Chelsea have been burning through the contents of Todd Boehly’s pocketbook like the proverbial capering seafarer all summer, and clearly see no good reason to stop now. As well as closing in on a £70m deal for one-man soap opera Frenkie de Jong, they’re preparing a similarly sized bid for Leicester defender Wesley Fofana, plus deals for former Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Celtic full-back Josip Juranovic.
Manchester United haven’t yet thrown in the towel in their pursuit of De Jong; neither have they given up hope of Adrien Rabiot, whose agent/mother is playing hardball over wages, nor winger Cody Gakpo, who, should PSV see off Rangers later this month, wants to remain at the club for their upcoming Champions League campaign. There’s a grim inevitability about so much of this.
