{"id":749678,"date":"2026-08-25T22:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/749678\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T22:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:26:12","slug":"chelsea-could-move-again-for-alex-scott-as-enzo-fernandez-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/749678\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea could move again for Alex Scott as Enzo Fernandez replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/chelsea-fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> are preparing to go back to Bournemouth for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/alex-scott\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Scott<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/enzo-fernandez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enzo Fernandez<\/a> moves closer to a move to Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/afc-bournemouth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bournemouth<\/a> have so far shut down any interest, but there&#8217;s a belief a bid in excess of \u00a380m, and probably closer to \u00a390m, might bring reconsideration.<\/p>\n<p>The south-coast club have been firm in their stance that the midfielder is not for sale. The 23-year-old enjoyed a breakthrough campaign in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/premier-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> last season, and trained with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/england-world-cup-tuchel-squad-alex-scott-rio-ngumoha-b2982981.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England at their camp in Florida ahead of the World Cup.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/liverpool-fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool FC<\/a> have also held interest in Scott, though are not believed to have budget to add in midfield during this transfer window with other areas prioritised.<\/p>\n<p>An informal deadline for Fernandez to move had been set by Chelsea nearly a fortnight ago, one which passed without a formal offer from Manchester City, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/barcola-liverpool-arsenal-alvarez-transfer-news-latest-b3036915.html\" title=\"Barcola to Liverpool? 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Ten big transfers that could still happen before deadline day\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Argentina midfielder could still move before the window closes on Tuesday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa, meanwhile, remain in talks with Chelsea over Nicolas Jackson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/ollie-watkins-aston-villa-al-hilal-unai-emery-b3038366.html\" title=\"Why Ollie Watkins\u2019 move to Saudi Arabia will tarnish his Aston Villa legacy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as they seek a new forward.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-749678","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\/749678","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=749678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}