Chelsea have already had a productive summer window, signing Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucurella, Carney Chukwuemeka and Gabriel Slonina.
However, it appears at least another three names could come through the door at Stamford Bridge before the transfer window slams shut at the end of the month.
One of those names could be Wesley Fofana of Leicester City. Chelsea saw a £70m bid for the centre-back rejected on Friday, but it is now being reported that the Blues could go as high as £85m to land the Frenchman:
Chelsea are willing to go to £85m for Fofana and believe that would be enough to get him. Would take their spending over £200m and could be more beyond that (FDJ, Casadei, Auba targeted). So are they going to be able to make anything back on sales? #cfc
— Jacob Steinberg (@JacobSteinberg) August 6, 2022
On top of that, Fofana recently spoke to the Telegraph and expressed his desire to win trophies, something he of course has a better chance of doing at Chelsea: “I want to not only win trophies but try to be the best defender in my position in the world.”
Elsewhere, an update on Chelsea’s pursuit of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has emerged.
It is claimed Thomas Tuchel is open to signing the former Arsenal man, but Barcelona want to use Aubameyang as back-up to Robert Lewandowski and would prefer it if Memphis Depay left.
News #Aubameyang: Tuchel is open for his transfer. Internally he has demanded world class players only. He criticizes to much average in his squad. But: Barcelona wants to keep Auba at this stage as a top backup for Lewy. Depay should leave instead. #CFC @Sky_Marc @SkySportDE 🇬🇦
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) August 5, 2022
And finally, Sport are reporting that Chelsea have offered Marcos Alonso as part of the deal to sign Frenkie de Jong:
Chelsea offer Alonso as part of De Jong switch https://t.co/Ebqiknm6wY
— SPORT English (@Sport_EN) August 6, 2022
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