Chelsea interested in John Stones after Manchester City departure
L'essentiel
- Chelsea are exploring a free transfer for England defender John Stones, who recently left Manchester City.
- The London club is also in talks for Crystal Palace's Maxence Lacroix and assessing other options while looking to sell current central defenders like Trevoh Chalobah.
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Chelsea are actively seeking to strengthen their central defense by acquiring new players while also looking to offload existing central defenders.
Chelsea are interested in signing England defender John Stones on a free transfer following his departure from Manchester City.
The west London side have joined Inter Milan in considering a move for the 32-year-old, who became a free agent when his City contract expired at the end of June.
Chelsea are also in talks to sign Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix while assessing other options in the market, including Como's Jacobo Ramon.
They are also looking to sell central defenders to make space in their squad for potential new arrivals.
Fellow England international Trevoh Chalobah is in talks to join Como, while Axel Disasi and Benoit Badiashile are among those available for sale.
Stones made 295 appearances for City after joining from Everton for £47.5m in 2016.
He helped the club win six Premier League titles, the Champions League, two FA Cups, five League Cups, three Community Shields, the Club World Cup and the Uefa Super Cup.
The former Barnsley defender also has 93 international caps and was part of the Three Lions side who finished third at the World Cup.
Chelsea announced the £117m signing of England midfielder Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa on Tuesday evening.
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Chelsea will continue talks to sign Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix.
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Chelsea will look to sell central defenders to make space in their squad.
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Questions ouvertes
- Will Chelsea successfully sign John Stones?
- Which other central defenders will Chelsea target?
- Where will Chalobah, Disasi, and Badiashile go?
