{"id":1042,"date":"2026-08-12T20:34:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2026-08-12T20:34:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:34:51","slug":"chelsea-transfer-news-enzo-fernandez-nicolas-jackson-malo-gusto-and-more-in-spotlight-as-blues-look-to-player-sales-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea transfer news: Enzo Fernandez, Nicolas Jackson, Malo Gusto and more in spotlight as Blues look to player sales | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Chelsea are the Premier League&#8217;s top spenders this summer with the bulk of their business done and attention is now turning to sales.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They have already made \u00a3160m from player sales in this window. Only Newcastle (\u00a3244m) and Aston Villa (\u00a3202m) have generated more from outgoings.<\/p>\n<p>But do not be surprised if Chelsea end the summer window as the league&#8217;s top sellers once again after recouping a record \u00a3314m one year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have a squad of more than 40, according to the club website, and there are expected to be a number of exits in the final three weeks of the window.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Which defenders could leave?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Xabi Alonso wants to cut his number of centre-back options down to five, and he currently has nine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trevoh Chalobah <\/strong>has already left to join Como in a deal worth up to \u00a330.8m. <strong>Benoit Badiashile <\/strong>and <strong>Axel Disasi <\/strong>are likely to join him through the exit door.<\/p>\n<p>Napoli have so far indicated they are willing to pay around \u00a320m all in for Badiashile in a deal that would see him move on an initial loan with an option to buy.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Blues value Badiashile at \u00a330m. He has four years left on his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Chelsea will be seeking at least \u00a325m for Disasi, who spent the second half of last season on loan at West Ham.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"5649dfae-b86e-4e64-8cf0-91cbef96ebd4\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/api.condatis.sky\\\/auth\\\/video\\\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Speaking on the Transfer Show, Sky Sports' Mark McAdam and Michael Bridge provide the latest transfer update on Myles Lewis-Skelly, amid rumours the versatile midfielder might depart The Emirates\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_5649dfae-b86e-4e64-8cf0-91cbef96ebd4\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"-1\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"\" data-sdc-id=\"7319212\" data-sdc-video-id=\"5649dfae-b86e-4e64-8cf0-91cbef96ebd4\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:5649dfae-b86e-4e64-8cf0-91cbef96ebd4\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"\" data-defer-source=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"\" data-autoload=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>          <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-lewis-skelly-arsenal_7319215.jpg?20260811191642\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-lewis-skelly-arsenal_7319215.jpg?20260811191642 600w,https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/1600x900\/skysports-lewis-skelly-arsenal_7319215.jpg?20260811191642\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><br \/>\n          <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <video id=\"id_5649dfae-b86e-4e64-8cf0-91cbef96ebd4\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"\/>\n        <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>          <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Speaking on the Transfer Show, Sky Sports&#8217; Mark McAdam and Michael Bridge provide the latest transfer update on Myles Lewis-Skelly, amid rumours the versatile midfielder might depart The Emirates<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reports have emerged this week of interest in <strong>Tosin<\/strong>. As things stand, Chelsea&#8217;s valuation of the former Fulham defender is unknown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mamadou Sarr<\/strong>, who joined Chelsea last summer from partner club Strasbourg, is being lined up for a loan move.<\/p>\n<p>There has been plenty of speculation around the future of full-back <strong>Malo Gusto<\/strong>. Chelsea are not trying to sell the France international and value him at \u00a375m.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-factbox\" data-testid=\"article-factbox\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text-wrapper\">\n<p><h4 class=\"sdc-article-factbox__title\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-title\">Chelsea player valuations we know<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"sdc-article-factbox__list\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-list\">\n<li class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-list-item\">Nicolas Jackson &#8211; \u00a365m <\/li>\n<li class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-list-item\">Malo Gusto &#8211; \u00a375m <\/li>\n<li class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-list-item\">Axel Disasi &#8211; \u00a325m plus add-ons<\/li>\n<li class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-list-item\">Benoit Badiashile &#8211; \u00a330m<\/li>\n<li class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-list-item\">Enzo Fernandez &#8211; \u00a3120m<\/li>\n<li class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-list-item\">Liam Delap &#8211; \u00a350m<\/li>\n<li class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-list-item\">Marc Guiu &#8211; \u00a325m <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Which strikers could leave?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Chelsea have a surplus of strikers following the signing of veteran forward Danny Welbeck from Brighton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicolas Jackson<\/strong>, <strong>Liam Delap <\/strong>and <strong>Marc Guiu <\/strong>are the players who could move on as a result.