Footie Central | Football Blog Blogging the football world
Chelsea want to sign another striker before the transfer window closes.
They have already bought Christopher Nkonku and Nicolas Jackson in this window, but Nkonku faces months on the sidelines having picked up a knee injury in pre-season, whilst academy graduate Armando Broja is still working his way back after an ACL.
One of the players believed to be on their radar is Arsenal’s Flo Balogun, who has been linked with a host of clubs this summer, among them Inter Milan and AS Monaco, but, for the time being, remains with the Gunners.
They want £50 million for the US international and are unlikely to want to lower their valuation to sell him to a London rival, especially given some of the sums that Chelsea have already spent on players this window.
And they will also want to recoup most of the money that they paid Chelsea to acquire the services of Kai Havertz earlier in this window.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.