Chelsea bid for Javier Pastore rejected as Palermo demand £44m for playmaker

02 June 2011 00:16
Share[LNB]Palermo say they have rejected a substantial offer fromChelsea for highly-rated playmaker Javier Pastore. [LNB]Chelsea are due to holdtalks with Brazilian forward Neymar of Santos but Palermo president MaurizioZamparini said: 'Chelsea was a club that we had a major offer from for Pastorebut it did not reach the minimum figure that we set for a player of hisquality.[LNB] In the pink: Chelsea and Man City are among six clubs to show an interest in Palermo's Javier Pastore (centre)[LNB]'If someone wants to buy Pastore, the price is ?44 million. There arefive or six clubs also interested, including Man City and big clubs from Spainand Italy but so far there has been nothing from them.'[LNB] Torres is missing the 'juicy' passes he got at Liverpool, says Chelsea No 2Malouda says Chelsea won't give him a new long-term deal because he's 30!Mancienne plots Europe mission as former Chelsea man joins Hamburg[LNB] [LNB]  

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