Transfer gossip: Conte given green light to sign Candreva, Mirror say
Some of the latest transfer speculation involving Chelsea.
The Daily Mirror say Antonio Conte has been given the green light to sign Inter Milan winger Antonio Candreva.
Inter are ready to sell for £25m, the Mirror say, and Candreva, 30, is said to be keen to link up with Chelsea boss Conte, having previously played under him for Italy.
There were recently reports that the Chelsea hierarchy were reluctant to sanction a deal to sign him.
Another Alex Sandro bid reportedly rejected
Chelsea have had another bid for Alex Sandro rejected, the Mirror say.
Juventus have said they will not sell the Brazil full-back, who had been tipped to move to SW6.
Chelsea have tabled a new offer, for £63m, and have again been knocked back, the Mirror say.
Blues ‘face £20m hit over Costa’ – Sun
The Sun declare that Chelsea “face taking a £20m hit” on Diego Costa.
It is claimed that Chelsea want £50m for the striker and that his former club Atletico Madrid are only willing to pay £30m to re-sign him.
It comes after Costa issued a statement reiterating that he wants to rejoin Atletico.
Rose speculation continues
There continues to be speculation over the future of Tottenham’s England left-back Danny Rose, who has also been linked with Chelsea.
The Daily Express say Manchester United have scrapped a planned move for Rose because Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has told them he definitely will not sell him to them, and Levy is said to be equally determined not to sell to rivals Chelsea.
The Sun run a similar story, declaring that Levy is ready to reject pre-deadline offers for Rose.
Previously, The Sun claimed Chelsea plan to table a £50m bid for Rose after their game against Tottenham at Wembley on Sunday.
Blues reported to have made Soares bid
Italian publication Corriere dello Sport claim Chelsea have made an offer for Southampton full-back Cedric Soares.
The Portugal international is among the host of players to be linked with Chelsea in recent months, as is his Saints team-mate Virgil Van Dijk.
It is claimed that Chelsea have made an approach for Soares and that there is interest from a number of other clubs.
Conte at odds with Chelsea hierarchy, Times say
The Times reports that Conte is involved in a stand-off with the Chelsea hierarchy over transfers.
The newspaper say the club are reluctant to agree to the manager’s requests to spend significant sums of money on experienced players with little resale value.
Conte is reported to want the likes of Swansea striker Fernando Llorente, 32, and Inter Milan duo Antonio Candreva, 30, and Ivan Perisic, 28.
The Mirror, on the other hand, say Chelsea will give Conte £120m to spend before the transfer window closes in an attempt to keep him happy.
The Mirror again say Arsenal’s Oxlade-Chamberlain, Leicester’s Danny Drinkwater and Van Dijk are Chelsea’s targets.
The Daily Express declared on Monday that Conte would be given £130m to spend.
Blues tipped to move for Oxlade-Chamberlain
Chelsea continue to be tipped to make a bid for Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The Evening Standard say the champions are increasingly confident of agreeing a deal to sign the England international for £35m.
Liverpool are reported to be keen on Oxlade-Chamberlain, who is in the final year of his Gunners contract.
The Standard say no fee has yet been agreed but that Chelsea have held talks with Arsenal and believe progress is being made.
18/08/2017 @ 9:49 am
Chelsea re not serious over signing. Let them forget about sandro and be focused. Dere re other good players out dere
16/08/2017 @ 10:09 am
I won’t b surprise if Chelsea did’t make any signings b4 d end of d transfer, ve nt seen any seriousness in them, they bid 4 all d players at d same time whiches nt possible, secure 1 b4 d order
15/08/2017 @ 3:42 pm
Pls #Chelseafc We Need Player’s Befor Our #Sunday Game
15/08/2017 @ 10:32 am
Cfc need Alex Sandro,Chamberlain,Rose Barkley,Virgil Van Dijk,Belloti, and Lorenzo Insigne, also dey need to terminate loan or Van Ginkel,Pasalic,Wallance and Baba Rahman,Miazga. and after that dey should sell those players for them, Fabregas,Pedro,Cahill.Alonso,Batshuayi,Costa. If i’m cfc manager my team wil ok.
14/08/2017 @ 6:44 pm
Go get me Chambln, Drinkwater, Van Dijk, Belotti and save me from hyper.
I’ll go crazy if Hazard lives.
If possible get them before our next match because delay’s dangerous.
14/08/2017 @ 2:16 pm
pliz keep hazard and use that fee of 130 for barkely .percic and chambln that all we need
14/08/2017 @ 10:07 am
pls CFC use money on top players if u want trophies wr tired of this early embarassments.
14/08/2017 @ 9:19 am
Perisic , Barkely and Chamberlain were good for chelsea . that all we need for know and nothing else.
13/08/2017 @ 11:37 am
Selling Hazard to Bar or Real it is the bad tempreture for chels board,club and even suporters.pls chelsea stop it.
13/08/2017 @ 9:35 am
Chelsea need to sign player before our next match
12/08/2017 @ 10:53 am
Pls cfc buy Barkly it is Good
12/08/2017 @ 10:24 am
CFC needs just three players, oxe, drinkwater and Barkley. cfc will be a complete team after signing these three players
11/08/2017 @ 12:43 pm
Drinkwater has been reported in Leicester as saying he does not see a regular place for himself if he were to move to Chelsea + Leicester City are not intrested in selling him – I think the answer is pretty simple.
09/08/2017 @ 8:13 am
Have you played football before? To come conclusion that bathuayi is not chelsea type
08/08/2017 @ 11:54 am
may God help us.
07/08/2017 @ 11:34 pm
Cfc still needs 6 additional player to upgrade weak positions in the team =
LB: Sandro or Alex Telles
RB: Aurier
DM: Drinkwater
CM: Vargas
RW: Mahrez
STR: Moussa Dembele or Belotti
Pls let Batshuayi leave is not our type, sign in 2 or 1 striker to compete with Morata