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Chelsea have held positive initial talks with Brighton about a deal for Danny Welbeck. <\/p>\n
With a year remaining on his contract, Brighton do not want to stand in the striker’s way as long as they get a fair price for his sale.<\/p>\n
Welbeck has continued to be a reliable goalscorer in the Premier League at 35 years old. Last season he scored 13 times, after scoring 10 in the previous campaign.<\/p>\n
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\n \n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n Check out all 13 of Danny Welbeck’s goals for Brighton in the 2025\/26 Premier League season!<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHis potential arrival would be another example of Chelsea prioritising physically imposing players with Premier League experience this summer.<\/p>\nIt would also place further doubt on the futures of strikers Nicolas Jackson, Liam Delap and Marc Guiu.<\/p>\nChelsea have signed several players from Brighton in recent seasons including their main striker Joao Pedro, Moises Caicedo, Marc Cucurella and Robert Sanchez.<\/p>\nA number of Brighton staff members have also moved to Stamford Bridge over the past four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monterosa<\/span>\n <\/p>\n This content is provided by Monterosa<\/span>which may be using cookies and other technologies.\n To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.\n You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Monterosa<\/span> cookies or to allow those cookies just once.\n You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options.\n <\/span>\n <\/p>\n Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Monterosa<\/span> cookies.\n To view this content you can use the button below to allow Monterosa<\/span> cookies for this session only.\n <\/span><\/p>\n\n Enable Cookies\n Allow Cookies Once\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\nChelsea raiding Brighton again – but this time is different<\/h3>\nAnalysis from Sky Sports’ Callum Bishop:<\/em><\/p>\nChelsea moving for a Brighton player is not out of the ordinary. However, Chelsea moving for a Brighton player in their mid-30s is.<\/p>\nThe BlueCo era has been defined by hoarding some of the best young talent on the planet and developing them in-house. That method has had some successes, but overall, it hasn’t panned out.<\/p>\nThere is clearly some recognition and accountability from the top brass about that. In bringing in Xabi Alonso as head coach, they know they have lucked out in getting one of the most highly sought-after tacticians in the game. The Spaniard has clearly identified the need for experience, and the club are following his lead.<\/p>\nThe rumours linking the club to Granit Xhaka earlier in the summer were among the first signs of the shift. Even making a move for Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix is evidence of a change in approach.<\/p>\nWelbeck, though, is the biggest indicator yet. Is he going to start every week? No. However, Chelsea’s four senior strikers have an average age of just 23. Combined, they have made 269 Premier League appearances and scored 74 goals.<\/p>\nThe Brighton veteran has 400 appearances and 90 goals on his own. Chelsea are crying out for these experienced heads to guide the way. Alonso has identified that, and those above him seem to be finally taking notice.<\/p>\nChelsea’s key summer business so far<\/h3>\nIn<\/strong><\/p>\nGeovany Quenda \u2013 Sporting, \u00a343.5m<\/p>\nMarco Palestra – Atalanta, \u00a343m<\/p>\nDenner – Corinthians, \u00a38.7m<\/p>\nDastan Satpaev – Kairat Almaty, \u00a32.1m<\/p>\nEmmanuel Emegha – Strasbourg, undisclosed<\/p>\nMorgan Rogers – Aston Villa, \u00a3117m<\/p>\nOut<\/strong><\/p>\nMarc Cucurella – Real Madrid, \u00a351.8m<\/p>\nAndrey Santos – Man Utd, \u00a350m<\/p>\nTyrique George – Everton, \u00a324m<\/p>\nJimmy-Jay Morgan – West Brom, \u00a34m<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have held positive initial talks with Brighton about a deal for Danny Welbeck. 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\n <\/div>\n Check out all 13 of Danny Welbeck’s goals for Brighton in the 2025\/26 Premier League season!<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHis potential arrival would be another example of Chelsea prioritising physically imposing players with Premier League experience this summer.<\/p>\nIt would also place further doubt on the futures of strikers Nicolas Jackson, Liam Delap and Marc Guiu.