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\n <\/div>\n Watch the hilarious moment John Stones pranked England boss Thomas Tuchel with a fake shoulder injury during the dressing room celebrations after beating Mexico. X credit: @England.<\/span>The Blues want to sign a centre-back and ideally any new arrival would be physically imposing and bring Premier League experience.<\/p>\n
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\n <\/div>\n Dharmesh Sheth updates on the latest transfer speculation where Barcelona and Arsenal are interested in Argentina’s Julian Alvarez. Inter Milan are considering a deal for England’s John Stones and Djed Spence.<\/span>In defence, players who could move on include Trevoh Chalobah, Benoit Badiashile, Malo Gusto and Axel Disasi.<\/p>\n
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\n Image:<\/span>Maxence Lacroix has made 98 appearances for Crystal PalaceChelsea are in talks with Crystal Palace over the signing of defender Maxence Lacroix.<\/p>\n
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\n <\/div>\n Xabi Alonso speaks to the media for the first time as Chelsea manager and does not hide the fact that a return to European football is his target this season.<\/span>Palace and Chelsea enjoy good relations at the highest levels and they have done deals for players such as Chalobah and Ben Chilwell.<\/p>\n
Chelsea’s key summer business so far<\/h3>\n In<\/strong><\/p>\nGeovany Quenda \u2013 Sporting, \u00a343.5m<\/p>\n
Marco Palestra – Atalanta, \u00a343m<\/p>\n
Denner – Corinthians, \u00a38.7m<\/p>\n
Dastan Satpaev – Kairat Almaty, \u00a32.1m<\/p>\n
Emmanuel Emegha – Strasbourg, undisclosed<\/p>\n
Out<\/strong><\/p>\nMarc Cucurella – Real Madrid, \u00a351.8m<\/p>\n
Andrey Santos – Man Utd, \u00a350m<\/p>\n
Tyrique George – Everton, \u00a324m<\/p>\n
Jimmy-Jay Morgan – West Brom, \u00a34m<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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