{"id":1085,"date":"2026-08-13T08:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2026-08-13T08:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:16:13","slug":"fermin-lopez-makes-final-decision-on-chelsea-transfer-as-barcelona-receive-e40m-bid-for-attacking-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1085","title":{"rendered":"Fermin Lopez makes final decision on Chelsea transfer as Barcelona receive \u20ac40m bid for attacking midfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Chelsea&#8217;s strong interest reportedly led Lopez to consider his options, particularly given the increased competition for places in Barcelona&#8217;s attack. The presence of players like Dani Olmo, Raphinha and summer signing Marcus Rashford mean his starting opportunities may be limited. However, Barcelona&#8217;s hierarchy, including manager Hansi Flick and sporting director Deco, were always adamant about keeping the player and had no intention of entering negotiations unless Lopez formally requested a transfer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-ng\/lists\/fermin-lopez-final-decision-chelsea-transfer-barcelona-receive-eur40m-bid\/blt7ffaa0f86ed179f3\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea&#8217;s strong interest reportedly led Lopez to consider his options, particularly given the increased competition&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085","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=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}