{"id":12656,"date":"2026-05-26T13:34:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=12656"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:34:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:34:28","slug":"chelsea-discussed-six-potential-transfers-with-pl-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=12656","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea discussed six potential transfers with PL rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Chelsea and Newcastle are expected to do a lot of business this summer, and a recent summit saw them discuss SIX players.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our writer Simon Phillips has been full of exclusives this week, and the latest is all about Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>He says that Chelsea took advantage of the Magpies playing down the road at Fulham to meet their officials to talk transfers. There were an amazing six players discussed.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea\u2019s Newcastle summit sees six discussed<\/h2>\n<p>According to Phillips, Chelsea were asking about Nick Woltemade, Lewis Hall, Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes. Meanwhile our friends from the North-East were curious about Josh Acheampong and Liam Delap.<\/p>\n<p>We would see players moving either way in one of those modern non-swap \/ swaps. Certainly we expect those Premier League experienced Newcastle players to be very tempting for Chelsea at the right price.<\/p>\n<p>Acheampong may see a direct line to first team football at St James\u2019 Park, while Delap clearly needs a new start. With all that on the cards, it\u2019s hard to see a world where we <em>don\u2019t<\/em> get some movement between the two sides this summer as both teams adjust to missing out on European football.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Barcelona are turning up the pressure on Chelsea as they try to unsettle Joao Pedro, one of the few bright spots from this dreadful season just gone.<\/p>\n<p>Former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has claimed that he would score more goals today were he playing \u2013 and we agree, frankly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast! Fresh Xabi Alonso to Chelsea news! Summer Transfer Plans! 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