Chelsea Transfers

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Chelsea have already asked Man City about signing their ‘extraordinary’ player who Pep Guardiola loves

https://www.manchestercity.news/Chelsea-have-already-asked-man-city-about-signing-their-extraordinary-player-who-pep-guardiola-loves/

Manchester City News can exclusively confirm that Chelsea have enquired about signing Rico Lewis as several Premier League clubs have shown they are keen to sign the 20-year-old as well.

Chelsea’s addition of Cole Palmer as well as Raheem Sterling has demonstrated how both clubs are willing to do business with each other, with City signing Mateo Kovacic in 2023 as well.

Pep Guardiola wants a smaller squad and with James McAtee, Savinho and Jack Grealish all reported to be leaving, the decision-makers at the Etihad Stadium seem to be adhering to the Catalan’s demand.

The Sky Blues’ stance on keeping Rico Lewis’ future has now come to the fore.

Chelsea asked about signing Rico Lewis

Our transfer expert, Graeme Bailey has been notified that Chelsea have asked Manchester City about Lewis’ potential availability, with Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Newcastle United have all expressed their interest as well.

When Chelsea showed their interest in signing Nico O’Reilly, Manchester City News can reveal that they also discovered whether his teammate would be up for sale.

With Manchester City News revealing that Ruben Dias’ new contract was a priority at the Etihad Stadium, so is Lewis’ extension for Viana — with both players ready to put pen to paper.

Pep Guardiola has already made a bold Rico Lewis prediction at Man City

Since breaking into the Sky Blues’ first-team, the youngster has been a revelation.

So much so that Guardiola has entrusted the Bury-born wonderkid to play in a variety of roles, including right-back, left-back, central midfield and attacking midfield.

In December 2022, Pep Guardiola heaped praise on Lewis by predicting him to be a star at the Etihad Stadium for the next decade.

Guardiola said via Manchester City’s official website: “We had the privilege to almost announce that this guy will [have] a big decade, will have an absolutely incredible player for Manchester City because he is so intelligent, so humble.”

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Man Utd make final decision on Alejandro Garnacho swap transfer with four stars offered

Alejandro Garnacho is looking for a way out of Manchester United and has made it clear to the club that he wants to join Chelsea and will not entertain any other transfers

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/garnacho-man-utd-future-Chelsea-35713089

Alejandro Garnacho has told Manchester United he only wants to join Chelsea with the Argentine agreeing to terms over a deal at Stamford Bridge until 2032.

The winger has fallen out of favour at Old Trafford and has been tipped to leave all summer. The Blues' interest dates back to January when they considered a move and Garnacho has no intention of taking up any other offer.

He sees west London as the best place to reignite his career having previously been seen as a future star on the red side of Manchester. GiveMeSport reports that a reunion with Erik ten Hag at Bayer Leverkusen and a lucrative switch to Saudi Arabia were also options put to him.

Napoli even reignited their interest but Garnacho has no plans to join anyone but Chelsea. The 21-year-old is so determined to secure a move to the Blues that he will shun every other avenue and spend a year on the sidelines in Manchester if that's what it takes.

Chelsea hope to seal a deal for around £30million, but that is about £20m shy of what United were hoping to recoup for their player. The Blues had put forward several swap proposals, including Nicolas Jackson, but there is no interest.

READ MORE: PSG issue Gianluigi Donnarumma statement with Man Utd 'expected to make bid'

Christopher Nkunku is another player who Chelsea have offered to the Red Devils. Axel Disasi and Renato Veiga were also put on the table but United have made it clear that they want cash to re-invest into their squad - not players.

Last term Garnacho scored 11 times - the best total of his career - but had to deal with a midseason positional switch which saw Ruben Amorim try and utilise him as a wing-back. Come the end of the season and the Argentine found himself on the bench for the Europa League final - reacting angrily on social media.

He is one of a number of big names - Jadon Sancho and Antony among them - who have yet to secure moves away from Manchester with time running out. Amorim has admitted that any players who are not sold will be bought back into the fold.

The Portuguese boss said: “I understand the clubs are waiting for the last minute but they can have a surprise. I’m ready to receive the players, they have more competition, more competition if you want to play in the World Cup next year, so you need to play."

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It will be worth signing Garnacho just to stop hearing about how we're going to sign Garnacho

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BREAKING: Chelsea step up talks for Alejandro Garnacho! Club to club discussions with Man United are now well underway.

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Fuck sake. We’re actually going to sign Garnacho before getting the Simons deal done. 🤦‍♂️

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Fucking joke.

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8 minutes ago, mkh said:

BREAKING: Chelsea step up talks for Alejandro Garnacho! Club to club discussions with Man United are now well underway.

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When is this imbecile Winstanley fired.

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9 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Fucking joke.

your new pillow

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It will be so funny if Garnacho become monster player here 

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2 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

It will be so funny if Garnacho become monster player here 

I resigned myself to the fact he is coming and I will back him fully until and if he proves he is not good enough.

I hope he DOES become a monster (monster in a good way, lolol)

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Fichajes is just on hyper-drive with the wild claims/lies

They claim Citeh are offering us €250m (€200m base fee + €50m in add-ons) for Palmer

and that PSG are offering us €150m (€125m base fee + €25m in add-ons) for Enzo F

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4 hours ago, Vesper said:

Would absolutely prefer either one over Simons, and not bothered that it probably is summer 2026 till one comes, although before Levi's nightmare, I was not adverse to dropping £75-80m NOW on Rogers.

If we do not buy Garnacho we STILL could do it.

I have no idea why the board has such an obsession with him. We are just funding United's business.

If this meant the former was a makeweight for Jackson, I'd be more understanding. Just feel there are so many alarm bells surrounding Garnacho; a ticking time bomb waiting to explode.

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12 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

I have no idea why the board has such an obsession with him. We are just funding United's business.

If this meant the former was a makeweight for Jackson, I'd be more understanding. Just feel there are so many alarm bells surrounding Garnacho; a ticking time bomb waiting to explode.

I like how they briefing to the press, no we need to sell Jackson and Nkunku to get Simons and after trying very hard and fast to get Garnacho in just to make sure United also have time to reinvest the money, swear this club is run by the dumbest people in football.

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34 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

It will be so funny if Garnacho become monster player here 

our hope is that he was nothing special because he played in that united team. hopefully he has a season like antony did in betis.

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2 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

I like how they briefing to the press, no we need to sell Jackson and Nkunku to get Simons and after trying very hard and fast to get Garnacho in just to make sure United also have time to reinvest the money, swear this club is run by the dumbest player in football.

Santos, enzo, palmer, estoveo (fuck knows how to spell that), delap, Pedro, hato, cuca, caicedo, what the fuck are you on about, because we are signing one player u don’t like the club is ran by idiots? Ffs man grow up