Nico Goes to Chelsea!
If Bolton manager Gary Megson and Chelsea manager Avram Grant hadn’t come to terms that allowed Nicolas Anelka to go to Chelsea, I think I would have cried. I’m serious.
There for awhile things looked dicey. Chelsea offered a rumored £12 million. Bolton was demanding £15 million. Bolton needed him to keep from being relegated, and it looked as if Chelsea might sign another striker or two instead.
But in the end Grant apparently decided Chelsea’s injury and African Cup of Nations situation was too dire and coughed up the entire amount, thus making our Nico the most expensive player ever in history when all transfer fees are added up.
And now I am crossing my fingers and hoping that he will prove me right and show that he’s the real deal at last.
Or, as Brian at Run of Play so aptly says, “the switch to a big club could complete his transformation into someone mature enough to deserve his own talent.”
Come on, Nico. Make us proud!
(Thanks to Rami and Doumé for the links!)
UPDATE: Highlights of the game are here. Nico came on in the 53rd-ish to a large ovation. He didn’t score, but played well and had two great shots — one saved by the keeper and the other just off the bottom of the crossbar. As Brian says in the comments, so far, so good!
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