Chelsea Transfers: 5 Players Di Matteo Must Sign To Win Premier League

4. Luka Modric

Age: 26 Club: Tottenham Price: £40 million Perhaps the most unrealistic on the list is Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric. The Croatian was Chelsea€™s number one transfer target last summer, but with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy refusing to let the 26 year old walk out one year into a 6 year contract, he spent last campaign at White Hart Lane. Since last year, Modric has gone on to have a solid season, scoring some spectacular goals and showing why Tottenham were so desperate to keep him. However having had a good European Championships and with the absence of Champions League football at North London, Modric has once again stated his desire to leave, and this time there is no short of a queue for his signature. Favourites are Real Madrid and rightly so. Spurs would look to sell Modric out of the country to avoid him inflicting damage on them next season, although this may mean sacrificing a few million in the transfer fee. But if Madrid is not to be, Manchester United are also in the frame, with Ferguson still looking for someone to anchor his midfield. Chelsea therefore seem the least likely, not least because Tottenham would be unwilling to sell to a London rival. Modric is another player Chelsea need. Crucially he is brilliant with the ball at his feet and his passing is second to none. Anyone watching Chelsea last season could tell you that Chelsea€™s ball retention was diabolical, whether it was Raul Meireles, Frank Lampard, Michael Essien or Ramires in the middle. Chelsea lacked the killer ball; something Modric is capable of delivering. Moreover unlike a foreign signing Modric is Premier League tested, and any Premier League suitor know that he can hack it and deliver in the English top flight. However as mentioned above it is difficult to envisage Modric walking out of the home dressing room of Stamford Bridge next season.