On the Joe Cole front: Fanhouse Uk tells us why Cole shouldn’t let money get in the way of a move away from Chelsea. Goal.com tell us a bid for Benayoun means Joe Cole is definitely on his way out. Bleacher Report hears from one red who definitely doesn’t fancy Cole at United. Gunnerblog brings [...]

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Jose Mourinho is set to be introduced as the new Real Madrid manager today and if we thought the circus had already come to town following his Champions League win with Inter, it seems we’ve barely even seen the sideshow so far.

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It wasn’t all that long ago TheChelseaBlog ran an article grudgingly accepting everything was pointing to Joe Cole moving to United this summer. That particular story seemed to die down a bit, with Spurs and more recently West Ham given higher profile links in the press. However, the last day or two has seen the [...]

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A week ago, TheChelseaBlog was worrying about Michael Essien being at risk if he went to the World Cup but as it turns out, that won’t be a problem because he won’t be going.

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Everywhere you turn there’s yet another transfer story to make your mind up about, so today TheChelseaBlog has narrowed them down a bit. Here’s what’s being said right now; The Transfer Tavern tells us Suarez is a potential target TeamTalk tells us why Torres won’t be coming our way The Daily Mail brings us bad [...]

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The rumours linking us with Javier Mascherano and Yossi Benayoun seem to be gathering pace now – in fact, with quotes from Benayoun to back this particular story up, it’s almost at a gallop.

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The one silver lining with Michael Ballack being out of the World Cup could be that it’ll give him the time to sit down and thrash out a new contract with Chelsea. The Chelsea midfielder had a decent finish to the season and despite his age, is still well worth having in the squad. So, [...]

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We all knew he was going to Real and before it’s even announced, whilst he’s still technically Inter’s manager and Real still have a manager in post, there he is going on about winning La Liga. To be honest, I’m really not interested in what Mourinho does now, as long as our players aren’t brought [...]

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With one of our midfielder’s rumoured to be heading to Spurs, we’re hearing the club plan a £26million bid to bring one of theirs in the opposite direction.

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The Joe Cole transfer saga has dragged on and on, initially with our midfielder alleged to be waiting for a decent offer from the club. However, yesterday we were told he’s at last been offered a contract worth around £100,000 a week – and he’s set to turn it down.

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