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"I think he will end up at Chelsea because he has a soft spot for the club and he knows a number of the lads there. The 24-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to the Premier League for some time now. The report states that Los Blancos gave him permission to train on a different field to the one which Carlo Ancelotti uses with the first-team. His price is going to be higher after this World Cup and probably Chelsea has the best possibility to do this deal in January, whereas Madrid prefers to do it during the summer. Liverpool are set to be without Luis Diaz until March after the Colombian winger suffered a set back in his recovery from injury. Speaking to the in-house media team at Chelsea, the England youth international revealed that he has enjoyed integrating himself into the first-team culture. Omari Hutchinson has pledged to repay Graham Potter's faith and continue working hard after he was granted a taste of first-team action for Chelsea. football.london understands Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign RB Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku, so signing the Atletico Madrid pair could be overkill. Players that will be over 32 for the 2026 World Cup are not included in the squad. I was really happy at Brighton with him and now he has come here and I think it is good for me and the rest of the team. With the January transfer window on the horizon once again, there are lots of rumours doing the rounds and it remains to be seen who the west Londoners will actually sign. In Brighton, it is different because maybe they donโt have the same pressure and it is not a big, big club.