Although at the very end of the winter transfer window, it was speculated that Chelsea could be a potential destination for Ousmane Dembele, the Blues then decided not to get involved in that story. Not because they didn’t want to, but because they only postponed this operation until June in order to get Barcelona out of the whole picture.Catalan media houses report today that Chelsea have started negotiations with Dembele and his agents about a free summer transfer when his contract in Barcelona expires. This is an option that suits the controversial Frenchman as well. If Chelsea had brought him in January, the Blues would have had to pay some compensation to Barcelona because the Frenchman has half a year left on his contract. In that case, close to 22.5 million USD would have left Stamford Bridge and landed at Camp Nou.Sun 19:30: (3.35) Chelsea (3.20) Liverpool (2.40)The European champions have already established contacts with Dembele’s agents and have expressed a desire to hire the quick-footed winger. However, that does not mean that the agreement will be struck smoothly. Dembele’s representatives have offers from several clubs, and it is speculated that Manchester United, Juventus and PSG have been trying the most. All of them want a player whose potential has never reached his peak – for free.However, Chelsea have an ace up their sleeve in the form of Thomas Tuchel. It was at Dortmund where Dembele gave his best performances and reached the status of one of the most talented players in the world and Barcelona then saw him as a replacement for Neymar. Only under Tuchel has Dembele showed his incredible talent.Tuchel has been insisting on a winger signing for some time. His first wish was Serge Gnabry, but Bayern prevented transfer negotiations because the Bavarians have no intention of selling the German national team player. So Chelsea shifted their focus to Dembele and hope to secure his signature in the coming weeks.Arsenal legend to Chelsea:’ Why did you sign Lukaku’?As for Barcelona, they are out of the picture. The Catalans offered Dembele a contract extension at the beginning of January, he refused and Barça no longer has any intention of negotiating with the Frenchman, who turned out to be the most expensive flop in the history of the club.While the transfer news always brings a whiff of optimism – there is also some bad news coming for the fans of the Stamford Bridge club.The famous owner, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has been labeled as one of the main men of his country’s president Vladimir Putin, and as such he will no longer be allowed to enter Great Britain, according to the British Sun. Abramovich has been a target of the British authorities since 2018, when a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned, which caused great tensions between Russia and Britain – the owner of the Blues then used his Israeli passport to enter England. On Tuesday, his name appeared on the list of 35 Putin supporters and associates who should be completely expelled from Great Britain.16.03. Wed 23:00: (5.10) Lille (3.60) Chelsea (1.80)In that case, it will be interesting to see what will happen to Abramovich’s huge property across the UK. In addition to owning Chelsea, there is a villa worth close to 170 million USD, a superyacht Solaris estimated at more than half a billion USD and the company Evraz, a mining giant that is positioned well on the London Stock Exchange.British Foreign Secretary Louise Truss said in parliament a few days ago: “We have a long list of accomplices of Russian leader Vladimir Putin that hekped him with his misdeeds. If Russia refuses to withdraw its troops from Ukraine, we will have to increase pressure on their banks and large corporations. Our goal needs to be the degradation of the Russian economic system.”
