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Chelsea’s January targets
- Updated: October 3, 2016
Chelsea go into October’s international break seventh in the Premier League table having already suffered defeats to both Arsenal and Liverpool.
Antonio Conte spent more than £100m in the summer on N’Golo Kante, Michy Batshuayi, Marcos Alonso and the returning David Luiz – but who else might be on their radar as they bid to turn themselves back into title contenders?
With the help of our friends at Football Whispers, whose unique algorithm tracks the likelihood of deals being done, here are seven transfer targets for Chelsea in the January window.
Thorgan Hazard
Current club: Borussia Monchengladbach
Position: Attacking midfielderLinked by: Bild
Current Football Whispers rating: 2.8/5
Highest Football Whispers rating: 3.6/5 (Sunday, October 2)
Yes, that’s right another one. No, not another member of the Hazard family but yet another player who, like Nemanja Matic, was once on the books of Chelsea and has been linked with a return.
Football Whispers’ algorithm saw a spike in September when German newspaper Bild linked Eden Hazard’s brother with a return to Stamford Bridge, but that has cooled after Borussia Monchengladbach’s Sporting Director Max Eberl confirmed there is no buy-back clause in his contract.
The versatile attacker is capable of playing as a striker as well as anywhere behind the front man and has started the season in inspired form, notching seven goals in the opening 10 matches of the season, including the opener against Barcelona in the Champions League.
Leonardo Bonucci
Current club: Juventus
Position: Central defender
Linked by: Sportmediaset
Current Football Whispers rating: 1.2/5
Highest Football Whispers rating: 2.2/5 (Saturday, October 1)
Leonardo Bonucci had been linked with a reunion with former Juventus boss Conte throughout the summer and talk has surfaced again in the Italian media in the last fortnight – although Football Whispers are not convinced a deal is on the cards.
Questions have been asked about Chelsea’s defence this season. They have the second worst defensive record of sides currently in the top 10 of the Premier League and John Terry …
