Chelsea ready to bid for three highly-rated players in January

Managerless Chelsea are reportedly ready to bid for Everton’s John Stones, Paris Saint-Germain’s Marquinhos and Shakhtar Donetsk’s Alex Teixeira during the January transfer window.

Blues’ owner Roman Abramovich is ready to back his interim manager, which is expected to be announced as Guus Hiddink in the next few days, next month and they have already identified their top targets.

The Premier League holders had multiple bids for Stones rejected in the summer, but they are expected to return with another offer for the England international, while they are also set to rekindle their interest in PSG’s highly-rated Brazilian centre-back, Marquinhos.

Lastly, the team from Stamford Bridge want to wrap up the signing of Teixeira, who is interesting a number of teams across Europe after scoring 26 goals in 26 matches from midfield for the Ukrainian outfit this term.