Today’s fluff is always in time, but never in line for dreams
The Times reports that Antonio Conte and Roman Abramovich have had lunch every day this week, which to the Mill might indicate a healthy and amicable employer-employee relationship, or simply some regular early-afternoonical tummy-rumblage, but apparently actually means the Chelsea squad is about to be massively remodelled. It seems it has been decided that half the team that won the league two seasons ago are now irredeemably rubbish, and that Branislav Ivanovic, Nemanja Matic, Gary Cahill, Oscar and Cesc Fàbregas will thus be made available, and proper footballers brought in to replace them.
One of these upgrades could be Álvaro Morata, who remains on the radar at both Chelsea and Arsenal despite their failure to capture him in the summer. Back at Real Madrid the striker is yet to start a Champions League game, even if he has made the first XI for four of their six domestic league matches, and the English clubs hope he may be made available in the near future.
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