Chelsea sold Oscar to Shanghai SIPG – which officially went through today – for £52m … but the Brazil midfielder was not first-choice under Antonio Conte. The Frenchman had been waiting for a new deal for months, despite being arguably the best goalkeeper in the Premier League. But he faces stiff competition from, among others, Manchester City. Premier League clubs are already paying attention and that interest is only going to grow and grow. But Bayern are likely to reject that and hold out for closer to £40m. Getty Images4Chelsea have made contact with the agent of Ricardo Rodriguez over a January move to St. The former Southampton man has appeared for less than 15 minutes in the Premier League this term and only featured in eight games this season. With competition for places from Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, he knows he is no longer a first team player. They have already lost three times away this season, and were uncharacteristically shaky at the back when they fell to a shock 3-1 defeat at Genoa. Enner Valencia, on loan from West Ham, may get a permanent deal after scoring his first goal in almost a year yesterday.