Chelsea trialling exciting Barcelona talent Cristian Ceballos

Focus more now on Thiago and Rafa Alcantara and Oriol Romeu, wait and see how this kid develops
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Chelsea Transfer Manifesto 2011-2013
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DEF
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Defensively we have a few concerning issues, a lack of options on the right, injuries to key centre backs and more talent than we can field in one team on the left.
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On the right we have Bosingwa and probable signing Darijo Srna, who will both be 29 by mid season next year will be useful, but again succession for maturing players must be considered. Sergi Roberto may be available and is a more likely signing than City bound Dani Alves, though the later should not be ruled out without a bid. Gregory van Wiel could be an alternative for the future, too. What bothers me about him is, that he plays lower-than-average under pressure, which showed at the World Cup. Srna should be the main target on winter transfer period, a very strong player, whose contract expires soon. Benfica’s Maxi Pereira would be ideal, though his availability is in question. Micah Richards may be unhappy at Man City but is probably too highly priced.
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On the left, we already have Cole, Zhirkov and van Anholt, an embarassment of riches already but given that Ashley is now 30 it is time to consider the succession. Juan Manuel Vargas and Fabio Coentrao need to be considered and hopefully Yuri Zhirkov may see more time as a left mid in future, leaving the left back to van Anholt and Vargas/Coentrao/Bale (hell the left side would be incredibly strong if one of them played left back, one left mid and one left wing…). Gareth Bale is the complete wingback but will be horrendously overpriced, his signature will depend upon more than our wealthy benefactor, UCL success could help.
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MID
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Age, injuires and a lack of squad depth are all issues for our midfield despite the fact we have one of the finest in world football.
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We may still need to stiffen up our defensive midfield but we should wait and see how our current combination of Mikel, Essien and Ramires works. Oriel Romeu, Gueida Fofana, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe and Kwadwo Asamoah now the best options. Influential Central midfielders Axel Witsel, Josip Ilicic and Ivan Rakitic could be useful in Ballack type role. Next season when Cesc hopefully returns and Barca youngster Thaigo Alcantara (and perhaps his younger brother Rafa) is suddenly pushed to the outer. Joao Moutinho is apparently also a Barcelona target, he would go some ways to cover our current midfield frailties, (look at what Raul Meireles has done for Liverpool).
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The young Shaktar Donetsk pair of Alex Teixeira and Douglas Costa would make fine additions. Teixeira was the star of the U 20 World Cup in Egypt in 2009, while Costa has been dubbed the next Ronaldinho. Another great prospect is Deportivo’s new signing Uruguayan winger Urreta, young, fast and very creative, everything we need. Further on left Kakuta could be joined by Alexis Sanchez, Dimitri Payet or Edin Hazard though my preferred options are Diego Perotti, Antoine Griezmann, Balasz Dszudszak or Juan Mata.
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To properly replace Deco, Jacob Mellis just isn’t good enough and with Alan Dzagoev and Javier Pastore targets one of them may replace Mellis. Shaktar playermaker Fernandinho would be a valuable acquisition and at only 25 would be good for years to come. Utrecht’s Dries Merten and Ajax's Christian Eriksen are impressive young midfielders who would be a valuable additions.
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Another recent report has linked us heavily with Sneijder, even though he recently signed a new Inter contract this potentially as some tractability, Inter is going poorly having recently sacked Benitez, and Roman's willingness to stump up for Torres, mean though it is unlikely but certainly not beyond the realms of possibility, and he’s the perfect solution to our lack of midfield creativity.
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FWD
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Up front I like all the regular names Gervinho and Seydou Doumbia are all potential support strikers for a Chelsea after Anelka whom one of them could effectively replace. Doumbia’s move to CSKA moves him into the orbit of a club with which we enjoy good relations and also has Tomas Necid, Igor Akinfeev, Keisuke Honda and Alan Dzagoev.
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We need to come to a deal with Santos to seal up Neymar and/or Paulo Henrique Ganso for the future. Romelu Lukaku is a must signing, but he needn’t necessarily join the team yet, a loan back to Anderlecht would be ideal(his younger brother Jordan Lukaku should also be considered). Lacina Traore with his great height would make an ideal ‘super sub’ in the mold of Tore Andre Flo, tall and dangerous near goal. Luuk de Jong and Giorgi Chanturia are emerging options as is Sergio Canales given his bust up with Mourinho at Real. Edinson Cavani, Abel Hernandez or Pato would be the ideal long term 3rd forward alongside Torres and Lukaku.
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Some have also been pushing for an Asian star for a while, namely Park Chu Young, Shinji Kagawa or Keisuke Honda, would be a great signing not just for Merchandising in Asia, but they are good players.