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Chelsea are keen on signing Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton this summer, according to CaughtOffside.<\/strong><\/p>\n Wharton first came to the limelight while on the books of Championship side Blackburn Rovers, where he came through the ranks.<\/p>\n He featured 51 times for the Riversiders, where his performances caught the eye before Palace won the race to sign him in January 2024.<\/p>\n Interestingly, his second debut for the club was against Chelsea, and despite the Eagles losing 3-0, he put in an assured performance and was one of Roy Hodgson\u2019s best players.<\/p>\n He has established himself as one of the Premier League\u2019s best midfielders over the last two seasons while also playing a key role in Palace\u2019s surge under former boss Oliver Glasner.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old started the FA Cup, Community Shield, and, most notably, the Conference League finals, proving his ability to perform on the big stage as the Eagles clinched all three trophies.<\/p>\n As such, Wharton has been a key target for some of the biggest Premier League clubs, with CaughtOffside reporting that Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Manchester United have previously shown interest, though their interest has since cooled.<\/p>\n However, it appears Chelsea are showing the strongest interest, as the report adds that the London giants are \u2018engaged\u2019 in talks with the 22-year-old\u2019s camp over his potential transfer to Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n CaughtOffside<\/em> clarifies that Tottenham dropped their interest after investing \u00a3185m to bolster their midfield, while internal changes at Liverpool led to a change of plans despite their initial desire to offer over \u00a370m.<\/p>\n However, despite Chelsea\u2019s interest, a deal won\u2019t be easy due to Palace\u2019s valuation, with the report adding that the South London club are expected to demand a fee in tandem with the \u00a3116m Manchester City paid Nottingham Forest to sign Elliot Anderson.<\/p>\n At the beginning of the summer transfer window, defence appeared to be the most critical part of Chelsea\u2019s squad in need of reinforcement.<\/p>\n At the time of writing, midfield has now emerged as an equally vital area to reinforce this summer, as their options are being thinned.<\/p>\n Andres Santos has completed a move to Manchester United, while Enzo Fernandez\u2019s future remains uncertain despite Xabi Alonso revealing in his press conference that he would love to work with him.<\/p>\n Should the Argentine depart, Wharton would be a good addition, as he offers exceptional passing, defensive reliability, and, most importantly, consistent availability amid incessant injuries to Romeo Lavia.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chelsea are keen on signing Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton this summer, according to CaughtOffside….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17134","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\/17134","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=17134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Chelsea keen on Wharton<\/h2>\n
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