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Breaking News Real Madrid are now moving forward with the Dean Huijsen file. Although Chelsea has already made inquiries, the central defender has decided to leave England this summer. via@sachatavolieri 😡😮‍💨

🟢Chelsea could see Jadon Sancho depart the club in the summer, despite being set to add the Englishman to their ranks in a permanent capacity from Manchester United - with sources revealing that Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen could be queuing up to land him in the summer transfer window. (via@DeanJones) 🔵Chelsea have closed doors however for Kepa, Chilwell, Disasi, Broja and Sterling, it’s OVER for them. Kepa Arrizabalaga is out of the Chelsea project. Bournemouth are open to keeping the player on a permanent transfer. If Chelsea get a good proposal for João Félix, I think he could possibly leave permanently. The door is not closed at Chelsea, though. (via@FabrizioRomano) 🟣A lot of planning is going into this as well as possible exits. The desire is to have a group of 23 to 24 outfield players who the club believe will be strong enough to compete in the Premier League, domestic cups and European competition should they qualify. Chelsea sources have revealed the club intend to do the majority of their in’s and out’s by the end of June, including a striker and right footed winger. Chelsea have been working on these deals for months. Chelsea are confident they can sell many of the current loan players because they have benefitted from playing elsewhere, apart from Andrey Santos, who is staying. (via@SJohnsonSport) 🔴FC Liverpool are set to beat Chelsea and Newcastle to the summer signing of Marc Guehi. The Reds held talks THIS WEEK with Marc Guehi's representatives. Guehi is expected to leave Crystal Palace. The Palace star for a cut-price fee of around £50-60 million in this summer. (via@DaveOCKOP & @SportsPeteO) ⚫️David Ornstein recently confirmed that Isak is a Liverpool target. Any move for Isak would likely shatter Liverpool’s transfer record, currently standing at the £85 million package paid for Darwin Nunez. Reports suggest Newcastle would demand well in excess of £100 million for their prized asset. And it seems that the Reds are now looking to accelerate a transfer for the Swedish international. 🟤The thinking is that sales will fund the purchase of a centre-forward and winger, while also being good for the books in general. Players will still be loaned out too. For example, Mathis Amougou is already being lined up to join Strasbourg. (via@TheAthleticFC)

Chelsea must pay Manchester United £5m if Jadon Sancho loan is not turned permanent in summer. 24yo winger left MUFC on temporary basis with buy obligation worth up to £25m but CFC can opt out for set fee. via@David_Ornstein @liam_twomey @SJohnsonSport @TheAthleticFC ‼️FC Sevilla are very interested in signing Mykhailo Mudryk in the summer. And the player would welcome his arrival at Sevilla. It will all depend on the resolution of the CAS, although Sevilla have already started moving their cards to get ahead of the rest of the competition. {Sport}

Filip Jorgensen clearly did not do enough in his Premier League audition to convince Maresca of his superiority to Sanchez. via@liam_twomey The nightmare is born🙆‍♂️😡 Malmo's academy goalkeeping coach Matt Pyzdrowski on Mike Penders: 🗣 “The two goalkeepers he reminds me of are Courtois and Ederson. He’s kind of a mix of the two.” Pyzdrowski: “He’s not as composed with the ball at his feet as Ederson yet, but what I really like about Penders is his ability to go long. He’s able to stretch the field just like Ederson and start counter-attacks from nothing, which is a huge asset. The way he hits the ball is fast, direct, but also very accurate.” 🙏 via@TheAthleticFC John Terry on Reece James best position: “I agree with that [Tuchel's assessment]. I see him as a defender. I don't like it, to be honest, people drifting in [to midfielder] I think it is more confusing.” (via@NizaarKinsella)

Nottingham Forest have made contact with Swedish striker Viktor Gyökeres.🇸🇪 Sources confirm that the Premier League club have contacted his representatives. via@stevek9KS1TV

Bournemouth lead for Kelleher Bournemouth are leading the race to sign Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher ahead of other suitors, with Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle all keeping tabs on his situation. via@FrazFletcher Borussia Dortmund will not exercise the 35 million euros buy option for Carney Chukwuemeka. Whether another loan is realistic and even desired by the club will only become clear in the summer whether and if so, in which European competition the club will play. via@RNBVB Joao Felix, set to leave AC Milan at the end of the season and return to Chelsea. AC Milan is not purchasing him. (@MatteMoretto) 🔴Kelleher fortunately does not come to us unfortunately Kepa,Chukwuemeka,Felix all return to Chelsea.

🙆‍♂️ Omari Kellyman has announced that his season is over due to re-injuring his hamstring.

