Lucas Moura
Chelsea have confirmed the signing of the Brazilian wonderkid Lucas Moura for a fee of 22 m from Arsenal FC. The young man is great friends with Chelsea player Neymar and reports say Neymar played a role in the signing of Moura urging him to snub Barcelona to have a chance to work under Thierry Henry and himself.
Thierry Henry seems to be fond of signing his ex-players as in the summer he signed Oxlade Chamberlain and Jack Wilshere, he even went as far as calling them his sons. Moura was one of the many players unhappy about the departure of Thierry Henry. He fell out with current Arsenal manager Rafa Benitez and since then has been out of favor at the club. Players such as Santi Cazorla, Mario Balotelli and Ben Afra all fell out with Benitez and have publicly declared their intentions of leaving the club as soon as possible.
Moura tried persuading Mario Balotelli into following him to Chelsea but the Italian chose Real Madrid instead. Chelsea made an enquiry about Santi Cazorla but they couldn't agree a price with Arsenal and so that deal fell through. Arsenal FC seems to be falling apart very slowly as many of their key players are wanting out.
Meanwhile Thibaut Courtois has stated that he wants to leave Chelsea due to lack of first team appearances. The youngster feels that he should be starting over current Chelsea first team keeper Petr Cech. Thierry Henry has allowed him to leave the club. Corinthians have offered Wallace a contract but we are not too sure if he'll ditch Chelsea for them or not.