Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou and Abdoulaye Meite were both in the Ivory Coast squad to face
Germany in Wednesday's international friendly (2-2 draw). Neither was available for Saturday's
World Cup qualifiying win over Guinea after the two went all hyphy on each other in training. The
two have since made up (awww).
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When we last left Chelsea they had just beaten Manchester United to extend their lead at the top
of the Premier League to five points and everything looked great at the Bridge.
Then the injury big hit. First came the news that right-back Jose Bosingwa is out for three
months after knee surgery.
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Chelsea will most certainly be without Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, Jose Bosingwa and Ashley Cole
for their top-of-the-table clash with Arsenal on November 29th. The Ivory Coast International will
in fact be out for three weeks ...
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Chelsea will most certainly be without Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, Jose Bosingwa and Ashley Cole
for their top-of-the-table clash with Arsenal on November 29th. The Ivory Coast International will
in fact be out for three weeks ...
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Just a few short weeks ago, Chelsea appeared the strongest team at least squad-wise in the
English top flight. How quickly things can change.
Following this weekend's international break, the list of those on the treatment table has grown
exponentially and not simply from lining up for their respective countries.
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What the hell is going on with our injuries at the moment. As reported on here before, Jose
Bosingwa is out. Ashley Cole is out and we are yet to have confirmation when he will return. Frank
Lampard is out for three weeks. Didier Drogba has now been confirmed as out for three weeks with a
rib injury suffered when Jonny Evans peformed his Karate Kick on him and got away with it and John
Terry had to pull out of the England v Brazil game with an ankle problem but he hopes to be fit to
face Wolves next weekend.
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Didier Drogba has added to Chelsea's injury woes after a broken rib ruled him out for three
weeks.
He sustained the injury in last week's win over Manchester United.
Drogba joins Ashley Cole, Jose Bosingwa and Frank Lampard on the injury list.
And skipper John Terry limped out of England training yesterday with a swollen ankle, making him a
doubt for the friendly with Brazil.
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We all had the news yesterday that Jose Bosingwa has had to undergo knee surgery back in Portugal
and will now be out for upto three months of the season. He joins Ashley Cole on the injury list.
The statement from Chelsea (short and sweet) yesterday read:
"Chelsea Football Club can confirm that Jose Bosingwa underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left
knee this week.
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Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa will be out for around three months after undergoing surgery on
his left knee this week, according to Chelsea's website.
The 27-year-old fullback has been out since mid-October with the problem and will now not return
until the new year.
The Chelsea statement said:
"Chelsea Football Club can confirm that Jose Bosingwa underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left
knee this week.
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Bosingwa ruled out for three months
Via the official Web site: "Chelsea Football Club can confirm that José Bosingwa underwent
arthroscopic surgery on his left knee this week. His recovery time will be approximately three
months."
S***. At least we have an in-form Branislav Ivanovic to continue in his absent.
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Jose Bosingwa is injured and out for up to 3 months, making Branislav Ivanovic a great choice.
Previously Ivanovic was a rotation risk, but since Bosingwa has been out Ivanovic has played a
truckload of minutes. In the last 5 games, he has picked up 4 clean sheets. Further, with Ashley
Cole also injured, Ivanovic's spot in the squad is even more likely to be cemented.
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Chelsea duo Yury Zhirkov and John Mikel Obi are both available after recovering from
injuries.
The Blues' only absentee is right-back Jose Bosingwa, who may require surgery to treat his knee
problem.
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Man United and
Chelsea have been the top two teams in the
Premier League over
the past few seasons, tomorrow they go head-to-head at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea is the on form team
and they will be very dangerous, especially up front tomorrow. Man United on the other hand haven't
been in the best of form and are looking shaky, especially at the back.
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Portugal will most likely be missing Cristiano Ronaldo when it hosts Bosnia-Herzegovina on
11/14/09 as it looks to build some momentum prior to the return leg in Bosnia on the 18th of
November. Unfortunately for the Portuguese the latest report claims Ronaldo will be out for about a
month which means he will not feature in both matches for the national team.
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EPL Talk 05 November @ 10:09 AM EST
Does it get much better?
Manchester United visits Chelsea this weekend with first place on the line.
I could stop there, but then this wouldn't be much of a preview, would it?
Before we get into the games, check out the TV schedule.
And don't forget to tab the winners with the EPL Talk Predictor.
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Via the Guardian (of course), following our 5-0 demoltion of Blackburn on the weekend ...
"The oversimplified reading of a diamond formation* suggests that any success is significantly
dependent on the excellence of attacking full-backs. Yet Chelsea were without Ashley Cole and Jose
Bosingwa when they obliterated Blackburn at the weekend.
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SoccerLens 23 October @ 06:28 PM EST
You can watch Chelsea v Blackburn Live online here.
Chelsea v Blackburn
Stamford Bridge, London
Saturday 24 October 2009
Kick-off: 17:30 BST
Chelsea Preview
Chelsea are without injured duo Jose Bosingwa and Yuri Zhirkov while Alex and John Mikel Obi
lack match fitness.
