Metro have Chelsea fans smiling ahead of their free weekend here in the Football Transfer Tavern as they seem to think the Blues have moved a step closer to landing Raphael Varane.
The Real Madrid defender has been heavily linked with a switch to the Premier League and now it seems that Carlo Ancelotti will sanction a move should the right offer come in for the Frenchman and after Pepe was offered a new deal with the La Liga leaders, Varane may see his long-term future elsewhere.
Varane wants to play week in, week out and that does not look like happening when both Sergio Ramos and Pepe are fit and despite the majority of our punters and indeed Jose Mourinho thinking he is one of the best defenders in world football for his age, it seems Ancelotti does not agree.
Chelsea are on the lookout for another defender with John Terry edging one year closer to hanging up his boots and Gary Cahill being well, Gary Cahill.
