TRANSFER UPDATE! Latest on Declan Rice, Moisés Caicedo & Édouard Mendy 📝

some breaking news and it concerns

Chelsea and it's a departure Nick it's

something we've been speaking about on

Sky Sports News over the course of the

last few weeks and eduard Mendy has left

Chelsea after three seasons and

completed a permanent transfer to the

Saudi professional League side Al Ali

the 31 year old will be best remembered

for his part in the run to Champions

League glory in 2021. you can see it

just twice in seven knockout matches a

popular figure in the dressing room

there as well but his time at Chelsea

after three seasons comes to an end we

know that Chelsea are up against it with

regards to ffp they need player

departures they need to raise funds they

need to balance the books and one of

those players to head out is eduard

Mendy so there's a statement on the

club's website which confirms this and

obviously he goes with the best wishes

but at 31 years old still got a lot to

offer the game as well but he's heading

to the Saudi pro league okay we heard a

lot about Tottenham just now across

North London looks like a potentially

encouraging day for Arsenal fans in the

club's procedure of Declan rights

amazing day as far as Arsenal fans are

concerned and it's been one of the big

talking points in this Summer's transfer

window even though it's only been open

for a couple of weeks there's been a

number of sides that were queuing up at

the start of the window for the

signature of Declan rice there would

have been perhaps six or seven in the

Premier League that would have said yes

we would take him if we can find the

right money that would satisfy West Ham

then we would absolutely want to sign

the 23 year old England International

over the course of that period of time

it became quite clear that only two

clubs were able to get to the figures

that were West Ham were looking for

they've said quite openly throughout the

course of this window they want 120

million pounds for their Captain their

star man and their main midfielder and

the latest situation happened last night

it was Arsenal's third offer which

totaled 105 million pounds that was

lodged to West Ham this morning there

there was a slight development because

the two teams that were at the table for

Declan rice one of them being Manchester

City decided to walk away from the deal

they weren't comfortable with the prices

that were being quoted they didn't want

to get into a bidding war with Arsenal

they're also told as well by Declan

Rice's camp that he had a preference to

stay in London and join Arsenal he was

excited by Mikhail arteta the project

there and the fact that they went so

close to challenging Manchester City for

the title but we are now in a position

where we are waiting for West Ham to

decide what they are doing with this

third offer and just to say perhaps why

there is a slight delay as to whether

this offer has been accepted or rejected

the chairman of West Ham David Sullivan

is currently in the south of Italy on a

super yacht how nice which he which he

bid for in a charity to take his fad

family and friends a way to try and get

some down time over the summer because

you know when you're the owner and

chairman of a premier league side you're

going to be busy with transfers and

that's very much the case with West Ham

at the moment so he's probably in and

out of signal as to whether or not he

can get access to emails and phone calls

I bet it's Got Fabulous Wi-Fi

so that may be one of the reasons as to

why there's just a little bit of time

between Arsenal lodging their offer last

night and West Ham deciding exactly what

to do for it he's trying to get some

down time he's trying to switch off but

of course this is a British record

transfer fee of in excess of 100 million

pounds but what Arsenal will be getting

is a leader is the West Ham Captain

someone that's an England International

someone that can play in multiple

positions through Midfield he's also

played at center-back as well so this is

a player that would be number one on

Mikhail arteta's list it would go

alongside Kai habits and during Timber

as well so this would be a huge deal but

hence why there's been a little bit of

delay links back to potentially David

Sullivan trying to get a little bit of a

break I don't know how much of a break

you can get when you're when you're

doing 100 million pound plus transfer

well there's a great reason for for that

delay why is Kai habits not yet an

Arsenal player yes medical at the

weekend so we know that was confirmed we

know that Arsenal and Chelsea agreed a

package of 65 million pounds for him as

well we're just waiting for confirmation

from uh The two clubs on this one but

it's only a matter of time now before

Arsenal confirmed that they have got Kai

habits the man that they coveted the man

that they feel can add to that Arsenal

Midfield and that Arsenal attack and

once again Mikela Tetro and edu doing

some nice early business in this window

and getting the players that they want

okay and a quick word about Moises

Casado and the involvement of Manchester

United now yeah so this was a story

that's developed in the last couple of

hours or so there has been an initial

approach by Manchester United to

Brighton but we're expecting that

approach to become formal now as they

pursue the midfielder Moises Casado now

this is one of those fascinating stories

with Brighton their recruitment is so

strong Nick as you know they paid around

five million pounds for Moises Casado

not that long ago in January they

rejected a bid from Arsenal for 70

million pounds he then went on to sign a

new contract but over the course of the

back end of the season he's been

monitored and watched by a number of

other Premier League sides Chelsea being

one of those Manchester United being the

other we know that Manchester United are

Keen to try and add to their Midfield

ranks over the course of this Summer's

transfer window there's that offer that

remains on the table for Mason Mount at

55 million pounds but they are also

interested in Moises Casado who can play

at right back as well just 21 years old

one goal one assist in 37 Premier League

appearances last season but this is

certainly one to watch and it's just now

a matter of time before Manchester

United make their official approach to

Brighton for Moises Crusade