A "winger" who hates to play out wide, and hence drifts in central where we allready are overcrowded... Or a back up in a central position were we allready have to many covers which we cant get rid off... Silly idea.
Yossi Benayoun, the 31 year old attacking midfielder/winger who plays for Chelsea, has been generating curiosity with his twitter account for the past couple of hours.
The former Liverpool man tweeted this as a pre-match post for his followers on twitter before the Chelsea game: ‘Well first home game of the season soon..I'm on the bench,,we hope for a good start!’
But it was the tweet he made after the match which caught everyone’s attention:-
"Well I hope to give you all some news till wednesday
regarding my future..thanks again for all the support!"
The move might be a consequence of the racist remarks he got from the fans in Malaysia during Chelsea’s pre-season tour. Any player in the world would be unhappy with a club which doesn’t take action If one of its wantaway players is abused and doesn’t give him playing time either.
During the 2011 Tour of Asia, in the friendly game against the Malaysia XI team, Benayoun suffered xenophobic booing from the Malaysian crowd each time he touched the ball. It was reported that "The occasion was soured by the repeated jeering of Israel midfielder Benayoun by the 85,000-strong crowd..." another source reported that "Muslim-majority Malaysia is a staunch supporter of the Palestinians and has no diplomatic ties with Israel. The midfielder was jeered throughout his appearance for the first half of the friendly. (Wikipedia.com)
If Yossi transfers to another club, the move will probably be the one which a player makes prior to his retirement, but we wish him all the best for his future…with Chelsea, or without.
Yossi Benayoun may make a surprise return to Liverpool with Chelsea set to sell him to his former club or the French champions, Lille. A decision could be made this afternoon on which club has succeeded in acquiring the Israeli international.
If Benayoun returns to Anfield then it might pave the way for Raul Meireles to leave Liverpool. It’s understood the Portuguese international, currently out injured, wants to quit Merseyside because he believes his first-team opportunities will be limited by Kenny Dalglish’s summer signings.
Chelsea have expressed an interest in acquiring Meireles and it’s understood the two clubs are discussing the possibility of Benayoun being included in a player-plus-cash exchange.
However Liverpool would prefer Meireles, if he is to leave, to move abroad and not remain in the Premier League. With the midfield signings made by Dalglish, Meireles has lost his place in the starting XI for now. He was injured in the Carling Cup last week.
Meireles is thought to be available for around £11m – although Liverpool may demand more from Chelsea – and is admired by Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas who worked with him briefly at Porto.
Benayoun has indicated on his Twitter site for the past couple of weeks that he is likely to leave Chelsea, who he signed for last summer, and recently gave up his number 10 shirt to new arrival Juan Mata.
Yesterday Benayoun tweeted: “negotiating with several team (sic) … news soon.” The two clubs are Liverpool and also the highly-ambitious French champions, Lille. If Benayoun signs for them it might raises questions over their Belgian international midfielder Edin Hazard who has been wanted by Arsenal.
Despite Liverpool’s interest, Lille are also thought to be strongly in contention to sign Benayoun and can offer him Champions League football this season. Benayoun has grown surplus to requirements a Chelsea, where he has struggled to gain regular first-team football and has suffered from serious injury.
It’s understood to be highly unlikely that Benayoun will remain at Chelsea.
21 games | 5 assist | 48 chances created | 8 goals | 34 successful dribbles
19 games | 4 assist | 47 chances created | 6 goals | 25 successful dribbles
33 games | 1 assist | 44 chances created | 12 goals | 25 successful dribbles
21 games | 5 assist | 48 chances created | 8 goals | 34 successful dribbles
19 games | 4 assist | 47 chances created | 6 goals | 25 successful dribbles
[/quote]33 games | 1 assist | 44 chances created | 12 goals | 25 successful dribbles