{"id":409524,"date":"2026-02-05T15:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/409524\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:47:10","slug":"chelsea-very-likely-to-return-for-manchester-city-star-after-failed-enquiry-last-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/409524\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea &#8216;very likely&#8217; to return for Manchester City star after failed enquiry last summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is fair to say that Chelsea have had some success shopping at Manchester City in the past.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Blues<\/a> signed Cole Palmer from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> rivals and he has proven to be one of their best ever buys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/jamie-redknapp-says-liam-rosenior-is-playing-chelseas-best-player-in-the-wrong-position\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Palmer\u2019s positioning against Arsenal<\/a> on Tuesday was questioned, while he has had a couple of injuries that have really affected him this season. Still, there is no denying his ability.<\/p>\n<p>          START, BENCH, SELL: Cole Palmer, Moises Caicedo and Reece James <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Chelsea&#8217;s top three players, but you can only start one! This should be interesting \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2256763438-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"Cole Palmer of Chelsea (L) celebrates scoring\" class=\"wp-image-348265\" \/>Photo by Chris Lee \u2013 Chelsea FC\/Chelsea FC via Getty Images       <\/p>\n<p>Chelsea could now try another raid on City following Palmer\u2019s success in west London.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1619493628-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Cole Palmer with the Player of the Match award after Manchester City beat Sevilla in the Super Cup.\" class=\"wp-image-333182\" \/>Photo by Alex Caparros \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty ImagesChelsea likely to return for Nico O\u2019Reilly<\/p>\n<p>According to journalist Simon Phillips, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/transfer-news\/chelsea-make-enquiry-about-signing-manchester-city-player-pep-guardiola-absolutely-loves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea made an unsuccessful enquiry for Nico O\u2019Reilly<\/a> in the last summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into the next one, they still appear to have an interest in the City and England defender.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips has claimed on <a href=\"https:\/\/siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-summer-scouting-transfer-26e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Si Phillips Talks Chelsea<\/a> that it is \u201cvery likely\u201d that Chelsea make another move for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/nico-oreilly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">O\u2019Reilly<\/a> in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>If O\u2019Reilly does go on to join the Blues in the summer, the left-back and Palmer will not be the only former City players at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stamford Bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Delap, Tosin Adarabioyo and Romeo Lavia also spent time at the Etihad. Last season, Chelsea had Jadon Sancho, too, a former City academy star.<\/p>\n<p>          Admit it, you miss Nicolas Jackson \ud83d\ude22 <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Liam Delap has been a huge disappointment!<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Liam-Delap-Nicolas-Jackson-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Liam Delap's and Nicolas Jackson's stats\" class=\"wp-image-350238\" \/>Photo by Catherine Ivill \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images\/Kevin Voigt       <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"774\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2257792700-1024x774.jpg\" alt=\"Nico O'Reilly of Manchester City forms a defensive wall with Rodri and Abdukodir Khusanov\" \/>Photo by Ed Sykes\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty ImagesNico O\u2019Reilly could succeed Marc Cucurella at Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Reilly is quite a versatile footballer but has mostly played at left-back this season. It means the 20-year-old could end up replacing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/marc-cucurella\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Cucurella<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/columnist\/one-chelsea-player-finally-looked-like-the-2024-25-version-of-himself-in-west-ham-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cucurella was excellent against West Ham United<\/a> last weekend and is one of the best left-backs in the world. He is not someone Chelsea will want to sell.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite recently signing a new contract, he will be a free agent in 2028. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/fabrizio-romano-reveals-the-truth-about-marc-cucurellas-new-contract-at-chelsea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cucurella\u2019s deal saw him earn a pay rise<\/a> but not an extension in length.<\/p>\n<p>According to Phillips, there are some doubts surrounding his future at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, everything is pointing towards O\u2019Reilly potentially replacing Cucurella at Stamford Bridge one day.<\/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":"It is fair to say that Chelsea have had some success shopping at Manchester City in the past.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,26045,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-409524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nico-oreilly","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409524","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=409524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}