In) Giannelli Imbula (Marseille)
With Mikel no longer up to scratch, the thing that Chelsea most desperately need in the January window is an alternative for the Matic role in defensive midfield, with no one currently at the club capable of filling the Serbian’s shoes when he is injured and suspended. The Blues have been tracking Marseille’s powerful box-to-box star Imbula for some time and it is perhaps time to bite the bullet and make a deal happen.

