Chelsea may force Man Utd to bring forward Alex Teixiera plans

Vasco da Gama starlet Alex Teixiera is a target for Chelsea.

The Telegraph says Chelsea are eyeing the Brazil U20 star for the January market.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson had scouts watch Alex in Egypt last month for the U20 World Championships and the youngster confirmed their interest.

With Chelsea now clear to move for the midfielder, Ferguson may be forced to bring forward plans to sign Alex in January.

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don't let Man U get their hands on him Carlo

Our other january signings should go...
1. Aguero or Pato and bring Franco di Santo and Michael Mancienne back
2. Villa, if we can get silva and/or mata as well, if not then i think we should get quaresma back
3. Angel di Maria
and/or Quaresma
and definately Alan Dzagoev (did u see him against Man U!)
and/or Kaka (if he's sick of all the ronaldo drama at RM...hopefully he is!)
Alex Tiexeira (before Man U can nab him)
4. Daniele de Rossi
Ribery and/or Robben if possible
Cesar Azpilicueta and Nacho Monreal from Osasuna
or Ranfinha from Schalke
or Jesus Gamez from Malaga
or Jonathan De Guzman
Luis Fabiano if possible
5. Marek Hamsik
and/or Joao Moutinho
and/or Ramires
and/or Raul Meireles
and/or Zvjezdan Misimovic ( with Arsenal hunting him now is the time to pounce)
and/or Mesut Ozil
and/or Jack Rodwell
and/or Moussa Sissoko
6. An ACN backup, Heskey (cheaper option)
Agbonlahor (better option)
Lavezzi (good option, memories of Zola)
Acquafresca (youth option, ditto Zola)
Dzeko
Robinho (if not a higher priority, good but expensive option)
Hulk
Chan Siu Ki (chinese merch option)
Eljero Elia
pavlyuchenko
huntelaar
luis suarez
Marouane Chamakh
7. Patrick Vieira
8. A strong defender, Gary Cahill, Maicon, Capdevila, Javi Garcia
9. YOUTH!!!! Adam Johnson, David Luiz, Sebastian Corchia, Vladimir Koman, Gregory van der Wiel, Martin Galvan, Angelo Ogbonna, Zhano Ananidze, Vid Belec, Rene Khrin, Matej Delac, Miguel Vitor, Gladson Awako, Fabian Rinaudo, Matthew Upson, Simon Kjaer, Maxime Lestienne