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Chelsea Not Planning To Sign Kaka, No January Transfer Foray For The Blues

Submitted by Niraj Prabhu on Tue, 2008-10-21 11:42. Chelsea Premiership Transfer News

Chelsea are happy with their squad at the moment and do not require any strengthening in the January transfer window, said the Blues chief executive Peter Kenyon, who also brushed aside the ongoing speculation of the Premiership club’s link with AC Milan ace Kaka.

Injuries have mounted for the West-London club early into the season with many fearing that long-term absence of midfielder Michael Essien and striker Didier Drogba could hurt the Stamford Bridge outfit, but Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side proved the doubters wrong with a silky-smooth performance at Middlesbrough at the weekend despite several other key players Petr Cech, Michael Ballack, Ashley Cole, Joe Cole, Ricardo Carvalho, all missing through injury problems, while Deco started on the bench after coming from a layoff.

When asked whether Chelsea will look to reinforce in the winter transfer window, Kenyon, who along with the Blues’ Head of Sponsorship Ben Wells, was in India as the European powerhouse look to explore the huge market in the Asian subcontinent while also aiming to help develop the game in the country in association with the All India Football Federation (AIFF), claimed there is “no requirement” to sign new players.

On Brazil attacking-midfield star Kaka, who has been continuously linked with the Blues since the appointment of his compatriot Scolari as Chelsea manager over the summer, Kenyon avoided giving a direct reply, and quipped: “Everybody is linked with Chelsea, and now also Manchester City…we have no plans to sign Kaka.”

The Indian football governing body, AIFF, meanwhile, have welcomed Chelsea initiative to boost the game in the country with India head coach Bob Houghton hailing the visit by the Blues duo as “very, very good development for football in the country.”

Under English boss Houghton, who has been in charge of India national football team since June 2006, India have tasted success in the Nehru Cup, 2007, and most recently in the AFC Challenge Cup in August with the cricket-crazy country making steady progress in terms of getting themselves on the right track to make their presence felt in world football.

AIFF general secretary Alberto Colaco pointed out that the federation are keen to seek expertise of Chelsea in two specific areas, namely, coaching and administration, to improve the national and club level football in India.