Lots happening at Chelsea, Sancho one to watch and more

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The Raheem Sterling situation is a question for Chelsea, not for me.

At the moment I can only say the information that I have, and that is they insist on a permanent sale. Maybe a loan under certain conditions can be enough to get the green light, but this is just my opinion and not something guaranteed.

Chelsea are still exploring opportunities for a striker and on Osimhen, as I told you, nothing will happen this weekend, this situation is one for the final days. I always told you this.

Let’s see if Chelsea will be able to find a way with Napoli and with the player, because the player doesn’t want a loan and Chelsea don’t want to pay a crazy salary. It’s still complicated, and Saudi Arabia remains a possibility for Osimhen.

Chelsea are also keeping a close eye on the defenders market for the final days too, because if there will be a last minute opportunity on a defender, Chelsea could be still interested in covering that position again. It depends on what happens.

We know the focus now is on the outgoings. Broja, Sterling and also Chalobah is really important…

So, in terms of incomings, keep an eye on the striker situation, as another player they still like is Jhon Duran, and then a potential last minute centre-back. Again, it’s not guaranteed, it’s not sure, but they are discussing.

Juventus have closed two important deals for wingers.

One is Nico Gonzalez, the Argentinian winger from Fiorentina, on a €38m package with a medical today, and the other one is Francisco Conceição from Porto on a loan deal with no buy option included – but the player will cost €7m plus three in add-ons for the loan.

Then, what’s going to happen next summer? He will have a release clause around €35m at Porto, and the idea of Juventus and Porto in the next days is to do a private agreement for Juventus to have priority to sign Conceição for the amount of the clause next summer.

Let’s see what’s going to happen with Conceição but for sure, a double ‘here we go’ for Juventus.

Juve are also still working to sign Teun Koopmeiners from Atalanta.

The exclusive news a few weeks ago was that Juventus presented a new official bid to Atalanta; €52m, seven in add-ons. They’re…