David Silva: “I could fulfill my ambition at Chelsea”

Great news! David Silva wants to be a bluechampion! And he absolutely means it. In this cryptic world of transfer interviews, he’s come out so openly and clearly that he wants to join Chelsea. In fact, it’s hard to be more clear than this. This is out on every football website so I hope there is some truth in this. I tend to believe stories that have a quote than the ones that don’t. While non-English players are bigger victims of ‘sensational misquoting’ by British tabloids, this one from David Silva cannot just be a misquote. This is too much and too clear to be a misquote. We can expect this to catch some momentum and become the hot news in the next few days. Read this now:

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Chelsea have established themselves as one of the best clubs in Europe over the last five years. They might not have the history of Real Madrid or AC Milan but they are creating their own history now. There is no reason why in the future Chelsea can’t be as decorated as Real Madrid. Chelsea probably have, along with Barcelona, the best squad in football and if any player joins Chelsea he knows he is going to win things. In players like John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba, they have players who would get into any team in the world and it would be a pleasure to play with them. There is no doubt in my mind that Chelsea would be a great club to play for – and a club where I could fulfill my ambition of league titles and the European Cup. The Premier League is still the place to be. No other league in the world has six or seven Champions League-quality teams.

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Whoops! That’s quite a lot on a club that’s not your own isn’t it? About 75% of that text is Silva talking about Chelsea as if he’s already a Chelsea player. He talks about the club’s status, ambition, squad, and players in a very crisp few lines. I like the part where he says Chelsea is creating its own history. Now, one might ask ‘isn’t this the same Silva who wanted to join Man Utd about a month or so back?’. Well, Silva’s contract is expiring at Valencia this month. He doesn’t want to stay at Valencia. He is not getting a chance in either Real Madrid or Barcelona. Any other club in Spain does not match his ambitions. He wants to play in the premier league because it is more challenging and competitive. In this backdrop, when he was asked if he would join Manchester United if there’s an offer, you’d expect him to say ‘yes’. That’s natural isn’t it? Or do you expect him to say, ‘No, I won’t join the stinking manure. I want to win the league by playing good football on the pitch with no help from the referees and authorities’. No, he just responded like any player in his position would do.

By the way, here is what he had said about him ‘joining’ manure.

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When you hear a club like Manchester United is interested in you it is an honor. I am very aware of the Premier League, and in recent years it has been the stand-out league in the world. If it came calling, especially if it was a club like Manchester United, it would be very hard to resist. I am happy at Valencia but every player has his price and if they get an offer they think is good business anything is possible.

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Now you see the difference between how he’s taken to Chelsea and Man U. What he has said about him joining Chelsea makes me feel that he has almost signed up for Chelsea already. It’s very obvious that Chelsea wants to keep their transfers very low key. And probably, David Silva has spilt the beans?! I hope so. David Silva was not one of the players in my ‘wishful thinking’ list because I was kind of sure that he’d join one of the Spanish giants. There were also rumours that JM wants Silva. Now that Silva’s come out and said this I can’t wait to see him in a Chelsea shirt.

David Silva would be the perfect replacement for Joe Cole. In fact, he would fair much better than having a Joe Cole on the pitch. He is younger, hungrier, more effective and less injury prone. Silva can play either in the right wing or the left wing – both with consummate ease. He can also play as an attacking midfielder or the support striker. In short, he is exactly what we need now. I had written earlier about strengthening our right hand side. He could just be that. Remember, Bosingwa would return as the right back plus one of Essien or Lampard could play as the right midfielder. Now if David Silva is the right winger, this can make a big difference and can have a telling effect in our defence of the league title.

Some could say that he is a bit lightweight and could be muscled away by the big bullying defenders of the premier league but then you could say that for most pacy, nifty wingers. You don’t see any burly, heavyweight winger who is also lightning quick, do you? These players are of the light mould but they make it up with their skill.

Ok I’ll stop now. There’s no word from Silva’s agent or from Chelsea FC. It’s just Silva talking about Chelsea being a great club and a club where he could fulfill his ambitions. I really hope that there is something that’s happening behind the scenes and one day morning I wake to the news in the official website that David Silva has joined Chelsea. Please let that day be tomorrow!