Chelsea played their penultimate pre-season game on Friday night in Italy as a second fixture is scheduled to be played this morning against the same club: Udinese.
Off the pitch though, work is ongoing to ensure that Thomas Tuchel is provided a squad able to compete with the Premier League elite once again as Chelsea look to finish at least in the top four. Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly have so far been the only two senior signings in the men's set-up, but there could be plenty of movement on the incomings and outgoings front as we fast approach the Everton Premier League season opener next weekend.
With his in mind, football.london brings you all the latest transfer news on Saturday.
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The Blues have been very busy preparing for the future with an array of youthful signings already for the academy.
A deal has already been agreed for Zak Sturge. Omari Hutchinson's move from Arsenal has already gone through whilst Tyler Dibling is expected to join from Southampton very soon.
Another youngster Todd Boehly is going for is a certain Serie A wonderkid who plays for Inter Milan, a club where two senior men's transfer targets play for in the form of Denzel Dumfries and Milan Skriniar.
In this case though, central midfielder Cesare Casadei who the Blues 'insist' on signing according to Gianluca di Marzio via Sport Witness. A first bid in the region £6million-£7million has already been submitted according to this report.
Cristiano Ronaldo confirms Man United return and comments on transfer predicament
The Portuguese international had commented on his transfer situation on Friday, labelling rumours of a potential transfer exit to Chelsea and other clubs as 'lies' in a fiery Instagram comment.
Rumour had it that talks at Carrington had led to Jorge Mendes and Ronaldo insisting still on the exit.
However, the player now has dropped a number of hints that he will give new manager Erik ten Hag at least one season. This has been confirmed with his latest Instagram comment whereby he committed to returning on Sunday for United in their latest pre-seasons clash against Spanish side Rayo Vallecano.
His comment translated to: “Sunday, the king plays."
Michy Batshuayi and Ross Barkley's exits inevitable after Udinese snub
Chelsea's squad selection for final pre-season game against Udinese hints at a double departure of fringe stars being imminent as Thomas Tuchel prepares to trim his squad over the forthcoming days.
As Chelsea confirmed on Friday, neither Michy Batshuayi or Ross Barkley were on the plane for the final pre-season encounter in Udine.
This may be due to the fact that a certain Premier League club are closing in on the duo. Frank Lampard and Everton are keen to raid the Blues this summer and 90min have reported that the Toffees are in talks with the pair.
The report also clarified that the club are also interested in taking Billy Gilmour and Armando Broja to Goodison Park, but the two young stars are in the travelling cohort, suggesting that talks for the pair are certainly less advanced.
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