💥🔵Darwin Nunez has emerged as a surprise target for Chelsea.
Nunez is prepared to take a significant reduction in his wages to facilitate a move.
Chelsea have carried out background work on Nunez and have been spoken to by his representatives.
(@GraemeBailey)
Paul Winstanley Move 👺🤬
Everton (my add: and Nottingham Forest) exploring legal options over lack of sporting sanctions against Chelsea
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/25/everton-exploring-legal-options-over-lack-sporting-sanctions-against-Chelsea
Everton are exploring a possible legal challenge against the Premier League for its handling of Chelsea’s undisclosed payments sanction.
The club are understood to be preparing to write to the Premier League requesting a formal explanation for its failure to take any sporting sanctions against Chelsea, with their legal options also being considered.
Chelsea were fined £10.75m and given a suspended transfer ban by the Premier League last week after reporting £47.5m of hidden payments to agents and players made over a seven‑year period, a punishment the rest of the top-flight clubs regarded as lenient.
Executives from several clubs have contacted Richard Masters, the Premier League chief executive, and the chair, Alison Brittain, asking for clarity on the terms of their agreed settlement with Chelsea, with Everton considering taking matters further.
Everton feel particularly aggrieved as they were docked eight points during the 2023-24 season for two separate profit and sustainability regulations breaches, whereas sporting sanctions do not appear to have been considered in the Premier League’s punishment of Chelsea.
Everton could also still receive a further punishment as a result of their PSR breaches as they are the subject of a compensation claim from Burnley, who demanded £50m at an arbitration hearing last autumn on the basis that they were relegated from the Premier League during the 2021-22 season, when Everton were found to have breached PSR.
Nottingham Forest are also unhappy with the Chelsea sanction as they were docked four points in 2023‑24 for a PSR breach.
Forest officials are understood to have held talks with Everton this week about joining forces to challenge the Premier League, but have yet to come to a firm decision.
As a first step, the two clubs are likely to write to the Premier League requesting a formal explanation for Chelsea’s punishment and the process behind it, a move that would have some support from other clubs.
There are concerns throughout the top flight that the Chelsea decision could set a precedent before the verdict on Manchester City’s 115 charges of breaching financial fair play. City deny those charges.
Arsenal and Tottenham, along with Manchester United and Liverpool, instructed lawyers to reserve their right to sue for compensation two years ago if City are found guilty in a case being heard by an independent tribunal, rather than the Premier League itself, as in the Chelsea case.
The Premier League is believed to have explained Chelsea’s punishment on the grounds that it felt it would have been unable to secure a conviction without their co-operation, so negotiated from the outset.
Chelsea’s current ownership of Clearlake Capital and Todd Boehly reported the offences, 36 undisclosed payments between 2011 and 2018 which helped the club to buy players such as Eden Hazard, Nemanja Matic, David Luiz, Willian and Ramires, which they discovered during the negotiations to buy the club from Roman Abramovich four years ago. As a result the new owners received a £150m discount from the sale price agreed with Abramovich to cover any related future liabilities, and the Premier League will be paid from those funds.
Everton and Forest are both taking legal advice, with any challenge likely to be based on claims that the Premier League has been inconsistent in applying its own rulebook.
There is no mention of the concept of “sporting advantage” in the Chelsea judgment despite the fact that the club won eight trophies, including two Premier League titles, during the period when the payments were made. The Everton and Forest PSR judgments, in contrast, make repeated references to the sporting advantage accrued from their overspending. Everton and Nottingham Forest declined to comment.
we need TWO class CBs, IF Colwill never truly recovers and Sarr ends up a bust, we have ZERO acceptable CBs at our club atm
we also need a world class GKer (Diogo Costa for me)
and we HAVE to sort out LW
CF is 4th on the list
plus sort out Palmer
Absolute rubbish from Fichajes:
The say Boehly himself is going to drop 250m euros this summer on:
RB (he no longer even slightly rotates at CB, and he is only 1.79m/1.80m tall anyway, perfectly fine for a fullback, but far too short for an EPL CB) Jules Kounde, who turns 28yo this fall
LW/AMF Dani Olmo, who turns 29yo towards the end of next seasoon
LW/RW Raphinha (left-footed, plays more at LW though, due to Yamal playing RW), who turns 30yo late this fall
Laughable claim.
🔵🔥Liam Rosenior asked Chelsea for Valentin Barco. Bayern Munich also follows the player with interest. (@Augustocesar22 on @ESPNArgentina via @Perla_Londres)
ESPN Argentina journalist:
💥🗯"Chelsea are quietly advancing for Julián Álvarez. They tell me there are conversations. Moreover, they told me that part of the agency or the agents who handle his transfer for Julián were in London this week watching the Chelsea-Arsenal match."
There are players who justify a 80m fee and there are players who don't justify even 40m. Enzo/Caicedo are good examples. Yildiz would be worth the gamble imo
