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Manchester United are considering signing Roméo Lavia from Chelsea FC in January after an ambitious attempt to sign Carlos Baleba fell through in the summer. Chelsea are keen to secure the services of Adam Wharton. Paul Winstanley is a great admirer of Wharton. Winstanley wanted to bring him to Chelsea from his Blackburn Rovers days. (MiguelDelaney)

💥SportBild revelation Fuss about Xavi Simons: Princess" in the dressing room Within the team, Simons is said to have been nicknamed "Princess" because of his airs and graces. He also refused to be kitted out together by kit supplier AlphaTauri. Missed Verstappen appointment: Following a syndesmosis tear, Simons traveled to the Red Bull rehab center in Los Angeles in November 2024. A meeting with Formula 1 star Max Verstappen was planned there. But Simons didn't show up - allegedly due to too many fans in Las Vegas. Dog on roof terrace: During an international match trip with the Netherlands in March, his dog is said to have spent several days alone on the roof terrace of his Leipzig apartment. Residents wanted to call animal welfare and the police. RB intervened and the animal was later taken abroad. Fire alarm due to hairspray: A few days before the Bayern game in May, his hairdresser accidentally set off the fire alarm at the training center - the hairspray was so intense that the fire department was called. Favela party: On a PR trip to Brazil, Simons had the team bus driven into a favela because he wanted to introduce new "friends" there. Security forces stopped the action immediately and his team-mates reacted angrily. Xavi Simons bid farewell to RB Leipzig with just a word and a smiley face in the club's internal WhatsApp group.

Shakhtar Donetsk are in advanced talks to sign Gabriel Mec from Gremio. Proposal worth €15m to get Mec from 2026, as @felipee_sil has reported. Brazilian talent was very close to joining Chelsea in 2025. (Fabrizio Romano)

UEFA have confirmed Chelsea successfully balanced their transfer spending this summer to comply with the terms of a settlement agreement for breaking financial rules. Chelsea were fined €31m in July for breaking UEFA’s football earnings and squad cost ratio rules. As part of a settlement agreement, Chelsea could only register new signings for their Champions League squad if their transfer fees were offset by selling players who were in their Conference League squad last season. The departures of players such as Noni Madueke, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson means Chelsea have been able to include new signings Liam Delap, Joao Pedro, Alejandro Garnacho, Jamie Gittens and Jorrel Hato in their squad for the league phase of the Champions League. Chelsea made a record £314m from selling 23 players this summer. They spent £296m on new signings to end the transfer window with a profit of £18m. UEFA say they checked Chelsea’s Champions League squad to make sure it complied with their requirements: “The squad list submitted fulfilled the criteria of the settlement agreement and it was therefore already reviewed and approved before publication on UEFA's website.” Chelsea are playing Bayern Munich, Benfica, Ajax, Qarabag, Barcelona, Atalanta, Pafos and Napoli in the league phase of the Champions League. Their first game is in Munich on Wednesday 17 September. (@SkySports)

The extent of the ‘bomb squad’ isolations include having to use a seperate toilet, a different changing room and not being allowed to eat with any first teamers. The remaining ‘bomb squad’ members are Sterling, Disasi and David Fofana. (@LloydCanfield)

Chelsea striker David Datro Fofana’s loan move to Charlton Athletic has collapsed. The deal was not able to be done in time. [via @SkySportsNews]

The George deal has fallen through due to Harry Wilson not joining Leeds. Not CFC's fault.

After Isak's signing is complete for Liverpool, they will have spent £464.68m this transfer window. Guehi will still come for 35-40m too Not seen a single report on their spending so far like back then or always with Chelsea!

Crystal Palace are considering a move for Axel Disasi as they continue to work on a potential replacement for Marc Guehi. [@SkyKaveh]

Nicolas Jackson is a possibility for Newcastle as a replacement for Isak. Striker’s move to Bayern is off but a permanent exit from Chelsea still not out of the question before the deadline. (Jacob Steinberg)

Cardiff City have agreed a deal to sign Chelsea’s Omari Kellyman on loan. (via@SportsPeteO)

EXCL: Chelsea considering signing striker before deadline. #CFC not allowing Nicolas Jackson loan but permanent possible. Lack of loan replacements means permanents being explored - enquiries made for Conrad Harder of #SportingCP (David Ornstein)

Nicolas Jackson’s agent Ali Barat’s currently doing all his possible to make Nicolas Jackson still happen. Agents and the player are in Münich forcing for a move and they are convinced they will beat up Chelsea on that situation… (@sachatavolieri)

Nicolas Jackson insists on his position to play for Bayern and is staying in Munich tonight. If there are no ‘solutions’ that can be found, Jackson will have to return to London. Fermin Lopez is still the same; Barcelona still don’t have any request from the player to leave. (@FabrizioRomano)

EXCL: Nicolas Jackson staying in Germany to push through Bayern Munich loan despite Chelsea telling striker to fly home. (@iamrahmanosman)

He will show nothing here believe me he will be the most unmotivated player in our team.

Nicolas Jackson is disappointed. Chelsea are insisting he comes back. (@guardian_sport)

💥Do you really feel that Jackson is motivated to return to Chelsea and perform after such an action!!! I definitely don't!!!

Chelsea have asked Nicolas Jackson to return to London. The player wants to join Bayern but that Blues now have no intention to sign the documents of the transfer [@DiMarzio]

It’s not the hilarious bid figure for me. But how we were always told that Chelsea won’t bid until and unless they’re given encouragement from the player’s end. That’s all I’m thinking. (via@ReshadFCB)

Nicolas Jackson’s camp are refusing to come back to Chelsea, despite their request. (@taggatsn via @iMiaSanMia)

EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea send official written proposal to Barcelona for Fermín López! Initial proposal worth €40m has been submitted this afternoon right after the game. #CFC awaiting answer from Barça after sending a proposal today.

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)