French champions Lyon have publicly stated that high-rated, £15m midfielder Michael Essien is staying in France.
Add that to Henan Crespo's rejection of a return to London and Seba Veron's lack of desire to come back and Chelsea could find themselves without any new players this summer.
Let's not forget the debacle that ended any chance of getting Ashely Cole off Arsenal.
Now with Mikael Forrsell expected to be unveiled by Birmingham today and Scott Parker off to Newcastle, Jose Mourinho will see his squad depleted even further by the end of the day.
The boss, who is in Portugal to collect some national honour can't be best pleased with the lack of players putting pen to Blue paper.
The deal to bring in a left-back is stalling as Chelsea can't seem to make up their mind which player - Del Horno or Kaladze to buy.
C'mon Mr chief executive, Peter Kenyon, give us all a boost, sort it out!