed on Barcelona’s official website.<\/p>\n
Having already snapped up Radamel Falcao, Turan was seen as Mourinho’s next priority; as the coach specifically stated that he needs an attacking player of Turan’s calibre, to boost competition for a position already having Brazillian Willian and Colombian Juan Cuadrado as contenders.<\/p>\n
A Turan addition to the Chelsea team would easily make the Chelsea attack line-up the English Premier League’s scariest ever; as he could easily line up beside Eden Hazard, and Fabregas to feed Diego Costa, in a configuration that will surely yield goals in multiples.<\/p>\n
Reports state that Mourinho recently asked the club’s heirarchy to sanction a deal for him- which would also involve the departure of defender Filipe Luis. It was believed that the Blues, who have in recent times, had a healthy record of dealings with Turan’s former club, Athletico Madrid, were leading the race for his signature: not until Barcelona waved their magic wand and snapped him up.<\/p>\n
This development only means that Chelsea would most likely start the season short on pre-requisite playing personnel- a situation Mourinho direly dislikes; as well as that the Blues’ may have to wait another few couple of seasons to find a player in the class of Turan, who can add bite to their squad, at no extravagant cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reports emerging from Europe indicate that Chelsea of England manager, Jose Mourinho, may have suffered his first major professional set-back as Blues’ manager; as Turkey International and Blues’ long-term target, Arda Turan, after weeks of negotiations, recently completed a transfer to European Champions, Barcelona; a development confirmed on Barcelona’s official website. Having already snapped up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n