Does anybody know what the craic is with the deal we have for him?

I heard originally it was a commitment to buy in the summer, but then recently I am sure I heard Howe say words to the effect of ‘he’s on track to meet the criteria’

He’s obviously not getting game time, and given we have FFP restrictions, is he someone we HAVE to buy if the manager clearly doesn’t fancy him?

Also… if we don’t buy him it makes Chelsea’s financial position worse when they are already likely to be significantly breaching FFP rules… so they’ll be looking to make the deal happen if they can.