Chelsea have had a first offer of €16m for goalkeeper Edouard Mendy rejected by Rennes, according to Téléfoot.

L'Equipe sees it impossible for PSG to sign Lionel Messi, citing sources from the Parisian club. They assure that to achieve Leo they would need to sacrifice Mbappé or Neymar and that those are not their plans. City and Inter remain, with pole position belonging to Manchester City.

Biggest net transfer spend among current PL clubs across the last 5 seasons...

1. Man City - £506m
2. Man Utd - £379m
3. Everton - £275m
4. Arsenal - £249m
5. Aston Villa - £198m
6. Brighton - £197m
7. Wolves - £185m
8. West Ham - £156m
9. Chelsea - £133m
10. Leicester - £113m

Thiago Silva will be announced by the club tomorrow.
#CFC

Re: Havertz

Seems like the main - reason for the delay of a public confirmation of the deal, is that Leverkusen would have liked to be further in replacing him.

It’s strategy. After a big Havertz-fee....any replacement will be more expensive.
That’s the name of the game.

[Jan Aage Fjortoft]

Burnley have begun searching for a potential new No. 1 as they fear a bid from Chelsea will arrive in the coming weeks for Nick Pope. [B/R] #CFC

New Spurs documentary reveals Jose Mourinho thought Chelsea would ‘s**t themselves’ and bottle top four – Metro

via metro.co.uk

Lionel Messi is now 20/1 to join Chelsea this summer.

[via Sky Bet]

Chelsea are yet to make a bid for West Ham's Declan Rice but still remain keen on the England international.

The Blues 'are sorting out other business' first.

[via Ex WHU employee]

The last time we signed a GK from Rennes! Petr Cech for £7 million!

Edouard Mendy next 👀

Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Birmingham City and Sheffield Wednesday are all showing interest in taking Jake Clarke-Salter on loan.

[via Nizaar Kinsella]

Matt Miazga, Nathan Baxter and Dujon Sterling are also gaining interest from clubs as they are expected to head out on loan next season.

[via Nizaar Kinsella]

Atletico Madrid are keen to lower their wage bill this off-season and aren't closing the door on player exits in the event of an interesting offer arriving, but Oblak is one they're wanting to keep at any cost (MARCA) #CFC #Atletico

Emerson, Marcos Alonso, Davide Zappacosta, Baba Rahman, Andreas Christensen, Kurt Zouma, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Danny Drinkwater, Ross Barkley and Michy Batshuayi all available for potential sales. [B/R] #CFC