Exclusive says Chelsea are ready to return for major summer target in July | OneFootball

Chelsea and AC Milan were locked in a furious week of talks over goalkeeper Mike Maignan, starting with reports from Fabrizio Romano that we were interested, and ending on Tuesday night when the pre-Club World Cup transfer window ended.

Chelsea could yet return for major summer target

Or did it end? Milan tried to use that deadline to make Chelsea desperate and overpay, but the Blues resisted. However, Fraser Fletcher of TeamTalk claims that the deal is not dead yet. Chelsea are apparently “planning a new bid.”

With the artificial deadline of the CWC squad announcement over, we could return to a drawn out bidding war.

Maignan has already made it clear that he wants to join Chelsea, and won’t sign a new contract with Milan. That means they face losing him for free in a year’s time if they don’t sell him now. Suddenly the time pressure is on Milan, not Chelsea.

Blues can’t afford to fumble goalkeeping situation again

Without Maignan coming in, Chelsea’s goalkeeper situation looks dire. Djordje Petrovic looks set to move on after being left out of the CWC squad, meaning the unpopular and unreliable Robert Sanchez is still our number one as things stand.

We can’t afford to jeopardise another season with sub-par goalkeeping. This situation needs to be sorted out once and for all after years of holding us back. Whether it’s Maignan or not, a top quality keeper needs to be between the sticks when the Premier League kicks off in August.