According to one or two posts over on the Chelsea board, Cahill has signed. However there has been no confirmation of this by the club. I only hope that if he does sign it will be to late to play against us tomorrow. Let Sess and McClean loose against that old cart horse Terry. Run the old man ragged.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/13012012/63/coyle-prepared-play-cahill.html Not yet apparently. He has to sign by 1pm to play on saturday.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...n-confident-signing-Gary-Cahill.html?ITO=1490 Good for us, bit of a twat for them. Personally, I'd tell him to go **** himself if he'd pissed us around like that.
They missed the deadline... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16438701.stm Quote Chelsea have failed to complete the transfer of England defender Gary Cahill in time for Saturday's Premier League game against Sunderland. But Blues boss Andre Villas-Boas is confident the protracted deal will still be completed "this week". Bolton accepted Chelsea's bid for the centre-half, reported to be in the region of £7m, almost two weeks ago. "I'm sure all parties are protecting their interests and we'll reach an agreement," said Villas-Boas. Continue reading the main story The only way [the transfer] will fall down is if the relevant parties don't agree. But my own feeling is I'm pretty sure they can get to a place that they're all happy Owen CoyleBolton manager Chelsea were confident of wrapping up the transfer before the midday cut-off for Cahill, 26, to be registered for the Stamford Bridge clash against Martin O'Neill's men. However, it is thought the Blues are still working hard to push the deal through on Friday. Villas-Boas has admitted he has identified a number of other targets if the Cahill deal does collapse. "We kept a couple of other options available and hopefully we can act quickly if that's the case," he said. "But I'm pretty confident [the Cahill deal] will happen." But the delay raises more questions over the agreement of personal terms between the west London club and the player. Villas-Boas revealed Chelsea and the player were "miles apart" last week, before Bolton counterpart Owen Coyle said he thought a deal would be concluded before last weekend. GARY CAHILL FACTFILE Continue reading the main story• 1985: Born 19 December in Sheffield, South Yorkshire • 2001: Joins Aston Villa's academy aged 15 from local team AFC Dronfield • 2004: Makes professional debut during loan spell with Championship side Burnley • 2005: Returns to Villa and makes bow in remarkable 8-3 Carling Cup win at Wycombe • 2007: Goes to hometown club Sheffield United in three-month loan deal • 2008: After 31 games for Villa, joins Bolton in £5m deal • 2010: Earns first England cap in Euro 2012 qualifier against Bulgaria If it is not rubberstamped on Friday, Coyle has already confirmed Cahill would be in contention for his current employers' weekend trip to Manchester United. Reports had suggested United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was also interested in signing the 26-year-old England international, who is out of contract in the summer. "There hasn't been any dialogue between ourselves and Manchester United or anything like that," said Coyle last week. "When there's continued conjecture and everything that goes with it people are always going to throw up names. "We as a football club agreed a deal with Chelsea Football Club and for me that's binding. "The only way that will fall down is if the relevant parties don't agree. But my own feeling is I'm pretty sure they can get to a place that they're all happy." Cahill scored the winning goal in Bolton's 2-1 victory at Premier League rivals Everton, but played no part in the FA Cup third round 2-2 draw at Macclesfield on Saturday.
