CHELSEA are closing in on the £6million signing of Serbia’s teenage star Lazar Markovic.
The 19-year-old Partizan Belgrade striker is expected to ignore interest from Inter Milan and Liverpool to join the Blues this summer.
Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic is playing his part, urging his fellow countryman to join him at Stamford Bridge.
And former boss Avram Grant, who was Partizan’s boss last year, has also recommended the move to SW6.
Markovic is fast, direct and normally plays as a second striker.
But like Romelu Lukaku last year, it is expected he will be loaned out to continue his development.
Winger Kevin de Bruyne, 21, will find out whether he has a future at Chelsea next week.
The Belgian is wanted by both Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund after starring on loan for Werder Bremen.

let us raid QPR for Julio Cesar! then only can let turnbull and hilario go.

But does he willing to play second fiddle to cech. He is brazil no 1. Sure he wanna play 1 st team football.

not sure about that. but will brazil consider him if he play in lower league? maybe we can tempt him with European level football next season. he is already 33 and he surely realize is is no longer good as before. if not, why inter sold him / not renew his contract.

at least that is how i think hehe

schwarzer or jaskellainen is good as back-up as well

Schwarzer is number one at fulham and is 40.
Don't think he will move again and would retire in glory at Fulham.
Probably a team like Fulham would be the destination for Julio Cesar since the teams number one is near retirement (might retire at the end of the season) and the understudy Etheridge is too much of a risk to be no.1

Abramovich has been heavily influenced by the success of Barcelona and its pass-and-move style of play revolving around diminutive figures like Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta, all 5ft 7in.
But with the success of both Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, football is moving back to the days of all-consuming power and energy.
This is also Mourinho’s style. Big players both in stature and character.
Just look at the men around whom he built his last Chelsea side: Didier Drogba, John Terry, Michael Essien and Frank Lampard.
They all have Mourinho’s DNA running through them.

aww then we really need to look after another target or extend turnbull contract..
how about robinson? this season i think he played a lot more than lloris.. but i dont think he is a long term plan for suprs.

i think the youngsters at chelsea are good the scouts are really something but will roman let them play or want to buy more marque players is the question 

i think the youngsters at chelsea are good the scouts are really something but will roman let them play or want to buy more marque players is the question 

no doubt they are good. the question is, are they good (and brave) enough to step in when cech is out during crucial fixtures? if big pete is out during when we go against another serious title contender, or against another european top gun, it will be a swim or sink mission for the stand-in goalie. in term of experience, that fixture is a good booster but are we prepare to trade our domestic and European glory so that someone can gain experience? in this case, bertrand is very rare. a big gamble that paid off during the tie against bayern last may.

we can just speculate here but i still hope we can get someone who is experienced enough and don't mind being at the bench most of the time.

Chelsea could land Jose Mourinho on the cheap this summer and get the former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso into the bargain if the Real Madrid coach goes back to Stamford Bridge.

The contract extension that Mourinho signed in May of last year included a £20m buyout fee but the clause is only payable if he leaves Real Madrid in mid-season. Although he has three years left on his deal, the club are prepared to negotiate a sum much lower than Mourinho's €12m (£10.2m) a year salary, such is the desire on both sides to part ways next month.

Mourinho is understood to not have a problem working with Roman Abramovich's hierarchy, including Chelsea's technical director, Michael Emenalo, and his move away from the Spanish capital will not be blocked by Real, who are already preparing for life beyond him with Carlo Ancelotti. The former Chelsea manager is likely to cost them nothing, having agreed to terminate his €7m-a-year rolling (£5.9m) contract with Paris Saint-Germain.

Alonso is out of contract at the end of next season and has still not responded to Real Madrid's offer of a two-year extension. The 31-year-old has become one of Mourinho's biggest allies at the Bernabeu while other Spain internationals have fallen out with the Portuguese coach.

It is believed Alonso is delaying his decision to see whether his coach remains in charge beyond the end of the season. Mourinho's career has been marked by the close relationships he has formed with his players but at Real that is something that has not happened. Alonso has been the exception in the dressing room, causing friction between himself and other team-mates who have covertly lobbied for Mourinho's removal.

Another option for Alonso is to hold out until the end of the 2013-14 season when he will be in a position to cut his own deal away from Madrid. But the club would prefer to get a fee for the World Cup- and European Championship-winning midfielder and though Alonso is expected to finish his career at his first club, Real Sociedad, where he played before he signed for Liverpool in 2004, he has indicated to friends at the Basque club that he wants one more foreign spell.

A move to Chelsea would be complicated by Frank Lampard being offered a one-year contract extension, as revealed in yesterday's Independent.

Having targeted Ancelotti, Real are also planning to fast-track Zinedine Zidane through their coaching ranks as they prepare to fill the void left by Mourinho. Ancelotti has never been a popular supporters' choice at the Bernabeu but giving Zidane a prominent coaching role alongside the man who managed him at Juventus is being seen as a possible solution. Zidane had already been tipped to take charge of one of the youth sides next season.

Radamel Falcao would appear to be Mourinho's marquee signing on his rejoining Chelsea. The Colombian striker will leave Atletico Madrid at the end of the season and is represented by Mourinho's agent Jorge Mendes. But another Mendes client, Cristiano Ronaldo, put good distance between his own and Mourinho's future after Real's Champions League exit to Dortmund. Asked about his compatriot's future, Ronaldo said: "It is not important to me. What matters to me is my future and Real Madrid's."

Xabi Alonso could follow Jose Mourinho to Chelsea in 'cheap' deal
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How come the sudden exodus from la liga 
Many players of rm & barca suddenly rumored to be leaving