The Premier League’s big guns have all been reportedly monitoring the form of one of Europe’s brightest young starlets Romelu Lukaku. The 16-year-old striker has broken into Belgian giants Anderlecht’s first team despite his tender years.

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The departure of players to the African Cup of Nations affects league leaders Chelsea far more than most as they will be without Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, Salomon Kalou and John Obi-Mikel. However, if there is one club who have the squad strength in depth to cope with the departures then it is Chelsea.

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Chelsea visit Atletico Madrid in the Champions League tonight looking to continue a run of results that has seen that smash in 17 goals in their last four games. This superb period of form started after their shock 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa with, appropriately enough, a 4-0 hammering of Madrid at Stamford Bridge. They then moved on to a 5-0 victory over Blackburn and the brace of 4-0s against Bolton in the Carling Cup and Premier League.

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Chelsea have definitely been better in recent games under Guus Hiddink but they are still nowhere near they were when on top form. What they have recaptured though is the ability to grind out results which was a trait of the team under Jose Mourinho.

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Chelsea have now picked up successive wins in both the FA Cup and the Premier League but to say they are back to their best is well off the mark. For me, Luiz Felipe Scolari’s team are still desperately trying to find their feet.

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Chelsea may have missed their new playmaking talisman Deco against Manchester United at the weekend after he injured himself in the pre-match warm up. However, former Blues star Tony Cascarino was more concerned with the fact that Didier Drogba was kept on the bench for this crunch game.

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Reports suggest Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola is set to sign one of three potential Premier League strikers this summer with the names of Tottenham’s Dimitar Berbatov, Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor and Chelsea’s Didier Drogba on the list.Over the past few seasons each player has proven themselves to be some of the finest forwards in the Premier League. The question remains, if you were Barca manager which one would you sign?

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Okay, so not before the week is out but a Drogba/Anelka double exit could well be on the cards. But, you know what, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

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