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Meireles explains Chelsea move
Meireles explains Chelsea move
Portugal international midfielder Raul Meireles has explained the reasons by his controversial move from Liverpool to Chelsea on transfer deadline day.
"I knew that I didn't want to leave Liverpool," he told chelseafc.co.uk.
"[But] when I knew that Chelsea and Andre wanted me, it convinced me. It is only because he wanted me.
"People think I wanted to leave and it is only because Chelsea wanted me. For Andre to want me, that is why I wanted to go."
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