Premier League - Paper Round: Chelsea go cold on Aguero

Eurosport - Fri, 20 Nov 08:54:00 2009

Chelsea's metaphorical feet have gone all cold over the signing of Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero, who may not be worth £40 million after all.

2009-10 Champions League Atletico Madrid Sergio Aguero - 0

The Argentine hitman is one of world football's hottest properties at the moment, but Blues owner Roman Abramovich is reluctant to splash out what would be a British transfer record.

With huge wage demands, Aguero could eventually cost Chelsea nearer £70m and Abramovich is yet to be convinced that that represents value for money. (Daily Star)

With the likes of Daniel Sturridge and Fabio Borini set to step up to the plate in January, who needs Aguero anyway? At least that's the view of boss Carlo Ancelotti, who is confident the young pair can step up and do a job in the New Year. (Daily Express)

Meanwhile, Chelsea are still keen on snapping up Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson for £4m in January - although they will then loan him straight back to Boro.

The Championship side are desperate to hang on to Johnson, who has been outstanding this season, but boss Gordon Strachan already has his eye on Norwich midfielder Wes Hoolahan as a replacement, should Johnson leave. (Daily Mirror)

Elsewhere, there is bad news for fans of alternative medicine the world over - the therapist who has helped recently Robin van Persie and Glen Johnson, among others, could be forced to shut down.

Mariana Kovacevic's health centre (or, for those not yet bored of lazy plays on words, 'health placenta') is facing closure after Serbia's Minister of Health Tomica Milosavljevic ordered a full investigation into whether she has a medical licence.

Two health department workers went to the clinic yesterday, but left without having gained entry. They are now trying to trace Kovacevic, whose healing methods include injecting and rubbing human placenta into injured body parts. (Daily Mirror)

In other transfer tittle-tattle, Bolton boss Gary Megson is to launch an ambitious £7m bid to lure Celtic midfielder Scott Brown to the Reebok.

Megson sees the Scotland international as the ideal replacement for injured Sean Davis, but will face competition for his signature from Tottenham, Everton and Stoke in January. (Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth manager Paul Hart has blocked Amr Zaki's proposed move to Fratton Park over fears the Egypt striker's temperament could disrupt the club.

Pompey part owner Sulaiman Al-Fahim wanted the former Wigan bad boy and had agreed a fee with Egyptian side Zamalek, but Hart is none too keen to hand the 26-year-old a Premier League lifeline. (The Sun)

And Blackburn's injury-plagued midfielder Steven Reid is set to join Championship side QPR on a one-month loan. (Daily Mail)

Still angry at Thierry Henry's Hand of Gaul atrocity? Brace yourselves, it's not over yet.

The France striker's fall from grace since 'that' hand ball has been nothing short of spectacular. Simply everybody has an opinion, with a rough estimate of around 99.9 per cent of people absolutely against the Barcelona striker. Even his own have turned against him - Arsene Wenger, Emmanuel Petit, David Ginola, Bixente Lizarazu, the French public...

We could go on, but this is a paper review, so instead, here's two of the best of today's back page headlines, found among the pages and pages of anti-Henry copy, which rather sum up the ugliness of Henry's actions: 'Repulsive' (The Sun) and 'What a twit' (Daily Star).

A final aside on the fallout from Wednesday's scandaleux World Cup play-off - Phil Brown has ordered three of his Irish players to see a shrink ahead of Hull's game against West Ham. The Tigers boss is concerned over the mental state of Paul McShane, Stephen Hunt and Kevin Kilbane following the trauma of Paris. (Daily Express)

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  1. Henry should not be blamed. blame final. will that kind­ of open cheat happen with tennis?
    let them answer that­ simple question. last year champions league was a gift­ to bacelona.
    period

    From Jiang Mantey, on Fri 20 Nov 10:32PM
  2. if that match must be replayed,then the match between­ chelsea and bacelona must be replayed as well. football­ has lost its credibility. that game btw chelsea and­ bacelona was the last football match i watched. i have­ made up my mind never to watch football. tennis is far­ better and straightforward. no match fixing .fifa will­ not allow electronic measure because it will make it­ difficult for them to fix a match. don't forget­ they make millions from match fixing.

    From Jiang Mantey, on Fri 20 Nov 10:29PM
  3. He is a player that has the potential and is gifted­ which is typical for a South American not like these­ sh/ hit pit so called home grown english players, but­ need to be a bit better than he is and that may be in­ the next two seasons unless he can grow in the world­ cup for Argentina he have to wait his turn and 40M­ naaaaahh say 21M and a weekly wage 76,000 yeah he can­ be a force to be recon with for the future remember he­ is how old 23 years old?????...and­ haaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm rubbing it in he is­ muucccccccccccccch better than any young english­ players that is around that age group at the minute...­ hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa spoilt braaaaaats......who­ don't work on there technical ability..

