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Evaluating Chelsea FC’s rumoured transfer moves

By Barrett Rouen

TURIN, ITALY - JANUARY 24: Radja Nainggolan (R) of AS Roma competes for the ball with Stephan Lichtsteiner (L) of Juventus FC during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and AS Roma at Juventus Arena on January 24, 2016 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
TURIN, ITALY - JANUARY 24: Radja Nainggolan (R) of AS Roma competes for the ball with Stephan Lichtsteiner (L) of Juventus FC during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and AS Roma at Juventus Arena on January 24, 2016 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) /
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MADRID, SPAIN - JANUARY 14: Antoine Griezmann of Atletico de Madrid celebrates scoring their second goal during the Copa del Rey Round of 16 second leg match between Club Atletico Madrid and Rayo Vallecano de Madrid at Vicente Claderon stadium on January 14, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)
MADRID, SPAIN – JANUARY 14: Antoine Griezmann of Atletico de Madrid celebrates scoring their second goal during the Copa del Rey Round of 16 second leg match between Club Atletico Madrid and Rayo Vallecano de Madrid at Vicente Claderon stadium on January 14, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) /

Antoine Griezmann – Atletico Madrid’s fleet-footed Frenchman has had the best season of his career thus far and has helped push Atletico to their second Champions league final in three years. He would cost a mighty pretty penny but Chelsea would be delighted to have him.

It does appear though that all the rumblings out of Spain are that he’ll be staying on the Iberian peninsula for the foreseeable future. It simply makes the most sense for him. Atletico have established themselves in the elite areas of European football that Chelsea will spend the next year and foreseeable future trying to force themselves back into.

PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 02: Hatem Ben Arfa of OGC Nice reacts during the French Ligue 1 match between Paris Saint-Germain and OGC Nice at Parc des Princes on april 02, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Xavier Laine/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE – APRIL 02: Hatem Ben Arfa of OGC Nice reacts during the French Ligue 1 match between Paris Saint-Germain and OGC Nice at Parc des Princes on april 02, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Xavier Laine/Getty Images) /

Hatem Ben Arfa – The former Newcastle crazy man has seemingly turned himself around while playing for Nice in France and is apparently angling for another shot at the big time. The problem with Ben Arfa was never talent, he possessed it in spades, it was that he acted like a crazy person. This is the sort of transfer that Chelsea seem to be closer to making right now although I don’t see them ultimately going through with it.

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