With the England international having announced that will be leaving Stamford Bridge at the end of June, we take a look at five players who could take over from the left back ….
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Alberto Moreno (Sevilla)
The newly capped Spain international is currently one of the hottest properties on the continent after a fine campaign on the left-hand side of Sevilla’s back four, with Moreno famed for his many lung-busting runs up and down the La Liga outfit’s flank.
However , the attacking full back is not going to be cheap to buy this summer, with notorious hard bargainers Sevilla said to be demanding a fee in excess of £20m for their starlet.
Luke Shaw (Southampton)
Both the west London club and Manchester United have been keeping close tabs on the new England international throughout the previous season with a view to making a possible move for the youngster when the summer transfer window reopens.
And while it was previously thought that it was the Blues who were leading the race for the player’s signature, with Shaw a Chelsea fan whose parents live near the club’s training ground in Cobham, it is now understood that in actual fact it is the Red Devils who are the new favourites to land the full back in a deal worth a staggering £30m.
Felipe Luis (Atletico Madrid)
The Brazil international has been one of the new La Liga champions’ best players this season, although the 28-year-old was surprisingly left out of the Selecao squad for this summer’s Fifa World Cup finals in his homeland.
However, with Blues coach Jose Mourinho said to have been hugely impressed with the left back’s displays against Chelsea in last month’s Uefa Champions League semi-finals, do not be surprised at all to now see the self-styled Special One sign the player for the club this summer.
Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid)
The big-money Portgual international is expected to quit the Santiago Bernabeu this summer after losing his place in the Los Blancos first team to Brazilian Marcelo last season under new head coach Carlo Ancelotti and with Mou having been the man who first brought the defender to the Spanish capital in the first place. then there is every chance that the two men will once again be reunited at Stamford Bridge next season.
Guilherme Siqueira (Granada)
The experienced Brazilian has just enjoyed an impressive campaign on loan at Portuguese giants Benfica, so much so that a number of big-name clubs from across the continent are now said to be lining up to snap the player up this summer for a fee of just £5.5m, including the likes of both FC Barcelona and Liverpool, meaning that the west Londoners will have to move quickly to secure the defender’s signature.