Chelsea are negotiating with Crystal Palace over the signing of defender Maxence Lacroix.
Sky Sports News It is understood Palace are demanding more than the £55m paid by Tottenham for Brighton’s Jan Paul van Hecke to approve the sale of Lacroix.
Palace and Chelsea enjoy a good relationship at the top level and have struck deals for players such as Trevoh Chalobah and Ben Chilwell.
Chelsea are keen to sign a centre-back and ideally the new signing will be physically strong and bring Premier League experience.
Chelsea have raised around £130m from sales in this period and more players are set to leave.
In defence, Chalobah, Benoit Badiashile, Malo Gusto and Axel Disasi are among the players available for transfer.
Rodgers arrived for a medical ahead of the record-breaking move.
morgan rogers Arrived for treatment chelsea Monday morning, You can watch it exclusively below. before completing a UK record £117m transfer. Aston Villa.
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Morgan Rodgers has been spotted arriving for a Chelsea medical after the Blues signed a £117m deal from Aston Villa.
If all goes well, Rodgers is expected to sign a six-year contract with Chelsea, with an option to extend it for a further year until 2033.
Rodgers returned to action in the bronze medal win over France in the United States on Sunday after England finished third at the World Cup.
Chelsea moved quickly to secure a deal before Arsenal. Arsenal are unwilling to meet the asking price despite Rodgers being their top striker target.
Morgan Rodgers will become Chelsea’s most expensive player
Rogers will become the most expensive British player of all time once he completes his move from Aston Villa. This figure surpasses the £116m fee paid by Manchester City for England team-mate Elliot Anderson.
Rodgers is also set to become Chelsea’s record signing in 2023, surpassing the £115m the Blues paid Brighton for Moises Caicedo.
Chelsea’s main summer undertakings so far
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Geovany Quenda – Sporting, £43.5m
Marco Palestra – Atalanta, £43m
Denner – Corinthians, £8.7m
Dastan Satpayev – Kairat Almaty, £2.1m
Emmanuel Emega – Strasbourg, undisclosed
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Mark Cucurella – Real Madrid, £51.8m
Andrey Santos – Manchester United, £50m
Tyrique George – Everton, £24m
Jimmy-Jay Morgan – West Brom, £4m
