A Quick News Roundup As We Await the Return of Real Football

•Last year, Chelsea were among the clubs tracking Marek Hamsik, but they weren't willing to pay Brescia price and the Slovak went to Napoli for €5.5 million, where he's turned in a stellar first half. The 20-year-old has been so impressive, in fact, that Roman Abramovich is supposedly readying a bid of €16 million for his services, just in time to help fill the giant hole being left in Chelsea by the African Cup of Nations.

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