#INFO: Since Chelsea reached a pre-agreement of £3.5million for Dastan Satpayev, Nigel James (the father of Chelsea stars Reece James and Lauren James) has been asked to help with the support and mentorship of Satpayev.

Nigel visited Almaty, met with Boranbaev, toured their facilities, and, of course, spoke with the young man he described as ‘the most exciting player to emerge from Kazakhstan’.

A significant element to Nigel’s teachings is making sure the mentality of the player is proper.

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#INFO: Xabi Alonso intends to use pre-season to take a closer look at players, but we are told one attacker who will be staying is Geovany Quenda, the versatile 19-year-old arriving from Sporting CP on a deal worth up to £44m that was agreed last summer.

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#INFO: Dastan Satpaev has arrived in England from FC Kairat Almaty and will take part in pre-season training with the first team.

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#INFO: Chelsea do not have a policy that rules out selling a player to any particular club, as shown by Kai Havertz, Noni Madueke and Kepa Arrizabalaga joining Arsenal over the past three years. Another example is Mateo Kovacic going to Manchester City in 2023.

Santos wanted to make the move to Old Trafford and Chelsea did not have an issue as long as the price was right.

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