That transfer window curmudgeon, FFP, may be having its way, with clubs rather spooked by falling foul of the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules. As Jacob Steinburg notes, the general rumour mill is hardly whirring. Well, this column likes a challenge so, as with a clogged up blender, let’s give it a poke and get things spinning again.
If Chelsea can’t help us, no one can and, thankfully, the trolley-dash spenders are being linked with several incomings and outgoings. The biggest source of speculation and confusion surrounds the Sporting striker Viktor Gyökeres. Depending which back page you read or link you click, the Blues are going full steam ahead to pull off a deal, have already had a £73m offer rejected, or are cooling their interest. The 25-year-old Swede, who has 20 goals in 24 appearances this season, was once on Brighton’s books so Chelsea forking out ridiculous cash for him would seem to make sense.
