Football transfer rumours: Mertens to Chelsea? Banega to Arsenal?

Today’s fluff knows what it wants

It seems more a case of when and not if Maurizio Sarri whizzes through the revolving door at Stamford Bridge, and when he does, in close pursuit will be the former Chelsea striker Gianfranco Zola, who is in talks to return to the club as part of the Italian’s coaching armoury. Following behind him, presumably with Antonio Conte shuffling the other way, they hope will be Dries Mertens, the 31-year-old Belgium forward currently at the World Cup, who excelled under Sarri at Napoli and sits top of his transfer wish-list.

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