Kaka, Deco and Eto'o - do we only want players with four letters?

Last updated : 13 June 2008 By Paul Lagan
When Luiz, I refuse to call him Big Phil, swings into Stamford Bridge on July 1, he will have at his disposal unlimited funds to produce Roman's dream team.
Now that will mean poor old Peter Kenyon will have to leave his beach clothes packed and start number-crunching and negotiating to bring in Luiz's players of choice.
What I don't understand is Chelsea desire to limit their choice to players who only have four letters in their names.
Surley Roman can afford to get longer-named men in?
For instance, Barcelona's sloppy seconds Deco and Eto'o are rumoured to be coming.
They are closely followed by AC Milan's Kaka.
In terms of replica shirt numbering alone, this is a missed opportunity by Kenyon.
Surely he should consider recommending Poland's Wawrzyniak or Lewandowski or, heaven help us, Kazim-Richards.
The Swedes could provide a rich revenue stream if we went for Wilhelmsson or Alexandersson. In fact I'd get excited if Inter's Ibrahimovic turned up in leafy SW6.
As well as 100s of points on a Scrabble board, Chelsea would rake in thousands extra with their name emblazoned on the shirts.
No, it seems that Roman wants sexy flowing football and if that means four-lettered players coming in so be it.
I suspect that Luiz, might be uttering a few choice four-letterd words of his own should the boys not win the Premier League, Champions League, FA and Carling Cup next season. One of them might just be "Help".