Chelsea Transfers

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On 15/04/2026 at 18:54, Special Juan said:

Alex Scott.....another laughable link

I get why people would be annoyed at the transfer link, however I have been watching him closely recently and he is a very good player. Reminds me of Modric. Obviously not as good as him, however excellent dribbling, close ball control, good passing range and ability to drive through midfield with the ball. I thought he was outstanding against United in that 2-2 game and was MOTM against Arsenal last weekend. He goes under the radar compared to Anderson and Wharton, but Alex Scott defo is a serious talent and will get better. I like him a lot. I think his value will rocket up in a few years so it is one of those, we don't go for him now, we will see how good he is in a few years when he is out of reach.

 

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They say we are going for more PL proven players, it's all right having that but we lack fucking leaders, not just PL quality

What the actual fuck is wrong with these clowns

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Spurs in advanced talks with Senesi as a free agent

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🚨 🔵Malo Gusto is another Chelsea player looking for a salary increase.

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💥🔵Enzo Fernandez is among several players seeking improved terms at Stamford Bridge, alongside Colwill and Malo Gusto. (BBC)

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🚨 BREAKING: Cole Palmer: “I’ve got no plans to move club, and when I see it I just laugh. Obviously Manchester is my home. All my family are there, but I don’t miss it. Maybe I’ll miss it if I don’t go for three months or something. But then when I get home I think there’s nothing there for me anyway”

💥🔵Cole Palmer: “Reece won’t sign a six-year contract if he’s not spoken to the owners and the directors. Me and Reece spoke a lot. About things we need, players we need to sign and how things need to be” 

🗯Cole Palmer:

“If we finish in a Champions League spot it puts us in a good position to sign players that we need. We spoke to the owners and they’re sure of the players that are gonna do it...”

💫Cole Palmer on the Chelsea model: 

“We’re on the same page. We want to win now and I think if we add right in the summer we can compete for serious trophies next season. I don’t think we’re far off. If you sign the right players in the right positions and the right characters and profiles, I think we have more than enough quality to compete and be more consistent than we’ve shown over this season.”

(@theguardian)

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✴️🔵Mario Gila is set to join AC Milan which will free up Chelsea target Strahinja Pahlovic to leave if a good offer arrives.

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[Pizy 19,252]

Pretty definitive from Palmer there. Now we just wait and hope he returns to his best level next season. Going to yet another summer tournament won’t help, though…

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☢️🙂‍↔️Palmer: “The manager is good and when he has a proper pre-season and gets his ideas across properly and the way he wants to play he’s a top coach”

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8 hours ago, mkh said:

“I’ve got no plans to move club, and when I see it I just laugh. Obviously Manchester is my home

This might also be damage control from the club after Enzo going to the media and begging for a move to Madrid and Cucurella's comments and the possibility of Barcelona coming in. 

One thing is clear, the current squad HAS to change.   Lack of experience is killing us on the pitch.   You can't rely on Sanchez, Tosin and co to be your most experienced players. 

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💥🔵Chelsea are continuing discussions for Sunderland's Noah Sadiki. 

New talks have taken place last week between the Blues’ management and the player’s.

Chelsea and Manchester United are the current frontrunners to sign Sadiki.

Sadiki has not yet made a decision but will make his own choice depending on the sporting project.

(@sachatavolieri)

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On 16/04/2026 at 19:38, Pizy said:

Alex Scott would be the same sort of silly signing we’ve been making.

sign her, roflmaoooooooooooo

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On 16/04/2026 at 18:11, mkh said:

❌️🔵Liverpool lead Chelsea and Manchester United in race for Premier League defender Marcos Senesi.

Chelsea are looking to pursue players with more physicality as they re-evaluate their inflated squad ahead of next season.

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“The reason” – Ben Jacobs reveals why Chelsea have cooled their interest in Premier League ace Marcos Senesi

https://Chelsea.news/2026/04/Chelsea-bournemouth-marcos-senesi-transfer/

Chelsea have reportedly cooled their interest in Bournemouth centre back Marcos Senesi according to journalist Ben Jacobs.

The Blues have paid the price for not signing a replacement for Levi Colwill, whilst they failed in their pursuit of Jeremy Jacquet in January.

Chelsea are expected to be busy in the summer, and are thought to very much still be in the market for a centre back.

Chelsea cool interest in Marcos Senesi

It’s believed Chelsea are open to signing players with more proven Premier League experience as they look to strengthen their squad.

