{"id":716796,"date":"2026-07-29T06:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/716796\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T06:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:42:09","slug":"chelsea-transfer-news-brighton-striker-danny-welbeck-set-for-medical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/716796\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea transfer news: Brighton striker Danny Welbeck set for medical"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea<\/a> are finalising a move for Brighton<\/a> striker Danny Welbeck after he was given permission to have a medical at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n

Welbeck, 35, is set to link up with his new club in Hong Kong next week for pre-season as he prepares to sign a two-year contract.<\/p>\n

The move is part of new manager Xabi Alonso’s recruitment drive to add experience to Chelsea<\/a>‘s squad, which has been the youngest in the Premier League for the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

Their focus on youth has been viewed as a factor in their inability to challenge consistently for major honours.<\/p>\n

Towards the end of last season’s disappointing campaign, when they finished 10th and won nothing, Chelsea<\/a> co-owner Behdad Eghbali said their recruitment model needed a “tweak”.<\/p>\n

Since then, Chelsea<\/a> have made an offer to reunite Sunderland<\/a> midfielder Granit Xhaka, 34, with Alonso – they won the Bundesliga title together at Bayer Leverkusen in 2024.<\/p>\n

They have also signed 26-year-old centre-back Maxence Lacroix from Crystal Palace<\/a> on a six-year contract, pending an official announcement, while talks continue over a deal for Brentford<\/a> midfielder Jordan Henderson, 36.<\/p>\n

Morgan Rogers, signed for a club record \u00a3117m from Aston Villa<\/a> earlier this month, is also relatively experienced, despite having just turned 24.<\/p>\n

The club have also signed 21-year-old full-back Marco Palestra from Atalanta. <\/p>\n

Welbeck, formerly of Manchester United<\/a> and Arsenal<\/a>, has hit 90 goals in 400 top-flight appearances – and is the leading Premier League scorer at Brighton<\/a>, who he joined on a free transfer from Watford in 2021.<\/p>\n

His arrival would leave Chelsea<\/a> with six senior strikers on their books as they look to build around Joao Pedro and Welbeck, with others available for loan or sale.<\/p>\n

Among those who could leave on either a permanent deal or loan are Nicolas Jackson, Liam Delap and Marc Guiu.<\/p>\n

The Blues have also brought in Dutch striker Emmanuel Emegha from sister club Strasbourg this summer and he could remain part of the squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea are finalising a move for Brighton striker Danny Welbeck after he was given permission to have a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-716796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716796","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=716796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}