Chelsea was upset that the competition (read Barcelona) was taking it’s transfer targets right in front of their nose. Maybe the Blues won’t be able to get revenge on Barcelona for stealing first Raphinha and then Jules Kounde, but the move they are about to make looks like a desperate act aimed at other big clubs in the Top 5 leagues, in order to prove them that even without Roman Abramovich, they will have the means to stand in line the biggest spenders of the football market. With Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly, the London club has already completed two big transfers and the third could be Frankie De Jong, and the fourth, although less famous, could fit in a similar price range with the predecessors. Namely, Chelsea are ready to do what Manchester City is constantly delaying – to offer Brighton 60 million euros for Marc Cucurella. Confirmation of power or madness?David Ornstein: “Chelsea in talks to sign Marc Cucurella from Brighton.”Chelsea: pic.twitter.com/XbSsfFGxFn— mohamed 🍥 (@Mohamed_therad) August 1, 2022 Yes, Marcos Alonso is almost certainly moving to Barcelona, Thomas Tuchel is not seriously counting on Emerson Palmieri, who spent last season on loan in Lyon. Let’s remember that two years ago Chelsea paid 50 million euros for Leicester’s Ben Chilwell, who was seriously injured in the early stages of last season and missed the rest of the campaign, but Tuchel used him in all the preparatory matches this summer, both as a starter and as a reserve. And there is no place for both of them in the starting line-up. This summer, the Citizens toped the list when it comes to players sale (around 160 millions euros), but even for them Cukurella fee is too much. But, Chelsea are ready to make the Spaniard the most expensive defender in the club’s history, the third most expensive defender in football history (after Achraaf Hakimi and Joao Cancelo), and one of the ten most expensive defenders of all time.Cucurella submits a transfer request, City must now convince Brighton to lower the price from 60 million eurosIf the deal would be completed in the upcoming days/weeks, it would put Chelsea at the very top of the spending list in this transfer window, and the Blues would jump slightly above Barcelona, who (so far) spent 153 million euros.The news that Chelsea have informed the Seagulls that they are ready to pay as much as they are asking is reported by the respected Guardian, who also write that the club from the south of England could ask the Blues to send 19-year-old stopper Levi Colville. Tuchel clearly wants to completely overhaul the defense. That’s why he aimed for two more targets in the stopper positions, Wesley Fofana from Leicester and Leipzig’s Josko Guardiol, and before Cukurella jumped to the fore today, David Ornstein from The Athletic wrote about interest in Inter’s right back Denzel Dumfries, who is a 20 million euros cheaper than version of Cukurella. It remains to be seen what Manchester City will say to all this and whether they will be ready to tackle Chelsea with sacks of money and try, like Barcelona, to steal a footballer who has only one season in the Premier League in his CV.##NAJAVA_MECA_6534050##
