Chelsea ‘hold Talks’ Over Top Defender Target, Two Other Options Considered

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Chelsea are reportedly fresh to taxable a bid for Rennes centre backmost Jérémy Jacquet aft moving nan 20-year-old to nan apical of their three-man target list.

Having dismissed erstwhile head Enzo Maresca’s nationalist plea for a caller defender during nan summer—a taxable which kick-started nan tensions that led to his exit—Chelsea are now prepared to prosecute a centre back successful nan January model for caller leader Liam Rosenior.

Rather than a short-term fix, however, Chelsea are thought to beryllium looking to bring guardant a move for what aggregate reports person described arsenic an “elite” signing, pinch Jacquet emerging arsenic nan Blues’ apical option.

Fabrizio Romano revealed Chelsea person spoken straight pinch Rennes astir Jacquet, who nan Blues dream to enlistee successful January earlier a number of Europe’s elite sides make their moves successful nan summer.

Adding to that, RMC Sport declare Chelsea officials person communicated a willingness to salary €50 cardinal (£43.4 million, $58 million) for nan talented 20-year-old, conscionable short of Rennes’ asking value of €60 million.

Jacquet Leads Chelsea’s Three-Man Shortlist

Jérémy Jacquet has plentifulness of high-level admirers. | Franco Arland/Getty Images

When news of Chelsea’s liking successful an contiguous woody for Jacquet first broke, aggregate reports referred to a database of 3 imaginable candidates which nan Frenchman leads.

Details connected nan different players nether information person been constricted but nan Daily Mail sanction Como’s Jacobó Ramon and Bournemouth’s Marcos Senesi arsenic replacement targets.

Ramon, 21, is enjoying an fantabulous play pinch Como aft leaving Real Madrid past summer, but he would not beryllium a elemental target arsenic Los Blancos person protected themselves pinch a number of clauses, including a sell-on clause and nan expertise to re-sign nan youngster for conscionable €8 cardinal (£6.9 million, $9.3 million).

Senesi, meanwhile, does not fresh nan accustomed Blues attack arsenic he is approaching his 29th birthday, but it appears arsenic though he is viewed arsenic a “market opportunity”—the buzzwords often thrown astir successful nan transportation market.

With years of Premier League acquisition and a statement that expires astatine nan extremity of nan season, Senesi would beryllium acold cheaper than some Jacquet and Ramon but possibly not nan perfect target successful nan eyes of nan ownership.