Nothing like a bit of boardroom unrest to spark a mass exodus. Chelsea will definitely be signing
Luke Shaw before sending
Ashley Cole out to pasture in the MLS,
Adam Lallana and
Morgan Schneiderlin are off to Man Utd,
Rickie Lambert's £7m move to West Ham is back on and bids are expected for
Jay Rodriguez and
Dejan Lovren too. Because the
chairman left...
Apparently the deal that took
Nikica Jelavic to Hull is worth £6.5m, which is about what Everton got for Victor Anichebe too. How have they managed that? West Brom have accepted a £7m offer so
Shane Long's on his way to the KC as well. New look strikeforce!
Ilkay Gundogan,
Everton Ribeiro,
Mathieu Valbuena,
Blaise Matuidi,
Lucas Moura,
Adrien Rabiot,
Marek Hamsik, as well as the previously mentioned Lallana and Schneiderlin. It'd probably be easier to list the midfielders Man Utd haven't been linked with really.
Rafa Benitez wants either
Michael Essien or
John Obi Mikel at Napoli and he's not fussed which!
Daniel Levy's getting tetchy about allowing
Lewis Holtby to return to Schalke as he believes that would pave the way for
Julian Draxler's move to Arsenal. Wasn't there something similar with Bale and Ozil in the summer? The man's obsessed. It might be time to say goodnight to
Nacer Chadli too.
West Ham and Stoke are getting ready to duke it out for
Asamoah Gyan, and finally, some good news from Stamford Bridge;
Nemanja Matic has completed his £21m move from Benfica, signing a 5 and a half year deal. If we achieve nothing else this window, at least Nemanja's back where he belongs.
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