Still no confirmation of late mystery Chelsea transfer deal that seemed to go through | OneFootball

There has still not been any official confirmation that Chelsea striker Dujuan Richards has joined Leicester on loan this window.

We covered a story on it this morning where it seemed like it was going through.

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Fabrizio Romano posted on X:

‘After Mukasa, Leicester City will also announce the signing of Dujuan Richards on loan from Chelsea. All sealed.’

As well as that, as cited on X, Sky Sports say:

‘Leicester are still expecting to confirm Dujuan Richards‘ loan move from Chelsea, but confirmation isn’t expected to come tonight. There are no issues. A backlog with all the late deals with the EFL means announcements may be delayed.’

But nothing yet

I’ve just checked again and there has been nothing at all confirmed by the official channels of Leicester or Chelsea. So what on earth has happened here? Is it still going through? Is it off? Was it ever even on?

Maybe they did get it done and through in time, but you’d imagine that by now we would have heard of it being officially announced. Maybe the backlog of announcements are still logged up? It’s anyone’s guess at this point. Time will tell.

In other news today

Axel Disasi’s loan move from Chelsea to West Ham was finally confirmed officially late last night by both Chelsea and West Ham, with the defender heading to The Blues London rivals on loan until the end of the season.

Mamadou Sarr’s return from Strasbourg to Chelsea was also confirmed, with The Blues deciding to trigger a clause to recall him from loan to come back to the club. It looks like Sarr will play an important role now at Chelsea for the rest of this season and beyond.