{"id":380627,"date":"2026-01-20T16:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/380627\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:53:10","slug":"bayer-leverkusen-want-21m-chelsea-player-before-january-deadline-and-hes-desperate-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/380627\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayer Leverkusen want \u00a321m Chelsea player before January deadline and he&#8217;s desperate to go"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bayer Leverkusen are considering a shock move for a Chelsea player before the end of the January window and according to German reports, he\u2019s keen to go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea <\/a>have already waved goodbye to two players this month, with highly-rated prospect Leo Castledine joining Middlesbrough permanently after a sensational loan spell at Huddersfield.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Facundo Buonanotte\u2019s loan was cancelled, and Leeds finally got the Argentine on loan, after the Blues had pipped Leeds to his signature in the summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/transfer-news\/jeremey-jacquet-agrees-a-contract-with-chelsea-but-theres-a-big-twist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rennes\u2019 Jeremy Jacquet is Chelsea\u2019s top targe<\/a>t.<\/p>\n<p> What have you made of Liam Rosenior\u2019s tactics so far? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jamie-Carragher-on-Liam-Rosenior-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Jamie Carragher quote on Liam Rosenior's tactics\" class=\"wp-image-346395\" \/>Photo by Darren Walsh\/Chelsea FC via Getty Images\/James Gill \u2013 Danehouse     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>A fee of \u00a360m is expected to change hands if a deal for the France U21 star goes through, and it may mean Chelsea will look to sell one or two before the deadline. Leverkusen could give them that chance.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea star is keen to join Bayer Leverkusen before deadline<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Leverkusen were beaten 1-0 by Hoffenheim, but what was perhaps even more concerning than the defeat itself was a long-term knee injury sustained by former Brentford stopper Mark Flekken.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2187345269-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen being interviewed\" class=\"wp-image-337311\" \/>Photo by Sebastian Widmann \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>German magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kicker.de\/leverkusen-hat-auch-joergensen-und-trafford-auf-dem-zettel-4000000071626\/transfermeldung\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kicker<\/a> believe Leverkusen have entered the window in order to replace him, and have identified the Premier League as a scouting pool. The German giants have three men on their shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>Man City\u2019s back-up goalkeeper James Trafford, and City\u2019s third-choice star Stefan Ortega, who is German and has huge experience of German football. The other is Chelsea\u2019s second-choice star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/filip-jorgensen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Jorgensen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jorgensen will have given up hope of Chelsea no.1 shirt<\/p>\n<p>Bought for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-13680659\/Chelsea-Filip-Jorgensen-Villarreal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a321m<\/a> in the summer of 2024 from Villarreal, Jorgensen played 24 times for Chelsea last season and was an integral part of the side that would go on to win the Europa Conference League. <\/p>\n<p> Who is Chelsea\u2019s best goalkeeper? <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>But ultimately, Jorgensen has always been second choice. Only eight of his 24 outings were in the Premier League last season and this time around, he\u2019s been afforded just seven outings in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>He started in Rosenior\u2019s first game in charge, the 5-1 away win over Charlton, and he will have watched Sanchez\u2019s howlers in the Carabao Cup and yet, Rosenior retained Sanchez in the win over Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>If Jorgensen was ever going to get a chance, it was if Rosenior decided to pick him over Sanchez for Brentford. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/rob-green-predicts-who-will-be-liam-roseniors-chelsea-no-1-filip-jorgensen-or-robert-sanchez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Green predicted Rosenior would stick with the former Brighton man<\/a>, and he did so.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea will end up looking to replace Sanchez in the summer, inevitably, and that leaves Jorgensen with little-to-no chance of breaking into the starting side at Chelsea. If Leverkusen come calling, he must go.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bayer Leverkusen are considering a shock move for a Chelsea player before the end of the January window&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[71997,218,101,110,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-380627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-filip-jorgensen","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-transfer-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}