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December 12th, 2003, 02:02 AM
Chelsea target Juventus midfielder Nedved
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English Premiership leaders Chelsea will not take no for an answer in their hunt to sign Juventus midfielder Pavel Nedved.
The Czech player's agent Zdenek Nehoda told The Sun newspaper Thursday that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is prepared to pay 25 million pounds (43 million dollars) for Nedved after advice from England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.
"Juventus' director general Luciano Moggi told me Chelsea want Pavel and although the answer has been no, they simply won't go away," he said.
"The desire to have him is very strong and apparently Eriksson keeps on advising Roman Abramovich that Pavel is vital."
Eriksson has been linked with the manager's job at Stamford Bridge ever since he was photographed visiting Abramovich's London residence with top soccer agent Pini Zahavi.
Nedved played under Eriksson at Lazio and was identified by the Swede as one of six key players who could most hurt England's chances of success at Euro 2004.
"Pavel has a contract until 2006 and intends to respect it but everything can change so quickly in football," added Nehoda.
Abramovich has already spent 111 million pounds (191 million dollars) on new players since buying Chelsea in July.
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English Premiership leaders Chelsea will not take no for an answer in their hunt to sign Juventus midfielder Pavel Nedved.
The Czech player's agent Zdenek Nehoda told The Sun newspaper Thursday that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is prepared to pay 25 million pounds (43 million dollars) for Nedved after advice from England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.
"Juventus' director general Luciano Moggi told me Chelsea want Pavel and although the answer has been no, they simply won't go away," he said.
"The desire to have him is very strong and apparently Eriksson keeps on advising Roman Abramovich that Pavel is vital."
Eriksson has been linked with the manager's job at Stamford Bridge ever since he was photographed visiting Abramovich's London residence with top soccer agent Pini Zahavi.
Nedved played under Eriksson at Lazio and was identified by the Swede as one of six key players who could most hurt England's chances of success at Euro 2004.
"Pavel has a contract until 2006 and intends to respect it but everything can change so quickly in football," added Nehoda.
Abramovich has already spent 111 million pounds (191 million dollars) on new players since buying Chelsea in July.