Big name players being linked with Chelsea are Roberto Carlos and Fernando Morientes.

David Beckham was also linked but decided to stay in Italy. Looks like Abramovich still thinks money can win the premiership. Good luck to him.

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GH did some good things in his time at Liverpool, but I can’t say I’m disappointed to see him going. I’ve said several times in the last two seasons that he really doesn’t have the passion and drive, and it translates to the way the team plays; flat and uninspiring. I hope Liverpool bring in a coach that is going to demand more from the players than average results, one who will not be “happy with how the boys played”, when they obviously threw away a perfectly winnable game.

Bring on Claudio Ranieri to Liverpool if Roman Abramovich and Chelsea don’t want him! Unfortunately it looks like he may be heading to Roma in the Serie A.