Top Five: Clubs that hold the key to the transfer market

Chelsea

Chelsea are places quietly, relatively speaking, but they have big decisions to make. If they choose to sell Kevin De Bruyne to Borussia Dortmund it means Ajax will have to look elsewhere to sell Christian Eriksen. If they decided to keep Courtois, Atletico Madrid would have to spend money somewhere else in order to cover his loss. They may well look in to selling Torres and Ba which would mean teams like Napoli and possibly West Ham would need to find ways of getting together money to get their men. In terms of recruits, Chelsea will surely be targetting central defensive and central midfield upgrades. This could end up with money going to Porto for Mangala or Benfica for Matic. Both Portugese clubs would then be able to keep other stars and spend more money in South America as is usual.

Clubs affected: Napoli, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, Porto, Benfica, Atletico Madrid.