Chelsea transfer rumours: Paulo Dybala decision, Simakan injury could impact Fikayo Tomori loan

The January switch window has been open for 2 weeks and Chelsea are but to make a significant transfer.

Solely Lucas Piazon has been recalled from his mortgage and subsequently accomplished a free switch to Braga.

The main target was all the time going to be on outgoings, and now we have an replace on a key potential departure right here, whereas the squad would principally keep the identical after north of £200 million funding in the summertime.

In the meantime, on the pitch, Frank Lampard has come underneath strain for the workforce’s latest outcomes, together with 4 defeats of their final six league video games.

Here’s a round-up of the newest Chelsea switch rumours.

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Paulo Dybala determination made

Chelsea is not going to pursue Juventus’ Paulo Dybala, regardless of the attacker coming into the ultimate 18 months of his contract and failing to comply with an extension as of now.

That’s in response to switch professional Fabrizio Romano, who stories his perception that whereas he expects Dybala to depart in the summertime if a brand new contract just isn’t signed, Chelsea will not be occupied with a deal.

“Somebody is asking me about Dybala as a result of he isn’t extending for the time being his contract with Juventus, so there’s nothing determined, but when he doesn’t lengthen his contract with Juventus earlier than the summer season, I feel he’ll depart Juventus,” Romano stated on his Right here We Go podcast.

“I need to say that Chelsea haven’t made any contact with Dybala or his agent. They need to defend gamers like Havertz or Hakim Ziyech. They’re proud of them.

“Clearly, they want time to be at their greatest degree, specifically Havertz wants time, he’s so younger, however they spend like €100m on Havertz, so that they don’t need to say after one 12 months we’ll go together with Dybala and Havertz will sit on the bench, so for the time being there’s nothing between Chelsea and Dybala.”

Gilmour tipped for the highest

Lampard has tipped younger midfielder Billy Gilmour to go to the very high as {the teenager} has made a powerful restoration from a long-term knee drawback.

Gilmour made his return from a torn meniscus in November and began within the Blues’ 4-0 win over Morecambe within the FA Cup on the weekend.

Linked with a transfer to Napoli, Lampard expressed his religion within the younger midfielder, tipping him for the very high. “I’m delighted to have Billy able to go,” he stated in a latest interview, as cited by The Herald.

“He’s going to be an enormous participant for this membership. He’s younger and, like all of the youth I discuss within the squad, we have to give him time, however his expertise is big and I’m actually proud of the place he’s.

“Billy is pushing and has been pushing since he made his breakthrough final season towards top-level opposition, Liverpool. He performed brilliantly then, acquired man of the match and reproduced that towards Everton, however then his harm got here fairly quickly after that.

“From these moments – and even earlier than – I knew Billy can be a really, superb participant for this membership.

“His perspective in rehab was precisely what I anticipated – that was nice to see. Billy did every thing proper, saved himself match and got here straight again in.”

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AC Milan approve of Tomori

AC Milan approve of a mortgage deal for Fikayo Tomori as they search out a extra ready centre-back choice within the switch market, per Gianluca Di Marzio for Sky through MilanNews.

Milan had been chasing 20-year-old centre-back Mohamed Simakan of Strasbourg. Nonetheless, Strasbourg confirmed this week that Simakan will endure an arthroscopy and can miss round two months.

Tomori had reportedly been seen as a substitute goal to Simakan, and with Milan wanting a extra speedy answer on the place, the 23-year-old proposed mortgage has been given the go-ahead by the Serie A aspect.

Tomori has made only one Premier League look this season, and whereas he’s nonetheless believed to be part of Lampard’s long-term plans, is predicted to depart this month searching for extra common gametime.