{"id":22517,"date":"2026-07-29T04:57:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=22517"},"modified":"2026-07-29T04:57:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:57:39","slug":"ben-jacobs-confirms-chelsea-are-close-to-danny-welbeck-deal-read-chelsea-f-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=22517","title":{"rendered":"Ben Jacobs confirms Chelsea are close to Danny Welbeck deal &#8211; Read Chelsea F.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chelsea are close to reaching an agreement with Brighton for Danny Welbeck following a breakthrough in talks. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ben Jacobs reports that all parties now expect the transfer to be completed, while the striker has already agreed personal terms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move could be finalised this week, although neither club has confirmed that a full agreement is in place. Welbeck has continued training with Brighton while negotiations have progressed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Chelsea close to a deal to sign Danny Welbeck following a breakthrough in talks with Brighton. Move could be finalised this week.<\/p>\n<p>All parties expect the transfer to now go through. Welbeck has already agreed terms.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd1d @alex_crook <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3XRNZIKxqC\">pic.twitter.com\/3XRNZIKxqC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) July 28, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Danny Welbeck to Chelsea move now expected<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chelsea opened talks with Brighton after Xabi Alonso identified Welbeck\u2019s experience and leadership as qualities he wanted to add to his squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sky Sports reported that Brighton would not stand in Welbeck\u2019s way, provided they received a suitable fee. The forward has one year remaining on his contract at the Amex Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacobs previously reported that Chelsea had reached broad terms with Welbeck and were confident of agreeing a deal with Brighton. The latest breakthrough suggests the remaining club-to-club discussions are now close to being resolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welbeck scored a career-best 13 Premier League goals last season. The 35-year-old would provide an experienced alternative to Chelsea\u2019s younger attacking options and could also help Alonso manage the development of the club\u2019s forwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ReadChelsea reported within the previous 24\u201348 hours that Chelsea are prepared to listen to offers for Liam Delap and Emmanuel Emegha. Welbeck\u2019s expected arrival could therefore lead to at least one departure from the forward department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transfer is not yet official, and a medical has not been reported. However, personal terms are settled and confidence is now high that Welbeck will complete his move to Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<\/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 close to reaching an agreement with Brighton for Danny Welbeck following a breakthrough&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22517","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\/22517","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=22517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}