Monaco have pulled out of the deal to sell Lamine Camara to Chelsea - who feel the French club have acted in an extraordinary and deeply unprofessional way. Camara was set to join Chelsea for £47m and was to sign a six-year deal pending a medical. Just after the 11pm transfer deadline passed, news emerged that Monaco reneged on the agreement they had with Chelsea, and they had informed the Blues of their decision in writing.
The reason for Monaco pulling out was that they had successfully renegotiated the deal to sell Folarin Balogun to Everton. There was a full written club-to-club agreement with Chelsea to complete the Camara deal. Chelsea were looking for a new midfielder with Enzo Fernandez joining Manchester City in a joint-British-record £125m deal.
Chelsea had the option of pulling the plug on Fernandez's move to Man City after the Camara deal had collapsed, but they stuck to their word and honoured their commitment to complete the deal. Roma's Manu Kone was also shortlisted as a potential option, while Chelsea were also looking at midfield options in the Premier League. Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez has completed a season-long loan move to Serie A side Como.
The goalkeeper had been bumped down to Stamford Bridge following the arrival of Emi Martinez from Aston Villa. Elsewhere, midfielder Dario Essugo has completed a season-long loan move to sister club Strasbourg. Essugo was of interest to Hull in this window.
Striker Deivid Washington has completed a permanent transfer to Strasbourg. He signed from Santos for £17.1m three years ago but made only three appearances. Forward Dujuan Richards has also joined Wimbledon on a season-long loan.
Meanwhile, Chelsea striker Shim Mheuka has arrived in Glasgow ahead of his loan move to Celtic, who are also working to finalise a deal for Chelsea left-back Landon Emenalo. Play Super 6 for a chance to win £1m!
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