The Blues might be sitting pretty in position 6 in the football money league rich list but the
truth of the matter is that their financial situation is not too good. With a massive debt in
excess of over £1 billion, Chelsea could soon find itself in a very messy situation.
It is also now emerging that Chelsea paid £28 million to sign Andre Villas-Boas from Porto last
summer.
Chelsea and England captain John Terry's problems are not about to end any time soon after
fellow players and anti-racist campaigners called on Fabio Capello to exclude him from his squad
for the European championships.
These sentiments come after Wednesday's landmark ruling where the FA announced that Terry would
only face trial for allegedly racially abusing Anton Ferdinand until after the tournament.
The Daily Mirror is reporting that England manager Fabio Capello is said to be furious over the
sacking today of his captain John Terry.
According to the report Capello fought for Terry to remain as England captain until the bitter
end and only accepted the FA's decision with extreme reluctance.
Fabio Capello is furious at the English FA for firing his captain John Terry, and you have to
begin to wonder whether Capello will still be in charge of England when this summer's Euro 2012
rolls around.
Capello was interviewed by national Italian broadcaster Rai 1 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday
afternoon, where he attended Chelsea's 3-3 draw with Manchester United, and he stated openly how
angry he was.
Captain John Mensah puts Ghana ahead through his third international goal. Saber Khelifa
equalized after beating Samuel Inkoom to a lofted ball. The match headed to extra time and in the
110th minute, Abedi Pele's son, Andre Ayew scored the winner after Tunisia's goalie, Aymen
Mathlouthi coughed up Inkoom's cross right into his path.
One of the disadvantages of working a paying job whilst trying to build a readership on your own
blog is that sometimes we get blindsided by events that need immediate reporting such as we saw
today in London as England manager Fabio Capello resigned his position immediately following a
meeting with FA Chairman David Bernstein.
Some say that you never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory. When Luis Suarez
refused to shake the hand of Patrice Evra at Old Trafford yesterday however, you sensed the
significance of the moment would shape the longevity of the memory. Relations between England's two
most most successful clubs - who have not exchanged a player since 1964 - continue to sour, both on
and off the pitch.
The pressure is on Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas in the UEFA Champions League, not only for
him to try and salvage his own job security, but also to keep England's hopes at crowning a
European winner alive.
It appears that he'll be a bit shorthanded in the first stage of his quest to get the Blues to
the UCL quarterfinals, though.
By JOHN BOSCHINI
England is in danger of having no teams in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League for
the first time since 1995-96 after Chelsea were defeated by Napoli 3-1 in the first leg of the
Round of 16.
Juan Mata's fortuitous goal midway through the first half was cancelled out by Ezequiel
Lavezzi's brace and Edinson Cavani's goal just before halftime.
By Chris Wright
So good, we actually thought it was a doctored image at first; here's deposed captain John Terry
joining the latest England squad (and X-Factor dreck-mongers JLS) at a charity bash in London last
night.
Can you spot him?
Struggling to pinpoint JT?
