[JaredL]

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you think Alves is moving? I thought Sevilla turned down Chelsea's offer.

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I think most sevillistas expect him to go. The only official thing is that Sevilla rejected an offer for 29 million euros from Chelsea saying it wasn't even close. Unofficially pretty much every paper said that the Sevilla and Chelsea people agreed to 32 million plus 4 million in extras and then Abramovich said it was too much and so they made a small offer.

Real Madrid is also rumored to have made an offer of 37 million and Cicinho for Alves and Puerta. It initially looks good because 37 million for Alves is ok but Puerta is worth a hell of a lot more than Cicinho so it's actually a bad offer. I don't think del Nido would consider this offer for a second and also don't think Real Madrid actually offered this.

One thing is that if Sevilla qualify for the group stage then surely Alves' price goes up. Having him play in the CL would be huge plus it would likely alleviate his strong desire to play for a huge club.