{"id":22522,"date":"2026-07-29T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=22522"},"modified":"2026-07-29T05:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T05:15:00","slug":"chelsea-set-to-sign-england-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=22522","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea set to sign England striker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<h6>News<span> \u00bb <\/span>Premier League news<span> \u00bb <\/span>Chelsea news<\/h6>\n<p class=\"articletimestamp\">July 28, 2026 21:29 GMT (UK), by <!-- Author Start -->Sri Aswin<!-- Author End -->\n<\/p>\n<h6>View Chelsea summer 2026 transfer targets<\/h6>\n<div style=\"float:right\">\n<figure>\n<p class=\"article_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyefootball.com\/imghold\/largestDanny_Welbeck_2024.jpeg\" title=\"Chelsea set to sign England striker\" alt=\"Chelsea set to sign England striker\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p><figcaption><em itemprop=\"articleSection\">Welbeck to Chelsea soon<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:16px\">\n<strong>Chelsea have reportedly agreed terms with Brighton &#038; Hove Albion ahead of a potential transfer.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- responsive_ad --><\/p>\n<p>The Englishman had a tremendous 2025\/26 season with the Seagulls, scoring 14 goals in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>It was not enough to secure a World Cup berth, but he has been tipped to return to the England fold soon.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the 35-year-old is set for a surprise move to Chelsea, who are close to finalising payment terms.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have a good relationship with Brighton and a deal could be formally finalised before the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Welbeck was also on Manchester United&#8217;s radar in the past, but they have not made an approach for his services this time.<\/p>\n<p>United are currently focused on finding suitable offers on the table for <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Joshua Zirkzee<\/span><\/span>who has been tipped to return to Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>If he were to depart in the coming days, United could start their pursuit of a striker. Until then, they may not recruit another striker.<br \/><!-- Article End --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!-- newadv --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\nvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)(0);\nif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\njs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\njs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\nfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News \u00bb Premier League news \u00bb Chelsea news July 28, 2026 21:29 GMT (UK), by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22522","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\/22522","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=22522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}