Chelsea to announce Brazilian signing – £60M star tells board he wants move – Chelsea talks with £31M star

Here is a roundup of the top Chelsea news and gossip that we think you guys may have missed today –

Chelsea are working on a deal to sign up Dutchman Ian Maatsen, who is wanted by a number of Premier League clubs

Maatsen is a lad that Mauricio Pochettino has used in the opening weeks of the new Premier League season after the Dutch lad had an impressive pre-season with the Blues.

There was alot of interest in the Dutchman this summer, with the likes of Burnley and Newcastle United just two clubs that were reportedly interested in a deal for the defender, but in the end, he stayed put as he wants to fight for his place in the side.

Now Italian Romano has opened up and claimed that CHELSEA are now keen to tie Maatsen down to a new contract at Stamford Bridge as his future at the club depends on whether or not he signs a new contract.

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Chelsea want Maatsen to sign a new contract at the club after he failed to leave on deadline day. But his future depends on whether he will agree to a new deal, as his current contract runs out at the end of the season

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After such an impressive pre-season for Chelsea and then to be included in the opening games of the weekend, it came as a massive shock on deadline day that the Blues agreed to sell Maatsen.

But the fact they have spent so much money over the last couple of transfer windows – they need to make money when possible, in order to help finance the books and Maatsen is seemingly a player that they will allow to leave if the money is offered.

Look, he will probably sign that new contract as he wants to prove himself at Chelsea, but at the end of the day, if a club makes a big offer in January or at the end of the season, the Board will allow him to leave.

It doesn’t really matter if he signs a new contract, money talks to those new CHELSEA owners.

JAMES WANTS MADRID – 

CHELSEA defender Reece James wants to join Real Madrid next summer as Florentino Perez puts together a tempting package, according to reports.

James signed a bumper new six-year contract at Stamford Bridge last year (2022), which nets him a reported wage of £250,000-a-week, and made him one of the highest earners in the club.

However – there was alot of transfer speculation over the summer window that Madrid were very interested in trying to get a deal done for the Englishman, but were unable to convince Chelsea to let him leave Stamford Bridge.

But Spanish publication Nacional claims Perez is ‘convinced’ Real Madrid’s priority next summer ‘must be the incorporation of a right back’ with their ‘trust in Dani Carvajal limited’.

Despite Carvajal starting off the season well, Perez ‘doubts that he can maintain this level throughout the year’ and therefore ‘going to the market is an obligation’.

James doesn’t want to keep ‘collecting failures’ at Chelsea and he ‘could opt for a change of scenery’ if the Premier League club fail to qualify for the Champions League for the second year on the bounce.

Nacional adds that James has already said ‘yes’ to joining Real Madrid in that case with Los Blancos ready to present Chelsea with an €80m (£69m) offer for the 23-year-old.

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CHELSEA have so many players that are not playing at the level that many fans would have liked – and that is why they would not be too sad to see many stars leave.

But James is one of the best in the Premier League and he would be a massive loss to the system – nobody in that Blues squad has the delivery quality that he has.

But if Madrid do come calling again at the end of the season – no player could turn down a potential move.

MOSCARDO TO SIGN – 

Chelsea are ‘one step away’ from signing Brazilian midfielder Gabriel Moscardo, and he will be the first signing of the 2024 window.

Moscardo is the latest talent to attract the attention of Todd Boehly’s heavy-spending Chelsea, according to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano. Reports suggest that the Blues have made a €21m offer for the 17-year-old starlet.

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CHELSEA have a transfer plan that revolves around some of the best young talent in the game and they are keen to keep on spending over the next couple of months, even though the transfer window has closed for the Premier League.

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As per an update from Spanish outlet Sport, Chelsea remain interested in Moscardo and will try to make him their first signing of 2024.

It is claimed that Chelsea are ‘one step away’ from reaching an agreement with Corinthians. That comes after they launched a new, improved bid worth €30m (£25.6m), which is almost certain to meet Corinthians’ demands.

Indeed, Sport claim it is only a ‘matter of hours or days’ before a full agreement is struck with the Brazilian outfit.

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look even though the Brazilian sensation is very talented, even though the Brazilians are keen to sell the lad to Chelsea, it is not the right time to come to Europe and he needs to stay put.

He is not needed at CHELSEA; he is not a player that Mauricio Pochettino wants and is not a player that fans will get excited about. So the Blues should save their money, wait until January and then sign some readymade players that will make an immediate impact.

That is what we believe anyways.