Chelsea have now joined London rivals Arsenal in the race to land highly rated FC Basel centre-back Fabian Schar in the January transfer window after Blues manager Jose Mourinho was impressed with the Switzerland international when the two clubs met in the Uefa Champions League earlier this season.
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Manchester United coach David Moyes is understood to be happy to allow out-of-favour left-back Alexander Buttner move to Turkish champions Galatasaray in the January transfer window.
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Stoke City are considering allowing holding midfielder Wilson Palacios join La Liga outfit Real Betis for just £500,000 after originally signing the Honduras international for a whopping £6m three years ago.
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Both Premier League giants Chelsea and Manchester United have suffered a huge blow in their long-running efforts to lure coveted young Southampton left-back Luke Shaw away from St Mary’s after the England Under-21 international informed the south-coast club that he wanted to continue his development with them going forward.
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Premier League leaders Arsenal have been told by Serie A champions Juventus that they will need to fork out £8m if they still wish to go ahead with plans to bring Montenegro forward Mirko Vucinic to the Emirates this month, with the Old Lady of Italian Football understood to be unwilling to allow the 30-year-old to move to north London on a six-month loan deal.
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