Chelsea maintain concrete curiosity in £35m Barcelona star with similar agent as Delap

Chelsea now maintain a concrete curiosity in signing a “spectacular” Barcelona participant, who has the identical agent as Liam Delap, it has been revealed.

Blues planning for 2026 after busy summer time window

The Blues have spent extraordinarily closely beneath BlueCo possession, with Soccer FanCast not too long ago detailing a few of their costliest signings, which incorporates the likes of Moises Caicedo, who price £115m, whereas Enzo Fernandez set them again £107m.

As anticipated, the west Londoners have been as soon as once more extraordinarily energetic in the summertime switch window, spending a whopping €328.15m (£285m), though they balanced the books with quite a few large gross sales.

Nevertheless, regardless of making a number of key additions to the squad, Enzo Maresca could really feel extra arrivals can be required in January, given {that a} new centre-back was not introduced in following the damage blow to Levi Colwill.

Not solely that, nevertheless it has now been revealed that Chelsea missed out on one other goal within the last levels of the January switch window, with Fabrizio Romano telling GiveMeSport they made a late strategy to signal Barcelona midfielder Femin Lopez.

A €40m (£35m) provide was made for Lopez, which was knocked again by the Spanish membership, however the 22-year-old might nonetheless find yourself at Stamford Bridge sooner or later, with Romano detailing the Blues maintain a concrete curiosity.

That mentioned, it might be troublesome to get a deal over the road, provided that the Spaniard needs to remain on the Camp Nou, as Barca are his boyhood membership, and he’s held in very excessive regard by his present employers.

“Spectacular” Lopez might be Buonanotte improve

The signing of Buonanotte can maybe be seen as a little bit unusual, with the 20-year-old arriving on mortgage from Premier League rivals Brighton & Hove Albion, and he has since been omitted from Chelsea’s Champions League squad.

That’s regardless of the very fact the teenager acknowledged enjoying in Europe’s elite competitors was an element behind selecting to maneuver to Stamford Bridge, saying: “After all, I’ll get the chance to play within the Champions League for the primary time, which can be an awesome problem.

“I’m actually wanting ahead to this season and hopefully I may also help the membership to attain its objectives.”

In contrast to Buonanotte, who’s but to ascertain himself on the high degree, having been relegated with Leicester Metropolis final season, Lopez has already confirmed himself at Barcelona, chipping in with eight objectives and ten assists in all competitions within the 2024-25 marketing campaign.

Not solely that, however the Barca academy graduate, who’s represented by the identical agent as Delap, has additionally obtained excessive reward from former supervisor Xavi previously, who lauded him for his “spectacular mentality”, which suggests he might be an prompt improve on Buonanotte in attacking midfield.