Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham have been offered a Chelsea player after the Blues agreed a £60m deal for Joao Pedro.
Chelsea’s eye-watering spending looks set to proceed this summer with Todd Boehly already splashing over £100m on recent signings.
The Stamford Bridge club activated Liam Delap’s £30m release clause and have agreed to pay Brighton £60m for Brazilian forward Pedro.
Newcastle were also keen to sign Pedro, who has scored 30 goals over the past two seasons, and saw a £50m offer rejected by Brighton.
Brighton also rebuffed Chelsea’s first offer before agreeing to sell Pedro for an initial £55m, with one other £5m in add-ons.
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Chelsea, meanwhile, have agreed a £55m deal for Borussia Dortmund winger Jamie Gittens, who had a temporary spell at Stamford Bridge as a youth player.
Following a flurry of signings, Chelsea are actually expected to show their attentions to the difficult talk of player sales, with around a dozen players set to be offloaded.
The signings of Pedro and Gittens, two dynamic forwards, will speed up Christopher Nkunku’s exit following his largely disappointing spell in west London.
Signed for £52m in 2023, the previous Bundesliga player of the 12 months has scored just six goals in 36 Premier League games and was disregarded of several of Enzo Maresca’s matchday squads last season.
Nkunku did rating in Chelsea’s Club World Cup last-16 win over Benfica on Saturday but has nevertheless been made available to other clubs including Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham.
United held talks with Nkunku’s camp last month as they appear to bolster Ruben Amorim’s struggling squad, though they’ve since confirmed the signing of Matheus Cunha and are working on a deal for Bryan Mbeumo.
Arsenal reportedly made a transfer approach for Nkunku earlier within the 12 months and are yet to strengthen Mikel Arteta’s attacking options.
Arteta is keen so as to add more firepower to his squad on the Emirates Stadium after agreeing deals for midfielders Martin Zubimendi and Christian Norgaard and goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Tottenham, meanwhile, were in talks with Nkunku just last month and Thomas Frank could sanction a deal as he looks set to miss out on his former Brentford forward Mbeumo to Man United.
Nkunku is believed to be keen on a return to Germany nevertheless it stays to be seen whether Bayern Munich will revive their interest after considering a move in January.
The players could Chelsea sell this summer
- Djordje Petrovic
- Ben Chilwell
- Axel Disasi
- Renato Veiga
- Carney Chukwuemeka
- Lesley Ugochukwu
- Raheem Sterling
- Joao Felix
- Christopher Nkunku
- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
- Trevoh Chalobah
- Wesley Fofana
- Noni Madueke
- Nicolas Jackson
- Robert Sanchez
Given Nkunku’s bleak first-team prospects at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea are able to take a loss on the Frenchman but are still hoping to lift around £35m from his sale.
Like several of his future teammates, Chelsea’s imminent £60m signing Pedro is predicted to sign a lengthy seven-year take care of the club.
The 23-year-old former Watford striker is ready to affix up with Maresca’s squad in america and will even feature within the Club World Cup as Chelsea prepare to face Palmeiras within the quarter-finals and potentially Premier League rivals Manchester City within the semis.
Gittens is not going to be eligible to feature for the Blues, nonetheless, as he has already featured for Dortmund within the tournament.
The England U21 winger has been signed as a alternative for Jason Sancho, who Chelsea sent back to Manchester United, agreeing to pay a £5m penalty in the method.
By way of other player sales, Chelsea are hoping to dump Joao Felix, Raheem Sterling, Armando Broja, who were all disregarded of the Club World Cup squad.
The Blues are even open to offers for first-team regular Noni Madueke, while Nicolas Jackson has been tentatively linked with Arsenal since Delap moved to Chelsea.
Maresca is hoping to construct on an encouraging first season at Stamford Bridge by which Chelsea qualified for the Champions League and won the Conference League.
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