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Dirty Tackle 11 October @ 04:24 PM EST
Portugal jumped back into World Cup qualifying contention with what appears to have been a hard
fought 3-0 win over Hungary. I'm not exactly sure what's going on in the above picture, but from
what I can gather, it looks like Pedro Mendes (front left) is reenacting a pose from a passion play
while punching Roland Juhasz in the face, which caused him to release a nasty onion fart that Jose
Bosingwa caught a whiff of.
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It's time to get back to work. And back to winning.
Carlo Ancelotti's first real test as Chelsea manager arrives today when the Blues resume Group D
play in the Champions League against Cyprus' APOEL Nicosia.
This will be Chelsea's more importantly CA's first match since the 3-1 defeat away to Wigan on
Saturday, the Blues' first loss of the 2009-10 season.
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Tonight Chelsea take on Porto in the Champions League. Carlo Ancelotti will take the reigns as
Chelsea coach for the first time in the Champions League competition and tonight he has a weakened
squad to choose from. Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa are both banned following the outcome of the
Barcelona enquiry last season.
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Tonight Chelsea take on Porto in the Champions League. Carlo Ancelotti will take the reigns as
Chelsea coach for the first time in the Champions League competition and tonight he has a weakened
squad to choose from. Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa are both banned following the outcome of the
Barcelona enquiry last season.
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Get back to where you once belonged
17 Premier League Players and The Countries They Should Be Playing For, Based On Their Country Of
Birth
1. Sebastien Bassong (Tottenham and Cameroon France)
2. Nadir Belhadj (Portsmouth and Algeria France)
3. George Boateng (Hull City and Netherlands Ghana)
4.
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EPL Talk 02 September @ 09:17 PM EST
"Giggs looking to pick out Rooney... who's got there, is that a penalty kick?! What does Mike
Dean say?! He says penalty!"
This whole routine is getting a little old, isn't it? Screw diamonds, refereeing mistakes are
forever. It's like the referees all convene and decide whose turn it is to make mistake and forbid
us from ever forgetting how truly inadequate they are.
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Chelsea have submitted their 25 man squad list for this season's group stages of the Champions
League. The 25 players listed are:Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien,
Ricardo Carvalho, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Didier Drogba, John Mikel Obi, Michael Ballack, Florent
Malouda, Jose Bosingwa, Yury Zhirkov, Deco, Saloman Kalou, Ross Turnbull, Daniel Sturridge, John
Terry, Alex,
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Chelsea have submitted their 25 man squad list for this season's group stages of the Champions
League. The 25 players listed are:Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien,
Ricardo Carvalho, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Didier Drogba, John Mikel Obi, Michael Ballack, Florent
Malouda, Jose Bosingwa, Yury Zhirkov, Deco, Saloman Kalou, Ross Turnbull, Daniel Sturridge, John
Terry, Alex,
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Welcome to England, Carlo. Specifically, welcome to the world of Chelsea Football Club.
Ancelotti, a notorious smoker, may not have been able to light one up during the match, but no
doubt partook in the old puff following Saturday's dramatic opening day. A day which ended with an
all-too-close, just-in-time 2-1 win over Hull City at Stamford Bridge.
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UPDATE: According to the London Evening Standard, Bayern
Munich are once again interested in Chelsea defender Jose
Bosingwa. Bayern general manager Uli Hoeness told the Daily
Mail,
"We need a strong, experienced defender on the right side, especially if we use (Franck)
Ribery in a more offensive role, as is being considered.
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Ancelotti keen to use Bosingwa as part of Ribery deal.
Bayern Munich stepped up their pursuit of Jose Bosingwa and urged Chelsea to keep their
word over allowing him to join them for about £15million.
The German giants dismissed claims Roman Abramovich was flying to Munich to try and sign Franck
Ribery but insisted the Chelsea owner had agreed to discuss a deal for Bosingwa in the wake of
Sunday's Community Shield success over Manchester United.
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As mentioned on here before Bayern Munich have made no secret in their interest for Jose Bosingwa.
Reports in today's press would seem that there was an "agreement" in place for Bayern and Chelsea
to discuss the transfer of Jose once the Charity Shield was over. It is rumoured that Chelsea are
willing to discuss a deal at around £15m.
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Fantasy EPL 09 August @ 10:07 AM EST
Bosingwa on for Ivanovic at the half - leads me to believe that neither man is fully fit and
Anceloti doesn't have a presumptive starter in mind yet. If it were me, I'd stay away from both in
Week 1 unless a definitive statement is made about who will be starting...
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The most fun we had at the corner flag last year was poking fun at Chelsea's Jose Bosingwa for
losing his composure and going all Karate Kid into Yossi Benayoun's back.
But forget that unibrowed very expensive, dirty cheater and let's focus on the Dutch Eredivisie's
opening weekend for our corner flag fun today.
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UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, Bayern Munich have ended
their chase for Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa. Munich chairman
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said,
"... Jose Bosingwa is no longer one of the candidates to join us.
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The transfer period started with two early big money moves. In fact, very big money moves
anywhere outside of Madrid. Diego sealed a transfer to Juventus for €24.5m,
while Bayern were willing to spend €30m for Mario Gomez; further bonus payments
not included.
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