I do wish the tabloids could get their stories straight. Whilst some are busy reporting Peter Kenyon’s latest words – for what they’re worth – about Chelsea’s lack of intent to buy when January comes around, others are busy linking us to just about every available player, plus a few who are well and truly tied to contracts.

We’ve had Geovanni, Dos Santos, Thierry Henry, Michael Owen and yes, even Robinho again – depending on which particular paper you happen to share your cornflakes with. Surely there can’t be many more players on the Chelsea agenda can there? Of course there can – as long as there’s column inches to fill anyway.

This time, it’s another of Barcelona’s ‘wonderkids’, 17 year old Guy Asulin. Now the youngster did only sign a three year deal in the summer, so you’ll have to use your imagination a bit here. But the News of the World assures us he ‘favours a move to London’, so I’m sure it wouldn’t be a problem for the Catalan club to let him go.

Now, imagination’s at the ready again because here’s the reason we could be signing a player already linked with a move to Spurs in the January transfer window – because his international team-mate Ben Sahar is already on our books.

I know, I know, you’re thinking it’s a little far fetched – until you read that Asulin’s agent is none other than Pini Zahavi.

Make more sense now?

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