Bos Keen To Oppose Gamst

New Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa says that the player he is relishing facing the most next season is Blackburn's Morten Gamst Pedersen, according to Teamtalk.com.
Bosingwa was introduced to the press at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday after finalising his £16.2million move from Porto.
And the Portugal right-back is eager to pit his wits against Norwegian Pedersen.
He said: "The Premier League is a very strong league and has many good players, but it will be great to play against Pedersen from Blackburn.
"Obviously it will be a pleasure to play against clubs with fellow Portuguese players but I like the way Pedersen plays.
"He's very fast and likes to bring others into the game. He crosses the ball very quickly. I like his style."
Bosingwa was also linked with a move to Manchester United this summer, but insists the only club he held talks with were the Blues.
He added: "I came to the club that showed more interest in me and I heard about United only in the press and I came to the right club who came to speak to me.
"I knew there was interest from other clubs but never spoke to United or any other club."
It means he'll be playing against Cristiano Ronaldo rather than with him, should the Portugal winger remain at Old Trafford rather than move to Real Madrid.
"It's good for the English league to have him here but it's not my decision," Bosingwa said.
"Usually we train in the same team so I don't have to face him in training!"

Blues Tracking Moutinho

Once again Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon have produced another top talent to follow in the ranks of Luis Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ricardo Quaresma, Nani and Miguel Veloso. The newest homegrown star is their attacking midfielder Joao Moutinho who is at the centre of a bidding war between a number of the biggest clubs in Europe.
The 21-year-old is already captain of his club side (the 2nd youngest player to ever do so) and a regular in the Portuguese national team. He also played in all 4 of Portugal’s Euro 2008 matches (3 starts). Press reports earlier this summer suggested Everton’s David Moyes had stolen a march on the rest of the interested clubs by preparing a bold £16million raid on Sporting. However, now Chelsea are being strongly linked to the player who played under Felipe Scolari in the national set-up, according to website http://www.footballpools.com/.
However, Manchester United, Arsenal and most recently Barcelona are also casting admiring glances at the player. He has a proven track record at every level of club and international football. He made his Sporting first team debut at 17 and was brought into the national side at 18. It’s only since the 2006 World Cup that the youngster is now regarded as one of the key players in the squad.
In his first season in the Sporting first team the club reached the Uefa Cup final before losing out to Russian side CSKA Moscow. However, by beating 2 English clubs in that run, Middlesbrough & Newcastle, he was brought to the Premier League’s attention and his progress since has been monitored very closely. Despite being a creative player he has shown great consistency belying his age. Moutinho has made 108career League appearances (105 starts) for Sporting and scored 13 goals. He has also won 17 caps (1 goal) which, considering the type of player he is and the abundance of attacking talent which is produced by his nation, is impressive.

Wayne Signs New Deal

Chelsea left back Wayne Bridge has signed a new four-year contract, according to the official website
England international Bridge, 27, made just 19 appearances last season but new manager Felipe Scolari was keen for the former Southampton player to stay.
"I am pleased for Wayne that he has committed his future to Chelsea," Scolari said. "He is one of the best professionals at the club and I very much like his playing style."

Riccy Decides To Stay

Chelsea have won the battle to keep defender Ricardo Carvalho at Stamford Bridge, according to the Daily Mail.
The Portuguese put the Blues on alert last month when he said he would hold talks with chief executive Peter Kenyon over his future after Euro 2008, having confessed he wanted to work with Jose Mourinho again at Inter Milan.
The 30-year-old went away on holiday following Portugal's quarter-final exit and then defender Alcides, who has been on loan from Chelsea at PSV Eindhoven, claimed he was finally going to get the chance to play at Stamford Bridge because Carvalho was going.

However, the former Porto centre-half returned to training last Thursday and has since had the chance to hold talks with new manager Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Carvalho is a huge fan of Scolari, having worked with him for five years in his role as Portugal coach, and is now happy to stay.
He said: 'Now I am back it is good to see all the people again, fighting for the club together like we have for the past few years.'

Chelsea's bid to keep the influential defender, who joined from Porto for £19.85million in 2004, has been helped by the arrival of two more Portugal teammates in West London - right-back Jose Bosingwa and midfielder Deco.
Carvalho agreed a new five-year contract last season but is now hoping to negotiate a pay-rise from £80,000-a-week to bring him closer to captain John Terry's salary of £130,000.
But Chelsea are set to lose 35-year-old midfielder Claude Makelele, who is close to agreeing a two-year deal with Paris St-Germain.
Defender Wayne Bridge, who started only nine League games last season after Ashley Cole cemented the role of first-choice left-back, has also been strongly linked with a £5m switch to Portsmouth.
Meanwhile, Chelsea have been told they will be able to sign Robinho this summer by his agent Wagner Ribeiro, but only if Cristiano Ronaldo leaves Manchester United for Real Madrid.
The Brazil international today claimed he wants to work with Scolari at Chelsea, just 24 hours after saying he was staying at the Spanish club.
He said: 'It would be a dream for me to work with Scolari, who is one of the best coaches in the world.
'I have always spoken highly of him and he has always spoken very highly of me, since well before he was at Chelsea.'
Robinho was on the fringes of the Brazil squad when Scolari was in charge of the national team between 2001-2.

Big Phil Makes Personal Plea To Ronaldinho

Chelsea have made a late bid to win the race for Barcelona star Ronaldinho, according to tribalfootball.com.
The Sun says boss Phil Scolari asked Ronnie, 28, to join in a personal call yesterday.
But Scolari's plea may have come too late as AC Milan believe they have agreed a three-year, £18m contract with the Brazil star.
Chelsea are prepared to pay the Spaniards a £15m fee and Ronaldinho £17.4m over 3 years.
Manchester City made the top bid with £25m but the player does not want to go to Eastlands.