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Fernando Torres – a man who divides opinions across the globe. Some are still in the belief that he will make up for the slack start as a Chelsea player and the others have written him off as a has-been. However you see him, Jose Mourinho has declared – according to Goal.com – that the Spaniard is fit again and ready to face Basel if needed in their upcoming Champions League tie. But I would suggest that they should leave him on the sidelines, and here’s why.

Chelsea are currently enjoying a decent season under the guidance of Jose Mourinho. They sit third in the league, just four points behind leaders Arsenal, and sit top of Group E in the Champions League by three points. The Blues’ most recently outing ended with a 3-0 trouncing of local rivals West Ham, so I thought that I would analyse their good start to the season.

According to the Express, Lukas Podolski has returned to first team training at Arsenal and will be back in contention soon, although not in time for the Gunners’ match against Marseille in the Champions League tomorrow. But when the former Koln man does come back into the mix up, where will he fit into the side?

Bayern Munich are almost unplayable right now. After completing the treble last year, which consisted of the Bundesliga, the Champions League and the German cup, they currently sit top of the top tier after 13 rounds of games. And now, according to the Metro, they are targeting a key player from the Arsenal defence, who themselves are top of their domestic league.

Arsenal beat Southampton 2-0 yesterday to stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League to four points. Here are five things we learned from the clash.

Santi Cazorla is an incredible player and a wonderful outlet to watch. He is crammed full of creativity, tricks and flicks and on his day can be almost unplayable. So, you’d expect when he heaps praise upon another player that it would be well-earned, and with the kind words that he shared about Liverpool’s Luis Suarez it’d be hard to argue otherwise. The Spaniard has said that ‘it was a pity’ that the Uruguayan didn’t sign for Arsenal in the summer, but where would he have fit in?

He may not be getting much of a sniff at the moment, but letting Kevin de Bruyne leave the club in January could be a move that comes back to haunt west London. The Belgium international showed us what he was about last season on loan at Werder Bremen and in glimpses this time round back at his parent club, but now the Mirror are reporting that he is the target for La Liga side Atletico Madrid.