Dependable switch journalist Fabrizio Romano says Chelsea have clearly knowledgeable one membership that they are going to make a transfer for his or her £100m-plus star earlier than deadline day.
Busy window at Chelsea with extra signings anticipated
But once more, Todd Boehly and BlueCo have orchestrated one other busy switch window at Stamford Bridge, as they financially again new supervisor Enzo Maresca with a plethora of recent additions.
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They’re making an attempt to steer him behind the scenes.
Most just lately, Chelsea confirmed the signing of Premier League winger Pedro Neto in a £54 million deal from Wolves, coming after the Portuguese was closely linked with an exit from Molineux all summer season.
Neto may even make his English high flight debut for Chelsea on Sunday as they put together to face-off of their opening recreation of the season towards Man Metropolis, alongside different new senior additions like Filip Jorgensen, Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor and Tosin Adarabioyo.
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Chelsea’s best-performing gamers within the Premier League final season |
Common match score (WhoScored) |
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Cole Palmer |
7.48 |
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Conor Gallagher |
7.13 |
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Nicolas Jackson |
7.07 |
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Moises Caicedo |
6.85 |
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Noni Madueke |
6.84 |
Past the conflict towards Metropolis, there’s each motive to consider that a few new faces may be in line to characteristic for the primary time in a Chelsea shirt, if Boehly and co can get the heavily-linked names over the road.
A kind of is Napoli star Victor Osimhen, and his potential change to Stamford Bridge is carefully tied with that Romelu Lukaku. It’s believed that Lukaku has agreed a three-year deal to hitch Napoli, whereas Osimhen may commerce locations with the Belgian by shifting to Chelsea.
Chelsea instantly inform Napoli they are going to transfer for Osimhen
Writing in a Dailybriefing, Romano has shared an replace on the saga and Chelsea’s intentions relating to the previous Lille star.
He says that Chelsea have clearly instructed Napoli that they are going to transfer for Osimhen, however it’s unclear what payment they’re keen to fork out for him, or whether it is anyplace near his £100 million-plus launch clause.
“We all know that Lukaku has an settlement with Napoli for a three-year contract, the wage is okay and the participant is already speaking with Antonio Conte. He desires to go to Napoli, however work continues to be ongoing,” wrote Romano this week.
“Throughout these conversations I can let you know, as soon as once more, that Chelsea instructed Napoli clearly that they’ve Victor Osimhen on their listing and so they wish to make a transfer for him, however as of now, Chelsea have nonetheless not introduced a contract proposal to the participant.
“So, I’d say we’re nonetheless on the early phases of the Osimhen story, however on the superior phases of the Lukaku story.
“As I all the time instructed you, Osimhen won’t go on mortgage and won’t scale back his wage from €11m internet, so Chelsea nonetheless have to do some work on the participant facet earlier than saying ‘okay, we at the moment are on the key phases of the Osimhen story.”
The 25-year-old has been certainly one of Serie A’s most prolific scorers ever since he moved to Italy in 2020, with Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola calling him a “devastating” ahead participant.
