CHELSEA
Notable arrivals: Deco (Barcelona), Jose Bosingwa (FC Porto)
Notable departures: Tal Ben-Haim (Manchester City), Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart), Claude Makelele (PSG), Steve Sidwell (Aston Villa), Ben Sahar (Portsmouth, loan). Possibilities: Andriy Shevchenko, Didier Drogba, Shaun Wright-Philips (Portsmouth)
Didier Drogba looks ready to commit his future to the Blues. The Ivory Coast international is set to sign a deal to keep him at Stamford Bridge through 2012.
Spartak Moscow striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has been linked plenty with a move to Tottenham, but his heart is set on Arsenal or Chelsea.
Madrid star: Please let me join Chelsea
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