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🚨 Chelsea are the favorites to land Victor Gyökeres and are prepared to agree a €90M deal in January and loan the Swedish international back to Sporting until the summer.🔵🇸🇪 (via@Record_Portugal)

❗️❗️Next summer, plans are being formulated to delve into the transfer market to further improve the squad. Most of the work has been done, and there will be no overhaul like the last few windows, but they will keep tweaking.🗯 via@SamCunningham

Maresca: “The ones who are going to play against Leicester aren’t going to be 100% because they are human beings but hopefully we can find the right balance” Enzo Maresca when asked about playing Palmer and Felix together: 🗣️ "This could be a target for the future to see both of them to play together."

❗️Breaking newsPep Guardiola agrees new one-year contract as Manchester City manager + option of additional 12 months, reports @SamLee. Extension commits 53yo Spaniard to more than a decade at MCFC @TheAthleticFC✅️

🔵Next Departure in January✅️ ❗️❗️Monza are considering a January move for Cesare Casadei but will face competition from Villarreal, Real Betis and PSV. {Tuttosport}

♦️Chelsea Gossip Round💵 💬✅️Juventus Turin are weighing up a January move for Chelsea defender Benoit Badiashile. (Gazzetta dello Sport)🗯 ❗️❗️Aston Villa are keeping tabs on Dewsbury-Hall and could consider a cut price move. {Leicester Mercury}🔵 🚨 Crystal Palace have approached Chelsea about signing Mykhailo Mudryk on loan in January. 🗯 (FrazFletcher) ✍️Chelsea holds interest in signing Norwegian 17 year old starlet Sverre Nypan currently at Rosenborg. [FrazFletcher]

Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are gearing up for a fierce January transfer window battle over 22-year old centre-back and Bournemouth's rising star, Ilya Zabarnyi, who is valued at £50million. (via @caughtoffside)

🇦🇷 EXCL: Chelsea send first offer for Franco Mastantuono The Blue and Whites have offered €28M for the River Plate starlet's signature. Chelsea and Manchester United are the two most closely following Franco Re-signing clause: €45M @Perla_Londres | @pasionriverpl

💬O Jogo report Crystal Palace and Chelsea have already been in contact over signing Tomás Araújo from Benfica.🗯

#Chelsea are willing to part ways with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in the next transfer window, with Aston Villa eager to strike a loan deal which would include a buy-option for €15million + €7m in add-ons. (Mail)

Central Defender

💬According to Simon Phillips, Tomas Araujo is the top target for the IV.🗯

When Romeo Lavia was replaced by Enzo Fernandez, he headed straight to the tunnel. There was noticeable concern, as Lavia had been struggling before the change. The medical team will likely monitor his condition during the international break. (@iamrahmanosman)

Christopher Nkunku is considering his future at Chelsea. Chelsea are understood to be willing to offers only if they can recoup his £52m transfer fee in full. (@JBurtTelegraph @TeleFootball)

Todd Kline has now joined Chelsea after being poached from Tottenham where he was chief commercial officer and a board member. [@kierangill_DM]

Enzo Maresca on Madueke’s angry reaction after being subbed: 🗣️ "The problem is when you change a player, they are never happy. Probably the only way to be happy is after a hat trick, but it's not only about Noni, it's about the players as they want to be there through to the end. At that moment [in the match] we saw a different way. We thought Pedro [Neto] with [Jurrien] Timber could be more aggressive -- so it was a tactical decision." via@ESPNFC

Manchester United have enquired about Christopher Nkunku, who had no intention of joining Chelsea last year to feature in Europe’s third-best competition and play second-fiddle in the Premier League. [@lequipe via @GFFN] 💬With Christopher Vivell now at Manchester United, I'm not surprised by this rumor. Vivell has already brought Nkunku to Chelsea FC and thanks to him he is now a Blue.🗯

Enzo Maresca: "I said already that I'm in love with Wes [Fofana]. He spent all of last season injured and came back in the way he is fighting every day. He probably has to play until the end of his career with pain. You have to be strong, and he is like this.

Madueke not looking too pleased as he makes way for Mudryk. Neto on the right now. Edit... In fact, he walked straight down the tunnel.

Palmer played the entire 90 mins with pain in his knee… Enzooo M.🫨😵‍💫

My god, what are Gusto Jackson and Madueke doing?

via@kierangill_DM

According to Enzo, Gusto is an Intevenated 10 again today.🥱🥴

I understand about James but why is Madueke still starting ahead of Nkunku and Felix!!!🤬