Chelsea’s Potential Transfers For January?

The rumour mill as far as transfers are concerned, never appears to be far from the Stamford Bridge door and this week is no exception.

So far this week we’ve been informed that Valencia youngster Ximo Navarro, who has yet to make his first-team debut, has been linked with a move. However, despite the right back apparently suggesting he’d consider a move to Chelsea, it seems his priority right now is to get a game for the team he’s with.

Of a potential move the 20 year old says “This subject lies with the club. I am happy in Valencia and my dream is to get into the first team, but if any offers arrive it is normal to study the.” Quite how the press have managed to conjure up a move from that statement is anyone’s guess but of course, they didn’t leave our ‘links’ there…..

On the press move to the next ‘signing’, who could ‘according to sources’ be Lazio hit-man Goran Pandev.

 

Chelsea are said to be keen on the striker and therefore a January move for him is reported to be on the cards.

 

The fact that his goals have helped Lazio’s push up the Serie A table this season have seen the suggestion that he’d form a ‘lethal partnership’ with Nicolas Anelka (which I’d have to say is stretching it a little too far) and with the Macedonian international also eligible for Champions  League football, it just seems to have given the hacks even more to work with.

 

What the press appear to have missed with Pandev though, is the fact that Lazio president Claudio Lotito has always laughed off any mention of the striker leaving and Pandev’s agent Carlo Pallavicino has totally rubbished the reports. Pallavicino says “The news is without foundation. There is nothing to say on this matter as well as a contract renewal seeing that for the moment, there are no appointments in our agenda.”

 

Not to be put off though, the press simply moved on to Real Madrid star Sergio Ramos.

 

Now here is a player who could be ready to move clubs.

 

He’s frustrated in his role, his recent remarks in an interview have left the mighty Madrid a little narked and as a result the Spanish club have done away with any plans they had to offer him a lifelong contract.

 

So maybe the press have got it right this time and Chelsea really are ‘on the verge’ of signing him? Except the one flaw they’ve overlooked in this one is that with Ashley Cole, Jose Bosingwa, Wayne Bridge, Juliano Belletti, Paulo Ferreira and Branislav Ivanovic already in the squad, Chelsea might be hard pushed to squeeze in yet another full-back.

 

The rumour mill somehow doesn’t seem quite so reliable this week.