{"id":37026,"date":"2025-07-31T14:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/37026\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:13:14","slug":"chelsea-can-now-sign-one-of-the-premier-leagues-most-in-demand-players-for-just-40m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/37026\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea can now sign one of the Premier League\u2019s most in-demand players for just \u00a340m"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chelsea are closing in on Ajax youngster Jorrel Hato, but he may not be the only defender they sign before the end of the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, The Chelsea Chronicle was told that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/enzo-maresca-is-deciding-factor-as-chelsea-complete-one-of-the-best-deals-in-many-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hato to Chelsea was a done deal<\/a>, with the 19-year-old coming in to provide cover for Marc Cucurella.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues are also interested in his Netherlands teammate Xavi Simons, though they are yet to agree a transfer fee with RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>Once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> do \u2014 if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/club-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Club World Cup<\/a> winners do \u2014 they could then turn their attention to signing a central defender.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227688140-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Guehi of Crystal Palace during the pre-season friendly\" \/>Photo by Crystal Pix\/MB Media\/Getty ImagesCrystal Palace want \u00a340m for Marc Guehi<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, it was claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/transfer-news\/chelsea-make-new-contact-with-premier-league-defender-who-is-now-open-to-stamford-bridge-move\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea had made contact with Marc Guehi\u2019s agents<\/a> over a potential move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stamford Bridge<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/c4gezvl2lnzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BBC Sport<\/a> has also reported on the Blues\u2019 interest in the Crystal Palace star. And according to the same outlet, they may be able to sign him for just \u00a340m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/marc-guehi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guehi<\/a> is one of the Eagles\u2019 most important players, but he has now entered the final year of his contract at Selhurst Park.<\/p>\n<p>It means Palace are now at risk of losing the 25-year-old for nothing next summer, explaining why they could now sell him for only a \u00a340m fee.<\/p>\n<p>In the January transfer window, Tottenham Hotspur reportedly had a \u00a370m bid for Guehi rejected.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2213765900-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Crystal Palace duo Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi walking together\" \/>Photo by Sebastian Frej\/MB Media\/Getty ImagesWho else is interested in Marc Guehi?<\/p>\n<p>If Chelsea do decide to make a bid for Guehi, they could face competition from some of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> rivals.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Sport\u2019s report states that since the end of last season, Liverpool, Tottenham and Newcastle United have also registered interest in signing the England international.<\/p>\n<p>It is no surprise, as Guehi is one of the best centre-halves in the English top flight and proved that in the 2024\/25 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Guehi\u2019s 2024\/25 statsTotalAppearances34Goals3Assists2Tackles61Interceptions28Blocks23Duels won168Aerial duels won69Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/players\/209036\/marc-gu%C3%A9hi\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Premier League\u2019s official website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Chelsea do not go on to sign Guehi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/enzo-maresca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enzo Maresca<\/a> can still be satisfied with the current centre-back options he possesses.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea manager<\/a> is able to call upon the likes of Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana and Tosin Adarabioyo, for example.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea are closing in on Ajax youngster Jorrel Hato, but he may not be the only defender they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,27329,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-37026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-marc-guehi","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}