Blues, who is planning a late step for MAN City midfielder as a Fabrizio Romano

According to reports, Chelsea plans a last-ditch change for the Manchester City star Nico O’reilly, as Enzo Maresca’s Side Scramble to add her midfield options.

As we reported last month, the blues would like to bring in more reinforcements in the middle of the park before the window beats.

The Star Kobbie Mainoo by Manchester United was targeted by Chelsea, but they do not seem to be to correspond to its price of £ 70 million, and it is expected that he will stay in old Trafford.

According to Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea turned to the Youngster O’Reilly from Man City as an alternative and works on a deal before the transfer period on Monday.

He also notes that Saint-Etienne middle field player Mathis Amougou remains on Chelsea’s shortlist

“Chelsea continues to work on a new midfielder with the study born on Man City for 2005, Nico O’reilly,” Romano wrote on X.

“You don’t want to lose future control over the player – not an easy business. The following request for Mathis Amougou reported on the list last week. “

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Chelsea no longer has time to sign a new midfielder

The TeamTalk Transfer Insider Fraser Fletcher reported at the beginning of this week that Chelsea ambitions to bring in another midfielder and striker in front of the window.

The blues do not have much cover in midfield, since Romeo Lavia fails with another injury, so there is a lot of trust in Moises Caicedo at the moment.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Carney Chukwuemeka were heavily associated with the figures from Stamford Bridge last month.

Chelsea therefore tries to bring in a new midfielder before Monday evening, and Romanos report indicates that the man City Youngster O’reilly is an important goal.

The 19-year-old is highly valued by MAN City, but it has found it very difficult to get into the first team this season, which so far only makes six appearances in all competitions.

It is so unclear how much City will be sold in the coming hours of O’reilly, but you will hope that he will not be a superstar if he joins Chelsea, as Cole Palmer did after the move to Stamford in 2023 .

Teamtalk understands that Chelsea looks at players with more experience to strengthen the midfield, and the Brighton star Carlos Baleba also on the transfer short list of blues.

However, there is no chance that Chelsea signed Balela before the deadline on February 3, without massively overpowering his services.

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Chelsea Roch-up: Disasi rejects Tottenham / Chukwuemeka Want Dortmund

In the meantime, reports indicate that Tottenham has agreed to sign a contract with Chelsea to sign Defender Axel Disassi until the end of the season.

However, it is said that Disasi decided to reject the move to Spurs because he has already agreed with personal conditions with Aston Villa and has no desire to join the Ver Posecoglou team.

However, Chelsea is not ready to join the villa defender because he does not want to strengthen a direct rival, so Disasi can be left in the hover, unless another team comes in for him.

In other news, Borussia Dortmund turned out to be the leader to have borrowed Chelsea midfielder Chukwuemek.

Everton and West Ham are also interested in Chukwuemeka, but Dortmund is now heading for the 21-year-old.

Teamtalk understands that Chukwuemeka is very interested in joining Dortmund, and this would be his preference for accession to another Premier League team.

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