CHELSEA fans have fumed at the club’s reported wage offer to Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.
The Blues have been working to try and sign Osimhen in the dying embers of the transfer window.
With tonight’s transfer deadline fast approaching, Chelsea continue to work on signing Osimhen before time runs out.
The Nigerian international has also been linked with a switch to Saudi Arabian side Al Ahli before the 11pm deadline.
But according to reports, Osimhen would rather make the switch to the Premier League and join Chelsea – if they can meet his wage demands.
It’s been claimed that Osimhen is holding out for a whopping £500,000-per-week in order to get a deal over the line.
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Chelsea reportedly remain in talks to sign Victor Osimhen from Napoli, with time running out for the Blues to complete a deal.
Meanwhile, Ivan Toney is expected to join Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli, according to reports.
Elsewhere, Newcastle are set to walk away from their long-running pursuit of Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi.
In other news, Chelsea and Juventus remain in discussions over a deal for Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho ahead of the 11pm deadline.
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However, despite long negotiations throughout the day, RMC Sport’s Fabrice Hawkins has claimed that the Blues’ latest offer to Osimhen is only £130,000-a-week.
Chelsea fans are incensed at the low-ball offer with the Stamford Bridge faithful hoping for a world class number nine to join their ranks.
Many supporters took to social media to vent their frustrations after learning of the offer made by Todd Boehly and his team.
One wrote: “If this is what we’ve spent all day doing. I have no words. Not even I’d lowball him that much.”
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While another added: “Spent all that time negotiating to come up with that. What a waste of time.”
A third fumed: “What is this? We are not serious at all.”
And a fourth posted: “This club is a joke!”.
Chelsea have implemented a new wage structure since the arrival of Boehly and Clearlake Capital that means the majority of their players are on relatively low wages for lengthy contract.
Meeting Osimhen’s demands would not only break their structure and make him the Blues’ top paid player, but would also make him the highest earner in the whole of the Premier League.
It’s claimed that if a deal can’t be struck between the parties then Osimhen would remain in Napoli with a deal to Al Ahli now looking unlikely.
The Saudi outfit are instead placing their attention on Brentford striker Ivan Toney.
Chelsea are also working on bringing Jadon Sancho to SW6 before the window slams shut in a matter of hours.
It’s reported that Chelsea have submitted a loan-to-buy offer to Manchester United for the wantaway winger.
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DEAR DEIDRE: DEBAUCHED sex sessions with a woman in my office are becoming too much like hard work.
She’s so demanding that I’m worried my colleagues – and my wife – will find out. She even started following me into the men’s loos for a quickie.
I’m 35 and manage an estate agency. She’s 28 and does admin.
Our affair started soon after she joined the agency. She is gorgeous and very flirty, and we had a laugh together.
One day, we were both working late in the office after everyone else had gone home.
She started playing footsie with me under the desk, and it really turned me on.
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Then she confided that she was really unhappy with her partner, because he’s boring in bed and won’t ever give her oral sex – which she loves.
I’m married to a lovely woman, but our sex life has been so dull lately too. I have a higher sex drive than her.
I ended up giving my colleague oral sex under the desk.
After that, we progressed to full sex whenever we got the chance. But she started to take big risks – coming up behind me while other people are around and touching me, or herself.
I think she likes the dangerous thrill of almost getting caught.
I liked it too, at first. But she’s started going too far.
Following me into the loos uninvited while my team was outside crossed the line for me.
And worse, she once called me at home in the evening saying she wanted to meet up. I had to make excuses to my wife.
I know what we’re doing is wrong, and I need to end the relationship, but I’m worried how she’ll react – especially as I’m her boss.
What can I do?
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Now it’s time to be firm and clear, with yourself as well as her. This has to stop.
You are both in relationships with other people, and you are both risking your reputations and your jobs.
Tell her you’ve loved being with her but this has gone too far now and you both have to be professional in the office, and work on your own relationships at home.
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DEAR DEIDRE: I’M in a toxic friendship with a male friend who has sexually assaulted me on several occasions, and I can’t understand why I keep being drawn back to him.
Part of me thinks I should report him to the police, but he says if I do that, he’ll kill himself.
I don’t want him to go to prison, but I need him to understand that what he’s doing is wrong.
I’m 26 and he’s 27. We’ve known each other since university days.
When we were younger he told me he wanted to be with me, but I said I wasn’t interested and just wanted to be friends.
Over the years, we’ve grown very close and often spend evenings together, drinking, or watching movies. Sometimes he stays over at my flat, on the sofa, if he gets too drunk to drive.
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But several times, I have woken up to find him touching me intimately.
When this happens, I freeze and don’t say anything. But the next day, when I confront him about it, he claims he has no memory of what happened.
A couple of times after he’s done this, I have felt so sick that I’ve stopped talking to him for weeks or even months.
But I miss his company and always end up getting friendly with him again.
