Chelsea and AC Milan were locked in a furious week of talks over goalkeeper Mike Maignan, starting with reports from Fabrizio Romano that we were interested, and ending on Tuesday night when the

The Blues are planning to sell a host of players to fund further transfers into the first team and reduce the wage bill.

Chelsea’s stance has not only attracted domestic attention. Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus and Fiorentina are reportedly monitoring the situation, while Strasbourg are keen to make his loan spell permanent. However, TeamTalk note that “Petrovic is reluctant to return on another loan and is aiming for a permanent move to a bigger club.”

Sky Germany reports that Manchester United have joined Liverpool and Chelsea in the race for Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitike. Man United have made contact with Frankfurt in the past 48 hours

Chelsea have put Serbia goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic up for sale, with Leeds among the clubs interested in signing the 25-year-old. (Teamtalk) Nottingham Forest are rivalling Leeds and Sunderland for 31-year-old Mozambique left-back Reinildo Mandava,

Chelsea have confirmed their squad for the Club World Cup with Andrey Santos and Liam Delap included but no place for Djordje Petrovic. Chelsea kick off their campaign in FIFA’s newly-expanded tournament next week,

Even given that, €20m is simply too low for Chelsea to even think about. Let’s remember they paid £14m for the goalkeeper. Since then he’s played regular Premier League games for the Blues, gone to Ligue 1 and had an exceptional season with Strasbourg on loan, and has continued to pick up caps for Serbia as their number one.

Petrovic asked to be left out of Chelsea's Club World Cup squad so he can focus on securing a move. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Paez, whose transfer to Chelsea was agreed with Independiente Del Valle when he was 16 in 2023, will join BlueCo-owned Strasbourg on loan.

Chelsea are now directly involved in a battle to sign a new winger this summer, and it’s not Jamie Gittens of Dortmund.There is a lot going on this week in the aftermath of the first summer