Chelsea Transfer Roundup: Costa, Christensen, Koulibaly and More
July 30, 2016
Deal Close: Chelsea’s Deigo Costa enters one-week deadline over transfer move
It has been reported by the Spanish publication AS, Chelsea striker Diego Costa is on the verge of joining his former club Atletico Madrid, as Diego Simeone has set a deadline of August 6th for his club to complete a transfer swoop for the 27-year-old attacker.
The Brazil-born Spain international has won the La Liga title with Atletico Madrid before signing for Chelsea in summer 2014 and now, has heavily been linked with a return to Vicentre Calderon.
The Spanish gaints are certainly interested in re-signing the 27-year-old centre-forward, who scored 16 goals in all competitions last term, with the Blues already rejecting a £50m transfer bid from last season’s Champions League finalists.
On his Instagram post, Diego Costa has fueled the speculations over his future at Stamford Bridge, as the striker sent farewell message to his team-mates.
However, AS claim Diego Simeone has now imposed a one-week deadline to get a transfer deal for the powerful striker over the line.
The Atletico boss wants his squad confirmed for August 6th, meaning the club will have to wrap up their search for a star-studded forward by next week.
The reports claim that Diego Simeone is also targeting Sevilla striker Kevin Gameiro, who lifted a Europa League title with the Spanish outfit last season.
Bundesliga club launch €18m bid for Chelsea’s Andreas Christensen
According to the latest transfer reports from the German outlet Bild, the Bundesliga club Borussia Monchengladbach have launched an offer of €18 million for Chelsea talented youngster Andreas Christensen as the German side are willing to sign the gifted defender on a permanent basis.
The 20-year-old Christensen is halfway through a two-year loan deal with Borussia Monchengladbach, but he impressed to such an extent last term that Bundesliga club want to secure his services on a permanent basis as quickly as possible.
As per the same sources, Monchengladbach are eager to conclude a deal, although it remains to be seen whether Chelsea will choose to sell the 20-year-old.
Christensen, who is a fine reader of the game, averaged 8 defensive actions per game in the Bundesliga last campaign, while he registered an average pass accuracy of 87%.
The Denmark international previously stated that he would wait until the end of next season before making a decision about his long-term future, but the offer from Borussia Monchengladbach could well accelerate the process.
“£38m for Koulibaly?! Never heard of him” – Chelsea fans react on upcoming transfer
With the 2016/17 Premier League season is set to star in two weeks, clubs up and down the country are continuing to reinforce their respective squads ahead of the big kick-off in August 13th and 14th.
The Premier League’s top clubs, including Man United, Liverpool and Man City have all spent big money to strengthen their sides this summer, while Chelsea are just starting to flex their financial muscle under the new head coach Antonio Conte, bringing in two player so far, Michy Batshuayi from Marseille and N’Golo Kante from the Premier League’s reigning champions Leicester City.
The reports from Sky Italia claimed yesterday that Chelsea have launched a £38m bid for Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly, but the Italian outfit have yet to respond to the offer, with another EPL club Everton also believed to be interested in acquiring his services.
The 25-year-old Senegal international has averaged seven defensive actions-per-game and won 49% of his average duels in 33 Serie A matches last season, helping Napoli to a second-placed finish behind champions Juventus. His impressive performances clearly attracted the attention of Antonio Conte, so we could be in for an interesting month if the Blues continue their pursuit.
Has Chelsea announced Koulibaly yet?
— G (@HICCUP_o) July 28, 2016
Was obvious Napoli would screw us over Koulibaly. Move on Chelsea
— Steven French (@SteveFrenchCFC) July 28, 2016
Sign Koulibaly and Morata already, Chelsea.
— Siddhartha. (@TheSpiderMatic) July 28, 2016
Think mufc should hijack chelsea's koulibaly deal jus fir the fun of it
#mufc
— Pied piper (@udogup) July 28, 2016
De Laurentis is a thug,he will sign Maksimovic (who is a Chelsea target) then refuse to sell Koulibaly to Chelsea.
— Ed (@_____Morfin) July 28, 2016
Maksimovic is a replacement for Koulibaly if he rejects a new contract which his agent said he would.. So basically he's coming it Chelsea?
— Louis (@LouisCFC10) July 28, 2016
£38m for Koulibaly?! Never heard of him but is likely to start above Zouma or will he be a flop like City's CBs #Chelsea #TransferNews
— Alastair McKenzie (@AMckenzieSmith) July 28, 2016
Looks like Koulibaly isn't going to move easily. What are our options? #Chelsea
— Don Conte (@ronak_cfc) July 28, 2016
Why are Napoli holding Koulibaly hostage? He clearly wants to leave, £38m for him is such a good deal. They're so hard to deal with.
— Chelsea FC (@infamouschelsea) July 28, 2016
If I was De Laurentiis I would sell Koulibaly for £38m buy Mustafi for £21m with £17m still to play with
— ChelsFinest (@ChelsFinest) July 28, 2016
