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I still don't think it crossed the line, but it just goes to show how crap ITV's budget hawk-eye is

Moving the FA Cup Final is a bit of a joke as well

This is the key moment from the Barcelona-Chelsea match this week. It came with Chelsea 2-0 down and also down to 10 men. Ramires chips the ball over Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes and Chelsea have an away goal.

Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Marko Marin

Chelsea Football Club have today (Saturday) agreed to sign Marko Marin from Werder Bremen.

Both clubs have agreed a fee and the 23-year-old midfielder has agreed personal terms.

Marin, a German international, will join Chelsea in the summer.

Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he moved to Germany with his family at an early age and became a professional player at Borussia Monchengladbach before moving north to Bremen in the summer of 2009.

He made 87 Bundesliga appearances for the club prior to today's announcement, scoring 12 goals. He also played in the 2010 German Cup Final when his side lost to Bayern Munich.

Able to play as winger as well as a central player, Marin is 5ft 7in (170cm) in height and having played for Germany Under 21s, he made his debut for the senior Germany side in May 2008 prior to being part of the squad that won the European Under 21 championships in 2009.

For the senior team he made two substitute appearances during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and has 16 caps to date with one goal to his name.


Great news, needed a winger desperately. Don't watch a lot of German football so haven't seen much from him (vaguely remember him at the World Cup and Under-21 Euros) but at, apparently, £6-8m it sounds like a bargain for a German international

Pains me to say, but must admit it took some great skill and confidence for Ramires to do that in the circumstances. Will he score a better goal in his career? Will take some beating.

(28-04-2012 20:31 )Phoenix Wrote:  Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Marko Marin

Chelsea Football Club have today (Saturday) agreed to sign Marko Marin from Werder Bremen.

Both clubs have agreed a fee and the 23-year-old midfielder has agreed personal terms.

Marin, a German international, will join Chelsea in the summer.

Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he moved to Germany with his family at an early age and became a professional player at Borussia Monchengladbach before moving north to Bremen in the summer of 2009.

He made 87 Bundesliga appearances for the club prior to today's announcement, scoring 12 goals. He also played in the 2010 German Cup Final when his side lost to Bayern Munich.

Able to play as winger as well as a central player, Marin is 5ft 7in (170cm) in height and having played for Germany Under 21s, he made his debut for the senior Germany side in May 2008 prior to being part of the squad that won the European Under 21 championships in 2009.

For the senior team he made two substitute appearances during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and has 16 caps to date with one goal to his name.


Great news, needed a winger desperately. Don't watch a lot of German football so haven't seen much from him (vaguely remember him at the World Cup and Under-21 Euros) but at, apparently, £6-8m it sounds like a bargain for a German international

Marko Marin is an excellent signing, but also an important signing for Chelsea. The only decent winger, you have, who is not even meant to be a winger is Sturridge, so signing Marin is a good squad and will strengthen Chelsea's squad

Chelsea are branching out and will compete in Formula 1 now, after entering into a partnership with the Sauber F1 team. The official Chelsea-Sauber partnership launch will take place at the Spanish Grand Prix next week.

(28-04-2012 20:36 )dan g 27 Wrote:  Marko Marin is an excellent signing, but also an important signing for Chelsea.

I hope you're right, especially since I read the following in The Independent!

Quote:Chelsea could barely have made a more ridiculous signing.

In the last year, Werder Bremen have scored 47 goals. In his 31 appearances Marin has, according to Opta, been directly involved in just 6 of those. It is one of several damning statistics which justify his failure to break into the national side, and make a mockery of Chelsea’s transfer policy.

I listened to an interview about him yesterday and apparently they're all laughing in Germany that they got £6m out of him. "If you thought Torres was bad you ain't seen nothing yet" or something along those lines. Also, his nickname is "The Submarine", because he dives so much!

Obviously I'll withold my judgement of him till I actually see him in a blue shirt next season...but

Chelsea are through to the Women's FA Cup final after a 2-0 victory last night over last season's winners Arsenal.

Chelsea have made a bid for Battersea Power Station to build a new 60,000 seater stadium