Chelsea and Barcelona membership badges (Pictures by Ben Hoskins, Mike Hewitt/Getty Pictures)
Chelsea and Barcelona are able to battle for one of many largest names in world soccer in the meanwhile.
Each groups need to strengthen their assault subsequent season they usually have already recognized their goal.
The Premier League and the La Liga facet need to strengthen their vast place.
Whereas Chelsea need to signal a participant who can supply creativity and targets from the vast place and immediately turn out to be a member of their beginning line up, Barcelona are searching for an choice to extend the depth of their squad.
The Catalan giants have already got the likes of Lamine Yamal and Raphinha occupying their vast attacking positions.
Experiences from Italy, shared by AS, recommend that Chelsea are focusing on AC Milan Rafael Leao for a summer season switch, positioning themselves as rivals to Barcelona.
The Premier League giants are aiming to strengthen their attacking lineup with a high-profile signing and consider Leao as a super match.
Italian giants AC Milan are open to gives for the Portuguese attacker and each Chelsea and Barcelona must pay a premium to signal the attacker.
Leao has a contract that runs till 2028 at AC Milan which places the Italian facet in a robust place to demand an enormous payment for the switch.
Chelsea need AC Milan star Rafael Leao
Leao has netted 9 targets and supplied eight assists in 35 appearances throughout all competitions.
Barcelona wished to signal Nico Williams final summer season however they might not go forward with the transfer due to monetary troubles on the membership.
They nonetheless really feel that they want attacking reinforcements to the squad however Chelsea stand of their option to signal Leao.
The Blues signed Jadon Sancho, Pedro Neto and Joao Felix in the summertime final yr however none of them have been capable of show themselves at Stamford Bridge this season.
Sancho has utterly misplaced his type and the promising indicators he confirmed after shifting to Chelsea look extra like a fluke now than him managing to turnaround his profession.
Neto has not likely settled nicely at Chelsea and it seems just like the participant doesn’t have the arrogance of the supervisor.
In the meantime, Felix left Chelsea to affix AC Milan in a mortgage transfer which exhibits that his long run future lies away from the Premier League facet.
Chelsea’s curiosity in Alejandro Garnacho in January confirmed that they’re searching for extra vast attackers.
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