{"id":20316,"date":"2026-07-23T03:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T03:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20316"},"modified":"2026-07-23T03:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T03:48:28","slug":"fabrizio-romano-reveals-chelsea-confidence-in-maxence-lacroix-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20316","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano reveals Chelsea confidence in Maxence Lacroix deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea are confident a deal can be reached with Crystal Palace for Maxence Lacroix as per Fabrizio Romano.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blues are aggressively pursuing defensive reinforcements this summer, identifying the French center-back as their primary defensive target.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST &#038; BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON <span role=\"presentation\"><u>APPLE<\/u><\/span> &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u>GOOGLE PLAY<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"1\">Fabrizio Romano\u2019s update on Maxence Lacroix<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Transfer insider Fabrizio Romano took to social media platform X to deliver the latest update on negotiations between the two London clubs:<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">\u201cNegotiations continue between Chelsea and Crystal Palace for Maxence Lacroix. #CFC confident to agree on deal as Lacroix wants the move; clubs in direct contact to find solution and get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?? Negotiations continue between Chelsea and Crystal Palace for Maxence Lacroix.#CFC confident to agree on deal as Lacroix wants the move; clubs in direct contact to find solution and get it done. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oNUCmvV0ZW\">pic.twitter.com\/oNUCmvV0ZW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 22, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The 26-year-old defender has enjoyed a stellar spell at Selhurst Park, earning international recognition with France following his performances across domestic and European competitions.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">New Chelsea head coach Xabi Alonso views Lacroix\u2019s pace, physical dominance, and composure in possession as ideal fits for his high-line tactical setup.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Lacroix is keen on a switch to Stamford Bridge and has already agreed personal terms. The only thing left now is for the two clubs to come to an agreement over the fee.<\/p>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"2\">Chelsea transfers so far this summer<\/h2>\n<p>The potential arrival of Lacroix represents another major piece in Chelsea\u2019s ambitious summer overhaul.<\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of BlueCo and Xabi Alonso, the Blues have already executed marquee moves to reshape their squad for the upcoming campaign.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Want more CaughtOffside coverage? Add us as a\u00a0preferred source on Google\u00a0to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea completed the landmark \u00a3117m British-record signing of attacking midfielder Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, highly-rated Italian full-back Marco Palestra joined from Atalanta, while Portuguese teenage sensation Geovany Quenda officially arrived following a deal pre-agreed with Sporting CP.<\/p>\n<p>To balance the books and streamline the squad, Chelsea sanctioned several notable departures.<\/p>\n<p>Left-back Marc Cucurella sealed a permanent transfer to Real Madrid, young midfielder Andrey Santos moved to Manchester United for \u00a350m, and home-grown defender Trevoh Chalobah completed a move to Serie A side Como.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are confident a deal can be reached with Crystal Palace for Maxence Lacroix as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20316","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\/20316","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=20316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}