ADDICKS REJECT FINAL PARKER OFFER
Tuesday 20th January 2004
Charlton have revealed that they have turned down an improved offer from
Chelsea for Scott Parker and that the matter is now closed.
The Addicks rejected a ￡7 million bid for the England international last week
and although Chelsea upped their offer to 7.5m, with additional incremental
sums to be paid when Parker had made up to 90 first-team starts at Stamford
Bridge, Charlton have turned down the bid.
Chelsea have indicated that this will be their final offer for Parker and the
highly-rated midfielder will now remain at The Valley.
"The board unanimously felt that both ￡7m and ￡7.5m were unacceptable offers
for the best young midfield player in the country," said Charlton chief
executive Peter Varney.
"Furthermore, the offer of further sums when Scott had made up to 90
ppearances is not, in our opinion, something we can realistically budget to
ever receive. Chelsea are one of the teams that rotate their playing squad and
it could take several years, if at all, before such monies become payable.
"It has been an unsettling period both for us and Scott Parker, and brought us
unwanted added pressure at a time when the focus should be on the excellent
achievements we have made on the field.
"However, by turning down Chelsea's final offer, we can hopefully put this
behind us and concentrate on maintaining our position of fourth place in the
Premiership."
Chelsea may now look elsewhere to bolster their squad with Borussia Dortmund's
Tomas Rosicky believed to be on Claudio Ranieri's wanted list.
http://msn.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,1-1120028,00.html
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我蠻希望Parker能到切爾西, 看來沒望了
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