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Top 20 valued LBs still available Nuno Mendes Josko Gvardiol I still say he is more of a CB Alphonso Davies (injured anyway) Alejandro Balde overrated IMHO Federico Dimarco overrated IMHO Marc Cucurella Myles Lewis-Skelly Milos Kerkez Jorrel Hato big plus: he can play CB as well Destiny Udogie Rayan Aït-Nouri Riccardo Calafiori Andrea Cambiaso a really hard pull Antonee Robinson he turns 28yo on August 8th Álvaro Carreras Theo Hernández Lewis Hall Pervis Estupiñán he turns 28yo in 6 months Alejandro Grimaldo too old already, turns 30yo in September Ian Maatsen After Hato, I would probably go for Nathaniel Brown Miguel Gutiérrez just got injured and will have surgery, so a no go now

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Nizaar updates Christopher Nkunku, Nicolas Jackson and Trevoh Chalobah are among those who could be allowed to leave Chelsea for the right offer. But equally, those kinds of players could end up staying. Chelsea are pretty happy with how the player sales plans have begun. They will raise almost £80m when Noni Madueke completes his £52m move to Arsenal and Djordje Petrovic finalises his £25m switch to Bournemouth. - @NizaarKinsella

Some bits from The Evening Standard Joao Felix is in talks over a move to Benfica as Chelsea prepare to step up plans for a summer squad clearout. Reasonable offers will be considered for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, but the former Leicester midfielder has not been transfer-listed. A decision may be taken to send academy graduate Tyrique George out on loan, though he could also yet stay with the first-team squad. Christopher Nkunku, who featured during the Blues’ successful Club World Cup campaign is still expected to depart this summer. He was previously offered to Manchester United in a player swap for Alejandro Garnacho that did not go through. - @MrDomSmith

Updates from The Telegraph (Matt Law and Mike McGrath) Chelsea’s victory over Paris St-Germain in the final is expected to help the club secure a new front-of-shirt sponsor that could be worth £100 million more than the offers they resisted last year. Chelsea were in talks with two companies last year over front-of-shirt sponsorship, but that the long-term deals on the table were worth about £40 million-per-year. Chelsea decided to hold off and that figure has now rocketed to £60 million-a-year. Chelsea’s players are in line to earn bonuses in the region of £350,000-a-man for lifting the Club World Cup. The expectation within Chelsea for next season will start with finishing in the top four again and consolidating Champions League qualification, while demonstrating progress. Enzo Maresca will not be under immediate pressure to deliver the Premier League title and there is said to be recognition that Chelsea still have work to do to catch and overtake champions Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal. Some Romano updates (I think these might be a day or two old actually) They [Chelsea] want to keep going on the market. So the idea is to add more players to the squad. I will not be surprised if Chelsea add one more offensive player to their squad. Nkunku could be leaving the club in this summer transfer window and keep an eye Nicolas Jackson. There is a concrete possibility to see both of them leaving Chelsea this summer, and this is why they are considering one more offensive addition to the squad. One more centre back is also a concrete possibility being discussed internally. So I think Chelsea would be busy again. - @FabrizioRomano

how big? we have to be talking £75-80m or so he is a fucking monster defensively for a winger can run all day, and has a winner's vibe I warned he would not be a huge scoring threat, BUT he, like CuCu, has surprised me a lot with all the other facets to their games

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16.45pm - They haven’t stopped talking for him Chelsea have held fresh talks for 19-year old versatile Ajax defender Jorrel Hato as they explore defensive reinforcements, talkSPORT understands. Hato is also on the radar of Liverpool. Ajax quoting £60m, but suitors hoping for closer to £40m. - @JacobsBen / @edu17burgos

Acheampong is a right footer who plays at CB and RB. He has, as far as I can tell, only played 2 half games at LB (45 minutes each in two first halves) in the last 4 seasons (jr and sr level for club and country)

Many of my targets are like that, it has been that way for years. I really don't give a tinkers about internet/social media rumour whores and straight up lying major sites/newspapers.

Hato Plus he can play CB

That ended really badly for Musiala. 😞

Yes, I took it down. The real final figure is around £87.5m

He was right next to Trump for ages when the medals and trophies were given out. They talked a lot the whole time.

It is huge easy money, even if you only make it to the round of 16 or 8

Thiago sending the Blue Love

I fully admit (for ages now) he was our main buy I was most wrong about. I am not perfect. I LOVE to be proven wrong. He never exhibited this preternational WC defensive skill before he bought him.

those sour grapes cunts need do nothing than look at the the absolute hardcore effort all major clubs put in to win it

Donald Trump meets Cole Palmer after Chelsea win the Club World Cup https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/07/13/Chelsea-psg-live-latest-updates-club-world-cup-final/