Transfer gossip: Caulker to pick up nearly £1m, Mirror say
Some of the latest transfer speculation in the aftermath of the window closing.
Steven Caulker will land a windfall of nearly £1m by joining Lokomotiv Moscow on loan from QPR, the Daily Mirror say.
The newspaper say Caulker will play in Russia – where the transfer window remains open – from March to the end of the season in May and will pick up a number of payments.
Caulker, 25, will reportedly be given a joining fee of £500,000 and a £30,000-a-week increase on his current wages.
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Chelsea rejected a pre-deadline bid from Watford for Asmir Begovic, according to the Daily Telegraph.
The Blues’ second-choice goalkeeper was wanted by Bournemouth but stayed at Stamford Bridge because Chelsea were unable to bring in a replacement for him.
The Telegraph say Watford also came in for Begovic in the final hours of the transfer window, offering Chelsea £10m and the Hornets’ former Tottenham keeper Heurelho Gomes.
Begovic, who wanted to leave in order to play regular first-team football, is now expected to join Bournemouth at the end of the season.
The south-coast club also made an offer for Nathan Ake ahead of the deadline.
Chelsea were unwilling to part with the young Dutchman, who was recently recalled from a season-long loan with the Cherries.
Meanwhile, reports have claimed that Chelsea wanted to sign Celtic’s former Fulham forward Moussa Dembele ahead of the deadline.
