Chelsea news LIVE updates: Dzeko fee agreed, Hazard address Real Madrid rumours and more
CHELSEA news is coming thick and fast with Antonio Conte keen to do more business in the January transfer window. Express Sport brings you all the latest from Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea news LIVE updates: All the latest from Stamford Bridge
Monday January 22
Vidal staying put
07.15: Arturo Vidal claims he is going nowhere this month after being linked with Chelsea.
The Bayern Munich midfielder is determined to stay put and wants to win the Champions League with the Bundesliga giants.
"I'm still here until June and I'm happy," he said.
"I hope to win the Champions League and then we'll see what happens, but at this moment I am 100 per cent at Bayern and there is no chance of changing teams."
Dzeko fee agreed
06:00: Antonio Conte's search for a new striker to challenge Alvaro Morata is reportedly close to being over as they have agreed a fee to sign Edin Dzeko from Roma.
Chelsea have been linked with a host of names this past week in the hope of bolstering their attacking options.
They have reportedly reached a breakthrough in talks with Roma to sign Dzeko.
That’s according to The Sun, who claim the two clubs have been locked in negotiations this weekend and have agreed a “basic fee” of £28m.
However, the report goes on to say the Italian club are holding out for an extra £5m in additional payments.
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Hazard address Real Madrid rumours
05:30 Eden Hazard has joked he had some stern words for his dad after it was suggested he was holding off contract talks with Chelsea for a summer move to Real Madrid.
Hazard only has 18 months left on his deal at Stamford Bridge, but he has given his strongest hint yet that he intends to extend his contract at the club.
“My dad says some bad things,” Hazard said.
“Yes. I talked with him [to tell him off], no, no worries.
“I'm focused with Chelsea. I've got two years contract left and I'm happy here.”
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Neville doesn’t understand Conte approach
05:00: Gary Neville can’t get his head around why Chelsea are being so stout in their pursuit of a target man in the Chelsea transfer window.
Neville states the Chelsea boss has often favoured a target man throughout his managerial career.
However, he has been equally perplexed at some of the names Chelsea are supposedly interested in signing.
“It seems a little bit random that Chelsea seem hell-bent on getting anybody that’s over 6’3” that’s potentially a target man,” Neville said on his podcast.
“There is no doubt, [Graziano] Pelle was a big favourite of Conte’s with Italy.
“So Conte does like a target man, somebody who is up there with a presence but you would think, are they that desperate to have somebody for these last three months?”
