This pre-season has brought about many issues for Chelsea fans. Are we scoring enough? Are we going to be ready for the new season? Why aren’t we buying big names? What’s wrong with Torres? Will he ever get back on his world-beating form again?
On 15th March, Sao Paulo FC of Brazil announced that a young, attack minded midfielder would join Chelsea for around £5m; a fee that could rise to £10m depending on clauses. After beating Italian giants Juventus to Piazon’s signature, what are the Blues getting for their money?
The Blues are hopeful that Slobodan Rajkovic will finally get his work permit after four years of being a Chelsea player.
With less than two weeks until the season starts Andre Villas-Boas is keen to bring in new players to strengthen his squad.
With Chelsea looking to bring in replacements, it looks like Yuri Zhirkov is set to leave Stamford Bridge.
With the tactical yet somewhat disappointing number of signings for Chelsea this season, I can’t see many more than one new addition to the Blues’ squad.
Blues’ owner Roman Abramovich has given the Chelsea management the green light to make an improved offer of around £40m to Spurs for Luka Modric after Javier Pastore opted for Paris Saint-Germain.
It is no secret that Andre Villas-Boas is keen to add a creative player to the squad, and having failed to bring in Argentine Javier Patore he could move for Brazilian star Kaka.
Zamparini told ‘Radio Radio’ this morning that Palermo had agreed a fee of €43 million with PSG for the transfer of Pastore, this means the Argentine simply has to agree personal terms with the French club and he will join them.
With the season just around the corner, the time is right to provide some fixture analysis: