{"id":11322,"date":"2026-05-20T18:35:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11322"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:35:39","slug":"chelsea-man-utd-keeping-tabs-on-rayan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11322","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea &#038; Man Utd keeping tabs on Rayan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<h6>News<span> \u00bb <\/span>Premier League news<span> \u00bb <\/span>Chelsea news<\/h6>\n<p class=\"articletimestamp\">May 19, 2026 21:20 GMT (UK), by <!-- Author Start -->Sri Aswin<!-- Author End -->\n<\/p>\n<h6>View Chelsea summer 2026 transfer targets<\/h6>\n<div style=\"float:right\">\n<figure>\n<p class=\"article_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyefootball.com\/imghold\/largestRayan_Bournemouth.jpg\" title=\"Chelsea &#038; Man Utd keeping tabs on Rayan?\" alt=\"Chelsea &#038; Man Utd keeping tabs on Rayan?\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p><figcaption><em itemprop=\"articleSection\">Rayan to Chelsea or United?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:16px\">\n<strong>Chelsea and Manchester United are reportedly weighing up a move for Rayan ahead of the next transfer window.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- responsive_ad --><\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old was linked with the Blues and Red Devils towards the end of last year, and neither made a serious move for him in January.<\/p>\n<p>The Cherries eventually signed him for\u00a0\u00a325 million upfront due to his potential, and it has proved worthwhile for the South Coast outfit.<\/p>\n<p>He has notched up five goals and two assists from just 14 league appearances and has earned a spot in Brazil&#8217;s squad in the World Cup as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth have also qualified for European football next season, but that does not necessarily mean that they will keep hold of their prized assets.<\/p>\n<p>The Cherries are known as a selling club for the right price, and reports claim that Chelsea and United could compete for the highly-rated wide player.<\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth are unlikely to let him go on the cheap and plan to demand a staggering\u00a0\u00a370 million at least for Rayan, who is primarily a right winger. He can play up top or on the left wing too.<br \/><!-- Article End --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- newadv --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\nvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)(0);\nif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\njs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\njs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\nfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News \u00bb Premier League news \u00bb Chelsea news May 19, 2026 21:20 GMT (UK), by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}