Chelsea make surprise £25m deadline day bid for Everton target as they look to ‘close the deal’ quickly | OneFootball

Antonio Nusa has been linked with a move to Chelsea.

Premier League side Chelsea have made a deadline day move for Club Brugge forward Antonio Nusa, according to reports in Belgium.

The Blues have already brought in Moises Caicedo, Romeo Lavia, Cole Palmer, Christopher Nkunku, Axel Disasi, Nicolas Jackson, Lesley Ugochukwu, Robert Sanchez, Djordje Petrovic, Deivid Washington and Angelo this summer.

Chelsea have spent around £400m this summer with the incomings being offset by around £220m they’ve brought in by selling eight players.

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But reports in Belgium now claim they aren’t done yet with Mauricio Pochettino’s side keen to get a deal for Nusa over the line before the transfer deadline.

Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad claims that Chelsea have made a €30m (£25m) offer for Nusa with the Blues’ ‘intention to sign a deal now before the end of the season’.

Nusa will then ‘stay at Club for the next few months’ and the report reveals that ‘negotiations are underway’ to complete a deal as soon as possible.

The Norway Under-19 international would stay at Club Brugge until the end of the current season with Chelsea looking to ‘close the deal before other candidates’ come in an swoop, with Everton known admirers.

A deal for England Under-21 international Palmer from Manchester City was secured on deadline day with the 21-year-old signing for Chelsea in a transfer worth around £40m.

Palmer has scored in the Community Shield final and the European Super Cup final already this season, while the attacker played 10 minutes of their opening Premier League match of the campaign against Burnley.

Former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor reckons Palmer “walks into” Pochettino’s starting XI and thinks the youngster has made the right decision as he may only play the “odd game” this term for Man City.

“I think it totally makes sense and it shows he wants to play. He doesn’t want to just sit there and play the odd game for Man City,” Agbonlahor told talkSPORT.

“He walks into that Chelsea side. You look at Chelsea they played a 5-3-2, he fits in as one of the three with Enzo [Fernandez] in front of [Moises] Caicedo. Or he can play in a 4-3-3. Palmer in the right, [Raheem] Sterling on the left, [Nicolas] Jackson down the middle.

“He knows he’s going to be starting games, guaranteed football, Pochettino is a great coach. If I’m Cole Palmer it makes sense.”