BBC: Chelsea player valued at £75m tells club he wants to leave in January

Malo Gusto is open to leaving Chelsea in January, and has told the club to consider making that happen, according to a report today.

This is not a mega international break like the last one, but we’ve still got a solid chunk of time left before teams are back in action.

With the January transfer window now just over 6 weeks away, it’s the natural time to start looking ahead to moves that could happen in that period. Nizaar Kinsella has dropped a piece for the BBC about a first team player for Chelsea who could depart.

There was a lot of talk about Malo Gusto potentially leaving the Blues in the summer, with a £75m asking price repeatedly named. In the end nothing came of it, but his place in the team has since become more uncertain. Even with Reece James out, the Frenchman has found himself behind Josh Acheampong in the pecking order to play at right back. He’s not started a Premier League game for more than two months.

Kinsella said that Gusto had “amicable communicated” his desire to go in January, if possible. The question will be if Chelsea are willing to lower their hefty asking price to make a deal happen.

Some journalists who had watched Chelsea’s game against Sunderland were pretty worried by a lack of direction and identity from the Blues.

Kendry Paez has been linked with some pretty unlikely loan moves to two destinations where we can’t imagine him getting a game.