Ricardo Carvalho

[Besnik]

He are ready for Inter He will be part of my favourite players Thanks for info Stefan

 

[changzl]

Inter should have signed carvalho in 2004 before europe cup
five years later carvallho is still a top class defender and a good reinforcement for us

 

[lonewolf19]

From soccernet.com

Inter Milan target Ricardo Carvalho believes his Chelsea career has come to an end and would love to play in Italy.

Ricardo Carvalho: Moving to Milan?

The 31-year-old defender, who was confirmed as a transfer target for the Serie A champions on Monday, also took a swipe at the Blues for neglecting him when he was injured last season.

Carvalho made only 18 appearances in an injury ravaged campaign and is eager to be reunited with former Chelsea and Porto boss Jose Mourinho at the San Siro.

"I believe my time at Chelsea has come to an end and I'm very happy a big club like Inter are interested in me," Carvalho told the Daily Star. "It's a new challenge and I'd like to play in Italy."

"I've been at Chelsea for five years, and four of them were very good, but this last season I spent a lot of time out injured. I wasn't happy and Chelsea can't have been happy with my contribution.

"Furthermore, when I was injured the club should have given me more support. They should have helped me more, especially given my past four years at Chelsea. Their attitude disappointed me a little."

Of former coach Mourinho, Carvalho added: "Mourinho's a coach who knows me better than anybody. Together we won big trophies. He's an ambitious coach and a perfectionist.

"Let's see if the clubs can reach an agreement. I'd love to work with Jose Mourinho again."

Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti confirmed on Monday that Mourinho had asked him to sign Carvalho and Portugal midfielder Deco in the transfer window. Chelsea will demand at least £12m before they consider selling the duo.

 

[Anne Marie]

uhm, 12m for two names, after negotiation, it can be 8-10m in cash or 6m + one player in exchange. I doubt Chelsea need any of our players (except ibra) since both Chelsea and Inter have been built on Mou ideology and sadly they have better players for almost every position. I hope this duo will come to Milan for 8-10m and then let fully concentrate on grabbing another midfield.

This summer has been going quite smoothly so far...

 

[A.l.i]

This summer has been going quite smoothly so far...

Deco, Motta, Milito? :howler:

 

[vitomins]

I cannot believe how pessimistic people are! Can we at least give these signings a chance? I thought the Quaresma transfer would have chnaged peoples feelings about signings...everyone wanted him and now look where he is. If Deco, Motta and Milito suck then I will be the first to agree with you, but you already judge them before they play...it's ridiculous!

 

[Sassuolu]

I'm feeling very pessimistic about Carvalho I have a feeling he'll stay put.

 

[Stefan]

I'm feeling very pessimistic about Carvalho I have a feeling he'll stay put.

Doubt it. He himself has said his time with chelsea is up.

 

[Universe]

A few days ago, I posted saying how I had an odd dream where we somehow signed TWO Deco's.

1 Carvalho, 1 Deco, 2 Deco's or Deco and Carvalho..
My preferred outcome is 0 Deco's and 0 Carvalho's.

I also don't see how people undermine our DF's so much
As far as I'm concerned, Samuel is one of the best out there. Chivu is also a very solid defender so long as he stays in shape, Cordoba can be shaky but is generally a good defender. Materazzi is aerially dominant, and even Burdisso, when not gift-wrapping goals for Anorthosis, is better than people tend to make out.

I do not think we need Carvalho.
Unfortunately, it looks like we will sign him, which means Rivas will leave, and possibly Burdisso too.

 

[CafeCordoba]

A few days ago, I posted saying how I had an odd dream where we somehow signed TWO Deco's.

1 Carvalho, 1 Deco, 2 Deco's or Deco and Carvalho..
My preferred outcome is 0 Deco's and 0 Carvalho's.

I also don't see how people undermine our DF's so much
As far as I'm concerned, Samuel is one of the best out there. Chivu is also a very solid defender so long as he stays in shape, Cordoba can be shaky but is generally a good defender. Materazzi is aerially dominant, and even Burdisso, when not gift-wrapping goals for Anorthosis, is better than people tend to make out.

I do not think we need Carvalho.
Unfortunately, it looks like we will sign him, which means Rivas will leave, and possibly Burdisso too.

