By dixon9 July 6 2009 During his first press conference this morning at Stamford Bridge, Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that Yuri Zhirkov is now a Chelsea player. The transfer fee was not discussed but no doubt will be in the ball park of the 18m touted by the media.
Zhirkov is known as the “Russian Ronaldinho” because of his skill factors and is extremely versatile down the left-hand side.
"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they don’t like it." P Kenyon.
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