As warned a few days ago, Emmanuel Petit has confirmed his move to Chelsea in a message on his official website. "There's no point hiding it any more," he writes. "I still have to pass the medical, but that should be OK."

He says he didn't want to go to Italy, nor return to France - and repeats that he loves London as a city. Still wish we had been in for him, in that case.

Chelsea have called a press conference for 2pm on Tuesday, so we guess that will be the unveiling. We can't bring ourselves to watch.