It’s made more complicated by the fact that sometimes, I have agreed to kiss him, and once I gave him oral sex after he pestered me for it.
I know this situation isn’t healthy and I am so confused about what’s going on.
Please help.
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DEIDRE SAYS: This man has sexually assaulted you on many occasions.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve kissed him or given him oral sex before – which happened under duress, so you didn’t willingly consent – you were asleep and did not want this.
This isn’t your fault and you haven’t led him on. He’s a sexual predator, taking advantage of your friendship.
Threatening suicide is just more of his manipulation.
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EMILY Atack could miss out on appearing in the third Inbetweeners movie after her ex James Buckley was accused of axing her from the reunion.
Today it was revealed The Inbetweeners stars are already in talks for a revival – most likely a third film – a decade after after the last movie.
Emily starred in the hit TV series as Charlotte Hinchcliffe, the love interest of Will McKenzie [Simon Bird].
But off-screen she had “a couple of snogs” with Jay Cartwright actor James Buckley, who is said to have blocked her from taking part in the 10th anniversary reunion in 2019.
A source at the time told The Sun: “Emily got a call from producers 24 hours before she was due on set.
“They were deeply embarrassed and apologetic. They had to explain that James had asked she be taken off the show.”
The pair had a couple of cheeky snogs back in the day when they were both single. But James allegedly didn’t want it to become a major issue on the reunion set, or with his wife Clair.
“The kissing meant nothing to Emily and has never been an issue for her,” said the source. “She was very taken aback to be told she wasn’t needed, and genuinely gutted.
“She thought everything was good to go, and was looking forward to reuniting with the guys.”
The insider also claimed Emily took offence after finding out James had been making comments about her appearance on I’m a Celebrity.
They added: “Emily heard James had slagged her off about I’m A Celebrity, saying it was tacky and not ‘on brand’ — which she understandably found patronising.”
While the reported feud between James and Emily means she may not be taking part in any new project, Joe Thomas – who played Simon Cooper – revealed he, James, Simon and Neil Sutherland actor Blake Harrison are all on board.
Asked whether conversions for a comeback have started, Joe said: “Yes, it’s happened in various forms. All of us feel it would be nice to do.”
He teased “some of the ideas out there” for a revival included a stag do in Vegas.”
ELON Musk has promised free connectivity to Starlink satellites from anywhere in the world – but users are not convinced he will follow through with his promises.
The controversial technocrat has made strides with Starlink, a satellite network that provides broadband-level connectivity to users across the globe.
The SpaceX subsidiary boasts over 6,000 spacecraft and partnered with T-Mobile to launch Direct to Cell service on smartphones registered to the network.
Starlink’s feats have been widely circulated and sensationalized, including the story about a remote tribe that connected to the internet for the first time.
Traditionally, smartphones connect to cellular networks, enabling users to send texts, surf the internet, and more.
However, in sparsely inhabited regions with few cell towers in sight, you may not be able to get service.
This is where Starlink comes in. The satellites beam signals down from space, making them a lifeline in situations where, say, you’re hiking in the wilderness and get injured.
In a post to X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday, Musk made a bold and unprecedented claim: Starlink would provide emergency services at no added cost.
“After thinking it through, SpaceX Starlink will provide emergency services access for mobile phones for people in distress for free,” the tech tycoon wrote.
“This applies worldwide, subject to approval by country governments. Can’t have a situation where someone dies because they forgot or were unable to pay for it.”
Apple was the first to offer emergency satellite connectivity last year, with rivals like Google following in its footsteps.
This begs the question: why use Starlink if your phone has an identical tool already built in?
In Apple‘s case, there’s a catch. The feature is free for two years on the iPhone 15 or later, while iPhone 14 users receive three years if they activated their device before November 15, 2023.
While the feature has yet to arrive with the rollout of Android 15, a code breakdown revealed clues about a feature called “Satellite SOS” that will also be free for two years.
If Musk were to stay true to his word, this would put Starlink leaps and bounds ahead of its competitors.
But users don’t expect the technocrat’s promise to hold up.
“Presumably it’ll only be free until it reaches critical mass then operational costs will be cited to get governments or service providers to pony up,” one Reddit user wrote.
Others pointed to Musk’s history of grandiose promises that didn’t come to fruition.
“The chances of this actually happening are near 0 but I guess we’ll see,” one Redditor wrote.
“It’ll happen as soon as the Cybertruck is able to sail across small bodies of water,” another quipped.
It is worth noting Starlink won’t keep you connected everywhere.
Like cell towers, satellites are above-ground – meaning you will have to put up with spotty service on the subway for the foreseeable future.
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation project developed by SpaceX, the space company founded by Elon Musk.
The company aims to provide high-speed, low-latency internet access across the globe, particularly in areas where traditional broadband is unavailable or unreliable.
Here’s how it works:
