Chelsea have included Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s Edmond Tapsoba in their target list for the summer. <\/strong><\/p>\n The Blues are eighth in the table and having missed out on the Champions League, they are in contention to make it to the Europa League.<\/p>\n Chelsea\u2019s poor run already saw them part ways with Enzo Maresca and his successor, Liam Rosenior, this year.<\/p>\n The Premier League side appointed Xabi Alonso as their manager for next season and he will return to the bench, months after Real Madrid showed him the exit door.<\/p>\n Prior to joining Real Madrid last summer, the Spaniard had a successful spell at Bayer Leverkusen, winning the title and the cup during the 2023\/24 season.<\/p>\n The incoming Chelsea manager plans to raid his former club for Edmond Tapsoba. That\u2019s according to Africa Foot, who state Xabi Alonso is leading the English club\u2019s pursuit of the centre-back.<\/p>\n Alonso knows the Burkina Faso international well from his three-year spell at the German club.<\/p>\n With the manager pushing for this deal, the west London club are \u2018seriously considering signing\u2019 the 27-year-old.<\/p>\n Alonso, Chelsea officials and the defender\u2019s camp will soon have a meeting. His entourage have left the door open while remain calm over a potential move.<\/p>\n \u201cOur door isn\u2019t closed. The coach knows the player well, but Tapsoba is under contract with Leverkusen. If something happens, it will happen naturally. Edmond Tapsoba is currently under contract,\u201d<\/em> a member of his entourage told Africa Foot.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no clarity when Chelsea\u2019s meeting will take place, and after that, there will be more clarity on whether the move can go through.<\/p>\n In February, Sport Witness relayed news of Tottenham Hotspur as an option for Edmond Tapsoba. The same source stated Bayer Leverkusen set a \u20ac40m price.<\/p>\n On April 29th, the defender extended his contract until 2031, and Transfermarkt value him at \u20ac35m.<\/p>\n The Bundesliga side requested \u20ac40m when his contract was until 2028. With an additional three years, the price will certainly be more than that.<\/p>\n Portuguese agency FMA Sports, owned by Filipe Macedo Alves, are representing him.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chelsea have included Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s Edmond Tapsoba in their target list for the summer. The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15049","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\/15049","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=15049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Chelsea turn attention to Bayer Leverkusen<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Why price would be higher than \u20ac40m<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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