Football transfer rumours: Chelsea close on Zenit striker Hulk?

LONDON. KAZINFORM - You might have heard that Chelsea need a new striker and will go all-out to get one in the summer. Wayne Rooney is out of the question now - he's off limits after being rewarded for his unstinting loyalty and world class performances at Manchester United. Radamel Falcao has jiggered his knee.

Diego Costa could be the one, but you wouldn't necessarily want to cross Atlético Madrid capo Diego Simeone, who looks like he should be in Scarface instead of prowling the touchline at the Vicente Calderon, ready to torch anyone who looks at him funny. So news that Hulk has been photographed in London sure is an intriguing development, news that surely means that the Zenit St Petersburg forward is on his way to Chelsea, who happen to play in London. Hulk in London. Chelsea in London. There is some fine detective work going on this morning and no mistake, all the pieces of the puzzle are coming together, and not one of them has Romelu Lukaku's face on it. Elsewhere! Everton would like to give Jack Rodwell a home, which is generous of them. Manuel Pellegrini has forgotten about Rodwell's existence at Manchester City and he hasn't been fed for days. His former club are quite concerned. Edin Dzeko is also on his way out of City. He's a target for Internazionale, although they're playing dumb. Nothing to see here! We'll see. Liverpool were blind for a good eight years but now they see. For a while, they refused to acknowledge that Pepe Reina is not one of the greatest goalkeepers who ever lived but an accident waiting to happen, albeit an accident waiting to happen with brilliant PR, but there was no fooling Brendan Rodgers - that's Kolo Toure's job. As such, Reina was allowed to join Napoli on loan last summer and will now be let go for the princely sum of £4m this summer, Kazinform quotes the Guardian. Lukas Podolski is a thoroughly pointless player in the grand scheme of things but he could make himself useful by acting as a makeweight in a deal for Schalke's Julian Draxler. But he says he doesn't want to, even though he could make himself an Arsenal legend if he behaves himself. Meanwhile Arsène Wenger doesn't want to bring back Robin van Persie, because he's got Ryo Miyai ... oh. Neil Taylor would quite like to leave Swansea City, who are being linked with Feyernoord boss Ronald Koeman. Apparently his agent has been in touch with Swansea to ask whether Koeman is a "suitable candidate" for a job which isn't currently vacant. And there we have it. It is a slow news day in the world of the rumour and, if the Mill is being totally honest with you, the loyal and valued reader, our heart isn't really in it this morning. If no one else can be bothered to make up some hot transfer chat, why should we? The Mill's not a miracle worker.