3- Marouane Fellaini- Everton
The powerful Belgian has been linked with Chelsea almost since he came to England from Standard Liege. Everton paid the Belgian club £15 million for Fellaini and they have certainly got the moneys worth, with the player becoming one of the most highly rated central midfielders in the Premier League. Fellaini is very versatile, being able to play as a deep lying midfielder or as an attacking midfielder that is playing just off the striker. He is also incredibility effective from set pieces, scoring many headed goals that a striker would be proud of. It is these attributes that Chelsea wish to sign Fellaini for and this summer it looks like they will step up their interest for him. Mourinho is desperate to sign a powerful central midfielder that he can mould his new look team around. When he was last at Chelsea, Mourinho built his teams around the likes of Claude Makelele and Michael Essien, who would control the midfield area and mean that the likes of Frank Lampard would be able to get forward into a position that they could do the most damage in.
Mourinho is looking to re-create that with Fellaini and could be set to bid £22 million for Belgian. £22 million is the fee that will activate Fellaini’s buy-out clause, meaning Everton have no choice but to accept the offer. Fellaini is certainly within Chelsea’s price range but the Blues are set to face competition for the midfielders signature, with Arsenal and Manchester United also eyeing up the Belgian. Reports suggested that Arsenal had already activated Fellaini’s buy out clause and were close to agreeing personal terms with the midfielder while Manchester United are hoping to re-united Fellaini with his former manager David Moyes, who recently took over from Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. Moyes enjoyed a good relationship with Fellaini and this could help the Red Devils to sign the highly rated midfielder. However, Chelsea are still in the hunt and a bidding war could be about to start between the three interested teams.