The Sun reports that the Blues are weighing up a spectacular £45 million bid for Atletico Madrid’s imperious striker Radamel Falcao.
The paper says preliminary talks between the clubs have already taken place – and Chelsea, of course, were dismembered by 26-year-old Falcao in August’s UEFA Super Cup.
They’ve signed strikers who shone against them in the past – remember Robert Fleck, anyone? – without great success, but Falcao appears to be at the peak of his powers and could replace the forward power that had been provided by the departed Didier Drogba.
The Sun says he could be on his way to London in January, and quotes a Chelsea insider as saying: “The groundwork is already being done for Falcao.
“The owner [Roman Abramovich] wants everything in place now so a deal can be done before any other club can make a counter-offer.”
Falcao joined Atletico from Porto in a £32 million deal last summer.
Also in the Sun, former Villa and West Ham midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger hopes to earn a contract with Everton, with whom he is training.
The paper says Everton boss David Moyes could offer the former Germany international a Goodison Park deal if he can prove his fitness.
Barcelona hope Xavi will finish his career with them, and the player’s representative says he believes a new contract is in the pipeline: that’s according to the Daily Mail.
The Mail quotes his representative Ivan Corretja as saying that Camp Nou officials are keen to extend Xavi’s deal, which ends in 2014.
“Last Friday, the club sent us its intention to renew the contract because they want Xavi to sign a new deal, given that the current one ends in 2014,” it reports Corretja as saying.
Source: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/blog/_/name/onthemove/id/1212?cc=3888
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