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DEST OFFERED IN ALONSO SWAP DEAL

American international SerginoDest has reportedly been offered to Premier League side Chelsea by Spanish giants Barcelona in a proposed swap deal to enable them sign Marcos Alonso. The interest of Barcelona in Chelsea left-back Alonso has already been established by multiple media outlets and the latest development is the willingness on the part of Barcelona to offer one of their players to sign Alonso. It has been revealed that Dest is the player involved with manager Xavi Hernandez prepared to let him leave the Nou Camp this summer.

The specific report from the stables of English publication 90Min said West London outfit Chelsea could receive former Ajax Amsterdam star Dest from Barcelona for Alonso in a swap deal. Spanish international Alonso was frozen out of the Chelsea first-team under former manager Frank Lampard before the arrival of current manager Thomas Tuchel during the penultimate season. He was involved in the Chelsea team as they reached the FA Cup final, secured fourth spot and won the Champions League trophy. For this season, he played second fiddle to Ben Chilwell in the left-back position at Chelsea at the start before the Englishman sustained a serious knee injury. Alonso finished the season with four goals and five assists in 28 Premier League outings.

REPORT: TUCHEL READY TO SELL CHELSEA DEFENDER MARCOS ALONSO

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel is prepared to sell Marcos Alonso to a suitable buyer this summer despite uncertainty over Ben Chilwell’s injury return date, according to ESPN. Alonso is among Chelsea players who will enter the final year of his contract at the end of the season. Once the club sale process reaches a conclusion, the club will then have to decide whether to offer new contracts or cash in on these players to avoid losing them on free transfers.

It will be more difficult for Chelsea to let go of Jorginho and N’Golo Kante who still play prominent roles under Tuchel, but the manager is reportedly open to offers for Alonso. The 31-year-old had mostly played a backup role until Chilwell picked up a knee ligament injury in November which forced him out for the rest of the season.

CHELSEA WIN THREE GAMES CONSECUTIVELY

West London giants Chelsea are back on track after recording a win in each of their last three games in all competitions including the FA Cup last four clash with London rivals Crystal Palace at the weekend. The 2-0 win over Palace in the FA Cup semifinals made it three victories on the bounce for the European champions. Chelsea have won their last three games in all competitions after they were stunned at home by West London rivals Brentford and Spanish giants Real Madrid in different competitions shortly after the last international break.

Chelsea were on the end of a 4-1 loss at the hands of Brentford in the West London Derby in the Premier League thanks to the goals from Vitaly Janelt (brace), Yoanne Wissa and new signing Christian Eriksen for the visitors, while German international Antonio Rudiger scored the first goal of the game in the colours of Chelsea. The Bees conceded to Rudiger at the start of the second half before finding the back of the net four times to record one of the biggest wins in their history.

FA CUP: CHELSEA THROUGH TO SEMIS

Chelsea have qualified for the FA Cup semifinals this season after they swept giant-killlers Middlesbrough aside in their quarterfinal clash at the weekend. Middlesbrough came into the game on the back of eliminating both Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur in the previous two rounds of the competition.

English Championship side Middlesbrough received a lot of plaudits for their resilient display in the fourth round after beating hosts Manchester United on penalties. The two teams had shared two goals at the end of regulation time and extra time before young Swedish winger Anthony Elanga missed the decisive spot kick during penalty shootout to send Middlesbrough into the fifth round of this season’s FA Cup.

CARABAO CUP FINAL LINE-UP REVEALED

The Carabao Cup final teams for the 2021/22 season has been revealed after Liverpool saw off Arsenal to take the second and final slot at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday.Chelsea had earlier taken the first slot for the Carabao Cup final billed for the Wembley Stadium on Sunday, February 27, 2022.

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Chelsea secured their place in the Carabao Cup final via a 3-0 aggregate win over London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. The Champions League holders scored twice in the first half through German international Kai Havertzand Ben Davies (own goal) to seal a 2-0 home win over Spurs in the first leg. Chelsea were able to finish the job in the second leg thanks to a 1-0 victory. German defender scored the only goal of the second leg via a first half header as the Blues sealed a comfortable aggregate win at the expense of the Antonio Conte-led Tottenham Hotspur side.

CHELSEA: HAVERTZ ON TARGET FOR GERMANY

Chelsea forward Kai Havertz was on target for Germany as they ended their Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with an away win over Armenia in Group J.

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Havertz was amongst the goals as the Germans ended the qualifiers with a seventh straight win in their group at the expense of their hosts. The Chelsea star scored the first goal on the way to a 4-1 win as Germany ended their group with a record of nine wins and one loss.

BALLON D’OR: RUDIGER QUESTIONS MENDY OMISSION

Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger has questioned the list of 30 players released for the BallonD’or Award this year following the omission of teammate Edouard Mendy. German international Rudiger used his official Twitter account to question why Senegalese international Mendy was left out of the list of the best players in the world.

Rudiger took to his Twitter account to ask the question after Mendy made a lot of outstanding saves to keep a clean sheet and help Chelsea to a hard fought West London Derby win over hosts Brentford. Chelsea were far from their best and they had their goalkeeper to thank for the three points.

ENGLAND MAINTAIN PERFECT START IN QUALIFIERS

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England have shown that their appearance at the Euro 2020 final is no fluke with their flawless perfomance in the qualifiers ahead of next year’s FIFA World Cup tournament in Qatar. The 1966 World Cup winners came close to winning Euro 2020 earlier this summer before they were stopped by Italy. The Italians triumphed on penalties after a 1-1 draw in both regulation time and extra time.

England showed that their current form is here to stay after recording two emphatic victories in Group I of the European qualifiers for Qatar 2022 thereby taking their record to five wins in a row from the start of the qualifying campaign in March.

LUKAKU: UNITED COULD NET £5M

European champions Chelsea have made Inter Milan striker RomeluLukaku their number one target in this summer’s transfer window in their bid to sign a quality striker after failing to lure ErlingHaaland from German Bundesliga team Borussia Dortmund to the club. The Telegraph revealed that Belgian international Lukaku could return to Stamford Bridge in a £100m deal this summer and that Manchester United could bag around £5m from the deal in a bittersweet situation.

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Lukaku joined Chelsea from Anderlecht as a teenager and he was unable to establish himself at the club. While Lukaku was a Chelsea player, he spent time on loan at West Brom, Stoke City and Everton before signing for the Toffees permanently in a £28m deal in 2014. Chelsea tried to re-sign Lukaku three years later only to miss out on him to Manchester United and they had to settle down for Spanish international Alvaro Morata. However, the two transfers didn’t work out as planned for the two clubs.

HAVERTZ ON TARGET AGAIN

Kai Havertz had a poor start to his career at Chelsea following his transfer from German Bundesliga outfit Bayer Leverkusen last summer but he was able to recover from the bad start to show his quality in the final months of last season including his contribution for the Blues in the Champions League final. The German international scored the only goal of the match as Chelsea beat Premier League champions Manchester City in the final to win the Champions League title for the second time in their history. Havertz has continued where he left off last season for Chelsea with the German national team at the Euro 2020 tournament.

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Chelsea attacker Havertzdidn’t have much impact on proceedings in the Euro 2020 tournament opener for the Germans against world champions France but he has since recorded two goals in two games. Havertzand his German teammates failed to score in the 1-0 defeat to the French team thanks to the first half own goal from Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels.