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£58million plus add ons sounds good.
[article]helsea have pulled off an incredible transfer coup by agreeing an initial fee of £58million with Real Madrid for Alvaro Morata.
In a statement on their website on Wednesday night, Chelsea confirmed Telegraph Sport’s earlier report that a deal with Madrid has been agreed and Morata will now discuss personal terms and undergo a medical.
Chelsea did not reveal the size of the fee, but Telegraph Sport understands the Premier League champions will pay an initial £58m before add-ons.
That is almost £20m less than the initial £75m Manchester United paid for Romelu Lukaku, who had been Chelsea’s top target.
Sources close to the deal believe Chelsea have struck a superb deal for Spain international Morata in the current transfer market, where fees have spiralled out of control.
The £58m will still eclipse Chelsea’s previous record spend of £50m on Fernando Torres in 2011. It is believed the add-ons could see the final fee for Morata rise towards £70m if Chelsea achieve their targets with him.
Morata travelled with Real for their US tour, but will now break away from that to discuss personal terms with Chelsea and undergo a medial.
Having initially left their options open following their failure to land Lukaku, the Blues made a breakthrough in negotiations with Real over Morata on Wednesday and hope to conclude the deal swiftly.
The 24-year-old has been keen on the prospect of working with Conte at Chelsea since the Blues tried to sign him last summer.
Morata scored 15 La Liga goals for Real last season, but wants to move to become the number one striker after acting as back-up to Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.
He had agreed to join United, but they instead hijacked Chelsea’s interest in Lukaku which left Morata in limbo.
The arrival of Morata will be welcomed by several members of the Chelsea squad, who have become concerned at the precarious situation the club find themselves in.
Chelsea announced that head coach Antonio Conte had been rewarded for his fine first season with a pay rise, which underlined the commitment that the Italian will start this campaign in charge.
But the absence of any extension means there remains no long-term guarantees over Conte’s future, which has prompted speculation among players that he might only be in charge for a further 12 months at most.
There was also some dismay that Chelsea left for their pre-season tour of China and Singapore without any significant new signings in the squad and Diego Costa and Nemanja Matic left behind.
Defender Antonio Rudiger could meet up with the Chelsea squad in Singapore after his holiday, but midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko will continue his recovery from injury at the club’s Cobham training ground.
Clinching the signature of Morata will certainly improve the mood within the squad and among Chelsea’s fans.
With Real right-back Danilo, who Conte had been keen to sign, set to move to Manchester City, Chelsea will try again to reach an agreement with Juventus over left-back Alex Sandro.
Negotiations have been slow regarding Sandro, despite Chelsea indicating a willingness to pay £60m for the Brazilian.
Italian sources have claimed the sale of Leonardo Bonucci means Juve will not sell Sandro and will instead offer him a new contract, but that has not yet put off Conte and Chelsea.
Juve’s interest in midfielder Nemanja Matic adds another dimension to Chelsea’s pursuit of Sandro.[/article]
[article]helsea have pulled off an incredible transfer coup by agreeing an initial fee of £58million with Real Madrid for Alvaro Morata.
In a statement on their website on Wednesday night, Chelsea confirmed Telegraph Sport’s earlier report that a deal with Madrid has been agreed and Morata will now discuss personal terms and undergo a medical.
Chelsea did not reveal the size of the fee, but Telegraph Sport understands the Premier League champions will pay an initial £58m before add-ons.
That is almost £20m less than the initial £75m Manchester United paid for Romelu Lukaku, who had been Chelsea’s top target.
Sources close to the deal believe Chelsea have struck a superb deal for Spain international Morata in the current transfer market, where fees have spiralled out of control.
The £58m will still eclipse Chelsea’s previous record spend of £50m on Fernando Torres in 2011. It is believed the add-ons could see the final fee for Morata rise towards £70m if Chelsea achieve their targets with him.
Morata travelled with Real for their US tour, but will now break away from that to discuss personal terms with Chelsea and undergo a medial.
Having initially left their options open following their failure to land Lukaku, the Blues made a breakthrough in negotiations with Real over Morata on Wednesday and hope to conclude the deal swiftly.
