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CRUNCH TALKS OVER CHELSEA PUSH FOR AUBA
Evening Standard
|August 18, 2022
MEETING WITH BARCA AND REPRESENTATIVES TODAY
CHELSEA were due to meet this afternoon with Barcelona and Pierre-Emerick representatives striker to move to Stamford Bridge The 33-year-old is reluctant to leave the Nou Camp, having only arrived in January from Arsenal.
Aubameyang's in a bid to convince the However, the meeting gave Chelsea the chance to press their case, with Aubameyang having already decided he will choose Chelsea over Manchester United should he decide to leave.
United tried to hijack Chelsea's talks amid a scattergun transfer approach, contacting dozens of players in the past week including Aubameyang.
People involved in the talks estimate a fee of about £24 million could secure a deal for Aubameyang, with Barcelona still needing to sell players due to a precarious financial position.
Chelsea's interest is also contingent on other factors, with Thomas Tuchel now looking at his attack after overhauling other areas of his squad under the new owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake.
The Blues were today set to announce the £12.6m signing from Inter Milan of 19-year-old midfielder Cesare Casadei.
This story is from the August 18, 2022 edition of Evening Standard.
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