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Grant set for transfers

Football AFP, London
Avram Grant admitted Chelsea are braced for an eventful transfer window after watching his depleted side defeat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 in the FA Cup.
The Cup holders' were hit heavily by injuries and suspensions for the third round visit of their local rivals, but still emerged triumphant thanks to a moment of outrageous good fortune.
Claudio Pizarro, the Peru striker, saw his 29th-minute shot thud against QPR's left-hand post but the ball span up and rebounded in off the outstretched arm of goal keeper Lee Camp.
Grant is set to spend heavily tills month. The Israeli needs to bolster his squad during the African Nations Cup. which will rob him of four key players, and Nicolas Anelka currently tops his shopping list.
The France international was omitted from Bolton Wanderers' squad for their third round defeat
by Sheffield United on Saturday, ensuring he will not be cup-tied should he complete an anticipated 15 million pounds move.
Chelsea manager Grant - who expects Jon Obi Mikel to be available for Tuesday's League Cup semi-final with Everton after being granted permission by the Nigerian FA to delay his departure for Ghana - refused to discuss individual targets, although he did admit new purchases were likely.
"Because of the injuries and the African Nations, we are thinking about all the possibilities," he said. We are always thinking about this situation but there is nothing new to say about that.
"I won't speak about any individual players until they arc joining: I am responsible for things only when they definitely happen. Lots of names are being talked about but that is natural."
Chelsea did not need to be at full strength to dispose of Rangers. This was ultimately a relatively comfort -able afternoon for the Blues, even if the slender scoreline always ensured that a shiver of trepidation
coursed through Stamford Bridge whenever Rangers forged into enemy territory
Yet, for all the Championship visitors’ considerable effort, Hilario was rarely ruffled in Chelsea’s goal.
Martin Rowlands sent a fierce half-volley screaming just over the crossbar early in the second-half and then saw another effort comfortably saved, but in the main the Portuguese was well protected.
Indeed, Chelsea could have won by a greater margin. Shaun Wright-Phillips clattered the crossbar and Steve Sidwell saw an effort rebound off the left-hand post as Grant’s team threatened to overwhelm QPR at the tail-end of the first half.
The Israeli shored up his side in Saturday's second period by introducing Michael Ballack, JoaCole and Didier Drogba making Illas’ appearance before the African Nations - and the final 25 minutes passed largely without incident.
"It was a difficult cup game but we did our job, which was important for me," Grant added. "They
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were tactically very good and they closed the space very well. It was the game we expected."
For Rangers, there was the consolation of a determined display and the promise of better days to come.
The potentially huge financial backing from their new board, where Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone and co-owner Flavio Briatore, the Renault team boss, have been re-enforced by an investment from the family of Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, could transform a club mired in mediocrity for far too long although it will take time for Luigi De Canio's side to match Chelsea on the field.
"It was more or less the match we expected," De Canio admitted.
"Chelsea showed they are a great team and they had the right attitude to the game but we also did what we were expected to do," the Italian added. "We were tidy and we tried to make the most of every chance we made.
"Hopefully, it will not be long before we come here in the Premier League. But the issue isn't so much coming here to play Chelsea but more to play them on a level playing field and match them. That is much more important and would be much more gratifying."