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Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham have all been linked with Andreas Schjelderup, whose World Cup performances have reportedly pushed Benfica\u2019s asking price significantly higher.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Portuguese club had previously set a minimum valuation of \u20ac40m (\u00a334.4m) for the Norwegian winger. Morning Mail<\/strong> now reports that Benfica will only consider negotiations starting at \u20ac50m (\u00a343m).<\/p>\n That increase follows an impressive tournament for Schjelderup. The 22-year-old scored a screamer against England in Norway\u2019s quarter-final defeat and provided two assists for Erling Haaland in the victory over Brazil.<\/p>\n Chelsea are identified by Correio da Manh\u00e3 as one of the clubs interested in the attacker, as we previously covered<\/strong>. But Liverpool and Tottenham have also been repeatedly named<\/strong> among his Premier League admirers in reports from Italy and Portugal.<\/p>\n Andreas Schjelderup entered the tournament as a squad option and finished it as a starter for Norway.<\/p>\n To Ball<\/strong> says his performances have established him as one of the young players to emerge from the competition. That has strengthened Benfica\u2019s negotiating position, despite the growing difficulty of keeping him in Lisbon.<\/p>\n Marco Silva considers Schjelderup an important part of his plans. However, Benfica are also looking for a major summer sale after raising more than \u20ac40m (\u00a334.4m) through a series of smaller deals and payments.<\/p>\n Selling the winger could give Silva funds to strengthen several positions. That means the club\u2019s sporting desire to retain him must now be balanced against the financial opportunity created by his World Cup displays.<\/p>\n For Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham, Schjelderup appears more available than he did before the tournament, but he has also become considerably more expensive.<\/p>\n Andreas Schjelderup has a contract until 2028 and a \u20ac100m (\u00a386m) release clause.<\/p>\n Before the World Cup, Benfica offered him a three-year extension worth a total of \u20ac18m (\u00a315.5m). Correio da Manh\u00e3 claims the winger rejected that proposal because he wants to leave this summer.<\/p>\n A Bola presents the situation with more caution. It says the renewal process has become increasingly difficult and Schjelderup is seriously considering a departure.<\/p>\n Either version represents a development from the previous position, when the offer had been made but the player\u2019s response remained unclear.<\/p>\n His long-standing desire to play in England also keeps Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham firmly relevant.<\/p>\n The Premier League has been described in Portugal as his preferred destination, although Benfica\u2019s absence from the Champions League may also influence his thinking.<\/p>\n Andreas Schjelderup will now receive time off following Norway\u2019s World Cup elimination.<\/p>\n A Bola says that, unless negotiations over a transfer progress before his return, he will hold talks with Marco Silva, Benfica president Rui Costa and general director M\u00e1rio Branco.<\/p>\n Those discussions are expected to cover both a possible renewal and the conditions for a summer sale.<\/p>\n Marco Silva would prefer to keep the winger, especially as Benfica prepare for their European campaign. The club\u2019s directors may see the situation differently if Chelsea, Liverpool or Tottenham approach the new \u20ac50m (\u00a343m) threshold.<\/p>\n The World Cup has therefore brought Schjelderup closer to a potential departure while making any deal more expensive. Benfica now have a valuable asset, an unresolved contract situation and three Premier League clubs continuing to be linked.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham have all been linked with Andreas Schjelderup, whose World Cup performances…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17169","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\/17169","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=17169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}World Cup changes Benfica\u2019s position<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Renewal reportedly rejected<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Talks planned after his break<\/strong><\/h2>\n