For me, the best would be the same. And maybe get the young CB to learn from experienced CBs. Or, like some others here suggested earlier, sign no defender, and go with Samuel, Cafe, Matrix, Chivu and get the new younger CB next summer. Nevertheless Burdisso and Rivas should go.

But it looks very likely Carvalho will come.

 

[Ziyad]

I think if we will go all out for the CL,Mou will need to make sure that he can insert any 2 cb of the above and feel confident at the back.The road to the final is played on small episodes,and having a shaky CB in an injury prone backline can cost you alot.Hence Carvalho..

 

[Universe]

I don't ever want to see Cambiasso + Rivas as our back 2 again.
Granted that was during a freak DF crisis when we had Materazzi out for a long time after that injury vs Hungary, Cordoba out vs Liverpool and Samuel out vs Milan, and Chivu with his taped-up glass shoulder. I think even Maxwell was injured at some-point, I think vs Roma in that 1-1 draw at the GM.

The point is, I'm reluctant with Carvalho.
If he does come, I don't want him to be an instant starter based on previous relationships. I'd want him to prove himself better than Samuel, Chivu, Cordoba and Materazzi to earn that starting CB spot. Although that is sadly something I have as little control over as I do the global financial market. Or women. (women part was a joke)

 

[mournickio]

100% agree with u,carvalho with samuel or chivu will provide stability to our defence.I think from what ive seen this year we can trust cordoba and the problem with samuel and chivu is that they are injured quite a lot.We need to create a stable partnership and have other rotational players around

 

[lonewolf19]

Well, obviously if we can we will purchase an injury free CB with world class techniques and experienced with CL at the age of 22. Too bad it will be a 50 mil splash or such player only exist in FM.

Guys, get to the real world. Carvalho is a pretty good option considering his price. We still need to spend on other departments

 

[DARi0]

Carvalho blamed Chelski staff for bad treatment, poor medical assistance... I doubt he will stay! Plus there is Alex.

I believe we will sign Carvalho, he has higher chances to come because of his status (good age for defender, deserves salary).

 

[Stefan]

Tutto mercato reports that according to mediaset the deal will be burdisso plus €5 million for carvalho ( not sure if the article means deco as well). That would be a very good deal imho.

http://translate.google.com/transla...catoweb.com/inter/?action=read&idnotizia=5651

 

[CafeCordoba]

Tutto mercato reports that according to mediaset the deal will be burdisso plus €5 million for carvalho ( not sure if the article means deco as well). That would be a very good deal imho.

http://translate.google.com/transla...catoweb.com/inter/?action=read&idnotizia=5651

Why's that a very good deal? Burdisso is worth 7-8m€, so paying 12-13m€ for Carvalho is a bit exaggeration. If Deco comes in that deal, then it can be called a good deal (if one wants to call getting Deco a good deal ).

 

[Stefan]

Why's that a very good deal? Burdisso is worth 7-8m€, so paying 12-13m€ for Carvalho is a bit exaggeration. If Deco comes in that deal, then it can be called a good deal (if one wants to call getting Deco a good deal ).

Getting rid of a player we don't want and paying minimal cash for a player we want I consider a good deal. We can argue what carvalho's true value is and the same goes for burdisso.

 

[Hasan]

I don't know why they want Burdisso? Please Moratti finish that job with Deco any Carvalho fast and than focus yourself on important targets.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Getting rid of a player we don't want and paying minimal cash for a player we want I consider a good deal. We can argue what carvalho's true value is and the same goes for burdisso.

Yeah sure.

It's just disturbing people is always so welcome with the "player we want" stuff. I'm not sure if you were among the people who said before the mercato that the primary goal is to reinforce the midfield and let's leave the defence for next summer. But here we are paying ~10m€ for a 31-year-old defender and at the same time our possible midfield reinforcements are Deco and Thiago Motta. And people are so happy about this, even if they just couple of months ago were "let's concentrate on the midfield, let's leave the defence for now."

A little double standard to me, no matter what the club does, it's always job well done and people are waiting excited. I'm not always criticizing (look Cassano, Ederson -rumors), but Inter don't leave much choices for me.