Chelsea and Manchester City have been involved in a fresh new transfer rumour this week that has been much discussed.
A report from 90min claimed that Chelsea were considering a shake-up at left-back and could look to sign Joao Cancelo from Manchester City during the summer transfer window.
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Of course, Chelsea only recently spent a chunk of money on Marc Cucurella from Brighton, adding to England international Ben Chilwell in that area of the pitch. They also have Ian Maatsen impressing out on loan who is left back.
It doesn’t seem like it should be a pressing position the club need to prioritise as of right now, and transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has given his verdict via his CaughtOffside via his Substack column.
Romano plays it down as nothing more than speculation at this point in time. He said: “Joao Cancelo has played three or four games for Bayern now. In my opinion, it’s mad to get the rumours around now. Too early, people should let him play for Bayern. Chelsea were not in talks for Cancelo in January when he was available and at the moment from what I understand, there’s nothing more than speculation.”
So one rumour that we can shelve for now then!