Chelsea have signed Jose Boswinga, the Porto right back for a nice sum of 16.2 million pounds. He will presumably slide into the right back position where Essien has been playing for most of the year. A good signing for Chelsea; they were able to beat out Manchester United for the signature of Boswinga and he will be Avram Grant's second signing since joining the club last fall. This move will hopefully give Grant, or whoever the next manager of Chelsea is the chance to have 3 world class central midfielders who are interchangeable. If Lampard does stay (that's in question) they will have three world class combinations in the center. Lampard with Essien, Lampard with Ballack, and Ballack with Essien. I like this move a lot and I hope Chelsea will dip a little deeper in the transfer window for a striker, a left winger, and some cover for the back line. All in all, a good day for Chelsea.
In other news, Fabio Capello has named a 31 man squad for the friendlies against the USA and Trinidad and Tobago. Capello selected a full strenghth squad, but his surprise inclusions were U-21's Tom Huddlestone of Tottenham, and Joe Hart of Manchester City. The USA has yet to release a squad but should have one in the next week.
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