Blues turn attentions elsewhere and other transfer gossip

Chelsea have given up on signing Franck Ribery and instead will focus their attention on signing his £25m-rated Bayern Munich team-mate Bastian Schweinsteiger in January. Schweinsteiger is a regaular German international and can play as a defender or winger. Elsewhere, Blackburn are chasing Dutch side De Graafschap’s 16-year-old Bosnian midfielder Marko Maletic but face competition from Celtic; Burnley are keen on a loan move for Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere and have promised to give the exciting teenager regular game time; and Crystal Palace striker Victor Moses has attracted attention from Barcelona and German side Hoffenheim but wants to stay in England, with Tottenham keen on the £5m-rated teenager.