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Pedro Lima to Chelsea agreed, Jhon Duran talks ongoing, plus an update on Conor Gallagher

Pedro Lima will be a new Chelsea player. The young right-back from Sport Recife will first go via Strasbourg, the other side of the BlueCo Group. The deal is verbally agreed for €7m plus €3.5m in add-ons, which is a record sale for the club, and the agent of the player will be in London this week to finalise the deal.

Lima was also on the list of other clubs around Europe, including some big clubs in Spain, but he will play for Chelsea in the future after first going to Strasbourg. This is partly because of Financial Fair Play reasons, so for now it’s a deal for Strasbourg but his future will be at Chelsea.

Chelsea are continuing to work on the deal for Jhon Duran. While it’s true that Aston Villa are advancing in talks with Juventus over the deal to sell Douglas Luiz and also sign Weston McKennie and Samuel Iling-Junior from the Italian club, they have also been in talks with Chelsea. The two clubs are talking, with Duran one of the names on Chelsea’s list for a new striker.