Co-owner Behdad Eghbali has said the model will be tweaked, but until that actually happens fans will very much remain sceptical.

Chelsea have been linked with Brighton’s Jan Paul van Hecke, whilst Nottingham Forest’s Murillo is thought to be another name of interest.

The Blues have also been credited with interest in Senesi, who’s expected to make a decision regarding his future soon, with his Bournemouth contract expiring at the end of the season.

However, despite links with Chelsea, Jacobs has reported the Blues have actually cooled their interest in the centre back.

“I’m told, contrary to reports and full respect to the excellent journalists that have said Chelsea, but I’m told that they’re not currently active, even though they considered Senesi in January,” he told The United Stand. 

“And the reason why is because Chelsea are prioritising height and aerial duel winning over only ball playing, and Senesi is very rounded and can play on the left or the right side as a centre-back, but not somebody that Chelsea are in negotiations for.”

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14 hours ago, mkh said:

☢️🙂‍↔️Palmer: “The manager is good and when he has a proper pre-season and gets his ideas across properly and the way he wants to play he’s a top coach”

Let us hope he will try and stay and still buy into being a Chels lad.

He finally seems to getting somewhat healthy.

When fully fit, he is a bloody MONSTER of a player. I absolutely believe that deep down in my mind.

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1 hour ago, mkh said:

💥🔵Chelsea are continuing discussions for Sunderland's Noah Sadiki. 

New talks have taken place last week between the Blues’ management and the player’s.

Chelsea and Manchester United are the current frontrunners to sign Sadiki.

Sadiki has not yet made a decision but will make his own choice depending on the sporting project.

(@sachatavolieri)

CMFs that we probably have a shot at (bold ones I really rate):

Pablo Barrios   
Ayyoub Bouaddi 
Felix Nmecha 
Senny Mayulu 
Tom Bischof
Lucas Bergvall    
Johan Manzambi  
Lamine Camara    
João Gomes
Archie Gray    
Alex Scott
Mateus Fernandes     
Habib Diarra    
Hugo Larsson  
Victor Froholdt
Noah Sadiki  
Yegor Yarmolyuk        
Mamadou Sangaré 
Jobe Bellingham   
Assan Ouédraogo
Nathan De Cat  
Christos Mouzakitis 
Lewis Miley
Kees Smit    
Javi Guerra  
Quinten Timber 
Breno Bidon
Thiago Pitarch
Patrick Zabi off the board now, will move this summer to Paris FC
Christ Inao Oulaï  
Rodrigo Mendoza 
Ezechiel Banzuzi  
André    Sport Club Corinthians 
Rudy Matondo

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💥🔵Chelsea and Newcastle could still win the race for Said El Mala transfer. 

(@cfbayern)

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Sources: Chelsea's midfield rebuild - only Moises Caicedo stays as a permanent fixture (for now)

Some big changes in the middle of the park this summer

https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/sources-chelseas-midfield-rebuild-a5c

We’ve been reporting on here a number of new midfielder targets that the club are looking at for the summer. But of course, a lot will depend on whether we get Champions League football as to the type of names we will end up landing and also, whether we can convince them to join the club with our strict wage structure when other clubs will be out there offering them more money.

However, Chelsea have a shortlist of midfielders they are looking at for the summer window, and we could see as many as THREE new midfielders added into the mix, depending on sales.

SPTC Sources have heard that basically the only permanent fixture in our midfield for this summer at least, is Moises Caicedo. Even though he has serious interest coming in for him and his agents are being contacted frequently, he’s expected to stay at Chelsea this summer. However, he is at the moment trying to negotiate better wage terms at the club, and those talks are ongoing. So let’s hope it’s not a case of watch this space.

You know the story with Enzo Fernandez, we’ve gone over that enough lately so no need to go through it all again. But yes, it’s quite possible that he leaves in the summer.

As well as Fernandez, our sources have heard that Chelsea will listen to offers for both Romeo Lavia and Andrey Santos this summer.

There’s obvious concerns over the sustainability of Lavia, and Santos hasn’t quite stepped up to the plate as expected. Chelsea are not actively looking at pushing either player out, but they will certainly listen to offers for them, with both players now attracting serious Premier League interest for the summer.

Dario Essugo is being lined up for a loan move away this summer.

So if all three (four) of the above players do end up going, and it’s a big IF, then Chelsea could target three new midfielders this summer.

Valentin Barco is expected to be one of the new midfielders arriving, and then there will be one other at least, possibly three.

