Fabrizio Romano has reported that Chelsea sent a €40m offer for player who “would be perfect for what they’re building.”
Chelsea did plenty of transfer business over the summer window and they could have done a lot more as well, with many deals that they attempted not going through. Some might have looked a bit opportunistic.
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There was a lot of late drama in the transfer window for Chelsea as they scrambled around to get some outgoing deals done before seemingly advancing on some late new arrivals as well.
Ben Chilwell was one of those late outgoing moves, joining Chelsea’s sister-club, Strasbourg, on a permanent deal. He made his debut for the French side over the weekend and faired OK for his first outing.
They also reportedly sent a huge offer to Juventus late in the window to try and sign one of their star players, Kenan Yildiz, although I’m not sure that I believe this one or not….
But the bottom line is, there were some deals that they worked on that didn’t get done and that were not perhaps as much in the media as other pursuits were.
Chelsea bid for Lopez
One story that did get it’s fair share of media attention was the attempt to sign Fermin Lopez from Barcelona.
Romano has been speaking about this one on his latest Here We Go Podcast episode.
Romano on Fermin
The transfer expert said:
“Chelsea offered €40m to sign Fermin Lopez. That money was never going to be enough to convince Barcelona.
“From what I’m told, Chelsea sent that bid, even though they knew that the deal was almost impossible, because they really wanted to make the player feel that their interest is concrete.
“They really believe Fermin would be perfect for what they’re building at Chelsea.”
