Turkish side Adana Demirspor and Chelsea have reached an agreement for the transfer of Tiemoue Bakayoko. They will meet with Bakayoko tomorrow to discuss personal terms.

[via Yagiz Sabuncuoglu]

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Chelsea are aware it could take €40 million to get Gusto out of Lyon according to Julien Laurens

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🚨 Excl. - Tiemouè Bakayoko to Adana Demirspor from Chelsea on a permanent deal without transfers fee. Contract until 2026 (3M/year).Chelsea will have % on a future sale. Expected tomorrow termination of the loan between AC Milan & Baka, who could fly to Turkey to sign on Thursday

[Nicolo Schira]

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"If Joao Felix tells Madrid "I am happy at Chelsea, I am only going to Chelsea" then Madrid will know they have to find a way with Chelsea, "Chelsea are pretty relaxed, nowadays people forget the player decides everything"

(Fabrizio Romano)

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If Chelsea were to trigger Enzo Fernandez's release clause at Benfica, it would cost them a total of €160M - clause and taxes combined.

[CLMerlo via AlbicelesteTalk]

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Not going to say I’m confident we’ll get Enzo but there’s surely no way Boehly will allow himself to get embarrassed publicly twice in one window. You wouldn’t go back for Enzo if you weren’t serious about securing him.

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Everton's Anthony Gordon, who looks to be nearing a move to Newcastle United this month, took advice from former Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley, who told him London as a city is a distraction.

[via Jacque Talbot]

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Malo Gusto has created 16 chances in Ligue 1 so far this season. Przemysław Frankowski (25) & Jonathan Clauss (21) are the only Right-Backs with more.

Tres bien. 💫

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Benfica manager Schmidt: “Of course I hope to keep Enzo. I see a player that is very happy to play at the club. I don't think there's anything else in his head. I don't expect to lose more players from the starting XI. I tell Enzo to stay.”

- via ChelsTransfer

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FireSide

#RumourWatch

Declan Rice OR Caicedo

Both players have been linked to Arsenal and Chelsea.

Chelsea Spending in Todd's era is well know and therefore purchasing these two in the same transfer window is next to impossible. So it begs the question which of this two would represent a better value for Money or which of the two you would rather have as a priority.

Let me be clear that have always been a Rice guy. But this is not about me but about what would be good for Chelsea.

While Declan has been hyped obviously by the English media, Caicedos EPL incoming and growth has certainly been water under a bridge.

Make no mistake all these two are good. But none of them is close to the figures being mentioned. But if it's a heist that's unavoidable, we'd rather go with Caicedo instead.

Here is why.

Both these two are good at shadowing the defensive unit through marking and tackling. Both are good readers of the game but both enjoy separate individual technical brilliance.

What sets Rice apart is his distribution. Pinpoint precise passes from midfield to attack is his biggest strength. This is not Caicedos cup of tea and something that can be over looked if you have good ball playing central defenders like we do

Caicedo would be more suited to how Potter wants to play. While he is good in ball winning, Caicedo is also a good box to box midfielder. His ball carrying through short compacted spaces is better. He may not be good at pinpoint long range passes but Caicedo decision making and accuracy is better than Rice when it comes to penetrative attacking passes.

While attacking, Caicedo is also better in helping team retain possession inside and around the opponents box.

While both are good in taking long range shots, Caicedo is better in getting into attacking positions inside the box. This, with how we play is great in terms of provision of attacking depth.

To say however that any of them is worth 100M is the greatest heist and money trick that was hoping Chelsea had left behind.

But by trying to push Rice rumours, Arsenal could just be getting Chelsea into panic mode buying. Deep inside them,especially with how Arteta plays, their best fit and ultimate target could be Caicedo instead.

Instead of Rice, both because of technical and financial aspects, and without emotions Todd should match whatever Arsenal bid would be for Caicedo instead. Whatever it is we are sure Arsenal may never do anything close to 100M.

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How many footballers do you recognise in this old photo of the Chelsea youth team?

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Hakim Ziyech:

"The best way to predict your future…is to create it 🫡."

He has been splendid of late 👏

[via iG: hziyech]

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🚨 Andrey Santos has made 25+ successful tackles (63), chances created (30), successful take-ons (30), successful interceptions (29) and clearances (26) in his first ever senior competitive season (38 games) which was for Vasco da Gama.

(Mozo Football)

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Thiago Silva has agreed terms on a contract extension at Chelsea.

- Graeme Bailey

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"I’m told there are negotiations ongoing between Thiago Silva and #Chelsea, it’s up to the player and his family to make a final decision."

[Fabrizio Romano via caughtoffside]

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Having this as your injury history at 31 is crazy.

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😂😂

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