Chelsea are recognized to be “increasing pressure” on Napoli with additional regular techniques more than the possible transfer of Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen, resources have educated CaughtOffside.
Osimhen is a single of Chelsea’s major targets for 2024, and they’re eager to take benefit of the sophisticated deal negotiations involving the player and his existing club Napoli.
CaughtOffside understands Napoli are flat-out refusing to market Osimhen in January, but Chelsea want to do the leg-work now to make sure they’re at the entrance of the queue for the 24-year-old’s signature future summer season.
Napoli could try out to bolster their very own placement by agreeing to insert a release clause into any likely new agreement for Osimhen, but at the second there does not show up to have been any major progress on all parties agreeing a new deal.
Chelsea have to have to improve up front immediately after the unconvincing sort of youngster Nicolas Jackson, even though Armando Broja has also not experienced substantially of an effect given that his return from a prolonged personal injury layoff, so the Blues’ at any time-strengthening pursuit of Osimhen absolutely makes feeling.
Somewhere else, Chelsea could also make Bayer Leverkusen’s Edmond Tapsoba a single of their top precedence targets in defence for summer months 2024, sources with an being familiar with of the circumstance told CaughtOffside.
This arrives as Trevoh Chalobah remains remarkably very likely to go away Stamford Bridge in the in the vicinity of foreseeable future, with Bayern Munich and Nottingham Forest among the the clubs regarded to have tried signing him in the summertime. Inspite of a deal failing to materialise back then, Chalobah is not in Mauricio Pochettino’s strategies and the club are eyeing Tapsoba as a person prospective replacement.
CFC also have curiosity in Ian Maatsen, who continues to be on Burnley’s radar immediately after they virtually signed him in the summer time. West Ham are also recognized to be making ready to acquire concrete actions to test signing the Dutchman.
Conor Gallagher, in the meantime, stays aspect of Chelsea’s extensive-expression plans regardless of continued curiosity from equally Tottenham and Newcastle. Gallagher’s choice is to keep on being at Chelsea, but talks are not still at an innovative phase more than a new agreement, putting those people aforementioned golf equipment on alert.
