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Chelsea has had a busy transfer window with a few high profile players joining the English club such as: Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa but at the same time they have released a few of their own performers from the club which is the case of: Ashley Cole, Samuel Eto’o and substitute goalkeeper Hilario.

Samuel Eto’o did not have a healthy relationship with Jose Mourinho as the Portuguese manager has even put into question the age and abilities of the formerBarcelonaattacker, during the previous seasonChelseasuffered trying to score consistent goals through their forwards and a time arrived when Mourinho stated that some of his own players just aren’t good enough.
“Contrary to what a puppet says about my age, I am still physically fit. At 33, I feel really good. I have proven that I can do better than the younger players.” That was a statement released by Samuel Eto’o as he responded to Jose Mourinho, during the previous Premier League season.

The future of Ashley Cole was being put into question even before the previous season concluded as the English defender only managed on making 17 appearances as he had to settle with a place on the sidelines ofStamfordBridgefor an extended period of time and recently joined the Italian side As.Roma as he penned a 2 year deal.

Petr Cech is another player who has a fairly undecided future atStamfordBridgeas the Czech goalkeeper will have to fight for a place in the starting lineup of Jose Mourinho with the arrival of Thibaut Courtouis edging every-time closer and closer.

Thibaut Courtois is being hailed to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world even at his young age, he has displayed world class abilities and now that his loan deal with Athletic Madrid has reached its end, theBelgiumshot-stopper will return to Stamford Brdige.

Brendan Rodgers is trying to get his work done early in this summer transfer window as 2 players will be making their way toAnfield Roadas they have already been signed by the Premier League club.

Rickie Lambert and Emre Can have already been secured but there still are more players which are being linked with a possible move toLiverpooland one of those players is Xherdan Shaqiri as the English club is hoping they can sign the player of Bayern Munich with an initial opening bid in the region of €15 million.

So far, Liverpool has not splashed out huge amounts of money on signing their targets at least compared to other teams in the Premier League as Rickie Lambert was signed with a price tag of €4 million while the services of Emre Can was secured with a transfer fee of €9.75 million which is significantly lower compared to Chelsea who offloaded €30 million for Cesc Fabregas.

Shaqiri only made 10 Bundesliga starts in the previous season as he has fallen behind in the pecking order of Pep Guardiola and does not seem to play any influential role in Bayern Munich, this can give the opportunity for Brendan Rodgers to swoop in and sign the Swiss midfielder without having to break the bank account in signing him.

Rodgers revealed some of the elements that he is taking into consideration before signing any players in this summer transfer window.

“Our criteria that we look for is players with strong technique and football intelligence. They need to mentally have the attitude and the capacity to learn and they have to be so hungry to fight for every ball on every day in training and in the game. You’ll get some players who are specialists and who need to play in particular positions, but if we can get players in who are multi-functional, and can play in different roles and are multi-dimensional, it sets us up and gives me more options’’. Rodgers announced.

Chelsea recently suffered a few setbacks as they lost against Manchester City in the FA Cup and in the Premier League had to settle with a 1-1 draw against West Bromwich but despite having dropped some points, they remain at the top of the league however Demba Ba stated that Chelsea cannot afford on getting anything else than victories if they want to continue charging for the Premier League title.

Jose Mourinho is having a feud with Arsene Wenger and some coaches are suggesting that the war of words involving both the boss of Arsenal and Chelsea is affecting the squad of Jose Mourinho but according to David Luiz, his teammates and himself are unconcerned about anything else that happens outside of the club as the job of the players is to represent their club by playing matches and nothing else.

“We keep working hard every day for our job. Of course, I respect everyone, other teams, but we need to do our job. That’s it. We cannot listen to everyone, because if you listen to another coach, Chelsea don’t have just one coach, Chelsea have 10, 20, 100 coaches… everyone wants to be part of our club. And that’s natural.” David Luiz said.

The Brazilian defender of Chelsea also spoke about the upcoming World Cup as he admitted that it is his dream to perform and represent his country at such a big stage.

“It’s my dream come true if I can go to the World Cup. I was young and I saw two, three days ago pictures of me watching TV in a Brazil shirt. Now I can be inside the screen and make the world happy with my football. It’s a great opportunity for our generation, because we can win and can make history.” Luiz added.