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Chelsea are getting their squad sorted for the Club World Cup and next season, and that means a busy few weeks.

Chelsea dealing with their loan army one by one

Andrey Santos in Strasbourg training.

There are transfers incoming – Liam Delap has been signed and various others are being strongly linked. But there’s also the question of what to do with all of the players returning from loan.

It’s felt like the giant squad of last summer was a problem of the past, but so many players who were “out of sight, out of mind” are now back and will need to find a new home once again.

Many of them – Raheem Sterling, Armando Broja, Lesley Ugochukwu, the list goes on – we expect to be sold. But there are others who feel like they have a strong chance of staying. Chief among that group is Andrey Santos.

His second half of last season was impressive enough that there some some consideration of him staying for this season just passed, so after a brilliant 12 months on loan with Strasbourg, we’re sure he’s joining the squad.

Chelsea reject €30m offers out of hand

We’ve heard whispers about the club considering selling him, but our sources have told us exclusively that that’s not on the cards. Verbal offers of €30m were rejected out of hand by Chelsea, who probably wouldn’t even sell for double that. He’s just joined up with the Brazil squad, hoping to add a second cap and another chunk of change to his value.

It’s not clear who those bids came from – but Arsenal, AC Milan, Juventus and PSG are all apparently interested. From what we can see, Santos looks ready to be a key part of our squad, and nobody is ready to make us an offer we can’t refuse.