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Sancho in, Sterling out at Chelsea, but what happened with the crazy Osimhen saga?

Sancho in, Sterling out for Chelsea on Deadline Day

It was a crazy Deadline Day as we saw late movements in and out of Chelsea, with Jadon Sancho joining on loan from Manchester United, while Raheem Sterling left to go on loan to Arsenal. Meanwhile, of course, another big story was that Victor Osimhen did not end up leaving Napoli for a move to Stamford Bridge.

Firstly, Sterling to Arsenal is a straight loan move with no buy option, he’ll be back at Chelsea next summer. Chelsea will also continue to pay the majority of his wages while he’s at the Emirates Stadium, and the player also agreed to take a pay cut to join the Gunners.

This was not something Arsenal had been planning for a long time, but at the last minute they decided to go for this opportunity, with an attacking player coming in to replace Reiss Nelson, who has gone on loan to Fulham, also as part of this whole domino of winger moves.

With Sancho, Chelsea sent two different proposals to Manchester United on Deadline Day - one was a loan with a buy option, with a higher loan fee and higher buy option, but no guarantee for Manchester United that Chelsea would take the buy option, so no guarantee of selling the player. The other was a loan with an obligation, with the guarantee that Chelsea were going to buy Sancho from Manchester United in summer 2025.