http://www.deportivo-la-coruna.com/pics/regular/Makaay_142.jpg 2003/07/16 http://www.deportivo-la-coruna.com/ LENDOIRO TALKS WITH CHELSEA ABOUT MAKAAY Deportivo’s president Lendoiro has had talks with English club Chelsea about a possible transfer of Depor’s striker Roy Makaay to the London team. It seems that the president of Deportivo had this talks at the same time that he was negotiating with Bayern Munich and Valencia. However, there are big differences between the talks with Bayern and Valencia on the one hand and with Chelsea on the other. And it looks to be that Deportivo prefer Makaay to end up playing in England, and not in Germany or Spain. The new owner of Chelsea is the Russian millionaire Roman Abramovich, who is prepared to do a great financial effort to get a stronger team for next season. And he has the money to do it. As Bayern Munich have made an offer for Makaay of 15 (or 18) million Euro and Valencia an offer of 12 million, the London team could do a better one. Lendoiro isn’t very happy with the methods used by the German club and Valencia, because they discusses terms with Makaay before approaching Deportivo for a transfer. So far Chelsea haven’t talked to Makaay yet, and this is important to Lendoiro. It may be that Bayern’s vicepresident Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has encountered a big obstacle with the name Lendoiro to get Makaay out of La Coruna, as the German is starting to understand that Lendoiro isn’t a novice in the world of negotiations. Last week Lendoiro told Bayern that Deportivo had an offer of Barcelona, Valencia and another club on the table. The German delegation assumed he was bluffing, but now Bayern will feel the pressure of Chelsea. At Chelsea they tried, without much luck, to sign Henry (Arsenal), Vieri (Inter) and Kluivert (Barcelona). All bids were rejected, and now Makaay has become the main target to strengthen the team. Today Lendoiro will travel to Madrid to have a meeting with the G-13 clubs, and there he could negotiate again with Chelsea. Meanwhile, Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld laughed at the possibility of including Hasan Salihamidzic in a deal for Makaay. “They should give us 30 million Euro for him”, he said. “We’re in a good position at the moment, because we already have enough quality strikers. And we don’t like to play poker games, with Deportivo pressuring us. I already am preparing the team for next season, without Roy Makaay in it”. -- 0分 --

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