{"id":22944,"date":"2026-07-30T15:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=22944"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:04:41","slug":"club-president-insists-26m-rated-chelsea-target-is-going-nowhere-amid-claims-he-has-asked-to-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=22944","title":{"rendered":"Club President Insists \u00a326M Rated Chelsea Target Is Going Nowhere Amid Claims He Has &#8216;Asked To Leave&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<article>\n<p><em>This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lille president Olivier Letang has told Chelsea transfer target Matias Fernandez-Pardo that he won\u2019t be leaving the club this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blues, Arsenal, Liverpool and Atletico Madrid have all been linked with the Belgian international, but Letang has confirmed that the player will be going nowhere:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe player is under contract until 2029, and his departure is not an issue. We are counting on him, he knows that, and we have been very clear with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was previously reported that Lille would consider offers of around \u20ac30m (\u00a326m) for the 21-year-old, but it looks like they have hardened their stance, with subsequent stories suggesting his asking price could be as high as \u20ac70m (\u00a360m).<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/chelseanews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?230424-120159\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on Chelsea News<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Fernandez-Pardo wants to move clubs<\/h2>\n<p>When sharing the quotes from Letang,<em> The Team<\/em> reporter Loic Tanzi also revealed on X that the forward had \u201casked to leave\u201d Lille.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez-Pardo is said to be keen on moving from the the Ligue One side to a \u201cbigger club\u201d just two years after joining them from Gent. Clearly, the interest from Chelsea and others has turned his head.<\/p>\n<p>Get a brand new Chelsea 26\/27 home stadium shirt from Fanatics here<\/p>\n<h2>Do Chelsea need another winger?<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"7cb01038c3a13bcbaf0de8af7020f6a5\" v=\"f216f6d5d0b6ef819f6e02bf8357cefd\" image-id=\"8FQb1VbMlNj9\" theme=\"iy-theme\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; aspect-ratio: 1.4998125234345707; max-width: 4000px;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>There have been suggestions that the Blues are looking to add another wide player to the first-team squad following the departure of Alejandro Garnacho to Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>However, manager Xabi Alonso is not exactly short of options on the flanks. While record signing Morgan Rogers is not an out-and-out winger, he can play there, and Geovany Quenda has also recently been added to a squad, which already has Estevao, Pedro Neto and Jamie Gittens.<\/p>\n<p>You also have to take in account that Alonso\u2019s team are pursuing Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s <strong>Kerim Alajbegovic<\/strong> and Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Ibrahim Mbaye, who play in the same position.<\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article contains affiliate links. 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