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I also don't understand why caicedo is playing today. He only trained yesterday. What did Chelsea sign Andrey and Essugo for?

My god, Trev Gusto and Tosin are shit in defense today!!! And George will never, ever, ever have Chelsea quality! Chelsea are not playing well at all.

Chelsea’s Alex Matos has passed his medical at Sheffield United ahead of his permanent move to the championship club. (@SportsPeteO)

Simon Phillips report Sources: Maresca fuming I have no updates on AM’s right now and to be honest I’m bored of it and completely uninterested right now. However, I’ve been told tonight that no progress has been made on a new CB or a GK and as a result, Enzo Maresca is fuming. Maresca wanted a new ST, LW, AM, GK, and a CB this window, pretty much in that order. That was even before the Colwill injury. So far, Chelsea have actioned the first 2 of those and I have little confidence they will action much more. More: Sources: Names we've heard! Alternatives Chelsea could fall back on, and names we've been told this morning are: Harvey Elliott Morgan Rogers Kenan Yildiz Kobbie Mainoo Fermin Lopez The source assures us that these are not the only names and that there are other 'unnamed' players we are looking at.

Chelsea forward David Datro Fofana is a target for as many as four Championship clubs on loan and for three European sides in a permanent deal before Monday’s transfer deadline. (@SportsPeteO)

I can confirm that Bayern’s deal for Nicolas Jackson is one of the most expensive loan transfers in football history, and internally both at Bayern and Chelsea the expectation is that the cost will rise to €22.5 million once performance bonuses are met, targets so light that they are essentially guaranteed. To top it off, the agreement includes an €83.5 million buy option and a sell-on clause in Chelsea’s favour, structured in the same way as the clause Bayern assured their counterparts in the Luis Díaz deal with Liverpool, which many doubted until it proved true. The structure of the transfer goes even further. Bayern not only agreed to cover Jackson’s full salary, they also handed him a single-digit signing fee simply for accepting the loan move, something unprecedented in European football for a temporary deal. To make the finances work, Bayern sold Paul Wanner to PSV for €15 million, a move presented publicly as part of a youth strategy but in reality a financial necessity, since without that cash injection the supervisory board would never have signed off on the transfer. Chelsea, who were more than willing to let Jackson leave, have transformed a squad player into a historic cash machine. The English club even forced Bayern to accept a penalty clause worth around €7.5 million, obliging them to pay more if the €83.5 million buy option is not exercised. The effect is to leave Bayern boxed into a lose-lose outcome. If we add the penalty clause to the loan fee, the signing bonus, the performance add-ons and the full salary, the total cost of a single season of Nicolas Jackson in Munich will approach €50 million. In Munich the deal is presented as ambition, yet in reality it is nothing more than desperation dressed up as strategy. Paul Wanner, one of the brightest youth prospects, was sacrificed. Bayern sanctioned a record loan and even handed an unprecedented signing fee to a loanee, all to save face in a failing window. Chelsea will invest the windfall into their future, while Bayern have cut into their own to finance a single season of panic. From market leader to market victim, Bayern’s decline is now written into contracts, line by line, clause by clause. (via@BayernSpace)

EXKL | Record loan fixed: Bayern get Jackson! All the details ▫️13 million £ loan fee - record! ▫️56.3 million £ purchase option. (Plettigoal)

EXCL: Nicolas Jackson to Bayern, here we go! Deal agreed with Chelsea on initial loan move. €15m loan fee for one season plus buy option clause not mandatory for €80m package and sell-on clause. Jackson, set to fly to Bavaria with his agent Ali Barat from Epic Sports. (Fabrizio Romano)

Chelsea fitness update: Moises Caicedo trained for the first time today since last Friday's win at West Ham. Enzo Maresca feels it is no coincidence

Julio Enciso transfer to Strasbourg was at risk but it never fell through. They have signed him in exchange for: Base fee = € 18.5M Addons = € 2.5M (@CLMerlo)

No strassbourg sells bakwa so I think he goes to Strassbourg directly.

BREAKING: Chelsea are also evaluating a move for Barcelona’s Lopez, and are awaiting the player’s approval to move forward with the deal. (@David_Ornstein)

Chelsea full-back Ben Chilwell has emerged as potential late target for French club Strasbourg. Torino have also been interested in adding him as a left-back, as have Roma in Italy. (@mcgrathmike)

Chelsea reach full agreement with Brighton & Hove Albion to sign Facundo Buonanotte on season-long loan. 20yo left-footed right winger joining #CFC from #BHAFC for 25-26 campaign; no option to make Argentina international’s move permanent @TheAthleticFC

EXCLUSIVE: Julio Enciso deal has just been sealed by BlueCo group, here we go confirmed! 🔵🇵🇾 Deal agreed with Brighton, medical 100% completed as Enciso signs until 2030. Understand Enciso joins Strasbourg immediately on permanent deal, with potential future at Chelsea.