Sheva leaving Milan: destination Chelsea

Originally Posted by GavinMilan

Just thought of another thing, do anyone of you think that this Sheva rumor could be a diversion for Milan due to all the scandals. Thus, by talking to Sheva and telling him to state he wants to move, it will take the attention away from the scandal in Italy.

i really hope so man, even though I am cursing him so much I will still like him for ever. he will always remain as my model. mixed emotions!

Originally Posted by GavinMilan

Just thought of another thing, does anyone of you think that this Sheva rumor could be a diversion for Milan due to all the scandals. Thus, by talking to Sheva and telling him to state he wants to move, it will take the attention away from the scandal in Italy.

No, heck NO, it is absurd to think that that could be true.
However, I liked your way of thinking.

God, I'm gutted by all this. But we must respect the man's wishes and remember what he has given us over the years. I just hope President Silvio breaks the bank and gets this minimum in exchange: 25 mil + Gallas + Robben + sloppy BJ's for all the Milan fans courtesy of Jose the Special One and his Sugar Daddy Roman Abromobitch.

I forget who said it first but this inevitable transfer really gives us perspective when you look at players like Maldini (who is THE MAN, ALWAYS AND FOREVER), Baresi, and heck, even Giussepe Bergomi. But Sheva to Chelsea, wearing that blue shirt...it's absolutely not registering in my head.

But look folks, this is the nature of football these days. At least now we can really, really, really, really, get into the transfer talk, which is our hobby here in the Milanmania forums.

I want ballack, I want gallas, I want robben, I want cech, I want joe cole, I want tevez, I want duff, I want shaun wright phillips, I want essien ( all for free from chelsea) plus 30 mn pounds. to hell with that abramobitch. If i was in berlu I wud act like a kid and demand for the above things. mommmy I want candy

Originally Posted by rahul.acm

Infact I will be very happy if we have farewell banners for our dear Stam.

I fully support that. Farewell banners for Stam, but not for Sheva. And also, Sant's suggestion should be made a reality. That would make a nice point.

Holy crap so I guess it is pretty much official then. Well then I guess the only hope is that Milan better get Henry to replace Sheva, otherwise there will be some trouble. But if Milan spend the funds wisely, they might even be a better team, depending on who can get picked up

Apparently Mr. Wannabe Maldini has an official website. Its got some rare pics, cherish your memories:

www.sheva7.com

please Sheva dont go.... I dont want Henry or anyone else, not even Ronaldinho. Sheva is Milanista in his soul. I was just on his website watching some of his goals when he arrived...I dont want to see him wearing Chelsea shirt and celebrating with their ugly fans.

From The Independent (English newspaper).

Shevchenko's plea for Chelsea move
By Jason Burt
Published: 13 May 2006
Chelsea's hopes of buying Andrei Shevchenko received a significant boost yesterday when the Milan striker called a press conference to confirm that he wants to leave the Italian club. The Premiership champions will now offer €50m (£35.7m) for the 29-year-old after having three previous bids rejected.

"I want to leave," Shevchenko said. "I cannot hide my wish any longer from the fans. I have spoken to the president [Silvio Berlusconi]. No decision has been taken yet. This has nothing to do with money. It is a family issue. Once I have made a decision I will call another press conference."

The Ukrainian only signed a contract extension last year, which runs until 2009, but, as revealed by The Independent, the Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, has stepped up his efforts to secure his favourite player by personally intervening in the negotiations. He telephoned Shevchenko after Milan were knocked out of the Champions' League and again when Chelsea won the League title and then travelled to Italy to see him and Berlusconi.

By then Shevchenko had agreed to leave. But first he inquired whether Milan would be willing to offer him another extension to his contract but was told they would not.

Milan will be offered Hernan Crespo but are favourites to sign William Gallas who yesterday reiterated his desire to leave Chelsea this summer. "My decision has been taken and is definitive," the 28-year-old said. "I want to leave Chelsea. I want another challenge. I've been with Chelsea for five years. I want to experience another league. The directors of Milan are interested in me and I am interested in the idea of going over there."