<\/p>\nChelsea have signed several players from Brighton in recent seasons including their main striker Joao Pedro, Moises Caicedo, Marc Cucurella and Robert Sanchez.<\/p>\nA number of Brighton staff members have also moved to Stamford Bridge over the past four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monterosa<\/span>\n <\/p>\n This content is provided by Monterosa<\/span>which may be using cookies and other technologies.\n To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.\n You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Monterosa<\/span> cookies or to allow those cookies just once.\n You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options.\n <\/span>\n <\/p>\n Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Monterosa<\/span> cookies.\n To view this content you can use the button below to allow Monterosa<\/span> cookies for this session only.\n <\/span><\/p>\n\n Enable Cookies\n Allow Cookies Once\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\nChelsea raiding Brighton again – but this time is different<\/h3>\nAnalysis from Sky Sports’ Callum Bishop:<\/em><\/p>\nChelsea moving for a Brighton player is not out of the ordinary. However, Chelsea moving for a Brighton player in their mid-30s is.<\/p>\nThe BlueCo era has been defined by hoarding some of the best young talent on the planet and developing them in-house. That method has had some successes, but overall, it hasn’t panned out.<\/p>\nThere is clearly some recognition and accountability from the top brass about that. In bringing in Xabi Alonso as head coach, they know they have lucked out in getting one of the most highly sought-after tacticians in the game. The Spaniard has clearly identified the need for experience, and the club are following his lead.<\/p>\nThe rumours linking the club to Granit Xhaka earlier in the summer were among the first signs of the shift. Even making a move for Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix is evidence of a change in approach.<\/p>\nWelbeck, though, is the biggest indicator yet. Is he going to start every week? No. However, Chelsea’s four senior strikers have an average age of just 23. Combined, they have made 269 Premier League appearances and scored 74 goals.<\/p>\nThe Brighton veteran has 400 appearances and 90 goals on his own. Chelsea are crying out for these experienced heads to guide the way. Alonso has identified that, and those above him seem to be finally taking notice.<\/p>\nChelsea’s key summer business so far<\/h3>\nIn<\/strong><\/p>\nGeovany Quenda \u2013 Sporting, \u00a343.5m<\/p>\nMarco Palestra – Atalanta, \u00a343m<\/p>\nDenner – Corinthians, \u00a38.7m<\/p>\nDastan Satpaev – Kairat Almaty, \u00a32.1m<\/p>\nEmmanuel Emegha – Strasbourg, undisclosed<\/p>\nMorgan Rogers – Aston Villa, \u00a3117m<\/p>\nOut<\/strong><\/p>\nMarc Cucurella – Real Madrid, \u00a351.8m<\/p>\nAndrey Santos – Man Utd, \u00a350m<\/p>\nTyrique George – Everton, \u00a324m<\/p>\nJimmy-Jay Morgan – West Brom, \u00a34m<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have held positive initial talks with Brighton about a deal for Danny Welbeck. 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Check out all 13 of Danny Welbeck’s goals for Brighton in the 2025\/26 Premier League season!<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHis potential arrival would be another example of Chelsea prioritising physically imposing players with Premier League experience this summer.<\/p>\nIt would also place further doubt on the futures of strikers Nicolas Jackson, Liam Delap and Marc Guiu.<\/p>\nChelsea have signed several players from Brighton in recent seasons including their main striker Joao Pedro, Moises Caicedo, Marc Cucurella and Robert Sanchez.<\/p>\nA number of Brighton staff members have also moved to Stamford Bridge over the past four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monterosa<\/span>\n <\/p>\n This content is provided by Monterosa<\/span>which may be using cookies and other technologies.\n To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.\n You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Monterosa<\/span> cookies or to allow those cookies just once.\n You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options.\n <\/span>\n <\/p>\n Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Monterosa<\/span> cookies.\n To view this content you can use the button below to allow Monterosa<\/span> cookies for this session only.