Here is your Chelsea transfer roundup on Sunday, July 2.
Colwill enquires
Chelsea have dealt Liverpool a major blow to their hopes of signing Levi Colwill this summer. The 20-year-old defender has been heavily linked with an exit from Stamford Bridge following his meteoric rise to superstardom while on loan at Brighton.
The west Londoners have been very impressed with his progress, football.london understands, and he's expected to be a key player under Mauricio Pochettino. However, Chelsea could find it difficult to hold onto Colwill.
According to 90min, Jurgen Klopp's side have enquired about his availability in the last couple of weeks, but Chelsea quickly shot down their advances. The report states that Colwill has also been subject to an enquiry from Manchester City but, as aforementioned, he's not for sale.
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Pochettino's plan
Pochettino, who officially begins his new role as head coach on Tuesday, will be hoping that the large majority of want-away players will have been sold ahead of his first day at Cobham. The Blues' pair of sporting directors have already managed to offload seven players, raking in over £200million for their efforts.
Chelsea have already managed to conduct as much business in the last two weeks as their rivals could do in the next two months. But, the Blues have shown no sign of slowing down and the mass exodus is expected to continue.
According to the Evening Standard, the west Londoners are preparing to launch 'phase two' of their summer transfer plan in a bid to raise a further £100million. The report states that Lukaku, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Christian Pulisic, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Trevoh Chalobah, Cesar Azpilicueta and Marc Cucurella have all been marked as saleable assets.
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Pulisic agreement
Christian Pulisic has taken another step towards leaving Chelsea this summer. The American is widely expected to join the raft of players exiting Stamford Bridge, following the decisions taken by Kai Havertz, Mateo Kovacic, Kalidou Koulibaly, Edouard Mendy and Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
According to ESPN, Pulisic has agreed terms with AC Milan ahead of a potential move. The Italian side showed interest in Pulisic last year both as part of a temporary and permanent deal while Chelsea also offered him in a player-plus-cash bid for Rafael Leao.
Progress towards finalising a deal this year has now been made ahead of Pulisic's return to London, with terms not a problem. Chelsea, though, are yet to land an agreement with the Rossoneri and are attempting to find a middle ground over a transfer fee.
It is said that negotiations are centred around an asking price of £21.4million ($27.3m), but Milan are only wishing to pay less than £15million ($19m).
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