Bayern’s priority, Duran contact ongoing and more

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At the moment, there’s nothing concrete to report concerning a Chelsea move for Castello Lukeba.

There are no talks and no negotiations ongoing.

Several top clubs have been following Lukeba for months, clubs from Spain and England… but after selling Simakan in August, I don’t think it will be easy at all for any club to sign Lukeba from Leipzig in January.

There have been some rumours of Barcelona chasing Jhon Duran in the last 24 hours but let me say that Barça, at this moment, have not been active in negotiations for any striker.

Obviously, they are keeping a close eye on the strikers market, but it’s not something really concrete because Hansi Flick is very happy with what Robert Lewandowski is doing.

Jhon Duran was really close to joining West Ham in the window as we know, but the deal collapsed after more than five bids were presented by West Ham to Aston Villa.

Duran wanted to move but a deal didn’t happen between the clubs. Credits to Aston Villa because they never wanted to accept those proposals, only super big money, something around £50m.

West Ham only offered £42m/£43m plus add-ons with a percentage of a future sale but Villa always said no.

There are now rumours that several clubs are interested in Jhon Duran and guys, I can confirm that Chelsea really tried to sign him too. Chelsea rate the player and still like the player at this moment.

Contacts are ongoing, but it’s not something that we can definitely update now.

There have been discussions ongoing between Jamal Musiala and Bayern for months, and they are still in negotiation.

Bayern consider Musiala’s extension as a top priority.

That’s the only concrete news on Musiala now; all the rest is not something concrete.

Arsenal have been linked with him but guys, every week five clubs are linked because interest is normal for such a top player.

There are really many clubs interested in Jonathan David as he’s considered one of the big potential free agent names…