Chelsea has agreed to a deal in principle to sign Timo Werner from RB Leipzig. (Sky Sports, June 5).
Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United have 12 days to trigger Timo Werner’s release clause if they want to sign him for less than £50m. The Germany international striker’s €55m (£49m) release clause at RB Leipzig runs out on Monday, June 15 (Sky Sports, June 3).
Werner was persuaded to join Chelsea after receiving almost daily phone calls from Frank Lampard over the last few weeks (The Times, June 6); Frank Lampard and Petr Cech made an undercover pre-lockdown trip to Germany that helped Chelsea leapfrog Liverpool and Manchester United to convince Timo Werner to move to Stamford Bridge. (Daily Telegraph, June 6).
Chelsea plans to balance the books this summer with a series of outgoings after sealing the £54m signing of Werner. (Daily Star, June 6); Chelsea’s bid for player pay cuts looks doomed after landing Werner. (The Sun, June 6)
Kai Havertz – Real Madrid are set to join the race for the Bayer Leverkusen wonderkid amid Chelsea’s interest in the £70m-rated midfielder (Daily Mail, June 11); Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voller says the club “haven’t given up hope” that Havertz will ignore interest from Chelsea and Manchester United to stay with them next season (Daily Star, June 11); Chelsea want to sign the youngster from Bayer Leverkusen this summer (Sky Sports News, June 9)
Andre Onana – The Ajax goalkeeper is set to join Chelsea or PSG this summer, with the Blues willing to splash £27m on the Cameroon international (The Sun, June 11)
Ben Chilwell – Manchester City are keen to sign Leicester’s Ben Chilwell along with Chelsea (Sky Sports, June 8)
Leicester are employing the same tactic over Ben Chilwell that they used to secure a record fee for Harry Maguire (Daily Mirror, June 8); Leicester are ready to resist any bids for Ben Chilwell this summer and will insist that the England international is not for sale (Daily Telegraph, June 6); Leicester’s Ben Chilwell has been identified by Chelsea as the club’s No 1 left-back target this summer (Sky Sports, June 5); Chilwell is tempted by a huge move to Chelsea later this summer but has not yet demanded to quit Leicester (Daily Mirror, June 5)
Kalidou Koulibaly – The defender has been told to snub Manchester United for their Premier League rivals, Liverpool or Chelsea, this summer (Daily Mirror, June 9)
Jadon Sancho – Real Madrid have entered the race for Manchester United and Chelsea target Jadon Sancho, according to reports (Daily Mail, June 3)
Federico Bernardeschi – Juventus winger Bernardeschi is eyeing a move to the Premier League this summer with Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal all monitoring the situation (Gazzetta dello Sport, June 1)