This really hurts a lot... I have NEVER thought of the idea that Sheva will be leaving us. Okay, he says it is not for sure, however just that he thought the idea of leaving us, hurts so much!
Please stay Sheva - if we will loose him, it will be a major blow. No one can replace him really

Well if he's leaving the only thing left to do is to look at the $$$ aspect of this all. What is our leverage in this deal? 50 mil Euros doesnt seem like any leverage towards our side. We could play hard ball with Chelsea and to some extent with Sheva. Gila was supposed to be the future for our club but the question is if he is ready to take the reins from Sheva? Sheva is a lot more versatile than a goal picker such as Inzaghi and Gila. Besides scoring goals Sheva is very good at setting goals up for any other team mate. A plus, plus if you ask me. Knowing this we cant expect Gila to ever be like Sheva. So what is the game plan for calcio mercato??? Sheva's departure has just thrown in the monkey wrench as our priorities this summer was for the reinforcement of our defense. NOW we'll lose that future equity to fixing that defense to find an equally effective forward. That doesnt come cheap and it is very hard to find someone as equally efective as he.
Boy I tell ya when the news is cr@ppy already, it finds a way to cr@p on you again. I cant wait to hear tomorrows news Who knows what will happen?!

This soooooo fuking sux ,i dunno if i should cry or break sumthing!!!!!

If he realy has a probably problem then just go............

If his moving for the money i hope he dosent score one goal for them,never wins everything ,hope his gonna end worse then figo........i so wish his not gonna leave us(

listen to this...Abramovic called when Milan lost to Barca, and later when Chelsea won the league....how pathetic was that!!! He wanted to show how Milan didnt won a thing and Sheva can do miracles in London. And if Chelsea get Ballack,Sheva and a RB as they want to, they will have the best squad around.

Well, im a bit dissapointed in Sheva also. Nothing is done yet,and I just hope we can get Henry if Sheva leaves us for that pathetic Russian coward idiot Abramovic.

Good lord, I can't believe some of you! We're all deeply saddened that Sheva is leaving, but all of this hateful crap is just silly. As fans, we like to live in our romanticized world, but as a footballer Sheva has to live in the real world. We need to wish him the best and cherish all the wonderful memories that he has left us. If we think of him as some sort of traitor just because he is changing jobs, how can we possibly enjoy those memories? Milan football went on when van Basten could no longer play and it will go on without Sheva. The club is much bigger than any one player.

Let me ask you this question: how many of you who are married actually love AC Milan more than you love your wife or your husband? If you can honestly say that you do, then you have some serious problems. Sheva has a wife and is beginning a family and if they believe that the family will be better off in London or Timbuktu or Bumfrick Egypt that's their decision to make and we should all have the decency to respect that, even if we don't like it. How many of you would not change jobs to make your family life better or to be in a place that makes your spouse happy? And even if this were all about money -- which I doubt because Berlusconi has deep enough pockets to satisfy Sheva financially and because Sheva would not know what sort of wages Chelsea were willing to pay until he negotiated with them -- but even if this were about money, how many of you would turn down a big raise for a similar job to remain in the one you have now? So unless you love AC Milan more than you love your wife or your mother and unless you would not change jobs for more money, you have no room to talk!

Now please, people, don't put a bad taste in your own mouth over this. Turning on Sheva and hating him is not causing him to suffer the least little bit. You're only causing yourselves to suffer. So lighten up a bit and enjoy the memories and the fact that they were created by one of the best strikers ever who wore the red & black with pride and passion for seven wonderful years. Praise Sheva. Don't bury him.

Originally Posted by Rick

Good lord, I can't believe some of you! We're all deeply saddened that Sheva is leaving, but all of this hateful crap is just silly. As fans, we like to live in our romanticized world, but as a footballer Sheva has to live in the real world. We need to wish him the best and cherish all the wonderful memories that he has left us.

Here! Here! Rick. Well done son... well done.

I had posted this in another thread. I might as well post it in here as well.

Originally Posted by Kui

I wont swear at Chelsea or Sheva over this. We've known for a long time their desire for him and Sheva was somewhat candid at expressing his desire to play in Englans and to save his marriage. Please my fellow Rossoneri let this not spoil your Summer. Whatever the conclusion to this chapter, let us be willing to turn the page. Afterall... Milan is a great storybook. We cant be fixated on being at one chapter of a wonderful book as ours. Turn the page and let the drama unfold before us. There may be sad episodes but we've had them in earlier chapters of this great story. I cant tell you what the future holds for us but I knew not the what was once the future when we won our 2003-2004 CL title. Besides if I had all the answers about this story it wouldnt be a good story at all. Promise is ahead folks. But we must turn the page in order to relish the memories of this soon to be closing chapter. Let the story be told.

FORZA MILAN!