The Blues also sold Ramires to Jiangsu Sunning last January for around £25m. And, in their last match, they lost in the Italian Super Cup to AC Milan, missing out on their first domestic trophy for two years. Under Sir Alex Ferguson, there was an imposing centre-back pairing throughout. ss Laurent Blanc who lost his job for the teams performance in the Champions League. reluctant to sell him after Axel Witsel chose to move to China instead of moving to the Serie A giants. The leaders know they are able to go in with a straight cash offer without having to offload any of their players, and they are now favourites to get their man. Rodriguez was born in Switzerland but has a Spanish father and Chilean mother - and also has two brothers playing professional football in Switzerland. ARSENE WENGER has called Juventus midfielder Miralem Pjanic, to ask him if he would like to join Arsenal. ere is even an offer from China if he wishes to follow the likes of Oscar and Carlos Tevez. At the moment, the club are seriously thinking about going back in with a much improved offer.