Chelsea’s shock bid for Man Utd fullback Rafael

Published Saturday, June 30, 2012

By Staff

Chelsea and Manchester United normally trade insults, mutual loathing and the odd punch.

However, players generally do not cross over from the red part of Manchester to the Blue of London.

Carlos Tevez was the first to jump the Rubicon when he went from United to City, something seen as unforgiveable at Old Trafford.

Would Didier Drogba have joined United? Unimaginable.

Chelsea’s new manager Roberto Di Matteo is, however, ready to cross the Rubicon and Sir Alex Ferguson as he prepares to build his new Chelsea team.

His target, strangely, is a United full-back – hold your breath, Rafael D’silva.

According to the British media the Blues after putting Paulo Ferreira up for sale and releasing Jose Bosingwa, are on the look out for a full-back and Di Matteo fancies young Rafael.

Also on the list, according to The Metro are Borussia Dortmund star Lukasz Piszczek, Ajax's Gregory van der Wiel andLille's Mathieu Debuchy.

The report added that Chelsea have been knocked back by United, but they will still consider him, if deals for their other targets fail to materialise.

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