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He's one of the best midfielders in the world, and plays a little bit in the same way as I tried to do with Barcelona and the national team. He likes having the ball. He also has perfect mastery over long and short passing, he can play the final ball, and he doesn't lose the ball that easily. He's really a very high-class player." —Xavi on Verratti in 2015.

We have to get this guy

Chelsea are keen to sign Paris St-Germain's 24-year-old midfielder Marco Verratti and the Blues are listening to offers for their Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas, 29. (Daily Mirror)

Andrea Belotti Characteristics + Strengths Finishing Strong Defensive contribution Strong - Weaknesses (Player has no significant weaknesses) Andrea Belotti's Style of Play Gets fouled often Likes to tackle Commits fouls often

Early in his career, Belotti played as a midfielder and winger but under the intuition of Albinoleffe's Primavera coach, Alessio Pala, he was converted to a forward.He prefers to play as a second striker, but can play anywhere across the front line. Emiliano Mondonico, the manager of the Albinoleffe first team when Belotti played in the youth team described him as "a player of the highest level [...] I saw him play and I realised that he was a talent. He is a muscly forward, full of quality. I would call him an old-fashioned centre-forward. He has movement and matches this aspect with great wickedness in front of goal. [...] He has to play in front of the goal, as the centre-forward. He can play in all of the roles in attack, a winger, the second striker, but I think he has to play as the striker to take full advantage of his certain characteristics and his eye for goal." He has also been compared to Roberto Boningtona and Gianluca Vialli Belotti's coach in the Italy under-20, Alberigo Evani, said "there are few like him. He does double duty: he is the first defender for the team, making an important contribution." I got that info off Wikipedia

I agree what your saying but we need home grown players in the squad

It will stop Tammy develop has a chelsea player if we sign Belotti next season I'm happy with Costa Batshuayi and Tammy has are three strikers for next season

Geoffrey Kondogbia Characteristics + Strengths Dribbling Very Strong Passing Strong Tackling Strong Concentration Strong - Weaknesses (Player has no significant weaknesses) Geoffrey Kondogbia's Style of Play Likes to dribble Likes to play short passes Gets fouled often Likes to tackle

Geoffrey Kondogbia is the latest transfer target for Chelsea manager Antonio Conte. According to The Daily Mirror

Thanks for the memories Ivan I think it's time for you to leave

West Ham are interested in Chelsea outcast Branislav Ivanovic, who will only have six months remaining on his deal in January. [Telegraph]

Arsenal and Chelsea are keeping a close eye on Stefan De Vrij’s contract situation at Lazio. [Repubblica]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37906854 Zouma to play against Oxford utd tonight

We should go in for Milan Badelj in January transfer window I have read good reports about Badelj

Contract are just a piece of paper nowadays if we come in with a nice fee Roma could sell him

The only way I can see us getting Nainggolan if Roma failed to CL football next season

Badelj can play in the central midfield as well as in the defensive midfield role, which makes him similar to Nemanja Matic and N’Golo Kanté. With Fabregas injured and Oscar out of form, Conte is looking for options and could even sell some of the players who aren’t playing at the moment. Premier League is a hectic competition making it mandatory for every team to have a good squad depth. Badelj has superior skills in ball interception, passing and tackling, which are all a manager looks for in a central midfielder. He is also known for his concentration, which makes him a midfield leader. He has an affinity towards shooting from distance which could also come in handy from cleared out set pieces. He has made 8 appearances for Fiorentina this season and has already bagged 1 goal. He has a pass percentage of 87.9 which is pretty impressive and could make him a valuable inclusion in the Chelsea squad. http://the4thofficial.net/m/page.php?p=2016/11/chelsea-linked-9m-rated-serie-midfielder-hed-ideal-player-conte/

Conte's keen to sign at least one new midfielder who could operate in both formations, having looked at Nainggolan and Brozovic. [Telegraph]

Mikel's free to leave Chelsea and will not be offered an extension [Telegraph]

If we do stick with 3-4-3 formation Oscar and fabregas need to be sold pointless keeping players that don't fit the system