Chelsea are considering a shock bid to bring Arjen Robben back to Stamford Bridge and they will offer Bayern Munich Florent Malouda to seal the deal.
Blues boss Andre-Villas Boas is eager to add some flair in wide areas of his team and he recently had a £17.5m bid rejected for Porto winger Alvaro Pereira, with the Primeira Liga champions insisting the Uruguayan was not for sale.
The Portuguese tactician is now considering his options and has turned his attention to former Blue Arjen Robben.
The flying Dutchman enjoyed a successful spell at the West London club from 2004 to 2007, in which he helped Chelsea win two Premier League crowns, a Carling Cup double and an FA Cup before he left for an ill fated spell at Real Madrid.
But the 27-year-old has arguably demonstrated the best form of his career since joining Bayern in 2009, and now his former London employers are plotting a sensational player-plus-cash bid involving Malouda in an attempt to re-sign the former Stamford Bridge favourite.
Villas-Boas left Malouda out of his starting line-up for Chelsea's first home game of the season but he brought him on in the first half - and was rewarded as the Frenchman netted the winner against West Brom.
But it is understood the former Porto chief is not keen on the 31-year-old attacker, who he believes is past his best.
Italian giants Juventus are understood to have enquired into the availability of Malouda earlier this week, but their interest could be in vain if Villas-Boas uses the Frenchman as bait to land Robben.
No comments:
Post a Comment