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Chelsea set to sign French wonderkid Eli Junior Kroupi after beating London rivals to £30m transfer
CHELSEA are set to pay up to £30million for 18-year-old French strike sensation Eli Junior Kroupi.
The teenager has hit nine goals in 18 appearances for second-division leaders Lorient and is keen to come to the Premier League — if the move is right for him.
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Blues have jumped ahead of Prem rivals West Ham and Bournemouth for Kroupi, who made his top-flight debut at 16 for the club where his dad, Eli, also played.
The French youth cap also picked the country of his birth over Ivory Coast, where his father was a full international.
Chelsea hope to win the auction but a major obstacle will be whether they plan to keep Kroupi at Stamford Bridge or send him out on loan.
Kroupi and his camp want to take on the Prem now rather than wait — and he is also eligible for Uefa’s Conference League.
Hammers prefer to do a deal based on a lower down-payment plus add-ons, while Bournemouth have also been in talks with Lorient over a move worth less cash but with a quicker route into the first team.
Blues are also ready to loan out teens Aaron Anselmino and Marc Guiu.
Anselmino, 19, is seen as a future star but Chelsea think he needs half a season playing to toughen up.
Sheffield Wednesday want the Argentinian defender, while Scottish giants Rangers have also inquired.
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Spanish striker Guiu, also 19, could be sent out to a Championship club to gain experience, with Leeds, West Brom and Middlesbrough keen on the former Barcelona starlet.
Blues boss Enzo Maresca told fans to expect some movement in his pre-match press conference on Friday.
The Italian said: “‘You can expect players arriving and you can expect players leaving.
“It is like this in this moment.
“I don’t have any idea about the ones that can leave and the ones that can arrive.
“Anything can happen, we will see.
“For me the main focus is just 48 hours, the game, it is the main focus and the most important thing.”
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At least seven killed and 15 injured as bus plunges into 200ft gorge after slamming through barrier
SEVEN have been killed and 15 injured when a luxury bus plunged into a 200ft gorge after slamming through a barrier.
The driver lost control at around 4.15am and the vehicle, carrying 48 pilgrims, went through a crash barrier and fell about 35ft from the road.
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Cops in Gujrat, India, said five people died instantly and 17 were taken to hospital with two later dying of their injuries.
Photos showed the smashed-up blue double-decker bus at the bottom of the gorge with the roof entirely collapsed.
The pilgrims were from Madhya Pradesh, a large state in central India, and were on their way to Dwarka in Gujarat.
The tragedy comes after 30 people were killed in a crowd stampede at the mega religious festival Kumbh Mela.
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