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Chelsea are reportedly weighing up a swoop for Arsenal target and Tottenham Hotspur star Cristian Romero, as per Italian outlet Corriere dello Sport<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Blues currently have Mamadou Sarr, Josh Acheampong, Trevoh Chalobah, Wesley Fofana, Tosin Adarabioyo, Aaron Anselmino, Benoit Badiashile and Axel Disasi as options to deploy in the centre-back position.<\/p>\n However, Chalobah has been heavily linked with a move away, while Sarr has struggled to find his feet in the Premier League since joining from Strasbourg.<\/p>\n Moreover, Adarabioyo and Badiashile have displayed inconsistent performances, while Disasi has found himself out of favour. Fofana, meanwhile, has had numerous fitness problems.<\/p>\n Acheampong and Anselmino are still very young and need time to develop. So, Xabi Alonso is keen on reinforcing the CB position this summer, and Chelsea are closing<\/span> in on a deal to sign Maxence Lacroix from Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n Still, CdS<\/em> report that Chelsea want another centre-back and are interested in Romero. But the Blues will have to overcome fierce competition to seal the deal as Arsenal, Barcelona and Inter Milan are also in this race.<\/p>\n The Blaugrana are struggling with registration issues; therefore, they have less room in their squad to purchase the Argentina international. However, the Nerazzurri have already been working hard to secure his services.<\/p>\n The report state that having purchased Jan Paul van Hecke from Brighton and Hove Albion, Roberto De Zerbi doesn\u2019t see Romero as the first-choice centre-back anymore.<\/p>\n Therefore, Tottenham are prepared to cash-in on him for around \u00a343m this summer, with his existing deal set to run until 2029.<\/p>\n Following William Saliba\u2019s injury, Arsenal have been left with Cristhian Mosquera, Jurrien Timber and Ben White as options to deploy in the RCB and RB roles.<\/p>\n However, White and Timber have had fitness problems in recent times, while Mosquera is still very young and isn\u2019t ready to help Arsenal achieve their lofty ambitions.<\/p>\n Romero is one of the best centre-backs in the world and would be a shrewd acquisition for Arsenal or Chelsea should either club purchase him.<\/p>\n However, given the fierce rivalry between Arsenal and Tottenham, De Zerbi\u2019s side are unlikely to sell the 28-year-old to the Emirates club.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chelsea are reportedly weighing up a swoop for Arsenal target and Tottenham Hotspur star Cristian…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22229","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\/22229","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=22229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Battle<\/h2>\n
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