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Spanish reports claim Chelsea and Milan have both lodged offers for Sevilla ace Daniel Alves, but it is claimed Real Madrid remain favourites to clinch his signature.

Liverpool have also been linked with the attack minded full-back, but it seems they are yet to make their move.

Milan and Chelsea are understood to have made contact but the offer from the English club is bigger at €24million (£16.2million), with the Italians tabling a €20million (£13.5million) bid.

Sevilla are ready to deal for Alves and are now considering their options.

Chelsea made their move after their Spanish scout Juan Cruz Sol watched him in action against Real Zaragoza last month and he submitted another glowing report.

Real are yet to unveil their hand - but it seems that they could very well offer players in exchange including former Sevilla star Julio Baptista, who spent last season on loan at Arsenal.

Now the bidding has started for Alves, the player will need to consider his options and initial reports suggest Real Madrid is his preferred option.


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I think Oddo is fine... I only have some doubts about Janku. Alves is certainly better than Oddo but... I've learned to like the Italian!

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WE could use this guy. Milan won't bring out there wallet for him. I think Milan owe us a fresh young defender and they should be first in line for his signature.

We got Pato but there is going to come a time when our defense is going to crash before our eyes and all the top defenders have been bought up by Madrid, Chelsea, Man U, Barcelona and others. WE might get by this season but its inevitable we will have like 6 defense spots to fill. Why not start thinking ahead now.


We haven't spend jack in this transfer market. We got 30 million pounds for winning the champions league. 30 million pounds for Scheva. And are the 3rd richest club Where is this money going. In a bunch of corrupt Italian pockets.

This post has been edited by jbryant1: Aug 4 2007, 04:41 AM