Palermo president reveals Chelsea offer for Pastore

I have a personal preference for Pjanic, Teixeira, Dzagoev and Canales over Pastore, but I would never argue with us securing more talented players.

Deco, Malouda, Belletti, Ferreira OUT definitely

Joe Cole, Ashley Cole, Kalou, Anelka OUT Possibly

DECO: The options; RVDV, Mata, Silva, Hamsik, Dzagoev, Pjanic, Teixeira, Moutinho, Meireles, Kaka, Alcantara, Canales, Pastore

Its no secret that Chelsea are chasing Hamsik and that RVDV has been mentioned is the Chelsea/RM jostling of recent times.Question is will Hamsik leave Italy (Inter Offer) and will RVDV give a poor showing here too. Teixeira, Dzagoev and Pjanic are young, but we could certainly use their youth, and with Lampard ageing signing two of them, but only bringing one to the Bridge for now is certainly not out of the question. Moutinho would be great but he has been reluctant to leave Portugal as of yet, and there are questions as to whether Raul Meireles would be much better than Deco, he has awesome tats though. Mata and Silva are certainly in the mix but there will be a lot of competition for their signatures. Kaka is th dark horse, he almost joined Chelsea in 2005, is a good mate of Carlo and is unhappy and unproductive at RM. Thiago Alcantara would be good, but I'd rather him to come in a few years, maybe a loan to Twente ? depending upon whether or not Sergio Canales is signed up with RM is the basis upon which we should go chasing. I prefer the others to Pastore, but i think he'd do well too.

Malouda: options; di Maria, Ribery, Krasic, Silva, Mata, Kaka, Urreta, Dzagoev, Pjanic, Teixeira, Alcantara, Ki

di Maria and Ribery are the obvious choices, but again there will be war for their signatures. Krasic would be great, but at the moment he seems destined to go elsewhere. Again Silva and Mata are propositions, as is Kaka but Mata emerges as the favourite with his left wing experience. I like Urreta and he would be great alongside Kakuta, di Maria or Ribery, but he's probably a 2012 signing. Dzagoev, Teixeira and Pjanic are all young, they could spend some time on the left before moving to the centre of midfield. Thiago Alcantara would be good, but I'd rather him to come in a few years, maybe a loan to Twente ? Ki Sung-Yueng is talented and would be a boon for Chelsea merch sales in Korea.

Belleti: the options; S Taylor, M Mancienne, N Subotic, D Luiz

Mancienne is the cheapest option, with Taylor estimated at about 9 million and considerably more for Subotic, this may come down to price. D Luiz however is probably the best option.

Ferreira: the options; S Taylor, M Mancienne, N Subotic

M Mancienne will be the other new back.

Joe Cole; Options; Schwiensteiger, Stoch, Silva, Kaka, Dzagoev, Pjanic, Teixeira, Veloso, Assulin

Schweinsteiger is the ideal replacement for Ballack but he could also replace Joe Cole, making Stoch the probable pick, its a shame Maxi went to Liverpool then he would have been ideal. Again Silva and Dzagoev, Pjanic , Teixeira are propositions, as is Kaka who emerges as the group favourite. Miguel Veloso is another good option. Gai Assulin would be a great get but we are competing with AFC for him.

Ashley Cole: Options: Vargas

Vargas is the only real option I see, i hope we don't loose Ashley, though Vargas is good.

Anelka: Options: Villa, Pato, Aguero, Gomis, Balotelli, Pazzini, Morimoto

Villa is expensive and ageing but good, Pato seems destined to one day join Chelsea, Aguero should if he stops mucking us about, Gomis is strong talented and young, as is Balotelli, Pazzini is with whom we are consistently linked but he seems to want Juve (needs his head read) Morimoto is a bright young star in Serie A, and would blast our Japanese Merch slaes into the stratosphere.

Kalou: Options: Villa, Pato, Aguero, Gomis, Balotelli, Pazzini, Morimoto

Villa is expensive and ageing but good, Pato seems destined to one day join Chelsea, Aguero should if he stops mucking us about, Gomis is strong talented and young, as is Balotelli, Pazzini is with whom we are consistently linked but he seems to want Juve (needs his head read) Morimoto is a bright young star in Serie A, and would blast our Japanese Merch slaes into the stratosphere.

Youth Striker: Lukaku

Enough said, though Christian Eriksen could be good too