Chelsea plan Man City raid for next Cole Palmer as Blues prey on player doubts
Chelsea are kit to render a move for Manchester City star Oscar Bobb as they thorough peeks to target on uncertainties tantamount to those clutched by Cole Palmer at the Etihad.
Palmer was a revelation at Chelsea last season and also was named the Young Player of the Period in the Premier League having supervised 22 needs and also 11 help in his launching project.
That form made him an England telephone call-upward and also Palmer’s inventory climbed up even more during the event in Germany, as he issued the critical assist for Ollie Watkins in the semi last before he once more came off the bench to rating in the last for the Three Lions.
As well as Chelsea reportedly assume they can entice Bobb, as they did Palmer, through the guarantee of a agglomeration more arcade time at Stamford Footway and also work chief Joe Guards – that sold to job as a precursor at City – grasps the Norway international in high supervising.
Chelsea wizard Simon Phillips said: “SPTC sources have testified that Chelsea are currently gazing at Bobb as a opportunity choice due to the fact he is in a tantamount position that Palmer was in last summer season.
“Chelsea assume they can have an avenue to land Bobb if he doesn’t play as a agglomeration as he desires to in pre-season and also doesn’t feel he is visiting render consumption the probabilities at City.
“Bobb is considerably a agglomeration a ‘Joe Guards target’ if you prefer, through The Funks supervisor seniority him exquisitely.”
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Chelsea have alternatively been linked through Fulham playmaker Andreas Pereira, through reports administering assume the Funks would distinctly thorough peeks to consumption £35m of the £50m they hope to render consumption from Conor Gallagher’s sale on the Brazilian.
But send wizard Fabrizio Romano says he hasn’t listened to of any concrete zest in Pereira through Chelsea’s send top priorities elsewhere.
“I wear’t want to refute any workmate but I wear’t have information on talks between Chelsea and also Andreas Pereira, or Chelsea and also Fulham so much, despite what owns been reported in Brazil,” Romano said.
“Chelsea’s focus is on a proper-footed winger, striker, and also goalkeeper. On Pereira’s future overall, it will trust fund avenues and also what sort of referrals he will derive.”