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Chelsea beat Red Devils to signature of Bosingwa
CHELSEA last night beat Manchester
United to the signing of
Porto right-back Jose Bosingwa,
for a fee of £16.1m.
The Blues confirmed the player
has agreed a three-year contract
with the Stamford Bridge
club and will join after this summer's
European Championships.
It represents a welcome success
for Chelsea the day after
United pipped them to the Barclays
Premier League title.
Sir Alex Ferguson's side have
long been in the hunt for a rightback
and assistant coach Carlos
Queiroz confirmed their interest
in Bosingwa this season.
United saw him as a successor
to Gary Neville but Chelsea have
moved swiftly to snap up the attack-
minded 25-year-old.
The Portugal international's
arrival will place more speculation
around the future of Juliano
Belletti. He has been sidelined in
recent weeks, with Michael
Essien playing at right-back.
Chelsea's other right-back,
Portugal's Paulo Ferreira, signed
a five-year deal earlier this season
and is unlikely to move on.
Bosingwa is set to play for his
country in the European Championships
next month, but was
born in Kinshasa in the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
He moved to Seia in central
Portugal when he was young and
began his career mainly playing
in midfield for Boavista, for
whom he made more than 40 appearances.
Bosingwa moved to Porto in
2003, where he played under former
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.
Three years ago, Bosingwa was
involved in a car accident when
his jeep skidded off the motorway
and rolled down an embankment
before bursting into flames.
He was with four other players
at the time, but all escaped alive.
Meanwhile, Mikel John Obi insists
the Blues can conjure up another
slice of cup glory after failing
to pip United for the Premier
League title.
Chelsea's eyes are now firmly
focused on beating United in the
final of the Champions League in
Moscow a week on Wednesday.
Mikel said: There is a sense of
frustration but determination
among everyone. We were saying
to each other afterwards that we
would put things right in
Moscow. We'll make sure we win
the Champions League."
11:06am Tuesday 13th May 2008
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