The worst kept secret in football since Jose Mourinho and Ashley Cole thought they would get a quiet cuppa together has at last being confirmed. Reading midfielder Steve Sidwell will be sidling his way to Stamford Bridge quicker than you can say Jean-Marc Bosman.
The 24-year-old former Arsenal trainee has had his big move rubberstamped after passing a medical. No details of his contract have been released, but he is likely to be getting paid more than £25,000 a week he was offered to keep him at the Madejski. Are we looking at a genuine Chelsea first-teamer, or is Sidwell going to find himself in the sizeable shadow of Fat Frank?