Chelsea consider ripping up £25m Jadon Sancho agreement with Man Utd United loanee's erratic form is making the Blues think twice about keeping him. Chelsea are considering whether to pay a “significant fee” to get out of their obligation to buy Jadon Sancho from Manchester United this summer. The forward joined the Blues on loan last year, on terms that included a £25m obligation to make the deal permanent as the end of the season, should Chelsea finish above 14th in the Premier League. It was assumed Sancho would never return to his parent club as a result. There is however, The i Paper understands, a clause in the deal where Chelsea can get out of the transfer if they pay a penalty fee, something they are understood to be considering as an option. As it stands, Chelsea plan to stick to the terms of the agreement, but having already agreed to sign another winger, Geovany Quenda from Sporting Lisbon, the club could cut their losses on Sancho and pay a fee to avoid taking on his £250,000-a-week wages on a permanent basis. Quenda is understood to have chosen Chelsea over United, where former Sporting boss Ruben Amorim is a huge admirer, due to the fact he wants to play as a winger rather than wing-back. He will compete for a place at Chelsea alongside Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto, Noni Madueke and Sancho, should he stay. Mykhailo Mudryk is currently suspended pending the outcome of a failed drugs test but would provide further competition as and when his situation is resolved. Sancho’s erratic form is understood to have caused Chelsea to think twice about keeping him. After making an impressive start to life at Stamford Bridge, the 24-year-old has scored just twice and registered one assist since the end of September. United do not want Sancho back, and are planning for next season without him on the roster. Should he return, minority co-owners Ineos would want to move him on quickly to raise funds for Amorim’s squad overhaul. Keeping any semblance of a relationship with United does not appear to be on Sancho’s radar either, after he wrote “freedom” as a comment on Marcus Rashford’s social media post following his loan move to Aston Villa.

🔵Sancho and also to some extent Enzo Maresca was a Joe Shields move.

Breaking News Chelsea are considering whether to pay a “significant fee” to get out of their obligation to buy Jadon Sancho from Manchester United this summer. [@PeteHall86]

🚨🚨 #Chelsea continue to heavily scout 17-year-old midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi from LOSC Lille. Real Madrid are considering moving forward with an attempt to sign Enzo Fernández in the summer. @Sebasrur via Radio Continental.

Since the full tactic of Maresca has prevailed at Chelsea with always the intevenieren of the right/left defenders. All players except for Cucu from time to time Enzo Caicedo was already great before Maresca only had to adapt the rest of the players have only gotten worse since then and have improved zero. If we don't watch out now, Maresca Estevao and co. will chase us away, best example Palmer....

Maresca: “It’s a shame because we lost but with the amount of injuries we had we competed very well”

Arsenal's Jurrien Timber tells Enzo Maresca to ‘try harder’ before shaking his hand. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Maresca: “I think we were in the game until the end. There was not a big difference in the two games between us. Given the injuries, we fought until the end.” Enzo Maresca: "We struggled on and off the ball for the first 25 minutes. Second half we were there. It's not easy to create chances against Arsenal, they are one of the best defenders. We competed quite well." Enzo Maresca on coping with injuries: "We competed well, The game was there. They scored a set-piece, they are masters at that. It is a shame but my feeling is that we are going in the right direction." Maresca on Sanchez: “Today Robert was good.” [Sky via bbc]

One of the best RBs in the world at CM, our most expensive CB at RB ahead of the other RB, our two weakest CBs both starting, a Make a Wish GK given another chance, and our best player out because he played in the pub league. Apart from that, Maresca’s playing a blinder here.

Marescaball🙆‍♂️🔥

Mathis Amougou will go on loan to Strasbourg in Summer as planned since January. Chelsea midfield for next season: Enzo, Caicedo, Santos, Lavia, Essugo, clear ideas. (@FabrizioRomano) 💣 I’m told Chelsea will now try to sell 7-8 players in order to raise funds to buy a striker. (@FabrizioRomano)

🇵🇹🚨 | Again, I repeat the information that I have about Quenda: €42M fee. Not €48M. Not €51M. No Add-ons included. via@RisingStarXI 🔵He was the first to report on the completed transfers of Quenda & Essugo.

Chelsea wants to be active and get business done early ahead of rivals. They are looking to tie up moves now because the summer will be unusual and busy due to the Club World Cup. (@JacobsBen)

Worth also noting, Andrey Santos will be part of Chelsea's first-team squad next season. Although Santos can also play defensive midfielder, he's been given more of an attacking role at Strasbourg. Chelsea very impressed by his development. Santos has seven goals and two assists in Ligue 1 this season. No chance Chelsea will listen to offers despite rumours.🇧🇷 (Ben Jacobs)

BREAKING: Dario Essugo to Chelsea, here we go! Agreement done with Sporting and medical completed. €22m transfer fee for 20 year old midfielder to join #CFC THIS summer and be part of the first team. Essugo will sign a 7 year deal. 🇵🇹🤝🏻 Quenda joins in 2026 for €48m fee. (Fabrizio Romano)

🚨🔵Chelsea are looking to add another right-footed wide player to join the squad this summer. Chelsea want 5 wingers for 2 positions. (@SJohnsonSport & @TheAthleticFC) 🟢My options would be: -Leão (Mendes Client) -Barcola -Nico Williams -Semenyo (Rumored) -Gittens (Rumored) 🟠Kendry Paez is being lined up to be an understudy/support for Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez, rather than operating on the flanks. [via@TheAthleticFC] 🟣Chelsea deem Geovany Quenda to be among the top three under-23 wingers in the world, alongside Estêvão and Yamal. On convincing Geovany Quenda to join Chelsea, it was a group effort from Paul Winstanley, Laurence Stewart, and Enzo Maresca. Other factors were Ruben Amorim previously used him as a wingback at Sporting, but Chelsea wants him only as a winger. London was another factor, while his salary fits within the wage structure. (via@SJohnsonSport)

🚨🔵 Understand Dário Essugo already said yes to Chelsea and BlueCo project with negotiations at advanced stages between clubs. Chelsea and Sporting are negotiating for fee around €22m for 20 year old midfielder Essugo. All parties confident to get it done. (via@FabrizioRomano)