2. Xabi Alonso – Real Madrid
The former Liverpool man is in the final year of his contract at Real and he may be the wrong side of 30 he still has a lot to offer with a number of club’s keen to utilise his vast wealth of experience.
He is a player that Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho knows all about too, having working with him during his own time in the Spanish capital and wants him in west London so much that he is even prepared to offer him a three year deal to return to England.
The deep lying playmaker does have previous bad history with current Blues hero Frank Lampard, though, as he blames the England man for breaking his leg with a slide tackle back in 2005, but at 31 and 35 respectively, it’s unlikely that they will play in the same side too many times.
A born winner, he would add an assuredness to the Chelsea midfield that is so full of youthful exuberance (apart from Lamps) and his through balls and defence splitting passes will make the side an even bigger danger than they already are. Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti won;t want him to leave, so this would also be a great chance to get one over on their former coach as well as a fellow Champions League rival.