Chelsea are working on £300 MILLION worth of deals in the coming days, with Blues squad set to look unrecognisable: report
Chelsea have spent over £700 million in the past year – but could get very close to a billion over the next couple of weeks.
The Blues spent the first half of the window selling deadwood in an attempt to comply with Financial Fair Play regulations but have made up for their lack of incomings since.Moises Caicedo has agreed his Premier League record £115m movefromBrighton & Hove Albion, as yet again,Chelseagazump their rivals for a signing.
Staggeringly, Clearlake Capital’s Todd Boehly, who co-chairs the club, could sanction moves for the west Londoners to treble the Caicedo outlay alone in the next couple of weeks, in more huge moves.
Highly-rated Brazilian starlet Deivid Washington is set to fly to London for his Stamford Bridge move, as per Italian oracleFabrizio Romano, who says that Chelsea will pay €16m with another €4m in add-ons.
Chelsea aren’t out of the race for Romeo Lavia, either. After beatingLiverpoolto Caicedo, the two-time European champions are prepared to rival the Reds for the Belgian as depth behind Caicedo, according to theGuardian.
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Furthermore,Nizaar Kinsellaofthe Evening Standardsays thatCrystal Palacestar Michael Olise could be imminent for a £45m fee, with the Eagles having batted away their London rivals twice already for the France youth international.
And with Kepa Arrizabalaga on his way toReal Madridto cover for the ACL-stricken former Blue Thibaut Courtois,A Bolain Portugal say that £65m-rated Diogo Costa is on the radar for Chelsea next.
Chelsea have thus far signed seven players this summer: Nicolas Jackson fromVillarreal, Christopher Nkunku fromRB Leipzig, Diego Moreira fromBenfica, Angelo Gabriel fromSantos, Lesley Ugochukwu fromRennes, Axel Disasi fromMonacoand Robert Sanchez fromBrighton & Hove Albion.
The Blues faceWest Ham Unitedaway next in the Premier League.
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Having already signed Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson in attack, the Blues have beenlinked with a sensational swoop for Kylian Mbappe. The two-time European champions arestill trying to offload Romelu Lukaku, though, with the striker thought to favour a move to Juventus.
