West Ham’s brilliant window, Guehi situation still open

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It’s still too early to predict what’s going to happen in the final weeks of the transfer window in my opinion!

Many things can happen for all the big clubs… it’s gonna be a long couple of weeks, for sure.

So, not a good time for predicting who will have had the best window, but credit to West Ham so far.

They’ve done an excellent job landing players like Wan Bissaka, Todibo, Guido Rodriguez, Fullkrug… these are names for top, top clubs.

Congrats to West Ham, really.

Lots of rumours about Real Madrid guys, but there is zero news on Rodrygo so far.

His full focus is on Real Madrid, and there have been no negotiations with other clubs.

He’s expected to stay at the club and they believe their market is closed also in terms of big players’ exit. They’re not planning for any big sales.

It’s the same situation with Eder Militao. No players leaving in the final two weeks, the squad is closed.

Also, they’re still waiting for David Alaba to come back from injury, so selling Militao now would make no sense and be crazy.

All quiet at the Santiago Bernabeu… nothing to see here.

The negotiations between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea for Joao Felix are ongoing so no guys, I can’t mention the difference in terms of both club’s valuation of the player now.

It’s club to club dialogue at the moment rather than the traditional process which is official bid-official answer.

So, talks are constant and the danger of collapsing is obviously a possibility but, as of now, negotiations continue.

I’d not focus on a deal collapsing to be honest, I prefer to tell people what’s going on now rather than ‘predicting’ things – and the reality right now is that that the two clubs are still negotiating.

I know it’s a crazy saga. I know it’s gone quiet in the last 24/48 hours, but behind the scenes, the conversations are taking place and I can guarantee that Chelsea are still working on the deal with Atletico Madrid and with the agent of the player, Jorge Mendes.

I will keep you posted, but this remains an ongoing story at the moment.

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