Reddish-Blue

Good to see him doing well for England's U20/U21 team. Hope he finds a spot in Chelsea's midfield next season

I would say Suarez and Aguero (top-tier) then Lewa, Costa and Benzema.

Problem is, no starting quality CB is moving in January to a club in 13th place and potentially no UCL football next season.

Ambition? He's won it all at Chelsea, he's represented Brazil 50+ times in a 6 year period. It's not like he forced the move to China, he just wanted playing time and his agent got him a nice contract.

I just want to see Kenedy and RLC play. Rest of the team picks itself.

12 million for Townsend? Daniel Levy must be celebrating at the moment

We can also forget about signing a quality manager in the summer...

Interesting if it happens. Pato in, Remy out (apparently he wants a loan move by deadline day)

Hopefully this means RLC is the first option off the bench..

Just what we need another washed-up attacker. He'll be as effective as Falcow has been

You make some good points but at the end of the day, Chelsea has 6 wins out of 22 league games (which is beyond pathetic for the defending champions) Footballing quality isn't that important right now, what we need is leaders to step up, grind out 2-3 consecutive wins and bring back the fear factor!

He could have taken the Roma job for a few months.

Matic has been awful this season. If we're going to clear out players in the summer, he should go (along with Ramires).

I don't like Costa's antics either but he's the only 20-goal-a-season striker we have. Martinez is over-rated, he was a big-fish in a small pond at FC Porto.

Ake is good enough. Whether or not he gets a chance depends on our next manager.

Italian clubs were interested in him on a free...but now that he signed a 1-yr deal, get ready to see Ivanovic as Chelsea's starting RB in 2016/2017

I didn't start the comparison. I was simply discussing the players mentioned by the Mak. Also, when you think about it Stones, Alli and Barkley were in the same position as Bamford (just 1-2 seasons ago). Stones was a Championship prospect, Alli was a Championship prospect, and Barkley was considered to be a Championship/PL prospect. They established themselves as starters because the manager believed in them and because Everton/Spurs look to be building for the future. My main point was that Bamford would be better off going to the Championship (scoring regularly, impressing scouts) than waiting around Chelsea reserves and hoping Hiddink gives him a shot

Bamford is no where near Shaw, Stones, Alli, Sterling or Barkley in terms of quality. (you may need to take off the blue-tinted glasses) I don't need a crystal ball to say that Bamford should be sold to a Championship club, where he can thrive.

How is it great news? He's probably the only player worth buying in January as we need goals!

Injured Pato > Bamford

He's got talent but he's still learning in the Bundesliga. He'll put in a 8/10 performance for 1-2 games then go missing for a few games (sort of like one of Chelsea's current midfielders)

He should of gone on loan to the Championship rather than sticking around with the Chelsea reserves.

We thumped them 4-1 because Guus had quality players throughout the team. We had Lampard & Essien in midfield, and that front-line of Anelka, Drogba, Malouda was so powerful. Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa (Ivanovic 77), Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole, Essien, Mikel, Lampard, Anelka, Drogba, Malouda (Ballack 88). Our current team is no match for the Chelsea of 2009.

Well...if we played like a team, we wouldn't be stuck in 14th spot on the ladder. Unfortunately, we have too many overpaid individuals

We're not going to sign 8 new players in one transfer window. Realistically, I'd be happy with 1 new fullback, 1 new CB and a new midfielder.