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Chelsea are confident that they have won the race to sign the Queen’s Park Rangers striker Loic Remy in spite of interest from Arsenal.
Remy has given his word to Chelsea that he will be coming to them and that is unlikely to change, even if Arsenal were to offer the £10.5 release clause in the France striker’s contract.
Chelsea are close to completing the deal and Remy, 27, will be a direct replacement for Fernando Torres, who will go on loan to AC Milan on a two-year deal.
Remy is Jose Mourinho’s choice of the available strikers in Europe to work as an understudy to Diego Costa.
The club have also sold Demba Ba and brought Didier Drogba back, leaving them with a strong range of options.
Show all 10 1 /10The top 10 most expensive British transfers of all-time The top 10 most expensive British transfers of all-time Eliaquim Mangala - Manchester City (£32m), summer 2014 Yet to play a game for Manchester City, worryingly couldn't beat Laurent Koscielny or Raphael Varane for a place in the French World Cup team.
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The top 10 most expensive British transfers of all-time Robinho - Manchester City (£32.5m), summer 2008 An undoubted flop, Robinho arrived to great fanfare in 2008. Had one decent season before his career went spiralling from bad to worse.
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The top 10 most expensive British transfers of all-time Fernandinho - Manchester City (£34m), summer 2013 Only played one season for City where he started slowly but grew into his role at the club. However, he was sometimes found wanting in Europe prompting Manuel Pellegrini to spend £12m on Porto enforcer Fernando.
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The top 10 most expensive British transfers of all-time Alexis Sanchez - Arsenal (£35m), summer 2014 Another whose career in the Premier League is just getting started, it will take time for Sanchez to adapt to the physicality of the division. Has the potential to thrive.
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The top 10 most expensive British transfers of all-time Andy Carroll - Liverpool (£35m), January 2011 The Fernando Torres money may have been burning a hole in their pocket, but Liverpool should have been more cautious on the back of six months of impressive Premier League performances. Sold for half-price less than three years later after 11 goals and one League Cup.
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The top 10 most expensive British transfers of all-time Juan Mata - Manchester United (£37.1m), January 2014 Manchester United arguably overspent on Mata, but he has been in excellent form since his arrival with seven goals in the nine matches he's started for the club.
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The top 10 most expensive British transfers of all-time Sergio Aguero - Manchester City (£38m), summer 2011 Absolutely ruthless in front of goal, Aguero earns the best goals to minutes ration in Premier League history. The only flaw is his injury record - he's missed large parts of each of the last two seasons
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The top 10 most expensive British transfers of all-time Mesut Ozil - Arsenal (£42.5m), summer 2013 Started well for Arsenal but still has plenty to prove. Has been accused of being a luxury player and not a match-winner, but Ozil is undoubtedly quality and should have a great year for the Gunners.
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The top 10 most expensive British transfers of all-time Fernando Torres - Chelsea (£50m), January 2011 Will go down as the worst transfer in British football history. In three-and-a-half years Torres failed to reach double figures in the Premier League once, and though Chelsea won plenty in his time with the club, he never produced what they wanted, or expected, for that price.
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The top 10 most expensive British transfers of all-time Angel Di Maria - Manchester United (£59.7m), summer 2014 He's probably not worth that much but Manchester United are desperate. Di Maria is a world class player and his presence in the midfield will give the whole squad a lift. He doesn't score many goals but he makes the players around him better.
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It looks as if, Remy aside, the club’s transfer business is done, with just the possibility of Marco Van Ginkel following Torres to Milan on loan.
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