Antonio Conte wants two new Chelsea signings with earnings from Oscar's transfer

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte wants to sign
a midfielder and a defender with the cash
coming in from Brazilian midfielder Oscar’s
impending transfer( which just got
confirmed) to Chinese club Shanghai SIPG.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Conte aims
to re-invest the funds in strengthening his
Chelsea team to give them further advantage
in the English Premier League title race. The
report claims that Fenerbahce’s Simon Kjaer,
Roma centre-back Antonio Rudiger, Burnley’s
Michael Keane and Monaco right-back Djibril
Sidibe are all on the Italian’s shortlist.
Apart from the above-mentioned names,
Hoffenheim’s Niklas Sule is also on the Blues
transfer shortlist, however, Sport Bild claims
that Bayern Munich have agreed a £21m deal
to sign the defender next summer.
Chelsea have been shrewd in their transfer
dealings in the summer, signing N’Golo Kante,
Marcos Alonso, re-signing cult hero David
Luiz and bringing back Victor Moses from his
various loan spells. All four players have been
integral in the London club’s rise to the
summit of the Premier League after an 11-
game winning streak.
Reports also claim that the Premier League
leaders have scouted Monaco’s defensive
midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko, while Roma’s
Belgian midfielder Radja Nainggolan, who was
rumoured to join in the summer, is still on
Chelsea’s radar.
Also Read: Twitter goes wild as Chelsea sell
Oscar to Shanghai SIPG
With a host of other players also linked with
Chelsea like Paris Saint Germain’s Marco
Verrati and more recently Real Madrid’s
James Rodriguez and Arsenal’s Alexis
Sanchez, it remains to be seen what exactly
Antonio Conte does in the January transfer
window.
The Brazilian, Oscar, failed to break the
shackles of his ‘wonderkid’ tag and live up to
it after flattering to deceive a number of times
with flickers of brilliance during his time with
Chelsea. He failed to consistently make the
desired impact that many Chelsea fans had
expected of him and is now surprisingly
moving to China, possibly because of the
allure of the immense salary package on
offer.
The rumoured value of Oscar’s transfer is
believed to be in the region of £52 million with
it rising to 60 million after including incentives.
His reported salary is close to £400,000 a
week, more than four times that of his current
£90,000 a week contract at Chelsea.
The 25-year-old Brazilian’s statistics
dwindled over the seasons after a bright start
where he hit double figures for goals and
assists in his first two seasons. In his first full
season in 2012/13 at Stamford Bridge, Oscar
played 64 games, scoring 12 goals and
making 12 assists.
The attacking mid played 46 times in the
2013/2014 season, racking up 11 goals and
10 assists.
However, soon after in the 2014/15 season
when Chelsea eventually lifted the Premier
League title, he played 41 games but managed
only 7 goals and 9 assists. His performance
was overshadowed by that of Eden Hazard,
Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas.
Last season in 2015/16 he scored just 3 goals
in the Premier League and made only 3
assists. A shocking figure considering his
bright start. Perhaps, Chelsea are right in
shipping the Brazilian off with such a
ridiculous deal on offer.
It will remain another classic case of a highly
touted Brazilian player peaking early and then
fading out into anonymity.

Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone names Arsenal as the club who offer stability

Diego Simeone has named Arsenal has
one of the only teams who can offer
managers stability.
The 46-year-old is among the managers
who have been tipped to replace Arsene
Wenger, who is in his 21st year with the
Gunners and sees his contract expire at
the end of the season.
Simeone has spent five years at Atletico
Madrid and has guided the Spanish club
to victory in La Liga and the Europa
League, and was narrowly beaten in two
Champions League finals.
‘It is difficult to stay for many years at a
club. It has happened to everyone
[changing clubs regularly], except at
Arsenal,’ Simeone told Marca.
‘There is little chance of continually
reinventing and staying current.

‘I think the best way to get there is to not
think about what we’ve left behind and
find challenges along the way.
‘Last season, we had seven points more
than today in the league, but we didn’t
have a consistent team.
‘Fernando [Torres] appeared in January
and February to give an important hand
in that position that was uncertain after
the departure of Jackson [Martinez].

POCHETTINO TAKES DIG AT CHELSEA MIDFIELDER OVER TRANSFER

Mauricio Pochettino has had a dig at Chelsea
midfielder Oscar after it was confirmed that the
Brazilian has reached an agreement to join Chinese
outfit Shanghai SIPG.
Oscar’s move to China is the latest in a number of
big-money transfers to the league but Tottenham
manager Pochettino claims he can’t understand
the decision.
The Spurs boss claimed “football is not only
money” and doesn’t agree with Oscar’s decision to
join the Chinese outfit in a reported £60million
move.
The transfer was confirmed by Chelsea on their
Twitter page on Friday morning and in a story on
their official website.
Chelsea Football Club and Shanghai SIPG
have agreed terms for the permanent
transfer of Oscar… https://t.co/7izeugHu1J
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) December 23,
2016
Asked whether Oscar’s move is a sign for concern
in the Premier League, Pochettino said “I don’t
believe it is a danger for us,” as quoted by

