Chelsea coach Scolari must act quickly on arrival in English football

Luiz Felipe Scolari has arrived in English football for the first time in his colorful career with a mountain of work to do and little time to do it. He had better be a quick learner. The coach who guided Brazil to a fifth World Cup title six years ago but failed to win anything with Portugal has a little over a month to decide which of the huge Chelsea squad are in his plans for the season, which ones will go and who he wants to add. He arrives amid speculation that Frank Lampard may join former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan, that Didier Drogba wants to move to AC Milan and that Florent Malouda and Nicolas Anelka are looking for a return to France. Although Deco has arrived from FC Barcelona, there are reports — denied by Chelsea — that the Blues have made an "astronomical" transfer bid for Milan's Kaka and... [read full story]