\n <\/span><\/p>\n\n Enable Cookies\n Allow Cookies Once\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\nChelsea raiding Brighton again – but this time is different<\/h3>\nAnalysis from Sky Sports’ Callum Bishop:<\/em><\/p>\nChelsea moving for a Brighton player is not out of the ordinary. However, Chelsea moving for a Brighton player in their mid-30s is.<\/p>\nThe BlueCo era has been defined by hoarding some of the best young talent on the planet and developing them in-house. That method has had some successes, but overall, it hasn’t panned out.<\/p>\nThere is clearly some recognition and accountability from the top brass about that. In bringing in Xabi Alonso as head coach, they know they have lucked out in getting one of the most highly sought-after tacticians in the game. The Spaniard has clearly identified the need for experience, and the club are following his lead.<\/p>\nThe rumours linking the club to Granit Xhaka earlier in the summer were among the first signs of the shift. Even making a move for Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix is evidence of a change in approach.<\/p>\nWelbeck, though, is the biggest indicator yet. Is he going to start every week? No. However, Chelsea’s four senior strikers have an average age of just 23. Combined, they have made 269 Premier League appearances and scored 74 goals.<\/p>\nThe Brighton veteran has 400 appearances and 90 goals on his own. Chelsea are crying out for these experienced heads to guide the way. Alonso has identified that, and those above him seem to be finally taking notice.<\/p>\nChelsea’s key summer business so far<\/h3>\nIn<\/strong><\/p>\nGeovany Quenda \u2013 Sporting, \u00a343.5m<\/p>\nMarco Palestra – Atalanta, \u00a343m<\/p>\nDenner – Corinthians, \u00a38.7m<\/p>\nDastan Satpaev – Kairat Almaty, \u00a32.1m<\/p>\nEmmanuel Emegha – Strasbourg, undisclosed<\/p>\nMorgan Rogers – Aston Villa, \u00a3117m<\/p>\nOut<\/strong><\/p>\nMarc Cucurella – Real Madrid, \u00a351.8m<\/p>\nAndrey Santos – Man Utd, \u00a350m<\/p>\nTyrique George – Everton, \u00a324m<\/p>\nJimmy-Jay Morgan – West Brom, \u00a34m<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have held positive initial talks with Brighton about a deal for Danny Welbeck. 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His potential arrival would be another example of Chelsea prioritising physically imposing players with Premier League experience this summer.<\/p>\n
It would also place further doubt on the futures of strikers Nicolas Jackson, Liam Delap and Marc Guiu.<\/p>\n
Chelsea have signed several players from Brighton in recent seasons including their main striker Joao Pedro, Moises Caicedo, Marc Cucurella and Robert Sanchez.<\/p>\n
A number of Brighton staff members have also moved to Stamford Bridge over the past four years.<\/p>\n
This content is provided by Monterosa<\/span>which may be using cookies and other technologies.\n To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.\n You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Monterosa<\/span> cookies or to allow those cookies just once.\n You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options.\n <\/span>\n <\/p>\n Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Monterosa<\/span> cookies.\n To view this content you can use the button below to allow Monterosa<\/span> cookies for this session only.\n <\/span><\/p>\n\n Enable Cookies\n Allow Cookies Once\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\nChelsea raiding Brighton again – but this time is different<\/h3>\nAnalysis from Sky Sports’ Callum Bishop:<\/em><\/p>\nChelsea moving for a Brighton player is not out of the ordinary. However, Chelsea moving for a Brighton player in their mid-30s is.<\/p>\nThe BlueCo era has been defined by hoarding some of the best young talent on the planet and developing them in-house. That method has had some successes, but overall, it hasn’t panned out.<\/p>\nThere is clearly some recognition and accountability from the top brass about that. In bringing in Xabi Alonso as head coach, they know they have lucked out in getting one of the most highly sought-after tacticians in the game. The Spaniard has clearly identified the need for experience, and the club are following his lead.<\/p>\nThe rumours linking the club to Granit Xhaka earlier in the summer were among the first signs of the shift. Even making a move for Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix is evidence of a change in approach.<\/p>\nWelbeck, though, is the biggest indicator yet. Is he going to start every week? No. However, Chelsea’s four senior strikers have an average age of just 23. Combined, they have made 269 Premier League appearances and scored 74 goals.