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"948bf567-84a8-4eca-83f8-b4040b96a586\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/api.condatis.sky\\\/auth\\\/video\\\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Sky Sports' Dharmesh Sheth explains why Aston Villa may avoid signing Nicolas Jackson from Chelsea\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_948bf567-84a8-4eca-83f8-b4040b96a586\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"-1\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"\" data-sdc-id=\"7308562\" data-sdc-video-id=\"948bf567-84a8-4eca-83f8-b4040b96a586\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:948bf567-84a8-4eca-83f8-b4040b96a586\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"\" data-defer-source=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"\" data-autoload=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>          <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/07\/768x432\/skysports-football-aston-villa_7308649.jpg?20260728152514\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/07\/768x432\/skysports-football-aston-villa_7308649.jpg?20260728152514 600w,https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/07\/1600x900\/skysports-football-aston-villa_7308649.jpg?20260728152514\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><br \/>\n          <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <video id=\"id_948bf567-84a8-4eca-83f8-b4040b96a586\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"\/>\n        <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>          <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Sky Sports&#8217; Dharmesh Sheth explains why Aston Villa may avoid signing Nicolas Jackson from Chelsea<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jackson spent last season on loan at Bayern Munich and has interest from Aston Villa among a number of clubs. Chelsea want \u00a365m for Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>Any deal between Villa and Chelsea is complicated by UEFA&#8217;s rules around player swaps and both clubs being in a settlement agreement with European football&#8217;s governing body.<\/p>\n<p>As Morgan Rogers joined Chelsea from Villa within 45 days of the window closing, it means any subsequent deal between the clubs will go down as a player exchange, which is not ideal on the accounting books.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-delap-liam-chelsea_7317692.jpg?20260809170929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/384x216\/skysports-delap-liam-chelsea_7317692.jpg?20260809170929 380w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-delap-liam-chelsea_7317692.jpg?20260809170929 760w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/1600x900\/skysports-delap-liam-chelsea_7317692.jpg?20260809170929 1024w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/2048x1152\/skysports-delap-liam-chelsea_7317692.jpg?20260809170929 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Chelsea's Liam Delap scored two penalties in a pre-season friendly against Malaysian champions Johor Darul Ta'zim\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/>\n    <\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Chelsea&#8217;s Liam Delap scored two penalties in a pre-season friendly against Malaysian champions Johor Darul Ta&#8217;zim<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Delap struggled in his first season at Chelsea after being signed from Ipswich for \u00a330m. Nonetheless, he is valued at around \u00a350m by Chelsea after scoring twice last season.<\/p>\n<p>Everton have previously held an interest, as one of the many clubs that tried to sign Delap from Ipswich last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Guiu, who had his loan at Sunderland cut short last season, reportedly has interest from Spain and Italy, with Chelsea looking for around \u00a325m to let him go this summer.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What about Enzo Fernandez?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/05\/768x432\/skysports-enzo-fernandez-chelsea_7253462.jpg?20260519204412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/05\/384x216\/skysports-enzo-fernandez-chelsea_7253462.jpg?20260519204412 380w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/05\/768x432\/skysports-enzo-fernandez-chelsea_7253462.jpg?20260519204412 760w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/05\/1600x900\/skysports-enzo-fernandez-chelsea_7253462.jpg?20260519204412 1024w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/05\/2048x1152\/skysports-enzo-fernandez-chelsea_7253462.jpg?20260519204412 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Enzo Fernandez has been linked with a move to Man City\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/>\n    <\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Enzo Fernandez has been linked with a move to Man City<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Barcelona&#8217;s pursuit of Rodri has raised the prospect of Manchester City making a late move for <strong>Enzo Fernandez <\/strong>before the window closes.<\/p>\n<p>City have targets in mind for any player who departs and Fernandez is one of the players they are interested in. He also had a strong working relationship with City&#8217;s new boss Enzo Maresca when they were at Chelsea together.<\/p>\n<p>But Chelsea are not trying to sell Fernandez, who has six years left on his contract, and value him at \u00a3120m. Remember they signed him for around \u00a3107m from Benfica in the 2023 winter window.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez was dropped for two games in April after he admitted he would welcome living in Madrid. The player and his agent also apologised for his comments. They had been seeking improved terms at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11748\/13546612\/premier-league-pre-season-friendlies-2026-27-fixtures-results-uk-kick-off-times-summer-tour-schedule-and-training-camps\">Chelsea&#8217;s pre-season so far&#8230;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>July 28: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11668\/13567646\/western-sydney-wanderers-4-6-chelsea-joao-pedro-scores-hat-trick-as-xabi-alonso-marks-first-game-with-bonkers-10-goal-thriller\">Chelsea 6-4 Western Sydney Wanderers<\/a> &#8211; Sydney<br \/>August 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13568994\/chelsea-1-2-tottenham-richarlison-scores-injury-time-winner-in-sydney-friendly-as-10-man-spurs-win-again-despite-kevin-danso-red-card\">Chelsea 1-2 Tottenham<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>Sydney<\/strong><br \/><strong>August 5: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/chelsea-vs-juventus\/report\/556017\">Chelsea 0-1 Juventus<\/a> &#8211; Hong Kong<\/strong><br \/><strong>August 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13570780\/chelsea-3-0-ac-milan-joao-pedro-nets-double-as-much-improved-blues-bounce-back-to-beat-ruben-amorims-side\">Chelsea 3-0 AC Milan<\/a><\/strong> <strong>&#8211; Jakarta<\/strong><br \/><strong>August 9: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/johor-darul-tazim-vs-chelsea\/556018\">Johor Darul Ta&#8217;zim 3-3 Chelsea<\/a><\/strong> &#8211;<strong> Johor<\/strong><br \/><strong>August 15: <\/strong>Chelsea vs Real Sociedad &#8211; Stamford Bridge, 2pm<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11668\/13572382\/chelsea-transfer-news-enzo-fernandez-nicolas-jackson-malo-gusto-and-more-in-spotlight-as-blues-look-to-player-sales\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are the Premier League&#8217;s top spenders this summer with the bulk of their business&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}