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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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Outgoing – Defence

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 9: Goalkeeper of Chelsea Thibaut Courtois in action during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg match between Chelsea FC and Paris Saint-Germain at Stamford Bridge stadium on March 9, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 9: Goalkeeper of Chelsea Thibaut Courtois in action during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg match between Chelsea FC and Paris Saint-Germain at Stamford Bridge stadium on March 9, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images) /

Thibaut Courtois – Apparently a lot of talks have been had between Conte and the bumbling Belgian about his future and no concrete answer has yet been reached. It’s true that Courtois has a lot of potential but that is mainly down to the fact that he’s a giant which people presume to be a good thing for goalkeepers (Oliver Kahn was five inches shorter and what a failure he was right?).

However, he seems to lack the steadfast mentality of a champion and has blamed his failures this year on everyone but himself including his defenders, his goalkeeping coach, Jose Mourinho and the medical staff.

Courtois clearly feels that he is better than Chelsea and despite having four years left on his contract and, despite having had an awful mistake- and injury-riddled season, he thinks he should be playing for a bigger club. Apparently the asking price for Courtois is £65 million but I don’t see anybody paying that.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 02 : John Terry of Chelsea during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on May 2, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 02 : John Terry of Chelsea during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on May 2, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Catherine Ivill – AMA/Getty Images) /

John Terry – Unless there is some sort of 11th hour change of heart, this does appear to be the end of John Terry’s time in West London. It is not impossible to imagine, given the ridiculous nature of Michael Emenalo’s negotiating, that they may call John in two weeks’ time screaming “we made a mistake we’re sorry” but as of right now that doesn’t appear to be happening. John Terry is very popular in China and has been receiving mega money offers to see out his career in the Far East.

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