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Chelsea's activities in the January transfer window suggest Graham Potter is to be handed quality reinforcements.

Chelsea's activities in the January transfer window suggest Graham Potter is to be handed quality reinforcements.

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Before Chelsea kick off at Manchester City in the FA Cup’s third round on Sunday, there will be a moment shared and a tear shed in memory of Gianluca Vialli.

The

passing of the Italian at 58

will cast memories back to a very different Chelsea, to recall how the arrival of Juventus’ Champions League-winning captain in the summer of 1996 helped alter the horizons of what had become an unfashionable London club.

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