Chelsea: Five January targets for Conte

Alexis Sanchez

It’s no secret that the Chilean forward wants out of Arsenal.  It’s one of the worst kept secrets in all of football.  That said the player will be out of contract this summer and it seems unlikely that Arsenal of all clubs would be willing to let him leave for free.

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Rumors are abound that they will be willing to let the forward leave for 30 million pounds in January rather than let him go for nothing in the summer.  Manchester City are the favorite but rumors are that Sanchez’s wife doesn’t want the family to leave London for her or the children’s sake.

Arsenal owe Chelsea a favor over the Petr Cech transfer and frankly if Chelsea are willing to add an extra million or two it could go a long way to securing the transfer.  In order to avoid a salary bidding war over the summer it would be worth Chelsea forcing this through in January.

An attacking front of Hazard, Morata and Sanchez would cause more problems than a lot of clubs would ever know how to fix.