http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/5031118.stm Future asset By Simon Austin Last Updated: Wednesday, 31 May 2006 Salomon Kalou will certainly not be Chelsea's biggest signing of the summer - but he may turn out to be the best. (SK當然不是切爾西今年夏天轉會最轟動萬教的新球員，但有可能是最好的一個。) The 20-year-old Ivorian striker signed a four-year deal with the Stamford Bridge club on Tuesday and arrives with a formidable reputation. (今年20歲，合約三年，風評非常很好。) He scored 35 goals in 67 games for Feyenoord from a wide position and won the 2005 Johan Cruyff award for being the best young player in Holland. (2005榮獲荷蘭Johan Cruyff最佳年輕球員獎。) Yet Feyenoord assistant manager Johnny Metgod has an ominous warning for Chelsea's rivals - that Kalou will improve with age. (前球會的助理教練表示，切爾西的對手要小心啦！Kalou會隨著年齡增長而進步。) "His individual skills are amazing for someone of his age," former Nottingham Forest and Holland midfielder Metgod told BBC Sport. (他個人技巧相當好。) "But he is not the finished article and can improve a lot. The thing he needs to do is to keep his head up and assess the best option. (但他年紀還小，以後學到的會更多，現在他只需要專心踢球和把握機會。) "He has great ball skills and his instinct is always to beat a player. Yet it's not always best to go for the one-on-one, especially if you are in your own half. (球技好，能力好。) "You need to keep possession of the football, not lose it. It will be good for him to get more experience. (他的控球能力需要更多經驗累積。) "He will learn where he can, play his own game and where he has to adapt." (在新環境調適後，他會從比賽當中學習。) Kalou has played as a left-sided striker for Feyenoord in a 4-3-3 line-up - the same formation that Chelsea have employed under manager Jose Mourinho. (之前在Feyenoord打4-3-3，邊鋒，正好是莫里尼奧常用的陣行。) But Metgod thinks it will still take him some time to adjust to Chelsea's style of play and to English football. (但Kalou應該需要時間去適應切爾西的打法和英超球風。) "Salomon is not a typical English centre-forward," he said. "He is very, very light-footed and extremely quick - certainly over the first few yards - but is not that strong yet. (他腳步輕速度快，但還不夠強壯。) "The experience will be good for him in England and I certainly found him to be a quick learner. This was only his second year with Feyenoord and he adapted very quickly." (在英超的經驗對他將來助益很大，他學習能力和適應能力都很強。) With the impending arrival of Andriy Shevchenko at Stamford Bridge and the fact that forwards of the calibre of Didier Drogba, Arjen Robben and Shaun Wright-Phillips are already at the club, Kalou is not assured of a first-team place next season. (目前隊中有德羅巴、羅本、小賴特，Kalou未來會不會在一隊很難說。) Indeed, he is not even sure to get a work permit and might have to be loaned out to another European club - perhaps in Belgium, which has more liberal nationality laws - in order to gain EU citizenship. (申請工作證是最大的問題，也許會租借到比利時，因為對國籍這類問題比較開放。) Kalou is uncapped, so he does not fulfil the criteria required to gain a work permit. (Kalou還未入選過國家隊，這也是申請工作證的問題之一。) Chelsea are refusing to comment at the moment but they could claim mitigating circumstances were he refused a permit. (對這些工作證問題，目前切爾西拒絕說明。) The reasons are complex. (Kalou申請工作證問題複雜.......) Kalou arrived in Rotterdam - where his older brother Bonaventure, the current Ivory Coast captain, was playing for Feyenoord - in 2000. Although Bonaventure moved to Auxerre in 2003 and then on to Paris St Germain, where he still plies his trade, Salomon stayed in Holland and signed for Feyenoord in 2004. Ivory Coast coach Henri Michel was keen for Salomon to join his older brother in the international set-up but instead he elected to apply for Dutch citizenship after Holland coach Marco van Basten reportedly promised him a place in his World Cup squad. Dutch immigration minister Rita Verdonk refused to allow the player to be fast-tracked for a passport and, after a series of court cases, the appeals process was exhausted and he failed to gain citizenship. It means he will be watching the World Cup from home - and that Mourinho might have to wait to utilise Kalou's prodigious talents in his Chelsea team. --

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