Chelsea\u2019s reported interest in Andreas Schjelderup has been met by a determined response from inside Benfica. Marco Silva has personally stepped in to try to convince the winger to stay.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Norwegian international has emerged as one of the Portuguese club\u2019s most valuable assets after an impressive World Cup. While Chelsea have again been linked with a move<\/strong>Liverpool and Tottenham have also featured in previous reports surrounding his future.<\/p>\n According to Portugal\u2019s Morning Mail<\/strong>Marco Silva has already spoken directly to Schjelderup. He wanted to stress how important he considers the 22-year-old to his plans at Benfica.<\/p>\n The manager reportedly told the winger he sees him as a fundamental part of both his tactical system and the project.<\/p>\n Silva is said to be fully aware of the situation surrounding Schjelderup. That includes the player\u2019s decision not to respond to Benfica\u2019s contract renewal offer. In addition, there is growing transfer interest generated by his performances at the World Cup.<\/p>\n Schjelderup is currently on holiday following Norway\u2019s elimination and is not expected back until later this month. Consequently, this is giving Benfica little opportunity to resolve his future immediately.<\/p>\n Correio da Manh\u00e3 adds that Silva wants to persuade the winger to remain in Lisbon despite knowing the player had been planning to continue his career in a more competitive league. Therefore, he ignored Benfica\u2019s renewal proposal.<\/p>\n Schjelderup enhanced his reputation during the World Cup, scoring against England in the quarter-finals. He also provided two assists for Erling Haaland in Norway\u2019s victory over Brazil.<\/p>\n Correio da Manh\u00e3 says those displays have made him an even more attractive target. Chelsea are among the English clubs showing interest as a result.<\/p>\n Liverpool and Tottenham have also been linked<\/strong> with the winger in previous reports from Italy and Portugal. However, neither club is mentioned in the latest Portuguese update.<\/p>\n The World Cup has also strengthened Benfica\u2019s position in negotiations. While Record continues to report that the club\u2019s minimum asking price stands at \u20ac40m (\u00a334.4m), Correio da Manh\u00e3 recently claimed the figure could now be closer to \u20ac50m (\u00a343m). This increase comes following Schjelderup\u2019s performances in the tournament.<\/p>\n Record<\/strong> also reports that Benfica are open to selling Schjelderup this summer. This follows after his value increased on the biggest stage.<\/p>\n The newspaper notes that the club failed to qualify for the Champions League and may look to generate a significant transfer fee. Schjelderup is now regarded as one of the squad\u2019s biggest assets. This is after contributing 10 goals and seven assists in 43 appearances last season.<\/p>\n Benfica have offered the former Nordsjaelland winger a new contract until 2031 worth a total of \u20ac18m (\u00a315.5m), but he has yet to commit to fresh terms.<\/p>\n That leaves the Portuguese club balancing Marco Silva\u2019s desire to keep one of his key attacking players against the growing possibility of a lucrative sale if Chelsea, or another interested Premier League club, decide to make their move.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chelsea\u2019s reported interest in Andreas Schjelderup has been met by a determined response from inside…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17371","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\/17371","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=17371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Marco Silva trying to change player\u2019s mind<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Chelsea remain in the picture<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Benfica face important decision<\/strong><\/h2>\n