Chelsea captain John Terry
believes that the club will spend big in January due to avert any
problems caused by the loss of players to the African Nations Cup.
The
CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) has temporarily suspended the
transfer ban imposed on the west London club, which would bar them from
operating on the market for two consecutive transfer windows.
Terry
believes that when this is coupled with the club's African stars
leaving for international duty, they will have to bring in some
reinforcements to steady the ship.
"It's good news about the transfer ban being
suspended but we lose four good players to the African Nations Cup in
January anyway," Terry is quoted in The Sun as saying.
"I'm sure the club and the manager [Carlo Ancelotti] are looking into that and having good talks
with Roman [Abramovich].
"I wouldn't be surprised if we do go out and buy because we don't know what's
going to happen in the summer - or the following summer."
The
Stamford Bridge coffers have traditionally been quiet around the winter
transfer period. The last time the club went on a mid-season shopping
spree was in 2008, when they bought Nicolas Anelka, Branislav Ivanovic
and Franco di Santo to counter the call-ups of Michael Essien, Didier
Drogba, Salomon Kalou and John Obi Mikel.
That same quartet is set to
ship out to Angola this time around, but Terry believes that this
should not pose a problem when it comes to the question of their title
rivals reducing the Blues' five-point lead in the league.
"We're going well at the minute and we're lucky enough to have a big
squad with good players who can come in if we get a couple of injuries," he said.
"Looking at it realistically, we're maybe going to be suspended in the summer
window and maybe another one after that.
"The manager has great experience and he knows what we need."
chelsea will spend big in January, no doubt about that. their transfer ban is lifted, so they can spend to buy players in January. I am sure they will buy a few players in inflated prices.
yea, im thinking that they might get kun aguero