“It’s sometimes difficult to understand this type of
decision. Football for me is not only money, it’s to
be competitive and for me the Premier League is
the most important league in the world.”
The Chelsea midfielder’s transfer is expected to be
in the region of £60million and he will follow in the
footsteps of former teammate Didier Drogba and
Hulk.
According to BBC Sport , he will become the
seventh highest transfer of all-time and will be
earning a huge £400,000 a week which is four
times as much as Tottenham striker Harry Kane.
Oscar has enjoyed some success with Chelsea
and was a big player under Jose Mourinho when
the Blues won the Premier League. He has also
won the Europa League and the League cup during
his London career.
In 203 appearances for Chelsea he scored 38
goals and provided 37 assists.
Aj just 25, he’s still at the peak as a footballer and
his move to China will definitely put a lot of other
big clubs on alert over the possibility of head-
turning offers coming in.

Courtois takes toInstagram after RealMadrid links

Chelsea player Thibaut Courtois has been linked
with a move to Real Madrid once again in recent
days, after it emerged in the Spanish press that the
La Liga leaders had placed him at the top of their
wishlist.
When previous links have arisen between the player
and the club, Courtois hasn’t exactly moved to
dampen speculation that he might fancy a move to a
sunnier climate and to a huge side – but this time it
seems things are different.
The Antonio Conte effect has spread throughout the
side, and Courtois looks as happy and settled as he
has in a long time at the club.
That’s why following the links, he took to social
media and uploaded a photo of himself playing for
the Blues, just to make it clear that’s where his
heart really lies – for now at least.
That will of course come as a welcome relief to
Chelsea fans, with their keeper in excellent form
when called upon, and a big part of their rise to the
top of the table this season.

Diego Simeone reveals the ‘problem’ Chelsea gave Atletico Madrid in Diego Costa transfer talks

Diego Simeone has confirmed that
Atletico Madrid wanted to re-sign Diego
Costa from Chelsea but admits the
Premier League leaders held the upper
hand in negotiations.
The 28-year-old joined Stamford Bridge
in a £32 million deal in 2014 and won the
Premier League in his first season under
Jose Mourinho.
The Spain international struggled in his
second campaign and was wanted by
Atletico in the summer as a replacement
for Jackson Martinez, who was sold
to Guangzhou Evergrande for £31m in
February.
‘I was crystal clear with Diego about what
we were trying to do and how long we’d
wait for an answer and that’s why we’ve
still got a great relationship today,’
Simeone told Marca.
‘The problem we came up against was
that there tend not to be buyout clauses
in England and so Chelsea could say to
us: ‘we want £180m’ or ‘we don’t want to
sell’.
‘From my point of view both I and the
club did everything we possibly could to
get him back to Atletico but what
happened was we set a date after which
we had to take action and we signed
Kevin Gameiro instead.’

Chelsea winger: I want to be at this club in January… and it's not the Blues

The 20-year-old has been at Gresty Road since the
start of the season and he's loving life at the club.
Crewe boss Steve Davis has been in touch with the
Blues about extending his stay at the League 2 club.
And Kiwomya says it's up
to the Alex whether they
decided to keep him or
send him back to Chelsea.
Kiwomya told the Crewe
Chronicle : "I'm loving it here, the lads are amazing.
"Really it's down to Crewe now, I know that Steve
(Davis) has spoken to Chelsea and they've said a
couple of things, so the ball is in Crewe's court now
- it's the club's choice.
"It's a tough one because I don’t want to go
somewhere else and be on the bench or not
involved, I've done that before and I don't want to
do it again.

Oscar Poses In Shanghai Shirt After Completing £60m Move From Chelsea

Managers are now making moves to try and
strengthen their squads during the January transfer
window or next summer so we’ll bring you all the
latest gossip from around the globe. Today, Oscar
completes his move to China….
Oscar has been snapped wearing his new Shanghai
SIPG shirt after completing a staggering £60m
move from Chelsea to the Chinese Super League
club.
The Brazilian attacker has fallen out-of-favour at
Stamford Bridge this season and has failed to start
a single game since Antonio Conte switched to his
new 3-4-3 system at the start of October.
Oscar admitted earlier this month that he was
almost certain to leave Chelsea during the January
transfer window and a shock move to China has
been strongly touted in the media in recent weeks.
The west Londoners have now confirmed on
Chelseafc.com that they’ve agreed terms with
Shangai SIPG over the transfer of Oscar with the
deal set to go through when the transfer window
opens next month.
The club hasn’t officially disclosed the fee but the
BBC claim that Shangai will pay a whopping £60m
for the 25-year-old with the player also expected to
sign a lucrative contract with the Chinese outfit.
Oscar has now been snapped wearing his new shirt
as he gets ready to start a new life in the Far East,
bringing to an end a four-and-a-half year stay in
the Premier League.
The attacker joined Chelsea from Internacional in
2012 and has helped the club win the Premier
League title, League Cup and Europa League during
his 203 appearances.
This transfer once again highlights the financial
power the Chinese clubs have and I’m sure Oscar
won’t be the last top class player to pick up an early
pension payday by heading to the Super League.