Chelsea transfer news, rumours, gossip and deals from deadline day
Transfer news, rumours, gossip and done deals on January deadline day
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Chelsea stayed quiet on January transfer deadline day.
The Blues were busy this window, with the signing Gonzalo Higuaín from Juventus for £8.1m and allowing Álvaro Morata to join Atletico Madrid on loan. They also signed Christian Pulisic, who will remain on loan at Borussia Dortmund for the rest of the season.
But further incomings were not to be but they did manage to keep hold of Willian and Callum Hudson-Odoi despite strong interest from PSG and Bayern Munich respectively.
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A couple of rumours floating about that Willian's agents are in Paris at this very moment, and that Chelsea may be willing to part with the player should PSG bid somewhere in the region of £75 million.
12 hours left for deals to be done. Could this be the big transfer of deadline day?
It is not only player movement that Chelsea fans are nattering about this morning.
There is increased disquiet around Maurizio Sarri after the 4-0 defeat at Bournemouth last night, with doubts around the Italian's blind faith in his system a noted point of criticism.
I've seen Guus Hiddink, Jose Mourinho and Frank Lampard among the names bandied about on Twitter today.
Crazy talk, surely...
NEWS.
Michy Batshuayi news.
Ed Aarons of The Guardian is suggesting the player will move to either West Ham or Real Betis after Chelsea agreed terms with the two clubs. Everton may still inject themselves into the reckoning with a late bid, but it seems Batshuayi will have a choice of Stratford or Seville.
Willi or won't he?
It appears that PSG have missed out on Idrissa Gueye with Everton determined to keep the midfielder, potentially freeing up funds to pour into their pursuit of Willian.
With Christian Pulisic arriving in the summer and Callum Hudson-Odoi waiting in the wings, Chelsea do not necessarily need to recruit a replacement. You suspect this one could run and run as the deadline approaches...
Sky Sports are reporting that Watford have received no bids for Abdoulaye Doucoure, and any potential move to Chelsea is unlikely.
A lunchtime lull in chatter about Chelsea's transfer dealings, but the situation as we understand it is that at this time, incomings are unlikely.
Ten hours left in the window.
CALLUM HUDSON-ODOI WILL NOT JOIN BAYERN MUNICH TODAY
As expected, the Germans will not push for a deal before the window closes, but may well revisit a potential transfer in the summer.
Sky Sports are reporting that Gary Cahill has turned down moves to Monaco and Turin, and that Fulham also hold interest in the experienced centre-half.
We are tracking news of Lucas Piazon's impending move to Chievo, and another of the Chelsea loan army could be making his stint in Italy permanent in the near future.
Full-back Ola Aina has played 16 times for Torino since joining the club on loan in the summer, and the Italian club are now prepared to make that deal permanent.
A figure of €10 million is being quoted.
The latest update on Michy Batshuayi is that Chelsea have agreed loan deals with both Real Betis and West Ham.
Sam Inkersole of football.London has stated that West Ham rate their chances of completing a deal at "about 5%".
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