Ferguson due to undergo medical on Sunday and will join on straight loan until the end of the season
As first impressions go, those made by Ben Chilwell on Enzo Maresca in July had extreme consequences for an England international who was judged last summer to be so utterly incompatible with the new approach at Chelsea that he has not started a game for the club since.
It was at the Kassam Stadium, the home of Oxford United, of all places, that the enmity between Manchester City and Arsenal began to surface. It will be rekindled when the sides meet again this Sunday in what has developed into a bitter, edgy rivalry. Both clubs feel provoked.
Latest chapter of growing Premier League rivalry is must win if Gunners want to stay alive in the title race