Much of our summer has been defined by various entanglements with Barcelona, and that’s set to continue in the final few weeks of the transfer window, thanks to the Marcos Alonso, Frenkie De Jong, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang situations. First step in that process would be to actually make a bid and have Barcelona accept it, which we’re reportedly going to try to do ... soon? There are multiple reports to that effect (1, 2, 3), with the proposed fee rumored to be around €80m / £70m. Chelsea are close to agreeing a fee with Barcelona for Frenkie de Jong. Story: https://t.co/WtbtvF5evF — Tom Roddy (@TomRoddy_) August 10, 2022Last, and certainly least in terms of chances of it actually happening is the idea of us maybe signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Barcelona.

Source: The Times August 10, 2022 22:10 UTC