The Athletic have explained whether Chelsea will still make a move to sign Mike Maignan from AC Milan in the second transfer window this summer.Fabrizio Romano has just dropped the bad news that the

And though it sounds like we may yet continue talks over Gittens, in the latter’s case, we are walking away — or at least making as if we were walking away. After all, Maignan has just one year left on his current contract, and Milan would be the sure losers in any sort of waiting game here.

Before the start of the transfer window, Liverpool identified their targets and ruthlessly set about signing them. Manchester City could also have at least two new players before this evening’s temporary closure of the transfer window. Chelsea need to look at both clubs and see how they fell so far behind.