Chelsea Transfers

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‼️ Kevin De Bruyne would have to take a significant pay cut to remain in the Premier League amid speculation about a move to Chelsea.

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On 18/04/2025 at 12:44, Strike said:

Don't know about Jesus Rodriguez but other 3 are good youngsters. Also, would love Morgan Rogers. Should have swapped Maatsen for Rogers last summer instead of buying a total unknown in Omari Kellyman. He'd go straight into the XI here as one of the attacking mids.

Villa would never have agreed to letting Rogers go. He is a first team player while Kellyman isn't. The deal for Kellyman was to help us with FFP and in turn raise Maatsen's fee. Rogers would arguably of commanded a higher fee than Maatsen.

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#Chelsea are set for another big summer transfer window. Enzo Maresca will be backed to bring in some of his preferred players. The Italian wants another striker and will be backed by the board. As of now, they are linked with many big names across whole Europe.

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10 minutes ago, mkh said:

#Chelsea are set for another big summer transfer window. Enzo Maresca will be backed to bring in some of his preferred players. The Italian wants another striker and will be backed by the board. As of now, they are linked with many big names across whole Europe.

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Like how this fucking fraud was backed into getting KDH while Carney is getting rave comments in Germany right now? I wouldn't get a single target this idiot wants.

Edited April 21, 2025 by TheHulk

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Chelsea’s obligation to buy Jadon Sancho from Manchester United triggered — but move not guaranteed

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6296419/2025/04/21/jadon-sancho-transfer-Chelsea-manchester-united/

Chelsea’s obligation to buy Jadon Sancho from Manchester United for £25million has been triggered — but that does not guarantee a move to Stamford Bridge.

Enzo Maresca’s side’s comeback win against Fulham on Sunday means it is mathematically impossible for them to finish below 15th in the Premier League table.

When Sancho joined Chelsea on loan in the summer, the deal included an obligation for them to sign him permanently if one of several clauses were met.

One of those included Chelsea finishing above 15th, something they will now do, come the end of the campaign.

Despite the £25m obligation being triggered, The Athletic revealed in March that Chelsea can escape the obligation by paying Manchester United a penalty fee.

United will be owed £5m by Chelsea if they decide against signing the England international permanently.

Regardless of a decision on Sancho’s future, Chelsea intention is to sign a new winger in the upcoming market, relating to uncertainty over Mykhailo Mudryk’s availability.

The club have reached an agreement with Sporting CP to sign winger Geovany Quenda, who will arrive at Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2026, with Brazilian teenager Estevao Willian arriving from Palmeiras this summer following a transfer agreement last year.

Sancho has made 27 appearances in the Premier League this season, scoring three goals and assisting four, while he has five assists in as many Europa Conference League matches.

The 25-year-old was left out of the starting line-up against Fulham on Sunday, although he replaced Noni Madueke at half time.

“I’m completely focused about nine games, two months to go, I’m completely focused about that,” Maresca said after the match. “Then what happens in summer, we’ll see.

“The Jadon situation doesn’t change. In terms of numbers, he could do better, no doubt. It is not just about Jadon but we have more players in the same situation.”

Chelsea are not under any pressure to sign Sancho permanently because of the exit clause they inserted into the deal.

The club will not likely make a final decision until the 2024-25 season ends, with their current focus on qualifying for the Champions League and winning the Europa Conference League.

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Sam Rak-Sakyi and a very familiar Chelsea dilemma: Should he stay or should he go?

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6290083/2025/04/20/rak-sakyi-Chelsea-contract/

Chelsea are giving their under-21 midfielder Sam Rak-Sakyi a very difficult decision to make.

This is the youth-team graduate who made his first senior start in freezing conditions against Astana in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in the UEFA Conference League four months ago and played with remarkable cool in front of Chelsea’s back four during that 3-1 away win.

Yes, the quality of the opposition was not the toughest, but that should not take away from a display that saw the youngster complete a remarkable 87 of his 88 passes.

It felt like the beginning of something.

Rak-Sakyi had already made a couple of appearances from the bench in the same competition, against Noah and Heidenheim. Sure, with Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez and Romeo Lavia (when fit) to choose from, gaining regular first-team minutes was never going to be realistic. But Chelsea fans have barely seen him since, unless they have chosen to watch the under-21s.

He was an unused substitute against Brentford three days after that Astana fixture but had not been selected in a matchday squad by head coach Enzo Maresca in 2025 until the two-legged UEFA Conference League quarter-final against Legia Warsaw this month. Despite Chelsea coasting into a 3-0 lead in Poland, the 20-year-old did not see any action there or during the return leg at Stamford Bridge on Thursday. It did not help that Maresca’s side lost 2-1 in the latter match.

However, Chelsea are sending the midfielder the wrong message at the worst possible time.

The club have opened contract talks with Rak-Sakyi since the turn of the year but no agreement has been reached.

