With Steven Gerrard still at Liverpool and Lyon holding out for £32m for Michael Essien, Chelsea signed Shaun Wright-Phillips today.
The former Man City star jets out to the US tomorrow to join his new teammates for their pre-season tour.
SWP as he will be known here at Champions-mad, will wear the number 24 shirt.
Chelsea are still looking to buy Essien, but it looks as if they are going to have to up their offer closer to that paid for SWP to secure the star of the Lyon midfield.