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Speaking on Radio Nanduti on Tuesday evening, Paraguayan journalist Wilson Gonzalez Bronce said: ‘I’ve just received confirmation and this is now 100 per cent certain. Unfortunately, Julio Enciso’s transfer to the BlueCo ownership fell through.

Julio Enciso spent the second half of last season on loan at Ipswich Town (Getty)

‘They were going to place him first at Racing Strasbourg in French football and after a year, he had the possibility of playing for Chelsea.
‘Unfortunately, Julio Enciso did not pass the medical. They tried in the following way – usually, medical tests are only for one day, you either pass them or you don’t pass them and you’re are not signed. There are not many cases in which a professional footballer does not pass the medical.

‘Normally, it is a routine matter, but on this occasion, and due to the three operations that Julio Enciso has already had on the same knee, they had to do an extra test, which he also did not pass. Unfortunately, this took place this morning.

‘At this point, we can confirm 100% that Julio Enciso will not be signed and the Paraguayan player, the jewel of Paraguayan football, will have to stay at Brighton, a team with which he still has a contract until June next year.

‘But I insist on this, the possibility of being transferred and then playing for Chelsea has fallen through.’

Kazakh scout thinks Chelsea have struck gold with Dastan Satpaev

Kairat Almaty striker Dastan Satpaev is another promising talent who has been signed by Chelsea, with the Kazakh set to move to Stamford Bridge next year when he turns 18.

One scout from Kazakhstan thinks Chelsea have “hit the jackpot” with Satpaev, who once allegedly scored 54 goals in just 19 appearances at under-17 level.

Speaking to The Sun, Kazakh scout Olzhas said: “According to his coach, there was a season where Kairat’s under-17 team won the championship with a goal difference of 186 to zero, and in that campaign Satpaev scored 54 goals with 50 assists in just 19 matches.