CHELSEA will visit Hull City in the FA Cup fourth round.
And they could do so with Wilfried Zaha, who is reportedly demanding to leave Crystal Palace this month – but also attracting interest from Bayern Munich.
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CHELSEA are set to test Lyon's resolve by offering Olivier Giroud as a makeweight in their bid to sign Moussa Dembele.
The Blues have earmarked Dembele as the striker Frank Lampard believes is needed to help take the goalscoring burden off Tammy Abraham.
But Lyon have taken a tough stance by releasing a statement insisting they do not want to lose their top forward this month.
Yet Chelsea are refusing to give up on trying to lure the 23-year-old to Stamford Bridge believing the player himself wants to join them.
And they are considering throwing wantaway veteran Giroud as a sweetener to help convince the French club to agree a fee worth around £40million.
DEAN SMITH does not think he is taking a gamble by signing Danny Drinkwater.
The Aston Villa boss looked his new on-loan midfielder in the eye and saw a hunger to prove himself.
Smith said: “It hasn’t happened for him at Chelsea. We’re going to give him an environment where he can flourish and he looks really hungry.
“Everybody knows about him from his Premier League winning season at Leicester. He got the move to Chelsea and it didn’t work out.
“He had three managers in a short space of time and proving yourself among the quality Chelsea possess is tough.
“Then he’s had the loan to Burnley and hasn’t played as much as he would have liked to.
“However, I see similarities to when we brought Tyrone Mings in last season from Bournemouth.
“He hadn’t played many games either — now he’s playing for England.”
CHELSEA are reportedly open to offers for Spanish left-back Marcos Alonso.
The Telegraph state that Inter Milan are among the clubs interested in him, with former boss Antonio Conte keen for a reunion with the defender.
And he could be joined by team-mate Olivier Giroud at the San Siro with the Serie A side also ready to sign the striker.
SunSport reported how the Blues are keeping tabs on Atalanta full-back Robin Gosens.
MANCHESTER City are looking to replace David Silva with Chelsea target Isco, according to reports from Spain.
El Desmarque claim that Pep Guardiola has contacted the Spain international with a view to a summer move.
The former Malaga midfielder appeals to the City hierarchy as a replacement for club legend Silva, who turns 34 tomorrow.
Isco has enjoyed his football in recent weeks, coming back into favour at the Bernabeu under Zinedine Zidane.
But he is still keen on a move away as he is concerned that Florentino Perez will ultimately get rid of Zidane.
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