<\/p>\nThe Brighton veteran has 400 appearances and 90 goals on his own. Chelsea are crying out for these experienced heads to guide the way. Alonso has identified that, and those above him seem to be finally taking notice.<\/p>\nChelsea’s key summer business so far<\/h3>\nIn<\/strong><\/p>\nGeovany Quenda \u2013 Sporting, \u00a343.5m<\/p>\nMarco Palestra – Atalanta, \u00a343m<\/p>\nDenner – Corinthians, \u00a38.7m<\/p>\nDastan Satpaev – Kairat Almaty, \u00a32.1m<\/p>\nEmmanuel Emegha – Strasbourg, undisclosed<\/p>\nMorgan Rogers – Aston Villa, \u00a3117m<\/p>\nOut<\/strong><\/p>\nMarc Cucurella – Real Madrid, \u00a351.8m<\/p>\nAndrey Santos – Man Utd, \u00a350m<\/p>\nTyrique George – Everton, \u00a324m<\/p>\nJimmy-Jay Morgan – West Brom, \u00a34m<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have held positive initial talks with Brighton about a deal for Danny Welbeck. With…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21933","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\/21933","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=21933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Monterosa<\/span> cookies.\n To view this content you can use the button below to allow Monterosa<\/span> cookies for this session only.\n <\/span><\/p>\n\n Enable Cookies\n Allow Cookies Once\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\nChelsea raiding Brighton again – but this time is different<\/h3>\nAnalysis from Sky Sports’ Callum Bishop:<\/em><\/p>\nChelsea moving for a Brighton player is not out of the ordinary. However, Chelsea moving for a Brighton player in their mid-30s is.<\/p>\nThe BlueCo era has been defined by hoarding some of the best young talent on the planet and developing them in-house. That method has had some successes, but overall, it hasn’t panned out.<\/p>\nThere is clearly some recognition and accountability from the top brass about that. In bringing in Xabi Alonso as head coach, they know they have lucked out in getting one of the most highly sought-after tacticians in the game. The Spaniard has clearly identified the need for experience, and the club are following his lead.<\/p>\nThe rumours linking the club to Granit Xhaka earlier in the summer were among the first signs of the shift. Even making a move for Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix is evidence of a change in approach.<\/p>\nWelbeck, though, is the biggest indicator yet. Is he going to start every week? No. However, Chelsea’s four senior strikers have an average age of just 23. Combined, they have made 269 Premier League appearances and scored 74 goals.<\/p>\nThe Brighton veteran has 400 appearances and 90 goals on his own. Chelsea are crying out for these experienced heads to guide the way. Alonso has identified that, and those above him seem to be finally taking notice.<\/p>\nChelsea’s key summer business so far<\/h3>\nIn<\/strong><\/p>\nGeovany Quenda \u2013 Sporting, \u00a343.5m<\/p>\nMarco Palestra – Atalanta, \u00a343m<\/p>\nDenner – Corinthians, \u00a38.7m<\/p>\nDastan Satpaev – Kairat Almaty, \u00a32.1m<\/p>\nEmmanuel Emegha – Strasbourg, undisclosed<\/p>\nMorgan Rogers – Aston Villa, \u00a3117m<\/p>\nOut<\/strong><\/p>\nMarc Cucurella – Real Madrid, \u00a351.8m<\/p>\nAndrey Santos – Man Utd, \u00a350m<\/p>\nTyrique George – Everton, \u00a324m<\/p>\nJimmy-Jay Morgan – West Brom, \u00a34m<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have held positive initial talks with Brighton about a deal for Danny Welbeck. With…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21933","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\/21933","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=21933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Analysis from Sky Sports’ Callum Bishop:<\/em><\/p>\nChelsea moving for a Brighton player is not out of the ordinary. However, Chelsea moving for a Brighton player in their mid-30s is.<\/p>\nThe BlueCo era has been defined by hoarding some of the best young talent on the planet and developing them in-house. That method has had some successes, but overall, it hasn’t panned out.<\/p>\nThere is clearly some recognition and accountability from the top brass about that. In bringing in Xabi Alonso as head coach, they know they have lucked out in getting one of the most highly sought-after tacticians in the game. The Spaniard has clearly identified the need for experience, and the club are following his lead.