    From hassle, on Fri 20 Nov 9:17PM
  4. 40 million for a 21 years old like the so called kun­ Aguero ?. As a die hard Chelsea fan in Nigeria am not­ in support of such plan. Instead such sum should be­ spent on RIBERY. But that should n`t distract Chelsea­ board from making some recruitment by January­ especially now that the Fifa ban has been suspended. As­ for Henry, he should be sanction for such deliberate­ act. Then for the ref and his assistant, i would not be­ surprise if Fifa do not take any necessary action­ against them after all TOM OVREMBO did same in the semi­ final match between Chelsea and Barcelona at the UEFA­ champions league last season. Stephen Ayeni

    From stephen, on Fri 20 Nov 8:58PM
  5. 40 million for a 21 years old like the so called kun­ Aguero ?. As a die hard Chelsea fan in Nigeria am not­ in support of such plan. Instead such sum should be­ spent on RIBERY. But that should n`t distract Chelsea­ board from making some recruitment by January­ especially now that the fifa ban has been suspended. As­ for henry, he should be sanction for such deliberate­ act. Then for the ref and his assistant, i would be­ surprise if fifa do not take any necessary action­ against them afterall TOM OVREMBO did same in the semi­ final match between chelsea and bacelona at the UEFA­ champions league last season. Stephen Ayeni

    From stephen, on Fri 20 Nov 8:51PM
  6. Come on people stop whinning about this and get on with­ it..!! You don't think an Irish would have done the­ same.!!?? Don't be naive and start screaming foul­ when anyone would have done that for their team­ (especially for country) in any sport. You don't­ think calls have gone against my team!? Get a life and­ move.! Go Chelsea.!!!

    From Arie R, on Fri 20 Nov 8:07PM
  7. Chelsea shouldnt buy aguero,better someone with less­ value or noone at all.many people dislike chelsea­ because they have lots of money and use it only to buy­ players.
    Thats all

    From krister s, on Fri 20 Nov 5:28PM
  8. Out of 17 statments on this page(not including this)1­ or maybe 2 are anywhere close to
    to the subject­ headline.so why is france-v-ireland being yapped­ about?? there is the WC
    blogs to go to..

    Aguero..He­ maybe good but 40 mill,is he really worth it??only if­ he ends being sold on for profit.but give the kids a­ shot see what happens..

    From WHITEWALL, on Fri 20 Nov 4:01PM
  9. chelsea go get carlton cole,higuain, yakubu or­ agbonlahor.
    they sure will improve the forward line.

    From aizat, on Fri 20 Nov 2:03PM
  10. I no y dnt we buy fabiano he's cheaper and more­ frequently scoring than this mony hungry @#$%.
    Feelin­ for henry though 

    From Taquddus, on Fri 20 Nov 12:38PM
  11. does it now stand out to the idiots who slate alex­ ferguson for his rants at the refs....he is 100% right­ and it took him to have the boll@cks to stand up to the­ sheer magnitude of shabby refereeing...so you can all­ see now refs are getting worse and tv refs should be­ brought in to help our game before it gets any­ worse....

    From Donna, on Fri 20 Nov 12:35PM
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    UCB UK from United Christian Broadcasters.­ Broadcasting­ Nationally
    On DAB Digital Radio From 1ST­ December 2009­ and on the internet right now!! at­ ucbmedia dot co dot­ uk

    From John, on Fri 20 Nov 11:44AM
  13. Respect for the Ref. What respect if you have referees­ and their assistants that blatantly fail to see a clear­ foul. Maybe SAF has got a point. Yes any players would­ have done the same thing as Henry did - but it does not­ make it right. That is the issue. Keeping quiet about­ it - and any other fouls for that matter - means we are­ endorsing such behaviour on the pitch. A replay is not­ the right solution although there already was a­ precedent. Yes Ireland must go on with their lives but­ at the same time the culprit must not be exempted from­ responsibility. To do so would be to do injustice to­ integrity and fair play in football.

    From cokrowinoto, on Fri 20 Nov 11:23AM
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    I haven't come to know that Irish people are­ whiners and sore losers, so I hope all these people are­ not Irish. Well done France.

    From Half A Brain, on Fri 20 Nov 11:10AM
  15. Hughes will offer 80 million just because he can!

    From Shawn, on Fri 20 Nov 11:02AM
  16. why is evryone crying about this Henry's handball?­ Can any of the Irish player put their hands up and say­ they wouldn't do the same to put their team on the­ plane to South Africa? Pls get over it, the deed is­ already done, move on and try to qualify for the­ Euro's. Go on IRELAND!!!!!

    From altwales, on Fri 20 Nov 10:09AM
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    UCB UK from United Christian Broadcasters. Broadcasting­ Nationally
    On DAB Digital Radio From 1ST December 2009­ and on the internet right now!! at ucbmedia dot co dot­ uk

    From John, on Fri 20 Nov 10:03AM
  18. Football has always been like this.. INTERESTING­ outcomes. Come on Ireland, you had all the chance to­ kill the game but did not take your chances. Yo only­ have yourself to blame. Nobody has denied the handball,­ but we must live on. France in south Africa? Who­ cares?

    From Maurice, on Fri 20 Nov 10:03AM
  19. once a cheat always a cheat . fifa should ban french­ and allow ireland to participate.
    fergie has quesioned­ the capabilities of referees , see they are killing the­ gane
    vey soon . intergrity will lack and no body will­ be interested.

    From eric, on Fri 20 Nov 9:52AM
  20. I bet if Henry had been English or Irish the media­ would not be hounding him. The media are hypocrites­ just like when Ronaldo( Portuguese) was taken off and­ acted angrily they said he was petulant and rude when­ Rooney (English) did exactly the same thing the media­ said he was just showing passion and always wants to­ play.

    From Jay, on Fri 20 Nov 9:46AM
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