 

Rak-Sakyi plays for Chelsea’s under-21s against Norwich City last month (Harriet Lander/Chelsea FC via Getty Images)

He has just over 12 months left remaining on his deal and Chelsea understandably want him to commit his long-term future to the club. They have offered improved terms on that agreement, which he signed in 2024, but money is not the main issue.

As with many youth players at the club’s Cobham academy, he loves the club but securing a pathway into the first team is his main focus.

And Chelsea are actually placing more obstacles on Rak-Sakyi’s route to achieving that, rather than removing those already there.

In January, they signed Mathis Amougou from France’s Saint-Etienne for £12.5million ($16.5m). He operates in a similar position and turned 19 in the month he joined the Londoners. The plan is to loan him to Strasbourg, back in France, next season but he has already made two appearances, against Southampton and Legia — opportunities Rak-Sakyi might have been given instead.

 

Amougou in action against Southampton (Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Last month, Chelsea acquired 20-year-old Dario Essugo from Portugal’s Sporting CP for £18.5million. Unlike Amougou, he is going to be part of their first-team squad next season, as backup to Caicedo. Then there is also Andrey Santos, 20, who has shone on loan at Strasbourg for 18 months. He is earmarked to go into Maresca’s setup this summer as well.

Rak-Sakyi could be forgiven for thinking he is at the back of a logjam, wondering where he fits in. There is also stiff competition from under-21 team-mate Kiano Dyer, a highly rated 18-year-old who also has one year left on his contract.

One club insider, speaking to The Athletic anonymously to protect relationships, says the most likely outcome is that one of the homegrown boys will stay and the other will be sold.

They are not like-for-like as players, but you could interpret the fact Dyer has played just four minutes under Maresca this season as a sign that Rak-Sakyi is ahead of him in the pecking order. However, that does not mean either will definitely be at the club in 2025-26.

 

Rak-Sakyi and Caicedo compete for possession in training (Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images)

Further indication of just how much Maresca values Rak-Sakyi is that he asked him to remain in January rather than leaving on loan. Among the offers received was a strong one from Coventry City of the second-tier Championship, managed by ex-Chelsea boss Frank Lampard. They also have former Chelsea academy coach Joe Edwards working as Lampard’s assistant.

Given that duo’s presence, there was a very good chance Rak-Sakyi would have featured regularly in Coventry’s ongoing Premier League promotion bid, earning invaluable experience in the process. Instead, he has continued to play for Chelsea Under-21s, a level he has begun to outgrow.

He has been training regularly with Maresca’s first team and, in February, spoke to the club’s official website about the positive impact rubbing shoulders with the senior players has had on him. “Playing with the men’s team has been massive for my development,” he said. “I feel more confident and I can see myself improving every day.

“It’s been a special season and I’m excited to keep pushing forward with my development.”

In other words, he was hungry for more. Not less.

This is not the first time Rak-Sakyi’s future at Chelsea, whom he joined at under-eights level, has been in major doubt.

In 2023, he was on the verge of moving to an unidentified Premier League club, but the paperwork was not submitted before the transfer deadline. And last year, as Chelsea tried to discuss an extension, one of their Premier League rivals and a team in the German Bundesliga indicated an interest in buying him. Two of those suitors are still monitoring his contract negotiations, while other sides in England and abroad are alert to his situation.

Another factor that might hamper Chelsea’s attempts to persuade Rak-Sakyi to stay is what has happened to his brother, Jesurun.

The 22-year-old winger left Chelsea’s academy for fellow Premier League club Crystal Palace in 2019 and has since been loaned to Charlton Athletic in the domestic third tier and now a Sheffield United side pushing for automatic promotion from the Championship. He has nearly 100 senior games under his belt, clearly having benefited from seeking pastures new.

 

Jesurun Rak-Sakyi is on loan at Sheffield United from Palace (Molly Darlington/Getty Images)

Chelsea will rightly point to the in-house promotions of Tyrique George and Josh Acheampong this season as evidence that the pathway from the academy to the first team is there if you are good enough and work hard enough.

By being included for both matches against Legia, Maresca and the club do seem to be trying to send a reminder of Rak-Sakyi’s value. Having been at Chelsea’s academy since he was a kid, the midfielder is also accustomed to battling for his place so, in many ways, this will feel like more of the same. But Maresca could have done a bit more after Rak-Sakyi’s Astana display to ease any doubts.

Speaking before the Legia game on Thursday about the six under-21 players (including Rak-Sakyi) to be named on the bench, Maresca said: “We love to give them a chance and we’ve shown that during the season, not just in the Conference League but also in the Premier League.

“They need a path, so hopefully we can give them some minutes during the game.”

Yet Maresca opted not to use Rak-Sakyi, or any of the other prospects in the game that followed.

If the England youth international does not feature in a match Chelsea began with a three-goal cushion at home against only the fifth-best side in Poland, he might wonder when his next opportunity will come.

