摘要：
为得到目前效力于意大利AC米兰的乌克兰"核弹头"舍普琴科，英超切尔西俱乐部老板、俄国大亨阿布拉莫维奇近三年里可谓是没少下力气，然而阿布三次邀请三次遭拒。锲而不舍的阿布近来又作了第四次努力，而这一次看来阿布的苦心终将有所回报。据报道舍普琴科有望在今年夏天转会切尔西。
Roman Abramovich's persistence in trying to add Milan's Andriy Shevchenko to Chelsea's payroll seems to have paid off, with reports suggesting that the Ukraine striker will sign for the Stamford Bridge club this summer.

为得到目前效力于意大利AC米兰的乌克兰"核弹头"舍普琴科，英超切尔西俱乐部老板、俄国大亨阿布拉莫维奇近三年里可谓是没少下力气，然而阿布三次邀请三次遭拒。锲而不舍的阿布近来又作了第四次努力，而这一次看来阿布的苦心终将有所回报。据报道舍普琴科有望在今年夏天转会切尔西。

据英国《卫报》3月30日报道，根据双方达成的意向，AC米兰前锋舍普琴科已经原则上同意和切尔西签订一份为期4年的效力合同，其中周薪为11万英镑。目前双方已经就合同中的个人条款达成协议，舍普琴科也表示将向米兰队提出转会申请。

米兰俱乐部据说为舍普琴科开出的价位为3500万英镑，但这一数字对于极其富有的切尔西俱乐部来说根本不是一个问题。不过届时作为交换，目前效力于切尔西的阿根廷前锋克雷斯波很可能以1000万的价格转会AC米兰。

切尔西俱乐部对舍普琴科的"追求"同时也表明了该队主教练穆里尼奥在新赛季打造一支全新球队的决心。除了舍普琴科，穆里尼奥还准备引进拜仁慕尼黑队的中场球星巴拉克以及阿森纳队的左后卫阿什利.科尔。其实，打造一支世界级的球队一直是阿布的一个梦想。但尽管为此这位俄国大亨已经花去了无数的卢布，其中包括斥资2400万英镑购买前锋德罗巴和1680万英镑购买克雷斯波，但切尔西队目前的锋线组合依然同阿布心中的目标十分不配。因此在新赛季重塑前锋线将是切尔西队的重中之重。

（国际在线独家资讯 张海山）

Roman Abramovich's persistence in trying to add Milan's Andriy Shevchenko to Chelsea's payroll seems to have paid off, with reports suggesting that the Ukraine striker will sign for the Stamford Bridge club this summer.

Chelsea's owner has been courting Shevchenko for three years but had been turned down three times. However, the Russian billionaire appears to have made it fourth time lucky, with Shevchenko agreeing in principle to a four-year contract worth in excess of ￡110,000 a week.

Personal terms have apparently been agreed with the player and Chelsea have been assured that he is prepared to put in a transfer request to Milan.

The San Siro club value him at ￡35m but Chelsea would appear to be content - and wealthy enough - to afford such a fee, even on top of nearly ￡23m in wages which they would have to pay the player for his services over those four years. However, the ￡10m-rated Argentinian Hernán Crespo could go the other way in part exchange.

The move for Shevchenko confirms Jose Mourinho's plans to rebuild his team for next season. He has already lined up the German midfielder Michael Ballack and has been linked with a move for Arsenal's left-back Ashley Cole.

But for all the millions Abramovich has spent, Chelsea's front line has not always looked worthy of a club that aspires to be the best in the world - including the ￡24m Didier Drogba and the ￡16.8m Crespo.

Meanwhile the G14 group of clubs yesterday received a political boost in its "war" with football's governing bodies. Fifa and Uefa have been outspoken in their criticism of the self-appointed "voice of the clubs" in recent weeks.

Fifa, which is embroiled in a lawsuit at the Charleroi commercial court involving G14 and the Belgian club Charleroi, even refuses officially to recognise the organisation.

However, José Luis Arnaut, who is coordinating the European football review instigated by the UK sports minister Richard Caborn, yesterday legitimised G14's position.

"The G14 is a reality and is a fact of football which must be accepted," said Arnaut. "They are a stakeholder in the game and have a right to have their say. This is an inclusive and independent project in which everyone can have their say."

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