We have about ten days remaining to keep chipping away at the deadwood left to rot in the Bomb Squad™, and among the bigger logs in there (figuratively speaking of course) is Axel Disasi, who, like Renato Veiga,

Renato Veiga has always felt at home with a ball at his feet. In his unveiling interview with Chelsea, he cited his father as his biggest inspiration. “I just wanted to be like him,” he said.

Spanish paper AS have the move broken down – the Yellow Submarine didn’t want to pay more than €20m for Veiga, while Chelsea wanted €35m. It sounds like an impossible gap to bridge, but both sides have clearly seen their position was unreasonable.