And therein lies the problem.

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Again extremely busy summer ahead of our FO. So many players decided what to do with.
I think this one are only ones who we can bet 100% will be in next season squad:

GK:
huh.. I think only Bettinelli is sure bet

CB:
Colwill - even though he is poor, but he is HG, club trained,
Fofana - noone will touch him after all those injuries

FB:
Cucurella
James
Gusto

MF:
Caicedo
Enzo
Lavia
Santos - I hope so,
Essugo - ok, I am not so sure about this one, but according to rumors he will be in Chelsea team next season

Att:
Palmer
Neto
Madueke
Jackson
George - another one I am not sure, but I think he earned his spot
Estevao

And here is list of players that we have to decide what to do with:

GK: Sanchez, Jorgensen, Petrovic, Kepa, Penders, Slonina

Def: Disasi, Badishille, Chalobah, Tosin, Acheampong, Veiga, Anselmino - pretty sure one or two of them will stay, Acheampong may be gone to loan
     Chilwell, C Wiley, Gilchrist, Humphreys (there were reports that there is obligation to buy in his loan deal, but lately there were some other reports that it is only option to buy)
 
MF: Amougou, Rak-Sakyi, KDH, Paez, Chukwumueka, Ugochukwu

Att: Sancho, Nkunku, Felix, Sterling, Broja, D Fofana, Guiu, Washington, Mudryk 

Less notable youth players to decide what to do with: Bergstrom, (tens of other youth GKs), Murray-Campbell, Samuels-Smith, D Williams, Leo Castlendine, K Dyer, Jimmy Jay Morgan, Ronnie Stutter, McNeilly, Mheuka

Edited April 22, 2025 by ulvhedin

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Emmanuel Emegha is wanted in England, including Newcastle, who are expected to lose Alexander Isak, but Chelsea also recently presented him with a career plan.
 

Filip Jörgensen (23) or Mike Penders (19) may go on loan to Ligue 1 to replace Chelsea-bound Djordje Petrovic at Strasbourg.

Chelsea's Mathis Amougou may replace Andrey Santos at Strasbourg, whilst Kendry Paez may also remain at the Ligue 1 club next season.

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‼️ Chelsea are prepared to cut their losses on Christopher Nkunku and sell him for €40m in the summer.

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United is going all in for Cunha so they won't be our competition for a striker we are after. 

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Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho are Chelsea targets ahead of the summer window. (@ChrisWheelerDM)

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5 hours ago, mkh said:

Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho are Chelsea targets ahead of the summer window. (@ChrisWheelerDM)

Good young prospects but opposite of what we need. And we’re linked with the young lad at River Plate.

Be another summer window and opportunity to make some progress missed if we continue down this path…. when will the sporting directors learn? Hopefully the owners bin them and Maresca before its too late. 

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5 hours ago, mkh said:

Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho are Chelsea targets ahead of the summer window. (@ChrisWheelerDM)

Told you guys these fucking idiots are trying to cashout on Santos and make a big profit on him, why else go for another midfielder, I won't even mention Garnacho an embarrassing target.

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13 hours ago, mkh said:

‼️ Chelsea are prepared to cut their losses on Christopher Nkunku and sell him for €40m in the summer.

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expect 20m Euro offers blowing in from Germany and Italy, lololol

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8 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

United is going all in for Cunha so they won't be our competition for a striker we are after. 

they also want Delap

they want to buy both Cunha and Delap

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13 minutes ago, Vesper said:

they also want Delap

they want to buy both Cunha and Delap

In the last 24 hours, I've seen a lot of reports claiming that they've reached an agreement on a £40 million deal for Osimhen (Hojlund may be going back to Italy).
It's hard to actually take these reports at face value, considering they don't really care if they are right or wrong. They just want to be the first to report anything & everything.

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1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

In the last 24 hours, I've seen a lot of reports claiming that they've reached an agreement on a £40 million deal for Osimhen (Hojlund may be going back to Italy).
It's hard to actually take these reports at face value, considering they don't really care if they are right or wrong. They just want to be the first to report anything & everything.

I see no way that either Osimhen or Gyökeres (another rumoured move) end up at Manure UNLESS they win the Europa League and thus backdoor into the CL (they would be the least deserving CL team EVER from the EPL).

At least the Gyökeres rumours all say no way unless Manure gets CL via winning the EL.

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this is not involving a player (directly)

but I will now go on record in predicting the new Real Madrid manager will be Xabi Alonso

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🚨 BREAKING: Chelsea have taken a lead in the pursuit of Bournemouth's Dean Huijsen as they hope to complete a deal before the Club World Cup. The 19-year-old is understood to now be seriously considering Chelsea. (via @MiguelDelaney)

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9 hours ago, Vesper said:

this is not involving a player (directly)

but I will now go on record in predicting the new Real Madrid manager will be Xabi Alonso

Could it be Alonso and Wirtz moving together?