Chelsea Transfers

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🔵Chelsea will keep going with their strategy of trying to bring in the best young talents in world football. Sam Jewell went to close the deal in South America for Deinner Ordonez and I can confirm reports that Chelsea are tracking Brazilian midfielder Felipe Morais.

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https://thedailybriefing.io/p/ruben-neves-transfer-latest-update

Earlier this season I published some information I’d been given on a potential high-profile January deal, and I can now reveal some updates to the situation.

It remains the case that Ruben Neves looks likely to leave Al Hilal this January, as I wrote back in September, with some lingering interest still there from Premier League clubs such as Manchester United, Newcastle, and Tottenham.

United manager Ruben Amorim had been really keen on Neves, as I understood it, but the overall feeling now is that they’ve moved on to other targets as a priority for that position, such as Adam Wharton and Elliot Anderson.

Ruben Neves attracting interest from Turkey as wage demands look too high for Premier League clubs

My information now is that Neves’ considerable wage demands look like being an issue for him getting a Premier League move.

The former Wolves man is clearly a top player, and he’s shown that in English football in the past, but his big move to Saudi saw him pocket a contract worth £410,000-a-week.

That’s going to make it tricky for Neves to get a move to a top English club, and my sources say he’s now attracting interest from Turkey.

One particularly trustworthy figure with ties to the agents industry told me this morning: “There have been contacts between Premier League clubs and Neves’ representatives, but it’s not progressing - he earns £410,000 a week and that’s seen as too high. Fenerbahce and Galatasaray are the ones to watch now - they want a major midfield signing and Neves fits the bill.”

Other sources mentioned clubs in Serie A monitoring Neves as well, but that seems less concrete for the moment.

Ruben Neves can leave for €20m

One thing to keep an eye on is Neves’ asking price, which I’m again told could be as low as €20m due to Al Hilal being open to a sale before he comes to the end of his contract.

That might appeal to some clubs, but it still seems likely that his wage demands would have to come down to open more doors to him this January.

Still, Neves himself is said to be “keen to come back to Europe” after his spell in the Saudi Pro League, so it will be interesting to see if this means he ends up backing down when it comes to finances.

One source also spoke of Neves feeling he has “unfinished business in England”, so that could tell us something about his priorities, but again it doesn’t mean much if there aren’t any clubs willing to pay what’s required.

It’s easy to imagine, however, that an experienced player like Neves would be really appealing if the terms were right, so it remains one to keep a close eye on in the weeks ahead.

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Sources: Chelsea in contact for player who reminds Gianfranco Zola of himself!

A real situation brewing up here...

https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/sources-Chelsea-in-contact-for-player

Chelsea have an opportunity to sign a player who Gianfranco Zola has said reminds him of himself in his playing days.

Zola of course is one of the best ever players to play for our club, so to say that there is a player who reminds him of himself, is something not to be ignored.

Chelsea are sensing an opportunity, and there is a real transfer situation brewing up here that The Blues are involved in.

Kenan Yildiz of Juventus is in a bit of a contract stand off with his club at the moment, and as a result, many other clubs are sniffing around.

Yildiz has been tracked by Chelsea for a couple of transfer windows now and they even tried to sign him in the summer. At that time, the deal was not possible because Juventus held firm and had no intentions of selling the 20-year-old Turkish international.

But now, with his current contract situation, Chelsea are back in the mix for Yildiz and are one of the clubs who have made fresh contact to seek out the situation.

Yildiz can play on the left wing, as a 10, or on the right wing, and will provide some versatility to any club he goes to.

It’s a case of Chelsea having tracked the youngster for some time and now see an opportunity to get him in.

However, even though the contract talks have stalled for now because Juventus do not want to pay what the players reps are asking, his current deal does run until 2029. So the ball stays in the Italian club’s court for now.

But Juventus have budget restraints, and with Chelsea, Real Madrid, Liverpool, and other big clubs calling about Yildiz right now, they may well be forced to sell the player if he does not agree to a new deal.

By the way, contract talks have stalled and not stopped. There is a chance that they can still come to an agreement. But Chelsea are certainly one of the clubs watching this situation closely.

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On 19/11/2025 at 11:05, mkh said:

🔵Chelsea will keep going with their strategy of trying to bring in the best young talents in world football. Sam Jewell went to close the deal in South America for Deinner Ordonez and I can confirm reports that Chelsea are tracking Brazilian midfielder Felipe Morais.

(@FabrizioRomano)

If they're looking for Brazilian youngsters, I wonder if the club has looked at Joao Pedro (Brazil's U-17 world cup goalkeeper).  His ability to save penalties is amazing!