Shevchenko Decided - It's Chelsea

Starting today, it's official. Andryi Shevchenko has decided to leave the AC Milan club. He kept his promise towards his fans and announced his decision yesterday night: he will leave AC Milan. His statement, as I was anticipating a few days ago in a past article, had a lot to do with his family problems - most of all the fact that his wife was attacked by Milanese fans a few days ago.

"The reason why I am decided to leave the club has everything to do with my family. I have nothing against AC Milan as a club. Why should I? I am in a perfect relation with the club's officials. It is the club where I managed to achieve great things, that will be hard to equal anywhere else, and I truly thank the officials and the fans for their support", said the Ukrainian. He had a meeting with AC Milan's president yesterday night, in which he made up his mind, leaving Galliani very sad. Although he said it will definitely not be a decisive round of talks, Galliani had to admit that there is nothing else to do to change Shevchenko's mind.

"I tried with all my heart to persuade him, but I didn't seem to have any effect on him. Ever since I have been president at this club, this is by far the saddest experience I have ever lived", said Adriano Galliani. AC Milan bought Shevchenko 7 years ago, from the most powerful team in the East at that time, Dinamo Kiev. Ever since he made the move to Italy, Sheva won a great deal of trophies, of which the most important are, by far, the 2003 Champions League title and the 2004 Serie A trophy. He has also become the overall all-time scorer of the European cups, a truly magnificent performance that is surely to be continued in the future, since the Ukrainian's next destination is one of the most powerful clubs in the future of European football.

So, let's talk about Shevchenko's next team. He will have to decide in the next few days. But, more than likely, it will be Chelsea. Jose Mourinho seems to be, for the moment, one of the happiest coaches in the world. After he managed to get Michael Ballack at Stanford Bridge, he is one step closer to bringing Shevchenko too. Moreover, the Chelsea officials have stated over and over again that the only difficulty in getting the Ukrainian consisted in his club's desire to keep him. With all of that out of the way, it's more than likely that we will soon witness another "bomber salary" in the history of football.