Evening Standard
·27 June 2023
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·27 June 2023
Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta will join Atletico Madrid tomorrow.
That's according to Fabrizio Romano, who has previously confirmed the defender will move on a free transfer.
Those are some big shoes to fill at Chelsea.
Arsenal have put a £50million price tag on Folarin Balogun's head as five clubs battle to sign the young striker.
Balogun scored a remarkable 21 league goals for Reims last season and is expected to leave the Gunners this summer.
The Daily Mail report that AC Milan and Inter Milan have confirmed their interest, along with French pair Marseille and Monaco and RB Leipzig.
Chelsea want to re-sign Tino Livramento from Southampton.
According to the Mail, Saints want £38m for the full-back having signed him from Stamford Bridge for £8m two years ago.
Newcastle have seen two bids rejected and it is claimed that Chelsea would loan the academy product straight back out, were he to sign.
Standard Sport understand Chelsea have a buy-back option worth in the £38m mark and that Livramento wants first-team football next season, with a move to Tynside not convincing him.
Inter Milan vice-executive Javier Zanetti has responded to reports Manchester United have bid for Andre Onana.
“When you have important players it’s normal that there are requests, but for now Onana is one of our players and we hope to keep all the important ones,” he said.
“The transfer market has just begun, anything can change, but Inter have always shown themselves at the top when building important teams.”
Arsenal will turn their attention to signing Jeremie Frimpong after bagging deals for Declan Rice and Jurrien Timber.
SportBild name the Bayer Leverkusen defender as their new target at right-back, a position Mikel Arteta is desperate to reinforce.
A fee of £34m is in the offing for Frimpong, who has also caught the eye of Manchester United.
Joao Cancelo and Benjamin Henrichs are other named targets for the position.
Chelsea will firm up their interest in Moises Caicedo soon with a £85million bid.
With Mason Mount's move to Manchester United confirmed, Chelsea will use the £60m fee towards their offer for the Brighton star.
Mauricio Pochettino needs midfield reinforcements with Mateo Kovacic, N'Golo Kante and Ruben Loftus-Cheek all also leaving.
Ecuadorian journalist Diego Arcos says Chelsea's opening bid is imminent, and it will be worth £75m up front with up to £10m in potential add-ons.
Brighton want £100m.
Tottenham continue to work on a deal for Wolfsburg’s Mickey van de Ven, writes Dan Kilpatrick.
Spurs have already signed James Maddison from Leicester and Empoli goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, while they are working on a deal for former Fulham forward Manor Solomon and hope to sign two centre-backs this summer, with negotiations continuing for Van de Ven.
All of the talk around Crystal Palace this summer has, obviously, been focused on Wilfried Zaha.
Still, the Ivorian forward is not the only player being linked with a move away from Selhurst Park.
Football Insider claim money bags Newcastle are interested in defender Marc Guehi, who has also attracted interest from Arsenal.