Waching daily Oct 29 2018

 CHELSEA TRANSFER NEWS LIVE Wednesday, August 8Chelsea pay Kepa's release Chelsea have paid Kepa's £72m release clause and he's on the way to London

 Chelsea have this morning completed the formalities with Athletic Bilbao to sign goalkeeper Kepa

 He is now heading to London and will be announced as a Chelsea player before tomorrow's 5pm deadline and will sign a five-year contract

 He will join Chelsea as the most expensive goalkeeper in history and replace Thibaut Courtois, who will join Real Madrid for £35m

 He could even make his debut when Chelsea face Huddersfield on the opening weekend of the Premier League season

Courtois mystery Real Madrid target Thibaut Courtois has raised serious questions over whether or not he will stay at Stamford Bridge after skipping training for the past two days

 Reports emerged on Tuesday indicating that the Blues have practically agreed a deal for Arrizabalaga which could be worth up to £72million and would make the 23-year-old the world's most expensive goalkeeper ever

 Courtois, on the other hand, is trying to engineer a move to Real Madrid. But when asked about Courtois' future, Sarri kept his own counsel

 "I don't know in this moment," he said. "I want to speak with my club and then we will decide about it

"Kovacic loan Real Madrid have agreed to let midfielder Mateo Kovacic join Chelsea on loan, according to reports

 Chelsea are accelerating their transfer plans with less than 48 hours to go and want Real Madrid's Kovacic to be their third arrival of a turbulent summer

 The Blues appointed Maurizio Sarri as manager three weeks ago and the Italian then moved swiftly to sign Jorginho

 And now it appears he will bring in another midfielder with Spanish newspaper El Pais claiming Los Blancos have reluctantly agreed to let Kovacic jump ship to west London

Butland ploy Chelsea may have used Jack Butland as a 'smokescreen' to disguise their interest in Kepa Arrizabalaga says Danny Mills

 Stoke shot-stopper Butland had been targeted by the west London outfit, but interest appears to have cooled

 Arrizabalaga now looks set to move to Stamford Bridge, paving the way for Thibaut Courtois to depart for Real Madrid

 Mills said: "Chelsea will have known about Courtois and there's rumours he's been wanting to go for a year

They'll have lined up this deal. "The Butland thing was a smokescreen. He'll be absolutely gutted if he thought he may have been joining

"Kepa coming? Maurizio Sarri has provided a glowing assessment of Kepa Arrizabalaga with Chelsea hoping to clinch a deal

 Recent reports have suggested that Chelsea are closing in on a deal to bring Arrizabalaga to Stamford Bridge

 Should the move go through, it would cost the Blues £72million making Athletic Bilbao star Arrizabalaga the most expensive goalkeeper ever

 Thibaut Courtois, meanwhile, is trying to engineer a move to Real Madrid after skipping training with the Blues for the past two days

 And Sarri has admitted that he rates Arrizabalaga highly. "I saw him one year ago," he said

 "My first impression was that he is a very good goalkeeper, very young, but very, very good

"Hazard set to stay Sarri has given an update on the future of Eden Hazard. The Belgian winger has been constantly linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge this summer with Real Madrid reportedly interested

 But Sarri is confident of keeping hold of the 27-year-old. "We have spoken two or three times in the last two days," Sarri said

 "Hazard's problem is not present now." Courtois mystery Real Madrid target Thibaut Courtois has raised serious questions over whether or not he will stay at Stamford Bridge after skipping training for the past two days

 Reports emerged on Tuesday indicating that the Blues have practically agreed a deal for Arrizabalaga which could be worth up to £72million and would make the 23-year-old the world's most expensive goalkeeper ever

 Courtois, on the other hand, is trying to engineer a move to Real Madrid. But when asked about Courtois' future, Sarri kept his own counsel

 "I don't know in this moment," he said. "I want to speak with my club and then we will decide about it

" Will Fekir join? Nabil Fekir could still be on his way out of Lyon this summer after manager Bruno Genesio refused to rule out a sale

 Liverpool have been after the Frenchman all summer but with the transfer window closing on Thursday, Chelsea have now been linked

 Chelsea beat Lyon on penalties last night and could now take Fekir. Genesio said on his captain: "It's too early to say [what will happen]

 "He wanted to leave at the end of last season but came back to training yesterday and was happy

 "Who knows? There may be opportunities that come up before the end of the window

 "For now, he is a Lyon player."