{"id":7154,"date":"2026-06-05T11:12:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=7154"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:12:43","slug":"chelsea-are-eyeing-130m-double-raid-on-premier-league-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=7154","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Are Eyeing \u00a3130M Double Raid On Premier League Rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>Chelsea are keen on signing Crystal Palace pair Maxence Lacroix and Adam Wharton, according to reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Football.London<\/em> journalist Bobby Vincent claims that both players have been mentioned in recent recruitment meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Xabi Alonso is keen on adding another <strong>centre-back<\/strong> option, and Vincent says the Blues have \u201ctalked internally\u201d about signing Lacroix.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman is, however, not the only target being discussed by Alonso and the recruitment team.<\/p>\n<p>Wharton, meanwhile, is being \u201clooked at\u201d, with the club needing to have a contingency plan in place if Enzo Fernandez leaves Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/chelseanews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?230424-120159\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on Chelsea News<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How much could Lacroix and Wharton cost?<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"84d65181a95c24c4fea73e44b4e27a17\" v=\"f216f6d5d0b6ef819f6e02bf8357cefd\" image-id=\"ltKDDWWCBey0\" theme=\"iy-theme\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; aspect-ratio: 1.500195848021935; max-width: 3830px;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>Palace are not expected to allow either player to leave on the cheap. Lacroix is contracted to the Eagles for another three years, and it is believed his asking price could be as high as \u00a350m.<\/p>\n<p>Wharton has a similar length of time remaining on his current deal, but he could fetch upwards of \u00a380m due to competition from other clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool and Manchester United have also been credited with an interest in the England international.<\/p>\n<h2>Do Chelsea have \u00a3130m to spend?<\/h2>\n<p>The lack of Champions League football means that the Blues will ned to cut their cloth accordingly this summer. However, the club is anticipating sales.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez\u2019s asking price is reportedly \u00a3120m, and if they receive an offer anything close to that, it would greatly strengthen the transfer kitty.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Cucurella is also attracting a lot of interest, with both Atletico Madrid and Barcelona keen on securing his signature. The Spaniard could end up being sold for as much as \u00a360m.<\/p>\n<p>Other potential departures such as Filip Jorgensen, Benoit Badiashile, Liam Delap and (potentially) Alejandro Garnacho could also help fund a squad revamp. There could be a lot of movement in and out of Cobham over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about the Chelsea First Team Squad for 2025\/26 here<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are keen on signing Crystal Palace pair Maxence Lacroix and Adam Wharton, according to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}