It's a new record breaking season for Chievo, first was multi-millionaire Murley buying the club and within days he has spend an amazing sum of £320m on players for his new squad!
First player on his list was 16 year old Jan-Lucas Kohler a german future superstar who has came through the ranks of Schalke. Murley saw he lacked depth in his squad plus he lacked the youth which other teams had in Serie A so jumped onto the star before anyone else could. It was said he flew over to germany right after confirming the purchase of the club. Very eager stuff there.
Second, was help from his scouts as they had been tracking the progression on young Ivorian player Joel Diaby from Serie A rival Bologna! Joel Diaby has been labelled the next Joel Tiehi and they believe he has a bright future at Chievo if treated and trained right, time will tell.
The next signing was the biggest of them all which cost a record of £108m! Cesc Fabregas! Everybody who knows anything about football know Cesc is a worldwide superstar in his own right. He is a pass master with an incredible record behind him. We managed to catch Cesc after his medical to confirm the move to Chievo. "Cesc, Cesc! One second please! Can I ask why the downgrade to Chievo? You we're at Barca the worlds biggest club, why the massive change?" "Well, you press wouldn't understand. I had Murley contact my agent and within 20 minutes I was a Chievo player, Murley is a very convincing person and I truely believe the club has a MASSIVE future ahead of them, that's all for now thanks." You heard it here first Fabregas to Chievo!
This signing made even the richest club eye brows raise. The signing of Falcao from AS Monaco! Everybody knows Falcao is one of the most well paid footballers in the world so a lot of Chievo fans are asking, "Did Falcao's wage come with him?" Murley comments on this within seconds of hearing it saying "Falcao is an out and out striker no doubt about it, his finishing on the ground and in the air has been amazing from the day he became a professional football player. Yes, it's an expensive deal. Yes, he has a very high wage. Yes, he is 29 years old. Get over it. Falcao has scored 15 in 22 apps this season, 32 in 47 last season, 27 in 34 the year before that. Need I to know on? If he is scoring that amount of goals for us here in Chievo we will be challenging for the title no doubt about it! With Cesc feeding him we are very excited for the second half of the season."
Rober van Kesteren is the next to be a Chievo player. He is a dutch 17 year old from dutch club Feyenoord, with Kesteren coming through the ranks with flying colours he soon caught the eye of Murley. Murley stated that his team lacked depth and his team was ageing compared to other teams in his divison and he has truely delivered.
Raphael Varane was the next on Chievo's list. Even though Man Utd signed Varane at the beginning of the season, Chievo really was keen on bringing him in and let nothing stop in their way. The french international has had a poor few seasons having moved to PSG to struggle to get first team appearances to being sold to Man Utd. Will his poor form carry on? Or will he up his game here? Who will defend along side him? See here next...
Gerard Pique! That's right guys, the one and only Gerard Pique will be defending along side Raphael Varane! The ex-Barcelona player has followed with his team mate Fabregas to join here at Chievo and is looking forward to the challenge which lies ahead.
Murley isn't keen on his first team keeper Agazzi so and brought in a possible replacement of someone for the future who knows but his name is Jernonimo Rulli. Rulli is a argentine who is a back up keeper for TSV 1860 Munchen, fans are questioning Murley's decision in bringing him in as they already have a back up keeper and if he is good enough to knock Agazzi off the starting 11 sheet. Time can only tell with this one as Rulli being a young keeper at the age of 23.
The final signing has been a loan deal for right back Daryl Janmaat from side Anderlecht. The 2 chairman's had a private meeting between themselves and agreed a loan fee for the player to join the Italian side till the end of the season. Murley's reason to loan Janmaat and not purchase was to see if he can really live up to playing every week at a high level, plus looking at the list of players Chievo have, they don't even have a right back at all! So was a all round decent transfer.
That concluded all the of January signings, thank you for listening.
