Hello and welcome to the football.london daily live blog for your dose of Chelsea news and transfers. It’s a case of one down, quite a few to go for the Blues.
Enzo Maresca has completed his first deal in charge of the club after Tosin Adarabioyo was confirmed as having joined from Fulham, but there is much more still to come. The Italian head coach is in for one serious ride this summer as ins and outs ramp up throughout.
Conor Gallagher and Michael Olise are the current flavour of the month with widespread speculation over their future at or away from Stamford Bridge. Meanwhile Ian Maatsen is still in limbo over his own next steps.
Julian Alvarez is someone of immense interest to the club, it seems, with Artem Dovbyk, Federico Chiesa, and former youth goalkeeper Marcin Bulka all linked as well. On the exit front, we wait for more updates over Trevoh Chalobah and Armando Broja.
It’s not going to be a quiet period for the club, that’s for sure. The best place to keep right up to date with it all is here on football.london, don’t go anywhere!
09:21Tom Coley
Manchester City will not entertain offers of below £80million for Julian Alvarez this summer, reports say.
Pep Guardiola is extremely happy with the attacker and there is no desire to lose him.
City would like to keep him with Bayern Munich also listed as being interested alongside Chelsea, PSG, and Atletico Madrid.
Alvarez has not asked to leave, he just wants a bigger role at the club, though this has spiked Chelsea’s interest.
09:05Tom Coley
Chelsea are long-term admirers of Michael Olise but are yet to open talks with Crystal Palace over a move this summer, football.london understands.
Bobby Vincent writes:
The 22-year-old is the subject of plenty of interest from Premier League clubs this summer with Manchester United also considering a move for the winger. Olise, who was at Chelsea for seven years as a youngster, enjoyed a sensational 2023/24 season with Palace but is expected to leave Selhurst Park this summer.
The Blues retain an interest in the London-born winger and could make a move for him this summer. However, no talks have been held as of yet over the signing.
08:51Tom Coley
Right, kicking things off with a surprise from overnight – no, it’s not Afghanistan hammering New Zealand in the cricket.
Reports from Italy say that Chelsea are amongst the teams looking at Federico Chiesa this summer.
The Juventus player is said to be available for just £34million (or a little bit more) after a poor, injury-plagued year.
Arsenal and Newcastle are also mentioned as possible suitors.
Tom Coley
Well it was another busy day of Chelsea news yesterday, but here’s what we have coming up:
We’ll have all this and the rest to come.
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