Mourinho 'cant' afford Quaresma ..

Jose Mourinho's first choice as cover for the long-term injury to Joe Cole will not join Chelsea after Porto gave a £14m valuation of their Portugal international forward Ricardo Quaresma.

The Premiership champions' chief executive, Peter Kenyon, stated last week that any purchases would have to fit into the club's long-term schemes, while providing value for money. That suggests the £14m fee will price even Chelsea out of the market.

Kenyon's statement has led many to observe that Mourinho's judgment in the transfer market is no longer trusted and the Portuguese's future at Stamford Bridge remains unclear. It is widely expected that the differences between Mourinho and the club's owner, Roman Abramovich, will lead to a parting of the ways in the close season.

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1996445,00.html

DAMN, buy him NOW!!!!!!!!

Nooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.......

(actually I can't see Quaresma playing in Chelsea formation, without Mourinho modelling him to the system, but ok... any kind of money that brings him out of a Porto shirt)

doninha wrote:DAMN, buy him NOW!!!!!!!!

Nooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.......

(actually I can't see Quaresma playing in Chelsea formation, without Mourinho modelling him to the system, but ok... any kind of money that brings him out of a Porto shirt)

Will he be good for Manchester United?

Is he really going for another winger ?

Maybe we should have a whip round for Chelsea.

14 m would seem like chump change in a few years time. So it is a good long term investment irrespective of whoever the coach is.

Hendrik Krol wrote:

doninha wrote:DAMN, buy him NOW!!!!!!!!

Nooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.......

(actually I can't see Quaresma playing in Chelsea formation, without Mourinho modelling him to the system, but ok... any kind of money that brings him out of a Porto shirt)

Will he be good for Manchester United?

IMO, yes. Its the game plan where he could more quickly perform at his best. With Ronaldo, Giggs and Quaresma, Man Utd can have a pool of 3 fantastic wingers to deal with fatigue, rotation, injuries or a less inspirated game. And be more safe on Giggs replacement.

He never worked with Mourinho, and although being now used to play in 4-4-2, 4-3-3 or 3-5-2 with effective defensive work, I would need time to adapt to Mourinho's intentions and work. After a season, he would rock the EPL.

@ doninha

The good thing is Both Ronaldo and Quaresma can swap flanks with ease.

and having Park + Giggs .. not bad.

Still he wont leave Porto in Jan as they have Champions League commitments

I read that at Sporting; Ronaldo and Ricardo never played in the same team which resulted in the current coach at the team, being replaced, is this true?

Nope,

They played some games together in Sporting during 2002-03, Ronaldo was still a 'junior' - youth squad. Ronaldo is 2 years younger than Quaresma.

That season, Quaresma was a starting eleven player, Ronaldo was having his debut (he was 17 - only 11 games in the starting eleven).

They were both sold in the summer of 2003, but only Quaresma was a planned transfer. Ronaldo was his replacement in the starting eleven... but in a friendly game we had against Man Utd, he trashed their defence and they made an offer we couldn't refuse.

@ doninha

I see .. still i like to see a 'reunion' at Old Trafford.

Quaresma is for sure the player Utd have been looking for, I'm not sure what they're waiting on.

I seriously don't think ppl really understand just how good Quaresma really is. The kid is a machine. He makes football a real art, and now he has purpose.

If he's gonna go to the EPL, Manchester is his best bet. As for a reunion...Alvalade would be nice.

£14m!

I'd be happy for Arsenal to pay that for him. Great player and his value will only rise

There's a reason I picked him in an earlier thread asking what player we'd like to add to our squads.

Bluenine questioned my reasoning, asking if I couldn't think of anyone better, but I'm sticking with Quaresma. He doesn't have to be crazy famous to be good. No one knew Ronaldo outside of Portugal and yet he has very few doubters now. Quaresma is the same deal.