Gonzalo Higuain explained why he joined Chelsea after six months at Milan. “Maurizio Sarri knew how to work with me, particularly on the emotional side.”

He completed the transfer this evening, on loan from Juventus for €9m until the end of the season.

There is an option to extend the loan to June 2020 for €18m or to purchase him outright for €36m.

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Inter are close to agreeing terms for Udinese attacking midfielder Rodrigo De Paul to join them from June for €30m plus bonuses, claim Sportitalia.

According to transfer pundit Alfredo Pedullà, negotiations reached an advanced stage following today’s meeting.

The Nerazzurri are eager to lock down the Argentina international now in order to avoid competition from Milan, Roma, Napoli and Tottenham Hotspur.

Udinese want €35m for De Paul, while Inter are offering €30m plus performance-related bonuses.

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There are conflicting reports on Paris Saint-Germain’s interest in Napoli midfielder Allan, as it seems they are signing Leandro Paredes from Zenit instead.

According to TV Luna, PSG have made an offer worth €100m for Brazilian Allan, but Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis will not budge for less than €120m.

However, this evening Paredes left the Zenit hotel at their winter training camp in Doha and headed to the airport.

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Napoli and Argentina icon Diego Maradona says ‘I hope Emiliano Sala’s pilot got the wrong airport and that he’s found still alive.’

Sala has been missing since Tuesday morning after it emerged Cardiff City’s record signing was on a light aircraft when it lost contact with air traffic control near Alderney in the English Channel and disappeared off radar.

“I hope the pilot got the wrong airport and that he’s found still alive,” Maradona told Argentine journalist Martin Arevalo in a voice clip.

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Allan has reportedly agreed terms with Paris Saint-Germain, who Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis describes as ‘friends’.

According to Il Mattino, Allan has ‘given the go-ahead’ to joining PSG, where he would earn €32m over four years, plus a bonus for winning the Champions League.

It comes after Sky Sport Italia claimed PSG had offered €80m for the Brazilian midfielder, and De Laurentiis was asked about the report.

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Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly prepared to pay €80m plus bonuses for Allan, but Napoli are demanding €120m.

According to Gianluca Di Marzio’s website, PSG are not giving up on a deal for Allan, who is ‘tempted by an experience at Parc des Princes’.

The Sky Sport Italia journalist explains the French giants have yet to make a ‘real’ bid for the midfielder but have nonetheless ‘reached’ the €80m figure.

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Napoli are interested in Pablo Fornals, but despite Spanish reports, Italian sources insist there will be no discount from the €30m Villarreal release clause.

The story emerged in Mundo Deportivo this evening, suggesting Napoli had agreed a deal for €25m plus bonuses, just under the €30m release clause in his contract.

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Marko Rog’s agent will meet Napoli to finalise his transfer to Sevilla, on loan with option to buy for €15m plus bonuses.

According to Spanish newspaper Marca, the Croatia international’s representative Fali Ramadani will work out the details on Wednesday.

Sevilla are expected to sign Rog on loan with option to buy at the end of the season for €15m.

Napoli would also be owed a percentage of any future transfer fee if he leaves Sevilla.

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Napoli have agreed to pay just under the €30m release clause for Villarreal midfielder Pablo Fornals, according to Mundo Deportivo.

He turns 23 next month and already has two senior caps for Spain under his belt.

Fornals would increase the Spanish contingent at the Stadio San Paolo after Raul Albiol, Jose Callejon and summer signing Fabian Ruiz.

Villarreal only signed him from Malaga for €12m in the summer of 2017, but the cost of this operation is believed to be €25m plus bonuses.

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