Chelsea are Premier League Champions. Yet a busy summer is still expected. Rumours are flying, VAVEL take a look at the possible deals from Jose Mourinho.
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Firstly one out that is all but confirmed is the Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba. Before Chelsea's final game of their title winning season he admitted that he would be leaving London and venturing for more first team football next season.
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This sparked many rumours one being the return of the promising England U21 stiker Patrick Bamford. The young clinical finisher picked up the Sky Bet championship player of the year in the middle of May and many would say it was well deserved. He scored 16 goals in 40 games and had an average pass accuracy of 70% over the whole season which is extremely good for a up and comer in a very tough, physical league.
Another factor towards Chelsea fans pondering over him coming back into the squad as a 3rd potentially 2nd choice striker would be his sublime goal and all round performance against Manchester City in early January in the FA Cup.
Throughout this game he showed he could compete with the strength of Mangala and the pace of Vincent Kompany. However many believe that this isn't enough and Mourinho will send him out on loan again for one more season with very quiet whispers of West Ham and Everton being interested in the promising 21 year old.
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A second and potentially more viable option for Mourinho would be the inclusion of Radamel Falcao. Many neutrals could see this as a potentially risky move but the Chelsea faithul may believe that Mourinho can reproduce some of his magic and revitalise Falcao's form of Porto and Atletico Madrid.
The deal would most probably be a loan with option to buy after a year with the fee probably being in the region of £17,000,000 to £25,000,000. This would probably be a more favourable deal in Mourinho's eyes and after the Falcao recently made a come get me plea whist on international duties with Colombia some websites have even begun to speculate the deal could be wrapped up as early as the end of next week.
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The next story gaining some momentum involving people leaving the champions is probably the most unsung hero of the 2012 Champions League, John Obi Mikel.
Since he is now leaning more towards his 30's he is probably going to search for more first team football, potentially a mid table Premier League team or the likes of Sevilla and Valencia are said to be interested.
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The only real rumour that has popped up for Mikel's replacement would be 27 year old Luiz Gustavo in a recent interveiw he had admitted his desire to move to London and more specifcally Chelsea. However the £33,000,000 asking price may be a bit too much with FFP rules affecting everyones transfer business now and with the expected inclusion of Loftus Cheek next season Mourinho may not even see the need for a replacement.
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Finally what could possibly be one of the biggest transfer saga's of this window, Petr Cech. Having been part of the back bone of Chelsea's most succesful and decade ever many Chelsea fans will be sad to see the big Czech leave.
However it is looking more and more inevitable every day. Plus it is no surprise that with 5 clean sheets in 7 games and winning every match he has taken part in, that most of Europe's biggest teams have took an interest in Cech's situation. The most concrete rumours being Arsenal, PSG and potentially Manchester United with most news outlets suggesting Chelsea will let him go for as little as £10,000,000.
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With Chelsea's next best goalkeeping options being Mitchell Beeney and Jamal Blackman, Mourinho may see this postition as a top priority for this window.
Chelsea were originally linked with the young Fulham goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli but recently reports have started to surface of Bosnian and Stoke keeper Asmir Begovic potentially taking over Petr Cech's bench warming role this season.
Early reports suggest the deal could be in the region of £12,000,000 and many would see this as an option Chelsea would be crazy to turn down.