Manchester City interested in signing Chelsea goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli
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Manchester City are interested in signing goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli from Chelsea.
Pep Guardiola’s side are in the market for a new third-choice goalkeeper following the departure of Scott Carson, who spent six seasons at the Etihad.
Bettinelli’s only appearance across four seasons at Chelsea was the 5–1 FA Cup third round victory over National League side Chesterfield in January 2022.
The 33-year-old former Fulham goalkeeper, who has a year remaining on his contract at Stamford Bridge, is now on the radar of City, where he is expected to be behind Ederson and Stefan Ortega in the pecking order.
With the clubs on good terms and with Chelsea appreciative of Bettinelli’s service over his four years at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea expect to finalise talks soon and agree for the Englishman to join City in time for the upcoming Club World Cup. Both Chelsea and City are competing at the tournament and get their campaigns underway against LAFC and Wydad AC respectively.
There is the possibility that Ederson, their first-choice goalkeeper of the past eight years, could depart City this summer which would prompt them to go into the market for a first-choice goalkeeper.
However, Guardiola appeared to confirm that Ederson and Ortega would stay at City beyond this season, when speaking in Girona last week at the Camiral PGA Catalunya.
“I think the two goalkeepers we have, Ederson and Stefan, will be staying,” Guardiola said. “So, we are happy with what we have.”
Chelsea currently have Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen and Djordje Petrovic — who spent last season on loan at Strasbourg — on their books, while Mike Penders has joined from Genk.
Additional reporting: Simon Johnson