Chelsea have a bunch of names on the midfield list, but I’d still put Adam Wharton of Crystal Palace as one near the top. They’d love to bring Elliot Anderson of Nottingham Forest and will be looking to try, but he will have heaps of clubs coming in for him so that’s seen as unrealistic by sources.

Alex Scott of Bournemouth is another player Chelsea really like, as consistently and first reported on this site.

And as I reported yesterday, there are some other midfielders Chelsea are looking at from clubs who could get relegated. Joao Gomes, Lucas Bergvall, Mateus Fernandes, are a few that have been mentioned to us by top sources.

As always, there will be other names, we do not get them all here. But we could certainly see a bit of a midfield revamp this summer - depending on sales.

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6 minutes ago, mkh said:

 

 

he looks like he is NINE years old ffs!

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Cole Palmer on Manchester United transfer rumours: ‘I’ve got no plans to move from Chelsea’

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7206076/2026/04/17/Chelsea-news-palmer-transfer-man-united-rumours/

Cole Palmer has dismissed speculation linking him with a move to Manchester United and insists he wants to stay at Chelsea.

The England international has been linked several times this season with a transfer to United, who Chelsea host in the Premier League on Saturday, partly because he supported them as a youngster.

It has also been reported that the 23-year-old is homesick, having grown up in Manchester and wants to return to the north west, having joined Chelsea from Manchester City in the summer of 2023.

But speaking to The Guardian, Palmer said: “I’ve got no plans to move from Chelsea. Obviously, Manchester is my home. All my family are there, but I don’t miss it. Maybe I’ll miss it if I don’t go for three months or something. But then when I get home, I think there’s nothing there for me anyway.

“We’ve (Chelsea) still got a lot to play for. We’ve got the FA Cup semi-final [against Leeds] and if we finish in a Champions League spot it puts us in a good position to sign players that we need. We spoke to the owners and they’re sure of the players who are gonna do it.

Palmer also revealed that he had spoken to club captain and fellow England international Reece James, who signed a new six-year contract with the club in March as exclusively revealed by The Athletic. Palmer said that he and the versatile defender had spoken about “the things we need, players we need to sign and how things need to be” as well as adding that James “wouldn’t sign a new (six-year) contract if he didn’t know what was going on.”

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Palmer has struggled to find his best form this season, having suffered a groin injury back in September. In his debut season at Stamford Bridge, the 2023-24 campaign, he scored 27 goals and provided 15 assists on the way to being named the 2024 PFA Young Player of the Year, England Men’s Player of the Year, and Chelsea Player of the Year awards.

However, the versatile forward has scored just ten goals and provided three assists this season, and hasn’t scored for England since his goal in the Euro 2024 final almost two years ago.

Palmer admitted that he has found the nature of the injury hard to come back from, saying: “I didn’t know how long I was going to be out for. I went to see a specialist and he said 10 to 12 weeks.

“Then I was playing when I was injured because I was out for 12 weeks, and it was still not better. I didn’t know how to manage it. That’s probably part of it.”

Chelsea, sixth in the Premier League, face United on Saturday, four points off fifth-place Liverpool and a Champions League qualification spot.

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Palmer is one of Chelsea’s ‘untouchables’

Chelsea regard Palmer as one of their ‘untouchables’, and he is certainly talking like one.

Palmer signed a contract extension two years ago (August 2024) to commit his future to Stamford Bridge until 2033 and the club have no desire to sell the attacking midfielder. But this has not stopped people from talking about his future and whether he is happy at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea’s season has been a bit of a disappointment up till now and Palmer’s downbeat demeanour on the pitch has come under a lot of scrutiny.  Obviously, no player is content when they lose matches but his injury issues have understandably also played a major part in his mood.

What Chelsea fans should be encouraged to read is Palmer dismissing the desire to move away, especially to Manchester United, so strongly.

The England international has clearly liked what he has heard about the direction the club is heading in having spoken to club captain James.

Midfielder Moises Caicedo also committed his long-term future to Chelsea today by extending his deal until 2033, which sends a positive message at an important time too.

With Champions League qualification via a top-five finish in the Premier League, plus a possible first FA Cup win for eight years, at stake in the final six weeks of the season, it is important the players believe they are at a club that can succeed.

Palmer’s comments, coming so soon after James and Caicedo agreeing fresh terms, will perhaps reassure doubting fans that things are not quite as bad as they seem.

By Simon Johnson

Chelsea Correspondent