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🇳🇱 19-year old AZ Alkmaar midfielder Kees Smit will be one of the most desired players in the new year. Real Madrid is interested, alongside Barcelona, Newcastle, Bayern Munich and Chelsea. He has a contract until 2028 and a fee of €60million will be needed to sign him. (AS)

🏥 Chelsea midfielder Romeo Lavia is not expected back from his hamstring issue until early January. (via London World Com)

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🚨 Chelsea are instead working with the summer in mind. They could still purchase a young player for the future and keep them at their current club in order to continue their development, or loan them elsewhere.

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Enzo Maresca on Filip Jorgensen: "We are happy with Filip. But at the same time, they all want to play. And if they don’t play, they are not happy. We’ll see what happens in January." On Jorrel Hato: "Hato suffered an injury during the warm-up against Newcastle, at half-time. He is out for tomorrow’s game." "I think this [rotation] will be very important. We have 11 games until the end of January but then in February, we will have another eight or nine games. So, it’s how we arrive in March, April in terms of energy, rotation..." On Jamie Gittens: "Jamie was not in the squad [vs Newcastle] because the day before, in the final training session, he had a problem in his shoulder. He is back now though and is okay for Villa." On Reece James as a midfielder: “As a midfielder we’re helping him in terms of keeping him fit because we want to avoid him doing big sprints and long sprints that could probably cause him some problems”

🚨Maresca on James as a midfielder: “As a midfielder we help him in terms of keeping him fit because we want to avoid him doing big sprints and long sprints that could probably cause him some problems.”

🗣️ Unai Emery on Chelsea: "We respect a lot for how difficult the Premier League is. Chelsea are favourites to be in the top four, even to fight for the trophy because they have very good players, a good coach and they are playing better. They are behind us but they are feeling strong and they are playing confident and competing very well against the better teams."

‼️ Manchester City and Chelsea are closely following the progress of Bayern Munich midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic. ~ Graeme Bailey

‼️ Manchester City and Chelsea are closely following the progress of Bayern Munich midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic. [Graeme Bailey]

🚨 Reminder: Willy Caballero will be Chelsea’s manager on the touchline tomorrow. Chelsea have won 2/2 under Caballero, although Maresca will still make subs and talk to the team before and at half time 🤝

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‼️ Kendry Paez may not finish the season at Strasbourg. Paez cannot get in the rhythm of Ligue 1 matches and his lifestyle is not optimal. [Via lequipe]

Central midfield has become a priority for Chelsea due to Romeo Lavia’s injury issues. [Via The Athletic]

‼️ Chelsea are scouting a number of players in a variety of positions, although some of the names being looked at are with sister Ligue 1 club Strasbourg. Among the many young talents being monitored are Rennes centre-back Jeremy Jacquet and Saint-Etienne forward Djylian N’Guessan.