<span class="titolo">Joaquín: I Do Not Regret Rejecting Chelsea</span></p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <span class="sommario">Joaquín believes that he was right to turn down a mega offer for him from Chelsea before deciding to leave Real Betis to join Valencia last year.</span></p> The Spanish international winger has revealed that he was the subject of a €42m offer from the Blues, but declined after considering that he would not be happy in England. José Mourinho was keen to add the wideman to his ranks in August 2006 and Roman Abramovich sanctioned the enormous bid to persuade the Spanish to part with their iconic player. Instead, Joaquín opted to leave Betis and move to Mestalla for €25m in order to stay in the Spanish league and closer to his close-knit family in Seville. "I rejected an enormous deal with Chelsea when I was still with Betis," he told AS. "After a meeting with Mourinho and Abramovich the offer was €42m. "It was so incredible, but I studied the situation and decided to reject their offer. I want to be happy and because of this I decided to move to Valencia. "I may not have received the money but my life is better than in London, I am convinced. "I do not have any regrets about this decision. In football, money is not always the key." Betis supremo, Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, was said to have been infuriated that the club's idol wanted to leave and reportedly ordered him to go on loan to Albacete as punishment. Joaquín travelled to Albacete and had photographic proof that he arrived at the club, despite the odd deal later being cancelled.</div></p>
I would have rejected Chelski as well. He's quite old and he's probably afraid of being ther new Shevchenko. lol.</p>
Yeah, I agree max, there's always a huge risk of being another sheva,veron,forlan,ect in the premiership. He is a key figure at valencia and sees no threat to his position in the club, so why take an unnecesary risk, just for the Moneybags!!, I'm sure sheva must be thinking of what could have been his days if he could have stayed at Milan and snubbed the chel$kis offer.</p>