<\/p>\nThe rumours linking the club to Granit Xhaka earlier in the summer were among the first signs of the shift. Even making a move for Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix is evidence of a change in approach.<\/p>\nWelbeck, though, is the biggest indicator yet. Is he going to start every week? No. However, Chelsea’s four senior strikers have an average age of just 23. Combined, they have made 269 Premier League appearances and scored 74 goals.<\/p>\nThe Brighton veteran has 400 appearances and 90 goals on his own. Chelsea are crying out for these experienced heads to guide the way. Alonso has identified that, and those above him seem to be finally taking notice.<\/p>\nChelsea’s key summer business so far<\/h3>\nIn<\/strong><\/p>\nGeovany Quenda \u2013 Sporting, \u00a343.5m<\/p>\nMarco Palestra – Atalanta, \u00a343m<\/p>\nDenner – Corinthians, \u00a38.7m<\/p>\nDastan Satpaev – Kairat Almaty, \u00a32.1m<\/p>\nEmmanuel Emegha – Strasbourg, undisclosed<\/p>\nMorgan Rogers – Aston Villa, \u00a3117m<\/p>\nOut<\/strong><\/p>\nMarc Cucurella – Real Madrid, \u00a351.8m<\/p>\nAndrey Santos – Man Utd, \u00a350m<\/p>\nTyrique George – Everton, \u00a324m<\/p>\nJimmy-Jay Morgan – West Brom, \u00a34m<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have held positive initial talks with Brighton about a deal for Danny Welbeck. With…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21933","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\/21933","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=21933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Chelsea moving for a Brighton player is not out of the ordinary. However, Chelsea moving for a Brighton player in their mid-30s is.<\/p>\n
The BlueCo era has been defined by hoarding some of the best young talent on the planet and developing them in-house. That method has had some successes, but overall, it hasn’t panned out.<\/p>\n
There is clearly some recognition and accountability from the top brass about that. In bringing in Xabi Alonso as head coach, they know they have lucked out in getting one of the most highly sought-after tacticians in the game. The Spaniard has clearly identified the need for experience, and the club are following his lead.<\/p>\n
The rumours linking the club to Granit Xhaka earlier in the summer were among the first signs of the shift. Even making a move for Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix is evidence of a change in approach.<\/p>\n
Welbeck, though, is the biggest indicator yet. Is he going to start every week? No. However, Chelsea’s four senior strikers have an average age of just 23. Combined, they have made 269 Premier League appearances and scored 74 goals.<\/p>\n
The Brighton veteran has 400 appearances and 90 goals on his own. Chelsea are crying out for these experienced heads to guide the way. Alonso has identified that, and those above him seem to be finally taking notice.<\/p>\n
In<\/strong><\/p>\nGeovany Quenda \u2013 Sporting, \u00a343.5m<\/p>\nMarco Palestra – Atalanta, \u00a343m<\/p>\nDenner – Corinthians, \u00a38.7m<\/p>\nDastan Satpaev – Kairat Almaty, \u00a32.1m<\/p>\nEmmanuel Emegha – Strasbourg, undisclosed<\/p>\nMorgan Rogers – Aston Villa, \u00a3117m<\/p>\nOut<\/strong><\/p>\nMarc Cucurella – Real Madrid, \u00a351.8m<\/p>\nAndrey Santos – Man Utd, \u00a350m<\/p>\nTyrique George – Everton, \u00a324m<\/p>\nJimmy-Jay Morgan – West Brom, \u00a34m<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have held positive initial talks with Brighton about a deal for Danny Welbeck. With…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21933","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\/21933","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=21933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Geovany 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
Morgan Rogers – Aston Villa, \u00a3117m<\/p>\n
Out<\/strong><\/p>\nMarc Cucurella – Real Madrid, \u00a351.8m<\/p>\nAndrey Santos – Man Utd, \u00a350m<\/p>\nTyrique George – Everton, \u00a324m<\/p>\nJimmy-Jay Morgan – West Brom, \u00a34m<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have held positive initial talks with Brighton about a deal for Danny Welbeck. With…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21933","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\/21933","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=21933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Marc 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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