Fabrizio Romano reports that Chelsea and full back Marc Cucurella, 24, have already reached "full agreement" on personal terms, suggesting that Chelsea is acting quickly to seize an opportunity to sign Cucurella from Brighton & Hove Albion.

Naturally, this part was never going to be the most important, but it's still essential if we want to outbid Manchester City for his services. City had gotten this far as well before failing to agree a transfer fee with Brighton.

Unlike City, Chelsea look set to meet Brighton’s £50m valuation, and it’s likely that we’ll do so without including any other player in the deal. Levi Colwill, a young man, was initially said to be involved in the negotiations, but as is typical with part-exchange rumors, it doesn't appear likely that this will be the case in reality — at least not directly.

Given the speed at which this thing is moving, we might have a final agreement between the two clubs very soon as well.