Chelsea given 'no chance' of beating Man Utd to £85m signing of Barcelona star being 'pushed' to leave
Chelsea have been offered “totally most clearly no opportunity” of going beyond Manchester Joined in the race to indicator Frenkie de Jong from FC Barcelona.
De Jong was greatly linked using Individual Utd during the 2022 summer send residence window as he was labelled as one of Erik 10 Hag’s elevation targets in advance of his first period in penalty.
Barcelona needed the silver money so they were open to striking a bargain using Individual Utd yet De Jong rendered it legible throughout the residence window that he was not astounded in leaving the Spanish giants.
The Red Satanic forces ended up upward wrapping up Casemiro from Real Madrid as a pricey substitute yet Spanish media have claimed in current days that De Jong is previously on the arenae.
A report from Football Transfers cases ‘does not cramp to take off’ yet Barcelona are ‘spreading incorrect information in a proposition to unsettle the player’ and ‘push’ him right into leaving in the summer.
Chelsea have currently spent over £200m on Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo in current windows yet Spanish outlet Sport have claimed that they are anxious to spend £85m to indicator De Jong.
Steve Nicol cannot go to Chelsea wrapping up De Jong, though. Once rendered queries around their chances of touchdown De Jong this summer, he briefed ESPN: “No. No, most clearly no opportunity. Entirely most clearly no opportunity, seems a boatload more pick a Individual Joined buy. Nicely, the company’s Dutch for a overture.”
In various other Chelsea news, Fabrizio Romano possesses chatted out on Mauricio Pochettino’s “technical decision” to take off him out of the launching XI for their FA Mug replay against Aston Suite previously this week.
“Thiago Silva’s existent in the Chelsea launching jabber upward upward could now be in skepticism after he missed out on the game against Aston Suite in the FA Mug, yet I frankly wear’t come to be aware around this eventuality or what it prepares for for his place in the side for the rest of this period,” Romano briefed Entraped Offside.
“It’s not a send story so it’s not in reality my place, it will rely on Mauricio Pochettino. But they clarified the eventuality days ago, so it seems to just be a technical decision now upward to the coaching subordinate.
“Conor Gallagher is an additional tag at Chelsea proceeding to attract headings, yet it’s an additional one that’s not incorporated yet. Despite reports from some resources that Chelsea have now desperate to sell the midfielder, there’s nothing substantiated yet. We will go to in the next months.
“At the minute Gallagher’s agreement eventuality lingers unmodified; of course if he confirms upward to June/July out of agreement in 2025, it will be again be an stretch-or-sell eventuality for Gallagher. But nothing is concrete at this phase – in January we had 100 rumours per day yet nothing arised, not even arrangements.”
