Chelsea football club have officially tabled an improved offer for inter Milan’s Achraf Hakimi and have agreed personal terms with Erling Haaland as the Blues look to pull off an incredible double swoop for the duo, according to reports.
Chelsea
boss Thomas Tuchel guided Chelsea to the Champions League last season
but the German coach is still planning to further strengthen his squad with
owner Roman Abramovich ready to fund moves for the summer signings.
Hakimi has
been strongly linked with a move to Stamford Bridge in recent weeks and after seeing
an opening offer rejected, it appears Chelsea have tested Inter Milan’s resolve
with an improved bid.
According to the print version
of Italian paper Repubblica, via The Sun, Chelsea have offered Inter £52m
plus Marcos Alonso in exchange for Hakimi as they desperately try and beat
Paris Saint-Germain to his signature.
The Moroccan international
provided 7 goals and 11 assists last season to help Inter win the Serie A
title. He can play right-back but is more productive in a wing-back role so
he’s ideally suited to Tuchel’s preferred 3-5-2-1 system.
A top striker is something
Chelsea desperately missed last season as Jorginho was their top scorer with 7
goals, which came from penalties, so Tuchel is looking to land a top class
frontman and is appears Haaland is a prime target.
Journalist Ian McGarry has
claimed on The Transfer Window Podcast that Chelsea have now agreed personal
terms with Haaland and all that remains is to settle on a transfer fee with
Dortmund.
McGarry said:
“Personal terms for Haaland are
signed off. It’s just a case of Chelsea agreeing a fee with Dortmund.”
According to The Sun,
Chelsea were hoping to tempt Dortmund into selling for £60m plus Tammy Abraham
but the paper says the Bundesliga giants are demanding £150m in cash to sell
their star man.
Dortmund are reportedly
admirers of Abraham and he’d provide them with a direct replacement for Haaland
so there is still a chance Chelsea could use him as bait, but they’ll have to
stump up more than £60m in cash.
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