Chelsea open to Barcelona offers for Willian to fund summer spending
Chelsea are open to selling Willian to Barcelona to help fund their own summer transfer business.
The Blues are in talks to sign Russia’s £27million World Cup midfielder Aleksandr Golovin, Juventus defender Daniele Rugani and Roma goalkeeper Alisson Becker. As has been the case in recent years, Chelsea will balance any signings with sales. Alisson will only be signed if Thibaut Courtois joins Real or Atletico Madrid, while David Luiz could be heading out to make way for Rugani.
Chelsea want to sell Danny Drinkwater for over £30m, but they would also be prepared to cash in on Willian if Barca can get near to their £60m valuation.
Manchester United are also interested in Willian, but Chelsea would prefer to sell the Brazilian to Barca unless they could get Anthony Martial from the Old Trafford club.
Aged 29, Willian’s contract has two years left to run and this may well be the last summer in which Chelsea are in a position to demand big money for him.
Willian is a popular character at Chelsea and is a highly valued player, despite the fact he fell out of favour with head coach Antonio Conte.
Celebrating Chelsea’s FA Cup victory over Manchester United, Willian posted a picture of himself and his victorious team-mates on social media, but covered Conte with emojis.
Willian is unlikely to feature for Chelsea if Conte stays at the club, but the Italian is still expected to be replaced by Maurizio Sarri. Sarri has told Dries Mertens, who plays in Willian’s position on the right for Belgium, that he will try to take him from Napoli to whichever club he joins.
But it is not clear whether Napoli would allow his sale, or whether Chelsea would sanction a big-money move for the 31-year-old who Conte twice previously put forwards as a transfer target.
Chelsea may well prefer to bid for long-term target Christian Pulisic, who plays for Borussia Dortmund and is also interesting Tottenham Hotspur.
freezefox:they would also be prepared to cash in on Willian if Barca can get near to their £60m valuation. 60M……………摩佬快D 買啦!抵到爛呀![表情] [表情] [表情] [表情] (2018-07-04 10:28)
There have been contacts between Barcelona and Eden Hazard, but no negotiations - a very expensive operation that they can’t afford at the moment. Real Madrid haven’t made an offer either. Chelsea not willing to sell him.
#cfc #worldcup #bel
羅力亞
2018-07-13 16:03
But it’s early. Anything can still happen. Certainly with Real Madrid - a club where things change quickly - chasing a new superstar.
But what will happen to Chelsea’s stance if the player pushes for a move? Anyway, it will be interesting in the next few weeks.
羅力亞
2018-07-13 16:39
Di Marzio has reported of #Barcelona's mere interest in NGolo #Kante and no talks have been held yet, contrary to what is being circulated across Twitter. And #Chelsea are looking to hand him a new contract, remember. #PSG also want him, along with #Juventus
羅力亞
2018-07-21 08:30
BREAKING: Sky sources - @FCBarcelona make third bid in excess of £55m for @ChelseaFC winger Willian #SSN https://t.co/maor22ka8j