Ahead of Olympique de Marseille’s Champions League encounter against Chelsea in midweek, Taye Taiwo has confessed that he would love a move to the Blues, though he has equally stated that his thoughts are largely drawn by helping les Phoceens to a positive result on Tuesday evening.
Taiwo is a player who has previously been courted by Premier League clubs, and he has never hidden his desire to switch to England at some stage in his career. The forthcoming match is therefore causing him particular excitement.
“I’m so excited,” he smiled to Ligue1.com. “I’ve been waiting so long for this opportunity to play at Stamford Bridge, so long for this opportunity to play against Chelsea and show them what I can do, and maybe at the end of the season if Ashley Cole is leaving, then they’ll be thinking of who can replace him and hopefully they’ll think of me.”
The Nigerian is not content to go to London simply to be lambs to the slaughter.
“We’re going to try to win, and to beat Chelsea, you have to play well at both ends of the field,” he stated.
“We know it’s going to be very difficult because Chelsea are a great team that everyone knows all about. They have good players all over the park and they work so hard. Whenever you lose the ball, you have to stay compact, but at the same time, you can’t go there to defend either.”
Having lost against Spartak Moscow at Stade Velodrome in their opening encounter, OM won’t want to begin their campaign with successive defeats, as they did in Ligue 1.
Taiwo is a player who has previously been courted by Premier League clubs, and he has never hidden his desire to switch to England at some stage in his career. The forthcoming match is therefore causing him particular excitement.
“I’m so excited,” he smiled to Ligue1.com. “I’ve been waiting so long for this opportunity to play at Stamford Bridge, so long for this opportunity to play against Chelsea and show them what I can do, and maybe at the end of the season if Ashley Cole is leaving, then they’ll be thinking of who can replace him and hopefully they’ll think of me.”
The Nigerian is not content to go to London simply to be lambs to the slaughter.
“We’re going to try to win, and to beat Chelsea, you have to play well at both ends of the field,” he stated.
“We know it’s going to be very difficult because Chelsea are a great team that everyone knows all about. They have good players all over the park and they work so hard. Whenever you lose the ball, you have to stay compact, but at the same time, you can’t go there to defend either.”
Having lost against Spartak Moscow at Stade Velodrome in their opening encounter, OM won’t want to begin their campaign with successive defeats, as they did in Ligue 1.
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