(Dino) Baggio wanted Chelsea move

BrianCappellieri · Sep 4, 2002

Tribal Football

A spokesman for the agent of Lazio midfielder Dino Baggio says the Italy international was keen to join Chelsea over the summer.

He told calciomanager.it, "Dino Baggio would have happily joined Chelsea, but problems popped up that were out of our hands - despite the good will of the London club and Lazio.

"He cannot move to the Premiership in September because the transfer window only applies to the domestic market.

"But in January the Chelsea talks can be resumed."
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BridgeMonkee · Sep 5, 2002

Always fancied playing for the Chelsea meeself

A spokesman for the agent of Bridgemonkee says he was keen to join Chelsea over the summer.

Clan · Sep 5, 2002

Clanblue was close to joining i heard.

Apparently talks broke down on money issues.

He offered to pay 100 quid a match if allowed to sit on the bench, but, several agents objected on the grounds that it would make some of their players look greedy.

BridgeMonkee · Sep 16, 2002

In the window

football Transfers.info reckons that Lazio and Chelsea are discussing swapping Dino Baggio for Gabriele Ambrosetti in January. In case you're not up to date with reserve team line-ups, Baggio is the one who doesn't play for Lazio and Amrosetti is the one who doesn't play for Chelsea
Dino may be a useful addition to the squad should we need to "rest" Manu Petit for a few games.

Dr_Intoxicated · Sep 17, 2002

I heard that is was set to go through befre the transfer deadline but that it had to be approved by the creditors and they could bot get permission in time.