Shevchenko likely to play for Barca

July 5, 2008

London Club Chelsea is looking all set to release Andriy Shevchenko, their struggling striker, to Former Spanish & UEFA Champions, Barcelona.

Barcelona, Catalan giants, has also shown keen interest in bringing the Blue’s striker to play for them on loan at Nou Camp.

With the star of the club, Samuel Eto, showing signs of being unavailable for the upcoming season, Catalans were looking for an appropriate replacement. Ukrainian Striker, Shevchenko, is more than likely to fill the void boots of Eto, if the latter eventually makes his way from the Nou Camp.

Sources say that Chelsea striker will utilize this opportunity to play in one of the hottest clubs is Spain to come back in form and once again get recognized amongst the lethal strikers in Europe after spending a torrid spell with the London Club.

He never showed any signs of his class for Chelsea, for which he was transferred from AC Milan, where he was the star striker. With the blues, he mostly played second fiddle to forward Didier Drogba and ven was left on the sidelines in some games.

There were rumors in the Chelsea Camp that Shevchenko would again move to AC Milan, his former club. However, with Roman Abromavich, Chelsea owner, demanding massive transfer fees, the deal seems more than impossible.

Barca might be making a smart move in the process of bringing the Ukrainian for loan. This will avoid them to squabble with Blues over his transfer fees.

Luiz Felipe Scolari, new boss of Chelsea, is unimpressed with the striker’s talents and might leave him on sidelines again should he remain at Stanford Bridge.

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