Just when it looked like the saga surrounding Robert Lewandowski's move
from Dortmund was settling down new stories have emerged linking him to
Chelsea.
Lewandowski: Transfer Truth: 15%
We have been tracking the once believable rumour that Lewandowski was on his way to Manchester United for weeks, but after numerous comments from the Dortmund CEO it seemed clear that Lewandowski's desired move to Baren would not be going ahead despite the player initially making comments which stated he was told at some stage last season that the path would be cleared for him to move to Bayern.
After a lot of confusion the Dortmund board initially said that they would definitely not sell him to their biggest rivals, that opened up the possibility that the Pole would look for a way out regardless, and hence a weak link was made between him and United.
A week later the Dortmund board went a stage further and said they would not be selling him at all whilst he still has a year left on his contract.
That seemed to be that, the quotes from the board were very clear and you can read them in full on our article covering whether or not a move to Manchester United was feasible.
The Chelsea Links
It's been a long reported story that Chelsea have been in the hunt for Cavani, and in our hunt for the truth on that story we did dig up quotes from the Naploi president which strongly suggested that contact had been made between the Blues and Napoli regarding Cavani.
As the story emerged we reported how the chances of Cavani moving to West London had started to decrease a little with Rafael Benitez having gone on Radio to deny that there had been any contact from Chelsea and that Napoli had no desire to sell Cavani at any price below his release clause.
With the chances of a Cavani move reducing and Manchester City also entering the race as they look for a replacement for Tevez, it appears the press have made the transfer-window-logical call that Lewandowski could be the new man to chase.
The story which appears to have propagated all of the subsequent speculation was one which appeared in British tabloid The Daily Mirror, the story contains little that would indicate it's based on any factual substance.
Our Truth-o-meter
Given that Lewandowski has repeatedly stated he wants to join Bayern, only some sort of shambolic protest move is likely to bring him to England. With the Bayern board having also stated they will not sell him it seems highly unlikely that there is any chance he could be tempted to join Chelsea, and there is no solid, recent evidence at all which even suggests he is on Chelsea's target list so we're giving this one a truth rating of 15% based purely on the fact that the player has 1 year left on his contract, and that he is clearly unsettled at Dortmund.
Likeliness of Signing: 10%
Fit at Club: 75%
Lewandowski: Transfer Truth: 15%We have been tracking the once believable rumour that Lewandowski was on his way to Manchester United for weeks, but after numerous comments from the Dortmund CEO it seemed clear that Lewandowski's desired move to Baren would not be going ahead despite the player initially making comments which stated he was told at some stage last season that the path would be cleared for him to move to Bayern.
After a lot of confusion the Dortmund board initially said that they would definitely not sell him to their biggest rivals, that opened up the possibility that the Pole would look for a way out regardless, and hence a weak link was made between him and United.
A week later the Dortmund board went a stage further and said they would not be selling him at all whilst he still has a year left on his contract.
That seemed to be that, the quotes from the board were very clear and you can read them in full on our article covering whether or not a move to Manchester United was feasible.
The Chelsea Links
It's been a long reported story that Chelsea have been in the hunt for Cavani, and in our hunt for the truth on that story we did dig up quotes from the Naploi president which strongly suggested that contact had been made between the Blues and Napoli regarding Cavani.
As the story emerged we reported how the chances of Cavani moving to West London had started to decrease a little with Rafael Benitez having gone on Radio to deny that there had been any contact from Chelsea and that Napoli had no desire to sell Cavani at any price below his release clause.
With the chances of a Cavani move reducing and Manchester City also entering the race as they look for a replacement for Tevez, it appears the press have made the transfer-window-logical call that Lewandowski could be the new man to chase.
The story which appears to have propagated all of the subsequent speculation was one which appeared in British tabloid The Daily Mirror, the story contains little that would indicate it's based on any factual substance.
Our Truth-o-meter
Given that Lewandowski has repeatedly stated he wants to join Bayern, only some sort of shambolic protest move is likely to bring him to England. With the Bayern board having also stated they will not sell him it seems highly unlikely that there is any chance he could be tempted to join Chelsea, and there is no solid, recent evidence at all which even suggests he is on Chelsea's target list so we're giving this one a truth rating of 15% based purely on the fact that the player has 1 year left on his contract, and that he is clearly unsettled at Dortmund.
Likeliness of Signing: 10%Fit at Club: 75%
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