{"id":22725,"date":"2026-07-29T21:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=22725"},"modified":"2026-07-29T21:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:20:08","slug":"chelsea-close-in-on-jordan-henderson-and-danny-welbeck-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=22725","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea close in on Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\"><strong>Chelsea are closing in on the double signing of Premier League veterans Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">In a surprising summer transfer shift under new head coach Xabi Alonso, the West London side is finalising moves to inject seasoned experience and leadership into their squad ahead of the new campaign.<\/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\">Chelsea working to get deals done for Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck<\/h2>\n<p>Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano broke the news on X, confirming that both player deals are entering their final stages as Chelsea aim to complete all formalities in the coming days.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-path-to-node=\"4\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4,0\">\u201cChelsea are closing in on both Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck deals to get all agreements done this week. Henderson and Welbeck both said yes to #CFC project; Jordan to leave Brentford as free agent. Negotiations progressing to final stages.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?? Chelsea are closing in on both Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck deals to get all agreements done this week.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson and Welbeck both said yes to #CFC project; Jordan to leave Brentford as free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations progressing to final stages. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XcftU22TpT\">pic.twitter.com\/XcftU22TpT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 28, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Liverpool legend Jordan Henderson is expected to join Chelsea on a free transfer courtesy of a gentleman agreement with Brentford which allows him to leave if an opportunity comes.<\/p>\n<p>His signing will offer key experience and leadership to an otherwise young squad.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 35-year-old Welbeck is expected to join from Brighton after securing Alonso\u2019s direct approval following an impressive 14-goal season.<\/p>\n<p>Both players have given the green light to Chelsea\u2019s proposed project, leaving only final contractual details to be wrapped up between the clubs.<\/p>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"6\">Joao Pedro will remain Xabi Alonso\u2019s main striker despite Welbeck signing<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the incoming addition of Welbeck, Joao Pedro will remain Alonso\u2019s primary starting striker heading into the season.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Brazilian forward reaffirmed his status as Chelsea\u2019s focal point in attack after scoring a stunning nine-minute hat-trick during Alonso\u2019s debut \u2013 a thrilling 6-4 pre-season victory over Western Sydney Wanderers.<\/p>\n<p>Welbeck\u2019s arrival is viewed as a complementary move to provide squad depth, rotation, and experience rather than a replacement for Pedro.<\/p>\n<p>Alonso is eager to establish a versatile forward line, using Welbeck\u2019s proven Premier League pedigree to support Pedro and share the goalscoring load across a demanding multi-competition schedule.<\/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 closing in on the double signing of Premier League veterans Jordan Henderson and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22725","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\/22725","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=22725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}