Whelan warns Chelsea
over Moses
By a quirk of the fixture list Wigan
host Chelsea who have coveted the club's best young player all summer, without
matching Whelan's asking price which is close to £10 million
A deal of £8 million, with some performance related add ons,
would have clinched a deal but Chelsea have yet to go up to that point, and
might live to regret that decision with Moses playing against them on Sunday.
The Wigan chairman has rejected a
series of summer long bids from Stamford
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and I both think that they have left it to see how Victor does against them on
Sunday.
"Victor is up against the best left-back in the Premier
League [Ashley Cole] and if he takes him on and plays well, then we shall have
to weigh things up as much as I have no doubt Chelsea will weigh things up.
"It is not one-sided you know, Chelsea have been
chasing him all summer but not come up with an acceptable bid, but if he comes
up with a goal or two on Sunday who's to say his value won't go up by a couple
of million!"
Whelan doubts whether Chelsea
think the best policy is to wait to take Moses in a year though and added:
"His contract is up but he is not a free transfer, as we shall be entitled
to compensation and the tribunal would be aware of what has been offered for
him."
Later there was laughter around the Chelsea
press conference in Cobham as Chelsea
manager Roberto Di Matteo refused to be drawn on his team's transfer policy but
was still asked about what exact threat Moses offers.
"He is a player of Wigan
football club so I don't want to give too much away about other players,"
he said. "He's a young talented guy... that plays for Wigan .
We know his ability... that's a question for Roberto Martinez, whether he's
going to play [on Sunday] or not."
Di Matteo did concede, however, that Chelsea
won't be held to ransom for anyone, claiming: "We are not going to pay
over the top. We pay what we think is the real value for the player."
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