The 24-year-old has been keen on the prospect of working with Conte at Chelsea since the Blues tried to sign him last summer.
Morata scored 15 La Liga goals for Real last season, but wants to move to become the number one striker after acting as back-up to Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.
He had agreed to join United, but they instead hijacked Chelsea’s interest in Lukaku which left Morata in limbo.
The arrival of Morata will be welcomed by several members of the Chelsea squad, who have become concerned at the precarious situation the club find themselves in.
Chelsea announced that head coach Antonio Conte had been rewarded for his fine first season with a pay rise, which underlined the commitment that the Italian will start this campaign in charge.
But the absence of any extension means there remains no long-term guarantees over Conte’s future, which has prompted speculation among players that he might only be in charge for a further 12 months at most.
There was also some dismay that Chelsea left for their pre-season tour of China and Singapore without any significant new signings in the squad and Diego Costa and Nemanja Matic left behind.
Defender Antonio Rudiger could meet up with the Chelsea squad in Singapore after his holiday, but midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko will continue his recovery from injury at the club’s Cobham training ground.
Clinching the signature of Morata will certainly improve the mood within the squad and among Chelsea’s fans.
With Real right-back Danilo, who Conte had been keen to sign, set to move to Manchester City, Chelsea will try again to reach an agreement with Juventus over left-back Alex Sandro.
Negotiations have been slow regarding Sandro, despite Chelsea indicating a willingness to pay £60m for the Brazilian.
Italian sources have claimed the sale of Leonardo Bonucci means Juve will not sell Sandro and will instead offer him a new contract, but that has not yet put off Conte and Chelsea.
Juve’s interest in midfielder Nemanja Matic adds another dimension to Chelsea’s pursuit of Sandro.[/article]
Firmino scored one goal more than him last year. There's little point comparing him to the top strikers in the league this year.
I was just about to say that. We don't need anymore RBs, its possibly the one position which is locked down for the foreseeable future.
Hahahahaha!
Quite. But Firmino brings a lot more to the table than Troy Deeney. Even a blind man with no eyes and a blindfold on can see that.
The obsession with who scores our goals is an odd one.
That can only really be stated with any confidence if Morata scores 20-odd goals a season, which is what Costa did to help them win the title (twice)
£58million plus add ons sounds good.
[article]helsea have pulled off an incredible transfer coup by agreeing an initial fee of £58million with Real Madrid for Alvaro Morata.
In a statement on their website on Wednesday night, Chelsea confirmed Telegraph Sport’s earlier report that a deal with Madrid has been agreed and Morata will now discuss personal terms and undergo a medical.
Chelsea did not reveal the size of the fee, but Telegraph Sport understands the Premier League champions will pay an initial £58m before add-ons.
That is almost £20m less than the initial £75m Manchester United paid for Romelu Lukaku, who had been Chelsea’s top target.
Sources close to the deal believe Chelsea have struck a superb deal for Spain international Morata in the current transfer market, where fees have spiralled out of control.
The £58m will still eclipse Chelsea’s previous record spend of £50m on Fernando Torres in 2011. It is believed the add-ons could see the final fee for Morata rise towards £70m if Chelsea achieve their targets with him.
Morata travelled with Real for their US tour, but will now break away from that to discuss personal terms with Chelsea and undergo a medial.
Having initially left their options open following their failure to land Lukaku, the Blues made a breakthrough in negotiations with Real over Morata on Wednesday and hope to conclude the deal swiftly.
The 24-year-old has been keen on the prospect of working with Conte at Chelsea since the Blues tried to sign him last summer.
Morata scored 15 La Liga goals for Real last season, but wants to move to become the number one striker after acting as back-up to Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.
He had agreed to join United, but they instead hijacked Chelsea’s interest in Lukaku which left Morata in limbo.
The arrival of Morata will be welcomed by several members of the Chelsea squad, who have become concerned at the precarious situation the club find themselves in.
Chelsea announced that head coach Antonio Conte had been rewarded for his fine first season with a pay rise, which underlined the commitment that the Italian will start this campaign in charge.
