But the Old Lady were gazzumped by yet another bumper offer from the Far East. Former Spurs chief Andre Villas-Boas is in charge, who bossed Witsel during two years in charge of Zenit. EPA4Carlos Tevez had reason to celebrate after becoming the best-paid player in the worldWatch Chelsea target Axel Witsel take on the Dizzy Penalty challengeThe Sun. It appeared the deal was dead as the recent impressive performances of Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo ha. It was around £50m and the wages of £480,000-a-week would have put him among the highest earners in the world. Ben ArfaAngel of the EastAngel Di Maria could be the latest star to move to China after falling out of favour at PSGCosta fortuneChinese Super League line up staggering £80m bid for Chelsea's Diego Costa after initial bid is rejectedHappy New YearFormer Super League champions Bradford Bulls could be saved on Tuesday - but they could go underRUMOUR MILLGlen Johnson to Barcelona, Dele Alli to PSG and Hal Robson-Kanu to Atletico Madrid. his time on the benchrelated articlesRelegation scrapBoro 0 Leicester 0: George Friend's mazy run ignites Riverside but shot is sprayed high and wideBOOKIES BEWAREWith nearly a full New Year's fixture list for punters to have a flutter on, we reveal Britain's top ten hotspots for football accumulator winsRudy's Prem returnAston Villa striker Rudy Gestede set for £6m move to Middlesbroughbidding warWhat are the biggest football transfers of all time, and what are the British records Goals of the Week : Watch the finest strikes from the Premier League WeekReuters3Jordan Rhodes is set to leave Boro in the January transfer windowHis arrival is set to spell the end for Jordan Rhodes who has mustered a measly 208 minutes of league action this season without a goal. The Bosnia and Herzegovina international has been impressive since arriving from Roma last summer in a move in the region of £25million. osta was set to LEAVE Chelsea this summer - before Antonio Conte talked him round Buoyed by the massive payout after selling Oscar for £60million, Conte will lodge an initial bid of around £34m for the Bayern Munich star. Keep up to date with ALL the Real Madrid?news, gossip and transfers on our club pageWhen asked about.