Former England global Ray Wilkins has urged Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to leave Arsenal this month to boost his chances of making it into the Three Lions’ EURO 2016 squad.
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Eden Hazard’s father says his son is fully focused on playing for Chelsea and still wants to win trophies at Stamford Bridge.
However, Guus Hiddink’s side are already preparing for life without Hazard, with Oxlade-Chamberlain heading their list of possible replacements.
Jose Mourinho was keen on the Ox when he was in charge at Stamford Bridge and the interest in the player has not waned, despite the Special One’s departure.
Meanwhile, Manchester United is said to be plotting an wonderful £65m to get Hazard from Chelsea.
Manchester United could be preparing a 200-million-euros offer to sign Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale, British newspaper The Times has claimed.
However, the Los Blancos president believes Bale will be the successor to Cristiano Ronaldo when the Portuguese leaves the club, and is not willing to let the Welshman leave.
The Toffees remain hopeful that they can encourage Stones to extend his contract at the club ahead of what is expected to be another summer of transfer speculation, with Barcelona even being mentioned as a club following the progress of one of Europe’s rising stars.
However, Chelsea is not giving up on Hazard as they hope that their new coach Didier Drogba will talk to the attacking midfielder to convince him to stay with the team.
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Lukaku is supposedly a top priority for United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, who wants to land another marquee signing after plenty of big spending during his time at Old Trafford.
Arsenal host Sunderland in the FA Cup third round on Saturday.
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The 25-year-old footballer will decide in the near future as to where he will bring his talent after formally leaving Chelsea.