But the absence of any extension means there remains no long-term guarantees over Conte’s future, which has prompted speculation among players that he might only be in charge for a further 12 months at most.
There was also some dismay that Chelsea left for their pre-season tour of China and Singapore without any significant new signings in the squad and Diego Costa and Nemanja Matic left behind.
Defender Antonio Rudiger could meet up with the Chelsea squad in Singapore after his holiday, but midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko will continue his recovery from injury at the club’s Cobham training ground.
Clinching the signature of Morata will certainly improve the mood within the squad and among Chelsea’s fans.
With Real right-back Danilo, who Conte had been keen to sign, set to move to Manchester City, Chelsea will try again to reach an agreement with Juventus over left-back Alex Sandro.
Negotiations have been slow regarding Sandro, despite Chelsea indicating a willingness to pay £60m for the Brazilian.
Italian sources have claimed the sale of Leonardo Bonucci means Juve will not sell Sandro and will instead offer him a new contract, but that has not yet put off Conte and Chelsea.
Juve’s interest in midfielder Nemanja Matic adds another dimension to Chelsea’s pursuit of Sandro.[/article]
Iago Aspas coming in 5th on that table makes it lose all credibility.
Seems the "Echo" is running a story about Citeh considering a bid for Martin Skrtel.
Net outlay of £20m ? There is no way on this earth that AM are going to pay £50m for him. Their offer was £24m I think it was and Chelsea will likely settle for less than £35m as they really have no other option. Conte really fucked them up. So a loss of £35m for a striker with one good season to his name at the world's top club (who don't want him now) ... we'll see.
The pressure on managers at Chelsea is famously intense, as is the annual requirement to win trophies, so Conte had better hope he has an equally good or better season than his last, otherwise he's going to be toast. They'll be furious about the Conte text fiasco.
Looks like Alexis Sanchez will not be sold and instead will see out his contract with Arsenal and leave for free next summer. That's not good for our CL chances – Alexis + Lacazette is a very different matter than Lacazette without Alexis. All of a sudden, Arsenal might actually be good this year.
It's interesting they have increased his salary but Conte refuses to sign an extension. Is he waiting for Real/Barca in the near future and actually doesn't want to be at CFC (for some reason) but there's no other decent club with a vacancy this Summer ? Something is not right with that relationship.
Yep. If he stays Arsenal are going to be a very good team this season. However Sanchez really doesn't want to be there, witness his recent comments. The issue is the fee and that Arsenal won't sell him to a fellow PL title challenger.
There's been rumours about his relationship with the board at Chelsea for ages. Not that such rumours are anything new at that shithole, but it's almost like he's in a constant war of attrition. Maybe he likes working like that?
I don't get the worry over arsenal? They've still got a shit defence and shite midfield
They're getting worse every year, in spite of starting to spend money
Well they've signed Kolasinac to strengthen LB and Cazorla is now back after a lengthy injury then they seem very likely to sign Mahrez and have signed a superb striker in Lacazette. Lacazette & Sanchez could be the top striking partnership of any team this coming season, Kane & Alli territory.
He quit Juventus over something similar.
There is no fucking way on Earth that Morata is an upgrade on Costa.
Costa scored 52 goals in his last 2 seasons. Morata has scored 40 in 6.
OK, he got 15 of them last year, but they only played him against shite. Of those 15, 9 came against sides in the bottom 3. I'd have thought scoring 15 for real madrid is a bit embarrassing when Ronaldo is getting like a hundred a season or something.
Costa scored 52 goals in his last 2 seasons. Morata has scored 40 in 6.
OK, he got 15 of them last year, but they only played him against shite. Of those 15, 9 came against sides in the bottom 3. I'd have thought scoring 15 for real madrid is a bit embarrassing when Ronaldo is getting like a hundred a season or something.
Cazorla is out for next season too. They're fucked.
Yet, they've pulled off a transfer coup according to that article in the Torygraph.
Morata signing for Chelsea is in no way a coup.
Also Thursday night Europa games are gonna be the bitch for them unless Wenger fields a weakened side every mid-week.
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